Spirit

Psychedelic Rock

There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) Spirit was an American group formed by guitarist Randy California. 2) Spirit was a emo band from Melbourne, Australia. 3) Spirit was UK drum and bass musician Duncan Busto (died 26 August 2018). 4) Spirit was an alias of UK techno duo 65D Mavericks, used for releasing on the Lost affiliated Cosmic label. 5) Spirit is a rock band from Slovakia, Levice. 6) Spirit is a modern metal band from Warsaw, Poland. 7) Spirit is a post-hardcore band from Cortez, Colorado. 8) Spirit was a 90s hardcore band from New Jersey. Formerly known as Kurbjaw. 1) Spirit was an American jazz/hard rock/psychedelic band founded in 1967, based in Los Angeles, California. The original lineup The original lineup of the group evolved from an earlier Los Angeles band, The Red Roosters, which included Randy California (guitars, vocals), Mark Andes (bass) and Jay Ferguson (vocals, percussion). With the addition of Ed Cassidy (drums) and keyboard player John Locke the new band was originally named the Spirits Rebellious (after a book by Khalil Gibran) but was soon shortened simply to Spirit. Randy California had also played with Jimi Hendrix (then known as Jimmy James) in Jimmy James and the Blue Flames in 1966. Cassidy was instantly recognizable by his shaven head (hence his nickname Mr. Skin) and his fondness for wearing black. He was around twenty years older than the rest of the group (born in 1923). His earlier career was primaril...