IMO Spirit doesn't get the recognisation they deserved. Eclectic, avant-garde and progressive for the time as they fused jazz, psych, folk, funk and blues especially on thier first two albums. Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus is a psychedelia classic.
Jay Ferguson and Mark Andes left the band in 1971 to form the great party rock band Jo Jo Gunne and Spirit released Feedback which has to be one of the most disappointing follow up albums in rock history. Baffling. However Spirit would make a brief comeback in 1976 with Spirit of '76 which was a refreshing and diverse double album. Randy California is a under appreciated guitarist IMO and Spirit was prog before prog was put on the map a year latter.
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