Posted on 12/08/2012 11:56:43 AM PST by the scotsman
Ping
Yes, there are about ten notes on one instrument that are similar to the opening of Stairway to Heaven.
Great, underappreciated band. Really got into “12 Dreams” in the early 70’s.
I had no idea he was so old!
I found them to be one of the most boring groups I ever saw. That said, the guy was one of the originals.
Thanks. It’s been a “few” years since I heard that.
The only indoor concert that I ever left because it wasn’t working, was Hendrix, the cops were just keeping too tight a handle on things that night.
RIP.
I saw Hendrix twice. First time, he had just come off the Monkees’ tour and was awesome. Second time, about a year later, he was pretty drugged out and was mediocre. Vanilla Fudge blew him off the stage and people were screaming for the Fudge 10 minutes into Hendrix’s set.
I saw Hendrix twice. First time, he had just come off the Monkees’ tour and was awesome. Second time, about a year later, he was pretty drugged out and was mediocre. Vanilla Fudge blew him off the stage and people were screaming for the Fudge 10 minutes into Hendrix’s set.
He served in the Navy during World War II... returning to music full-time in the 40s... briefly with the San Francisco Opera... spent the 50s working primarily in jazz in California, playing with such historically important performers as Art Pepper, Roland Kirk and Gerry Mulligan. He played with Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder briefly in a band called Rising Sons before forming a new group, the Red Roosters, in 1965. That group comprised Cassidy, his stepson Randy California on guitar, Mark Andes on bass, and singer Jay Ferguson. Changing their name to Spirit with the addition of keyboardist John Locke, that ensemble created a sound that was an amalgam of jazz, hard rock, and psychedelic influences.Spirit was one of the few bands from late 1960s California that has held up for me. Sometime in the summer I found a used CD of 12 Dreams that replaces the LP (which is still on the shelf).
RIP Mr. Skin! Thanks for the tunes!
Listening to Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus at this moment.
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