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.