Spirit ~ Rockpalast 1978 (Full concert)

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  • Spirit ~ Rockpalast
    March 4th and 5th 1978
    Randy California - g/voc/Moog Taurus
    Ed Cassidy - drums
    Larry "Fuzzy" Knight - bass
    .
    01 Rockpalast Jam
    02 Mr. Skin
    03 Nature's Way
    04 Like A Rolling Stone
    05 Hollywood Dream
    06 1984
    07 Looking Down From A Mountain
    08 Hey Joe
    09 Animal Zoo
    10 Love Charged
    11 It's All The Same (incl. Drum Solo)
    12 I Got A Line On You
    13 All Along The Watchtower
    14 Wild Thing
    15 Downer
    16 If I Miss This Train/Rockpalast Jam (*)
    (* Jam Session with Dickey Betts)
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Комментарии • 731

  • @1blastman
    @1blastman 2 года назад +123

    Thumbs up if you feel Spirit should be in the R & R Hall of Fame. It'll add some class to Cleveland!

    • @elizabethmcleod246
      @elizabethmcleod246 Год назад +4

      Absolutely!

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz Год назад +7

      The so called Fame isn’t what it used to be, better to not get in it @ this late point in time.

    • @TIO540S1
      @TIO540S1 9 месяцев назад +6

      They are too great for the current status of the R&R HOF.

    • @rickhazen5227
      @rickhazen5227 8 месяцев назад +3

      I would agree with you if it was the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame like it used to be, but now they have rappers, hip hop, country singers,and who knows what else in there it's really not the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame anymore. It's just the music hall of fame. Just like everything else in this world trying to be equal they have ruined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

    • @Wildlonesome77
      @Wildlonesome77 7 месяцев назад +1

      Yes!!!

  • @pgo301
    @pgo301 3 года назад +73

    What a great great band, but I think the most incredible thing was the way An Angel Randy California (Randy Wolfe) was, by giving his life for the saving of his son. What a life, what a life, what a life and what an exceptional selfless departure.

    • @cosmicman621
      @cosmicman621 Год назад +9

      Amen..Patrick✌️🌹

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 9 месяцев назад +6

      So very true, have visited Moloka’i, HI & it’s truly paradise, he’s a hero for his son, sad story

  • @travelinben1966
    @travelinben1966 Год назад +28

    Musician, artist, poet, father, hero.R.I.P. Randy.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @Kmarty2000
    @Kmarty2000 3 года назад +141

    Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus was a masterpiece the day it was released, and remains one all these years later. Stunning.

  • @PaulMcCaffreyfmac
    @PaulMcCaffreyfmac Год назад +18

    The Family That Plays Together... has consistently been in my top ten favourite albums list since I bought it n 1969. A really intelligent, engaging and wonderful band.

  • @adrianbeaumont6745
    @adrianbeaumont6745 2 года назад +26

    Wow what a cool band. The more you listen to them the more you want to listen again. RIP Randy and Ed 🙏🌈

  • @justinnscanlon
    @justinnscanlon Год назад +16

    This is an absolute delight. Repeated viewing is rewarding. 'Nuff said. Love to all who appreciate it and to those who don't too.

  • @alfredpaul8732
    @alfredpaul8732 8 месяцев назад +8

    Ich war live dabei ... mit Randy California und Ed Cassidy an Fuzzy Night !!!

  • @gerdmuhlberger5564
    @gerdmuhlberger5564 9 лет назад +177

    Unbelievable,Drummer Ed Cassidy's age at this concert was 55,he died 2012 at the age of 89.Great gig!

    • @dougmphilly
      @dougmphilly 7 лет назад +13

      my buddy and i saw spirit at a nightclub in philadelphia circa 1983. the second show was not sold out and they invited those that saw the first show to stay. we decided to do and my buddy gets to talk a spell ed at the bar. cool night.

    • @studamanduncan9728
      @studamanduncan9728 5 лет назад +7

      Good innings then,as we Brits say.

    • @dennissweeney6774
      @dennissweeney6774 5 лет назад +9

      You know Randy California step dad is the drummer. Only got to see them once in the late 80 or early 90 at wetlands in NYC it was a good show LONG LIVE ROCK

    • @loyaldude10
      @loyaldude10 4 года назад +10

      that is truly unbelievable. you would never know his age looking at his energy

    • @Lorenzo1950
      @Lorenzo1950 4 года назад +11

      I'm 69 and still playing rock, blues and jazz. I hate lugging heavy drums now so I have downsized.

  • @jftman53
    @jftman53 2 месяца назад +4

    In 1976-7 Spirit was playing a little club in NYC. I was in the Army on a weekend trip. I had on a Jimi Hendrix t-shirt , I took it off and walked up to him on stage, offered him the T and he took it. Miss him and admire him.

  • @mattychapati
    @mattychapati 6 лет назад +11

    Once I had the pleasure to shake Ed's hand. Spirt were playing The Borderline, Charring Cross, London 1985. I jumped on stage at the end of the gig and shook his hand. His hand was massive.
    I said "You're a top class drummer, and I love the music of Spirit."
    He said "Gee thanks. I just love coming over here and playing to you guys." And that was it before I was whisked off the stage by security.
    I was tripping on some really good acid and I remember dancing all the way through the gig. I couldn't believe that there was only thirty or so people in the audience. I saw the gig advertised in the centre pages of the NME, and among lots of bands names in small print was 'SPIRIT.'
    I took the chance and me and three friends went along and we were all blown away. They were a three piece but their sound was so full. The music was amazing and I felt like I'd been beamed up to a celestial planet where the sonic vibrations of their music held me in a rapture of ecstasy.
    I remember after the gig sitting in my mates old V8 rover, and he was driving and couldn't find his way out of central London due to the acid. We drove around for hours but eventually made it back home to suburbia.
    Many years later I played The Borderline with a band that I was drumming for and as I walked down the stairs of the venue there was a list of all of the bands that had played there.
    Low and behold there it was..
    SPIRT. 1985
    R.I.P. Randy and Ed and thank you for your music. _/|\_

  • @deniseschriedel5276
    @deniseschriedel5276 5 лет назад +91

    Randy was inspirational to me & allowed me to play keyboards on his last album CALIFORNIA BLUES on the song "Call on Me"...I also videotaped several of his concerts in Florida 1976 & Detroit, MI 1978. Fun times & beyond!

    • @FriendtoAnimals-ol7gr
      @FriendtoAnimals-ol7gr 3 года назад +2

      @Denise Schriedel, Wow Thats way cool. My 1st time seeing Spirit was about '74 at the Terrace Ballroom in Salt Lake City.I was tripping in the front row and security was keeping us 15 ft. back from the stage.Randy came of the stage playing to the backs of security and drew everyone slowly back to the front of stage.
      Such an important concert to me.
      I saw them again in the late 80's in a small venue. I was furious that Black Oak Arkansas played 1st.Spirit was light years ahead of them musically.
      I always felt Spirit deserved to be playing LARGE venues and deserved much more acclaim.Stay cool and take care Denise.🌈✌🎸☮🕉🤗
      🐕🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾

    • @georgefordham417
      @georgefordham417 3 года назад +3

      Wow. What a time that was for you.

    • @markthomas1668
      @markthomas1668 2 года назад +4

      please get those videos posted Denise :)

    • @deniseschriedel5276
      @deniseschriedel5276 2 года назад +2

      @@markthomas1668 Hey Mark...just memories now...Thanks for the post!

    • @davechae5890
      @davechae5890 2 года назад +3

      Uthegirl

  • @King3star
    @King3star 2 года назад +16

    Hendrix's influence on California is undeniable. Fantastic!

    • @richardhincemon9423
      @richardhincemon9423 2 года назад +8

      They used to play together in a band called Jimmy James and the blue flames around 1966 in New York!

  • @juanpablosolorio3690
    @juanpablosolorio3690 Год назад +5

    What a way to begin the concert! Ed cassidy, drum beating! Randy awsome! RIP both.

  • @777RockNRollin
    @777RockNRollin 9 лет назад +53

    Spirit !! Always ahead of their time with Great songs, the best lyrics, etc,... an awesome band that way too many people today have forgotten to think about ,.... please don't get so caught up in the Kinks and the Who and Bowie and Zep and Zappa that you forget how awesome Spirit was ,..............

    • @srvenenoforte
      @srvenenoforte 5 лет назад +2

      Led Zep was the best rock band ever in the planet. Sorry to tell you this. 😅😅

    • @FriendtoAnimals-ol7gr
      @FriendtoAnimals-ol7gr 3 года назад +2

      @77RockNRollin, I will never forget the Geatness and influence that SPIRIT had on me and others.
      Tripping in the front row in '74 was such a divine experience.They deserved much more acclaim.
      Keep Rocking 77 🎸✌☮🌈

    • @FriendtoAnimals-ol7gr
      @FriendtoAnimals-ol7gr 3 года назад +1

      @@srvenenoforte Maybe so but I get the feeling you never experienced Spirit??

    • @joeblevins1058
      @joeblevins1058 3 года назад

      @@srvenenoforte Led Zeppelin sucked live. Bonham drunk and smacked out. Page big time junkie. LOL..

    • @dennisdaley2211
      @dennisdaley2211 2 года назад +2

      @@srvenenoforte Sorry to say you're wrong!

  • @normansmith9378
    @normansmith9378 5 лет назад +37

    I remember watching the live broadcast through the night back in 1978 in Germany, great show - Spirit played along with Mother's Finest and Dickie Betts and the great Southern that night.

    • @PaBasser
      @PaBasser 3 года назад +5

      I was in West Germany that same night and recorded the concert over the radio. I remember Dickie Betts being on the same bill. That’s so cool. Such a small world. I still have the cassette tape too. Gone way too soon

    • @ivansandvik1567
      @ivansandvik1567 3 года назад +3

      It as broadcast in Norway too, remember this great consert!

    • @dennisdaley2211
      @dennisdaley2211 2 года назад +1

      Nice!

  • @frankstecker5675
    @frankstecker5675 Год назад +9

    Einer der grossen Gitarristen 🎸 das rockpalast Konzert gehört zum besten was ich live gesehen haben..die Vielfalt eines Musiker wie randy california sein Stiefvater Ed cassidy..und am Bass. Larry.. fuzzy.knight..bringt die halle zum beben..Hammer klasse.. great.Spirit..🎸.

  • @johnfletcher7648
    @johnfletcher7648 2 года назад +4

    How can we not miss Randy..the guitar work on its all the same...and downer...and so much more of his work..enjoying note for note...

  • @michaelolz
    @michaelolz Год назад +12

    I loved this band the moment I heard them in a Google Play 60s psychedelic rock playlist. The artistry! The unbelievable musicality. So far ahead of its time. Pure genius.

  • @danielcallahan3977
    @danielcallahan3977 10 лет назад +40

    This ending is as good as any live encore ever. The longest, the best longest.
    Spirit lives today in 2014, you never went anywhere. RIP Mr. Cassidy, a drummer for all time.

    • @michaelleroi9077
      @michaelleroi9077 3 года назад +1

      He’s the best! I met him once

    • @hapax87
      @hapax87 Год назад

      Wasn't Ed Cassidy Randy California's step-father ?

    • @cosmicman621
      @cosmicman621 Год назад

      @@hapax87 ..yep

  • @76Aston
    @76Aston 4 года назад +14

    Back in 1975 I was on a road trip with a friend in his old van. We ended up in southern California, and one evening while cruising the strip at some beach I notice the name 'Randy California' on a sign outside a little nightclub... Of course, we went in! I'll always remember that evening seeing the late Randy California shred the guitar with his teeth while ripping "All Along the Watchtower". "Purple Haze" among other great tunes... What a night!

    • @AlesAndBluesGuy
      @AlesAndBluesGuy 4 года назад +2

      Michael Lax hi from uk wow what a great nights experience for you im old guy now but these kinda lifes experiences stay with us forever!..

  • @DEADMANSJOURNAL
    @DEADMANSJOURNAL 8 лет назад +28

    The drumming is so simple and clean and ahh, I love Spirit!

    • @hapax87
      @hapax87 Год назад +1

      Ed started out as a jazz drummer like Ginger Baker did.

  • @joeosorio3337
    @joeosorio3337 8 лет назад +27

    I met Randy that summer in NY.... the COOLEST dude nice people always treated me good at their shows but he was like that with everyone RIP

    • @jonneredd
      @jonneredd 6 лет назад +2

      i saw them at my fathers place,,and the bottom line ,,great band,,

    • @pauldaley6382
      @pauldaley6382 3 года назад +1

      Such a sad death. Did randy's son go into a music career.?

    • @Monkeyspankerelite
      @Monkeyspankerelite 3 года назад +1

      He died like the hero he was. Saving his 12 year old son from drowning, but drowned himself. R.I.P.

    • @lauranardoni5626
      @lauranardoni5626 2 года назад +1

      @@pauldaley6382 He is a classical pianist now!

    • @pauldaley6382
      @pauldaley6382 2 года назад

      @@lauranardoni5626 Hope he is enjoying life and his music.!!!!

  • @roseblake5803
    @roseblake5803 4 года назад +17

    OMG : Randy was breathtakingly gorgeous and what a performer. This is how you should treat your audience. What a fantastic show!!

    • @kaysmith5495
      @kaysmith5495 3 года назад +2

      Hell yeh!! Gorgeous! Now that I see him on You Tube, I can see how great looking a man he was. I wish I could have met him in the 90's before his death. Terrible loss of all that talent. I think he would have been a very interesting person to meet and talk to (as well as look at). I always thought they were a very underrated band.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz Год назад

      Yes he was!!
      Some are comparing him to Will Ferrel 🤦‍♀️

    • @tomschmitt6911
      @tomschmitt6911 6 месяцев назад

      the guy w/the wart on his nose...????? WTF

    • @roseblake5803
      @roseblake5803 6 месяцев назад

      @@tomschmitt6911 -It takes a real man like you to say WTF 😳 What a joke you are keyboard Cowboy 🤠

  • @davemac1888
    @davemac1888 10 месяцев назад +3

    My favorite band from the late 60’s and through the 70’s . . . Always loved Randy’s guitar 🎸 work and voice, and of course Ed on the drums 🥁 👍

  • @nickrice7535
    @nickrice7535 3 года назад +8

    I saw Spirit play every chance I could while living in California in the latest 70s early 80s. Always my favorite.

  • @carolpacquer7304
    @carolpacquer7304 9 лет назад +2

    My boyfriend and I saw Spirit many times in the early 70's in Connecticut. They used to play often at the University of Hartford and this is just the way I remember them.

  • @kennichols336
    @kennichols336 2 года назад +6

    Synth way over powers just about everything. Love watching Cassidy work it out.

  • @timmungenast
    @timmungenast 7 лет назад +7

    Unlike most rock videos, they actually keep the camera on the soloist during solos! How novel! Good for them!

  • @bobdudy7177
    @bobdudy7177 3 года назад +10

    Ed was in a Class all unto itself. Loved Spirit, and Ed Cassidy just made Drumming Fun and Exciting; as it should be.

    • @Not2shabbe
      @Not2shabbe 3 года назад +2

      Ed teched his drums himself he was really awesome

  • @stevesosman3577
    @stevesosman3577 2 года назад +8

    Somehow they reached the ultimate with 12 Dreams...it is perfect...the best then and the best now and always....

    • @ethericlimerick2992
      @ethericlimerick2992 2 года назад +3

      12 Dreams was like Floyd's Dark Side... everything just seemed to come together so perfectly. A friend turned me on to Dr. Sardonicus in '76 and it's been required listening as well as what we refer to as a "speaker checker" ever since!

    • @stevesosman3577
      @stevesosman3577 Год назад

      Well said!

  • @vaneipontes3279
    @vaneipontes3279 4 года назад +6

    I was there / Great Show 🎵🎼🎶🎸👊
    "Randy Califórnia" (R.I.P)

    • @PaBasser
      @PaBasser 3 года назад

      I was stationed in Germany at that time with the US Army. Taped it off the radio feed

  • @kennyglesga
    @kennyglesga Год назад +5

    Oh man, to find this concert of the band Spirit has made my day, and night. How great were they? fantastic band!

  • @chowtime2
    @chowtime2 3 года назад +11

    The Family That Plays Together. What a masterpiece! When I first heard "Aren't You Glad" on underground FM radio, I was blown away. It was '67 or '68, but my favorite on that LP was "Poor Richard". What an awakening right after "Silky Sam". Although somewhat under-rated, Spirit is one of my top five favorite bands.

    • @mdwarsh
      @mdwarsh 2 года назад +4

      That LP also has a great song called Jewish. Randy California would in the Hall of Fame of Jewish electric guitarists, alongside Mike Bloomfield, Peter Green, Mark Knopfler, and Leslie West. Any others I've forgotten?

    • @chowtime2
      @chowtime2 2 года назад +1

      @@mdwarsh Try listening to that song on acid.

  • @geheimratk1288
    @geheimratk1288 6 месяцев назад +1

    I saw them in that night live on TV with Mother`s Finest, 14 years old, what an experience. Their music and many other bands and artists escorted me my whole life, Rock`n Roll never dies. 😎

  • @MaynardJamesKeller
    @MaynardJamesKeller 10 лет назад +43

    I did a light show with them in '67 (the lineup was Spirit, Moby Grape, Country Joe and the Fish. Great all the way round and back in the days when concert tickets were less than $5...!!). And they and Country Joe are still in my playlist rotations....
    ...with Fresh Garbage as true a statement as it ever was...

    • @kcshack1
      @kcshack1 10 лет назад +4

      Right on. Just discovered the band Spirit because a recent local news broadcast concerning they never approached Zeppelin about plagiarizing Taurus. Glad this article surfaced otherwise I would have never researched this band and got to enjoy them as we have for two weeks now. Randy didnt have a great voice but his having fun with it is infectious. He wrote his own songs on their albums so he had a right to sing them. I wish he hadnt though. If he hadnt they would have got the recognition they deserved. One of the best bans ever as we see it now except Randy's voice bless his heart

    • @AltheRad
      @AltheRad 6 лет назад +3

      Lucky you for sure!! Keep on keepin on young fella from a 71 Y.O.

    • @galetinm
      @galetinm 3 года назад

      @@kcshack1 Well, they did. It didn't end well.

    • @swoopdog54
      @swoopdog54 3 года назад +2

      I was able to jam with Jerry Miller (from Moby Grape)quite a few years ago in Parkland, Wa. A true gentleman and fantastic player. Ah, those were the days!

    • @charlesholmquist4148
      @charlesholmquist4148 3 года назад

      Maynard, do you know my cousin Greg voss out of Illinois n Wisconsin. Charles holmquist. Charlesholmquist@gmail.com

  • @fastrelief
    @fastrelief 8 лет назад +8

    Happy Birthday and may you rest in peace Mr.Skin Ed Cassidy, fabolous drummer, unfinished taste, tasty fills and fantastic style. I hope you and Randy are jammin' non stop with smiles on your faces and peace all around.

  • @chippihc52
    @chippihc52 9 лет назад +57

    Spirit was an awesome band...Caught 'em once at the Fillmore East on a 1970 triple bill with the Kinks and the wonderful Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. (God bless ya Bill Graham for that triple bill...) But there's so much talent in this band, Randy California of course, but also Jay Ferguson, John Locke, and Marc Andes...and Ed Cassidy is one of the great unsung drumming heroes of that era! Thanks for posting that!

    • @lukemanify
      @lukemanify 9 лет назад +2

      I'm into your words completely. Saw the gig on tv then without knowing anythin bout Spirit and that was it for me. Sardonicus, Potatoland, huh

    • @davedowns8141
      @davedowns8141 5 лет назад +1

      I also saw Spirit at the Fillmore East.It was 1969 and they were the middle band opening for CCR.Spirit rocked.

    • @davidklauber8082
      @davidklauber8082 5 лет назад +1

      was also at that concert and agree with you. Also saw the London Rainbow concert, same tour as this video

    • @microlistener
      @microlistener 5 лет назад +1

      I hitchhiked from LIU n Southampton to see that show at the Fillmore . Whole show was unbelievable ! Nice to hear from someone who was there.

    • @davidklauber8082
      @davidklauber8082 5 лет назад +1

      was fortunate enough to see the ccr show as well. best was the steve paul scene for the family that plays together tour. had almost no money and had to bum money in penn station to get home. great show with early van morrison and holy modal rounders. spirit were outstanding. saw them every chance i could and they never disappointed

  • @diddywahdaddy
    @diddywahdaddy 3 года назад +6

    Damn, how GREAT this is! I remember seeing this live on television in the middle of the night at 15. I had our family TV set (a tiny b&w Tandberg, long gone) moved into my room and recorded the audio through an old '50's mono mike (another Tandberg product) in one channel on my newly bought cassette stereo deck (of unknown origin), the other 'mike' being my cheap headphones. It actually worked, and I played the tape again and again for many years, loving it to pieces.

  • @stephennunn6045
    @stephennunn6045 3 года назад +3

    Spirit. Played at the parking lot at Thomas Mall. In 1986. I think. Ferguson, Cassidy, Randy, Locke, And some horn guy that was terrific. I lived close by. My first house. In Phoenix AZ.

  • @snowpine27
    @snowpine27 10 лет назад +5

    Spirit and Randy! Much enjoyed back in he day. Randy has quite a history in how he grew up as a an artist

    • @laurelbravdica8620
      @laurelbravdica8620 9 лет назад +1

      Spirit ! I loved this band !

    • @hapax87
      @hapax87 Год назад

      Yes, Randy met Jimi Hendrix in New York City and was invited to play in Jimi's first band , Jimi James and the Blue Flames.

  • @rogeeeferrari
    @rogeeeferrari 3 года назад +3

    Everybody talking about Ed, Randy was unreal, unbelievable... Great video...

  • @stillbill9937
    @stillbill9937 8 лет назад +7

    I dig Randy California's voice, when I saw them in 69 they were doing all there music from the second album, there best stuff, also Nature's Way witch was ahead of its time.

  • @PurpleRecords1972
    @PurpleRecords1972 2 года назад +2

    The much missed RC - saw him the following year on a UK tour with Ian Gillan - his set was f'in awesome. Never forget his bass layer was called Memphis, must have been 7Ft tall - Thanks for the music Randy.....

  • @lisalinnae9844
    @lisalinnae9844 Год назад +2

    A truly talented group... surfaced at a time... with a message. Love them

  • @SFbank721
    @SFbank721 10 месяцев назад +1

    Always loved Spirit....... saw them in 1970 with Jay Ferguson on vocals, few years later with Cassidy, Locke and Staely brothers on guitars, then as 3 piece in 1978 with RCalifornia

  • @stevenhyden4166
    @stevenhyden4166 4 года назад +2

    I saw Spirit twice, the classic lineup in the late 60s at a sports arena and trio in the 70s at the Bottom Line NYC. Two wonderful shows.

  • @petrascheiblich6191
    @petrascheiblich6191 8 лет назад +4

    Ich habe selbst Spirit damals im Rockpalast Live in Essen/Grugahalle Germany erlebt.....man was konnte der Gitarre spielen, wie Hendrix..... sogar mit den Zähnen konnte er sie spielen!! Superklasse.......😉👍👍👍🎵🎼🎶🎤🎸👍🎶🎼🎵🎤🎸💕🌷💖

  • @ytubepaul
    @ytubepaul 10 лет назад +7

    Superb iconic rock. I saw them at the Rainbow Theatre in London on the same tour. Their support band was The Police with Mr Sting hehe.
    I love this concert.

    • @RoryGallagherRarities
      @RoryGallagherRarities 10 лет назад

      Just got the album of that show, must've been quite the experience =) Great versions of Stone Free & All Along The Watchtower

  • @ronsullivan9068
    @ronsullivan9068 3 года назад +2

    I saw these guys open for Jeff Beck group, four nights in a row at the Fillmore West/Carousel ballroom back in December '68, never knew they included Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, that must have come later...

  • @barrytreasure5047
    @barrytreasure5047 9 лет назад +21

    You MTV / Internet raised kids would never understand the previous generations who could not see their favorite bands live until they came to town on tour and rarely late at night on weekend concert TV shows like Midnight Special or Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. Back then it was not about lip-synching to studio tracks while playing "live" but the experience of hearing and seeing the band live as a memorable thing unto itself and audiences were very forgiving if a band didn't sound like a studio recording. Don't judge a Classic '57 Chevy by today's automobiles and expect it to make sense why it was popular back then. What, no GPS or video rear view camera? Tuners were your ears back then too btw.

    • @MetalheadYA
      @MetalheadYA 9 лет назад +3

      Barry Treasure Totally agree Barry. And remember when you were at a show back then and band members were tuning up between tunes?.. It was almost like a tribal thing. It was kinda magical and all they were doing was tuning up.. Those days are long gone.. God bless utube for allowing us to relive the best days of rock n roll....

    • @hapax87
      @hapax87 7 лет назад

      Barry, I could not have said it better myself. As a child of the 60-70s era, I was as media deprived as the modern kids are "musicianship" deprived.

    • @scottmichael742
      @scottmichael742 3 года назад

      Great comment. I grew up in the 60's and early 70's and my dad used to play the 33 1/2 speed albums. The one that I really remember is The Family That Plays Together. I could never forget " Silky Sam ", : what's ya got there smiley, high low or jack?

  • @rolfott7423
    @rolfott7423 8 лет назад +3

    I watched this live on TV that night. It was already 4 a.m. when they entered the stage. What an amazing concert.

    • @BakHokPoi59
      @BakHokPoi59 7 лет назад +1

      well, it was amazing ...I remember this night very well, too. One of those Rockpalast concerts I will always remember.

  • @jimmyleon2983
    @jimmyleon2983 2 года назад +2

    I saw Spirit in St. Louis in 1982. Randy, Ed, & an known bass player. They performed a great show!

  • @youtubedollydagger
    @youtubedollydagger 2 месяца назад

    We were sitting in our smoky student digs in East Germany with crates of beer up to the ceiling and celebrated this great moment with the best NDR stereo sound together with our brothers and sisters of the same age in Essen/Germany. They were as far away from us as the moon... .
    An unforgettable night - we salute you up there by the stars - Randy.

  • @1119clayton
    @1119clayton 7 лет назад +14

    I'm a product of the 60s and 70s jam... and it's hard to believe I never heard of this band until today....I've been listening to this music for 12 hours straight... Hendix reincarnated!!!!!! Unbelievable Jamming!!!! And I learn Randy California died so tragically too! Life is so precious just to allow you to experience such talent!

    • @monicajean37
      @monicajean37 3 года назад +1

      Randy's death was tragic, he died saving his son who was drowning .😥

    • @bobbennert1132
      @bobbennert1132 3 года назад

      yes you must haved lived in a cave not to know these guys

    • @crowhaven200
      @crowhaven200 3 года назад

      @@bobbennert1132 hhmm in the early 70's I was living in a cave.. but I knew already about Spirit. Never got to see them live tho.

    • @gregholmes1289
      @gregholmes1289 3 года назад +2

      Randy California played with Jimi Hendrix before Jimi formed the Experience.

    • @biggriz2211
      @biggriz2211 3 года назад

      They were a big band in LA. I don't know how big they were nationally.

  • @matthewwilliams7735
    @matthewwilliams7735 3 года назад +7

    Randy lost his life saving his son's life, I'm sure his spirit soars in heaven, this may not be the classic line up but he's doing what he loves I like it.

    • @SDsailor7
      @SDsailor7 2 года назад +1

      How did he saved his son's life?
      What was the circumstances?

    • @matthewwilliams7735
      @matthewwilliams7735 2 года назад +2

      @@SDsailor7 they were swimming in the ocean in Hawaii and his son got caught in a riptide, Randy managed to pull him away from it but got pulled in himself got tired and drown.

    • @SDsailor7
      @SDsailor7 2 года назад +1

      @@matthewwilliams7735 Thank you/ I did not know that.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz Год назад

      Molokai HI

  • @phactreerat
    @phactreerat 2 года назад +2

    My very first concert was Spirit in 1977 at the Royal Oak Music theater.

  • @Connie-B
    @Connie-B 6 лет назад +8

    Spirit!! I really liked these guys back when. Mechanical World , Mr Skin, Nature's Way, I Got A Line On You, were cool songs as were some of their others. No, they weren't real popular but to some of us back in late 60's early 70's, we dug these guys. Granted this concert wasn't too great but some of their albums were good!!

    • @1stSaintsFan
      @1stSaintsFan 6 лет назад +5

      Down here in Louisiana Spirit was also a kind of Underground band that we all loved, but you never really heard much commercial buzz, which suited us just fine. Dr. Sardonicus was always on the party turntables along with Little Feat.

  • @johnstallings4049
    @johnstallings4049 2 года назад +3

    Exactly what I need right now so thank you for posting this!😜💙💋

  • @silverchessdragon
    @silverchessdragon 9 лет назад +4

    Having this record of a real performance is great because every memory link with these beautiful people is to be treasured, simple as that. Lots of great stuff musically even when you want to get critical too. Their spirits shine oh so bright - we should try to join with them too.

  • @hapax87
    @hapax87 Год назад +3

    I was fortunate to have seen Spirit in concert in Tampa, 1976 I think, at Curtis Hixon Hall. Randy was always one of my favorite guitarists. It's a shame Randy is rarely mentioned in the list of great guitarists. He is criminally under-rated !!

  • @ThePhilpix
    @ThePhilpix 10 лет назад +2

    I've seen them in 1981 at the venue theater in London. That day with 4 friends we jump in an alpha romeo julietta, drove from brussels to ostende on the belgium coast, embarqued on the boat cross the chanel, drove from dover to London. It was a great concert with amasings guitar solos and ed playing the drums with is hands without sticks. I should say we were higth on lsd that nigth. well an unforgetable souvenir.

  • @blockhead1422
    @blockhead1422 8 лет назад +5

    Thanks for this! One of my favorite bands back in the day...check out their first 2 albums-total classics!

    • @jagg2055
      @jagg2055 10 месяцев назад

      I agree. 2 of top ten rock albums of all time

  • @michelet2312
    @michelet2312 2 года назад +1

    Thanks so much for this post -- just finding it. They were one of my favorite bands.

  • @paulfreitag6516
    @paulfreitag6516 3 года назад +1

    I saw Spirit at the Winterland Arena San Francisco.10-31-1977,With Ike and Tina Turner I was in the middle of the crowd center stage as Spirit left the stage last encore.I shouted out give me your drum sticks to Ed Cassidy.To my delight and total suprise ,Ed walked out center stage and handed them to me.I still have them today.Sadly one of my so called friends just A total asshole broke the tip off of one of the sticks I glued it back years ago.It was A great show and time.

  • @lisalinnae9844
    @lisalinnae9844 2 месяца назад

    The Best... their focus and message far surpasses today

  • @HarmonyFlix
    @HarmonyFlix 5 лет назад +15

    The moog Taurus pedals are used by countless bands, Rush, Yes and Genesis among them and it is not annoying, the problem is its volume is high up in the mix, bring it down a little and it will add a nice color and timbre to the songs.

    • @onenamlit3861
      @onenamlit3861 2 года назад +2

      ....especially when you don't hit the wrong pedal.

    • @rosskstar
      @rosskstar Год назад

      Is that the recurring Tornado Warning sound?

    • @frankmurphyburr3598
      @frankmurphyburr3598 Год назад

      I had this on video, the mix was stunning

  • @paulmcfadden634
    @paulmcfadden634 9 лет назад +4

    randy grew up behind the stages of sunset blvd as a kid...ed cassidy...from the 30's originally...my comment is that I ran in to them dozens of times in san diego (including the san diego swap meet...50 cents). The point is they had decent music but were so cool to talk to and hang with. And the randy California story is true....

  • @CVT57
    @CVT57 Год назад +2

    Jay Ferguson is currently soundtrack composing for TV's NCIS LA. a good gig, I'm sure.

  • @jamesmorelandoliver8897
    @jamesmorelandoliver8897 2 года назад +6

    There was such a wealth of amazing talent in the late 60s. To my mind, the Beatles and The Kinks came from more of a ballad tradition which really has its roots in folk but these guys seem to evolve from jazz and blues. I can't help wondering, since Randy played in Hendrix's early band if his incredible stage style was inherited from Hendrix or if Hendrix picked up on Randy's style? All their LP's are a treat to hear, including the later Rapture In The Chambers.

  • @jimgray3989
    @jimgray3989 2 месяца назад

    Saw the originals while in high school, 1970, maybe 71' or 72' in Phoenix. A huge fan and played their music so often. Loving what they are doing here, simply GREAT!

  • @caribman10
    @caribman10 4 года назад +32

    I saw them twice at The Fillmore East. Brilliant band live. This was back when you actually could play different kinds of rock and roll and still have a fan following. Not nearly as much pigeon holing as there is now, when if you don't play a VERY SPECIFIC TYPE of rock and roll you won't get any airplay.

    • @saltybildo9448
      @saltybildo9448 3 года назад

      ZAPPA

    • @dennisdaley2211
      @dennisdaley2211 2 года назад

      What??

    • @1blastman
      @1blastman 2 года назад +2

      I saw them at the Fillmore East also, still have the program from the show.
      Randy's guitar playing blew me away.

  • @dennis-ul5ht
    @dennis-ul5ht 2 года назад +1

    My first rock concert: November, 1969, Denison University, Granville, Ohio...

  • @nettwench
    @nettwench 2 месяца назад

    Rockpalast concerts are always epic!

  • @carlbroom14
    @carlbroom14 7 месяцев назад

    Mr Randy California and Dickie Betts two of the finest guitarists at work!Ed Cassidy on Drums doesn’t get better and fabulous bass player!Ed Cassidy was one of the oldest drummers at that time active!What a player! Rest in Peace Randy!!!

  • @jduff59
    @jduff59 6 лет назад +1

    I used to run into Ed quite often at a record shop I worked at in the 80's. He was a really cool guy and traded records, I got a signed GG Allin LP that I still have (it was signed to Ed which makes it a bizarre collectible). He always dressed all in black with black shades and drove a black Cadillac (1959 or 60). Great memories, humble guy and a great drummer.

  • @timmotel5804
    @timmotel5804 3 года назад +1

    WOW! My first time seeing this. They were a great band. RIP Randy and Jack. Wonderful guys.

  • @4everRory
    @4everRory 9 лет назад +3

    I´ve seen so many combos live and nearly all the rockpalast-gigs. But I´ll always remember this concert, which is surely far from perfect. But if you had the luck to feel the spirit of this rockpalast-jam as a teen, you´ll like it forever. a zoso-fanboy ;-)

  • @kcshack1
    @kcshack1 10 лет назад +4

    when he sings the words to Watchtower. He enunciates. For the first time I hear the words

  • @1GoPenguins
    @1GoPenguins 10 лет назад +4

    Again i say, still love Spirit & Randy California - Randy performed with his heart & soul !!! So Awesome...Great Band & Mr. Skins! So hoping this be remastered and I can watch this full concert on a new CD sometime soon!

  • @drprogensteinphp
    @drprogensteinphp 9 лет назад +4

    I was at this show...thanks for uploading!

    • @PaBasser
      @PaBasser 3 года назад +1

      I taped it when I was stationed with the US Army, near Muenster

  • @maryhowsrd3381
    @maryhowsrd3381 2 месяца назад

    I was in college Miami FL never heard this cause i didn't party hes so awesome.. rip sweet heart ❤️

  • @maryhowsrd3381
    @maryhowsrd3381 2 месяца назад

    Jesus mercy on this man. Randy. I love him . Jesus loved him too.

  • @Kevin-mj9yz
    @Kevin-mj9yz 3 месяца назад

    I saw them in 69 ,I missed the stones but not spirit.what a treat.

  • @billyshane3804
    @billyshane3804 Год назад +1

    RIP Randy and Cass.
    Champions and Legends

  • @manoftheworld1000
    @manoftheworld1000 9 лет назад +21

    I still remember us friends sitting next to the tv screen listening to this great concert all night - that "Spirit" being a criminally underrated band, by the way. We spent many nights like that - long live Rockpalast!!!

  • @gj8683
    @gj8683 7 лет назад +2

    It's a shame so many people have been missing this for the past 3 and a half years.

  • @nettwench
    @nettwench 2 месяца назад

    Natures Way gives me chills!

  • @andythomas706
    @andythomas706 9 лет назад +5

    Great moment at 54.52 where a guy in the front row passes randy a spliff!!!

  • @sullivan2339
    @sullivan2339 10 лет назад +2

    AWESOME GROOVY FANTASTIC- Thanks for posting

  • @boomwood
    @boomwood 4 года назад +1

    I was there shit what has happened to good and powerful. Thank God.

  • @chixaroxn
    @chixaroxn 7 лет назад

    23 yrs ole & , my ears are becoming sophisticated , to some great live music I'm hearing & seeing. In Chi-Twn.

  • @Thadmotor1044
    @Thadmotor1044 10 лет назад +8

    jimi did ask randy california to come to england with him . I was luck enough to see spirit at foothill hs in tustin , ca back in the day .

  • @kenderen3736
    @kenderen3736 2 года назад +5

    A great band that i think should have got way more recognition for their masterful songs.

  • @mariocuadra1722
    @mariocuadra1722 3 года назад +1

    Me gusta mucho sprit.pero no sabia de este video .quede muy sorprendido al verlo .de hecho lo vi dos veces seguigo .gracias por compartir este video

  • @user-wq6rt2sy6l
    @user-wq6rt2sy6l 10 месяцев назад

    SPIRIT was one of the unsung heroes of real rock music... one of the best. Randy California was outstanding!

  • @Mike383HK
    @Mike383HK 6 лет назад +1

    It got better and better as it went on!! And Ed Cassidy (as an old drummer) after he warmed up he got better and better!! Just Dickey Betts walking in made everybody better!! I miss Randy!! He was a HERO!! Died to save his son from drowning!! That is character!! He's in Heaven!!

    • @Mike383HK
      @Mike383HK 6 лет назад

      He is one of my heroes as a human being and a father!! Just a great guy!! Ed Cassidy was his mother's boyfriend and mentored him and the band. He was a big band drummer. He knew it all and showed it. Nothing like this will EVER happen again. I miss them.

  • @georgebass8535
    @georgebass8535 Месяц назад

    I’ve listened to Spirit since I was 17. I’m 64 now. Past my expiration date, I’m sure. lol…I’ve always liked them a lot. I got a line on you is in my top 10. Last night, it hit me like Tyson! I totally get it in its entirety of what an amazing group of true rock musicians these guys were! I didn’t know about Randy and the Jimi connection until last night. Jimi would have been 22 and Randy about 15, I think. There was a lot of potential taleand Jimi wanted to bring it out.He was obviously successful. Shit! He’s playing with his teeth! I digress. He is one Hell of a guitarist and front man. Maybe too good along with his step dad, Mr. Skin who would be about 55 when this performance happened. The stamina this man had. Incredible drummer. I know a lot of fans resent JoJo Gunne whom I was in to the night before last, but listen to their first album. Give it a chance. Straight ahead hard rock at its finest. Some of the best slide guitar there is. Jay Ferguson doing some serious barrel house piano. It will grow on ya. Their next 3 albums are average at best. To end this, not only did I have a real education regarding Spirit, I found out Doug Ingle died about 3 weeks ago. I was bummed because I love Iron Butterfly as well. Doug, like Randy never got the recognition he deserved. Rock on. This is beautiful, man…🦋🎩🍄🐝👀

  • @SamuruJapon
    @SamuruJapon 10 лет назад +5

    Le groupe légendaire Spirit. C'est un régal musical. Je vous invite à regarder ce concert.

    • @Thomasflay
      @Thomasflay 10 лет назад +2

      c bon !!!

    • @Thomasflay
      @Thomasflay 10 лет назад +2

      les solos gratte déchire !!!

  •  Месяц назад +1

    This'll do for me🙂Dickey Betts awesome & thanks to the Germans.