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Feb 20, 2020 · published 20 February 2020. Bass player Mark Andes looks back on the career Randy California and his intrepid band. (Image credit: Getty Images) Asked if Spirit were a progressive rock band, their peak-era bass player Mark Andes has no hesitation. “In retrospect I see us as being one of the first progressive bands,” he says.
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Nov 3, 2022 · Spirit's eponymous debut album was released in 1968 and contains the Randy California-penned track "Taurus" (Image credit: Legacy Recordings). A U.S. tour that year saw Led Zeppelin as their opening act, a stint that would later bolster claims that Page had more than a passing familiarity with Spirit’s music.
Dec 26, 2023 · Cognitive Dissonance Incarnate. Updated: Jan 16. My encounter with Randy California and Ed Cassidy. One day in early 1981 I got a call from my friend and fellow musician Rick Chael. Rick sings and plays guitar and piano. Me & Rick Chael in April of 1977.
Instrument (s) Vocals, guitar. Years active. 1965–1997. Randy Craig Wolfe (February 20, 1951 – January 2, 1997), known as Randy California, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the original members of the rock group Spirit, formed in 1967.
Jan 17, 2015 · Former WHFS 102.3 FM DJ Thomas Grooms interviews Randy California of "Spirit" @Motel 50 in Arlington, VA in the 70's. Randy talks about Devo stealing from Sp...
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Randy California interview by Steven Roby from Straight Ahead (The international Jimi Hendrix fanzine) October/November 1994. Intro: "When Ed Cassidy became my step father in 1966, he moved the whole family to New York City where he had a jazz gig. It was there at the age of 15 that I played in a band called Jimmy James & The Blue Flames.