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Any Spirit/Randy California Fans here?
By: AJ Date: June 24, 2017, 11:27 am
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This is a bootleg recording I made of Randy California's solo
band playing "Nature's Way" here in Houston way several years
aster Spirit had disbanded. There was a program on for a while
on a local tv station that broadcast real time performances,
simulcast on a local radio station. I heard he was going to play
and set up my RTR and recorded it.
HTML https://www.dropbox.com/s/vt2ok6fzny2c0xa/Nature%27s%20Way.mp3?dl=0
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Re: Any Spirit/Randy California Fans here?
By: Luke17 Date: June 24, 2017, 11:36 am
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veddy cool, AJ..I loved Randy and Spirit..thanks for sharing..
That guy left this earth in a very sad way... :(
died a hero.
Do you remember that he played in Hendryx's band Jimmy Jame's
Blue Flames?
or sumpin' along those lines...
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Re: Any Spirit/Randy California Fans here?
By: indigo_dave Date: June 24, 2017, 1:19 pm
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Since it's so easy on YT, I think I'll check them out sometime
soon while I'm washing (hair , body etc). I can crank up the
volume. BTW, my living room window is attached to the TV via an
HDMI. And there's a sound bar attached. Decent sound.
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Re: Any Spirit/Randy California Fans here?
By: AJ Date: June 24, 2017, 1:35 pm
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[quote author=Luke17 link=topic=11.msg61#msg61 date=1498322188]
veddy cool, AJ..I loved Randy and Spirit..thanks for sharing..
That guy left this earth in a very sad way... :(
died a hero.
Do you remember that he played in Hendryx's band Jimmy Jame's
Blue Flames?
or sumpin' along those lines...
[/quote]
Yeah. in fact Hendrix was the one who dubbed him Randy
California....And yes he died saving his kid from drowning....
I thought he was genius..
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Re: Any Spirit/Randy California Fans here?
By: Luke17 Date: June 24, 2017, 3:34 pm
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Believe it or not, Jimmy also called him Randy Texas.. :)
see If I can find a reference..
as we used to say in the Military 'Wait 1'
please stay on the line..your call is very important to us...
Thank you for holding;
I was wrong..Jimi called another guy in the band Randy Texas to
distinguish the two ..to wit:
The stage name "Randy California" was given to him by Hendrix to
distinguish him from another Randy in the band, Randy Palmer,
whom Hendrix dubbed "Randy Texas".[1]
wiki source.
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Re: Any Spirit/Randy California Fans here?
By: indigo_dave Date: June 25, 2017, 8:05 am
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Listened to some of a (Spirit) double album yesterday. Much of
it was pretty trippy , which I liked. "I've Got A Line" was
quite a production. In general, they seemed to spend a lot of
attention to detail (i.e. arrangements) - something else I
liked.
Here and there over the years, I've come across people who were
fans of Spirit. They never quite crossed my radar way back when.
The problem there was that usually I had to buy an album before
hearing it. This led to disappointment sometimes.
Anyway, Spirit was damn good. And, although I'm not positive
of this, I think they were the first Rock&Roll band to feature
a shaved head bald guy in the band.
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Re: Any Spirit/Randy California Fans here?
By: AJ Date: June 25, 2017, 11:24 am
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[quote author=indigo_dave link=topic=11.msg78#msg78
date=1498395927]
Listened to some of a (Spirit) double album yesterday. Much of
it was pretty trippy , which I liked. "I've Got A Line" was
quite a production. In general, they seemed to spend a lot of
attention to detail (i.e. arrangements) - something else I
liked.
Here and there over the years, I've come across people who were
fans of Spirit. They never quite crossed my radar way back when.
The problem there was that usually I had to buy an album before
hearing it. This led to disappointment sometimes.
Anyway, Spirit was damn good. And, although I'm not positive
of this, I think they were the first Rock&Roll band to feature
a shaved head bald guy in the band.
[/quote]
Pretty astute observation of the clean cranium factor on Jack
Cassidy. He was Randy California's stepdad as well. And a
helluva drummer as well. Love the drumming in that band. "Uncle
Jack" was about him actually.
They caught my attention with "Mechanical World". I love that
song and it was unique in the soundscapes back then, Randy's
stabbing, trippy guitar playing in that one really caught my ear
and imagination back then. I think their music still holds up
really well today.
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