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Spirit of '76, released in May 1975, was the first of four albums that Spirit would (initially) release for Mercury Records, and their sixth album overall.Though all four albums were greatly influenced by the time that Randy California spent living in Hawaii, this album bears that influence more than any of the others (aside from maybe Future Games).
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.
Hendrix gave Randy Wolfe the nickname "Randy California" to distinguish him from Randy Palmer, whom Hendrix named "Randy Texas". [1] Cassidy was recognizable by his shaved head (hence his nickname "Mr. Skin", later the title of a Spirit song) and his fondness for wearing black. Born in 1923, he was about twenty years older than the rest of the ...
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It was released in October 1975. Unlike Spirit of '76, however, it did not make the national charts. Though some of the album's tracks were from the same sessions that produced Spirit of '76, it also features several Randy California solo demos that have been augmented by a rhythm machine.
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When the original line-up of Spirit broke up, Andes and Jay Ferguson formed the band Jo Jo Gunne. [4] He recruited his brother, Matt Andes, to play guitar. Andes only recorded one album with Jo Jo Gunne before semi-retiring from music around 1972. During his stay, the band had a Top 40 hit with the song "Run, Run, Run". When Jo Jo Gunne ...
Future Games (subtitled A Magical-Kahauna Dream [1]) was the final of four Spirit albums released in the mid-1970s that, according to journalist Max Bell, cemented frontman Randy California's reputation as "one of the strangest dudes on the planet", following Spirit of '76 (1975), Son of Spirit (1976) and a reunion for the band's original lineup, Farther Along (1976). [2]