Spirit

Spirit was an American rock band founded in 1967 and based in Los Angeles, California. Their most commercially successful single in the United States was "I Got a Line on You", but they were also known for their albums including their self-titled debut album, The Family That Plays Together, Clear, and Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus.

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 California's stepfather Ed Cassidy (drums) and keyboard player John Locke, the new band was originally named the Spirits Rebellious (after a book by Kahlil Gibran) but was soon shortened simply to Spirit (Read more at Wikipedia)

Links to Peel
Peel heard Spirit's first LP in early 1968 and mentioned it in his column in issue 27 of International Times: "On the Ode label there is an LP by Spirit who have a bald drummer (I read like Penny Valentine this week, I'm afraid) and are rather good....". In issue 32 of IT the album was reviewed at greater length by Miles (Barry Miles) who took over record reviewing duties for the paper when Peel was unable to provide a column. Miles described it as "far in advance of anything else on the current scene...a complete synthesis of present (and future?) trends...".

Spirit never had big commercial success in the UK, but became a cult band among musicians (Soft Machine's Mike Ratledge and Led Zeppelin admired them) and fans. They were written about in UK publications such as Zigzag and the West Coast music fanzine Dark Star, and visited Britain several times. Peel played their records as they appeared, but later recounted that his liking for them was challenged after a violent incident when they played at the Reading Festival [ref]

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