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Stuck on the Border
Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne
Jo Jo Gunne were one of the first bands to be signed by Asylum and their first single, "Run, Run, Run" was a big hit, especially in the UK. I loved them. One of the reasons I took note of Eagles was because they were on the same record label. I thought "Take it Easy" was going to be a cover of the Jo Jo Gunne song of the same name.
Meanwhile, my older brother acquired a second-hand copy of Spirit's "Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus" and that was even better. What links the two are Jay Ferguson and Mark Andes.
So today, I came across a couple of Redbeard interviews with Jay Ferguson and they're great. In the first, he talks about Spirit, an LA progressive band from the late sixties which had a fusion of folk, jazz and rock&roll. In the second, he talks about how he and Mark Andes wanted to play more rock&roll and broke off to form their own band.
http://www.inthestudio.net/online-on...s/spirit-best/
http://www.inthestudio.net/online-on...-jay-ferguson/
Mark Andes went on to play for Firefall and Heart. Ferguson went solo for a bit (produced by Bill Symzyck) before going into film an tv soundtracks.
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