Spirit I Got A Line On You 1984 Original Video

[@williammcbride5706]

74 years old and I still can't get enough of got a line...

[@tomtrana3449]

I know what you mean ...

[@ahole5388]

the song is infectious

[@phayzyre1052]

Age is just a number, keep on rockin’! 🤘🏽😎🎸

[@JBacon1698]

Yep, just got finished listening to The Blues Magoos another great band from the same era as us and Spirit too... kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZfWq4eNiJuge8U

[@mortalclown3812]

Spring chick 66 in Jan, honey. These guys and Quicksilver Messenger Service were my favorites. We had the best music. Nothing close. Rock on. Paz y luz 💫🩵

[@dennisguttrich7442]

I'm now 68 and always loved this song and this performance is MAGNIFICENT!

[@gurneymcpaste8436]

Me too.

[@remmymafia3889]

16 yrs after they recorded this gem. Very polished video of them performing this song.

[@carlsaganlives5112]

One of my first 45's ever - bought at EJ Korvette's...

[@lindafox7506]

Just a great rocker, fits any era!

[@Patricia-pq4jq]

Agreed

[@bobmurray6697]

Saw a concert in the 70’s Montrose, Spirit. Spooky Tooth and Humble pie.

[@billwolgamott1910]

I passed up Humble Pie & Frampton’s Camel in the early 70’s. What a mistake

[@thomasburrow783]

Probably for less than 10 bucks too...

[@jaysantos536]

@@billwolgamott1910 May 1973 I saw Frampton's Camel open for Slade at Majestic MOVIE theatre for $6.00 FRONT ROW!

[@jaysantos536]

@@thomasburrow783 May 1973 I saw Frampton's Camel open for Slade at Majestic MOVIE theatre in Dallas for $6.00 FRONT ROW!

[@blairsterling6141]

Those were great times !!! 70's..60's... girls were so loving and free.. girls were so kind and giving..... the world is so cold now..

[@jerrynamirowski6713]

Love this song Wow

[@Patricia-pq4jq]

Always loved it

[@Mike-yc9td]

Is that Skunk Baxter playing guitar in the background?

[@Patricia-pq4jq]

@@Mike-yc9td yes

[@PattyHamilton-kv1pz]

1984 what a party! Great performance. ❤Randy California we miss you. RIP

[@jeffreykabik]

We lost Dickie Betts today

[@PattyHamilton-kv1pz]

@@jeffreykabik Dickie Betts was a great talent. He lived to be 80 yo, not bad. RIP Mr. Dickie Betts.

[@pennpal62]

Skunk tearing it up.

[@karensteyer677]

Skunk Baxter?

[@jmitch623]

74 yo and I listen once a day. Great rendition.

[@heydadd]

72 and I play it often. o/

[@hudly83]

Me too😂

[@teanytraciable]

I'll be 54 soon and had forgotten about this song till a new friend about 10 years my senior ( wait , I said that right ,right ? 😂 Anyway he put it on the smart TV and I said ahhh Yes! Blasty from the pasty and I prob most assuredly was not a twinkle in my parents eyes yet when this came out but ❤ I love them. This. That. 😊 Everyone have the best day 🤘🤩

[@bigstuff52]

@jm..72 and once a day..

[@dmlong56]

This just never gets old. Love this! Jeff “Skunk” Baxter playing some rhythm and lead guitar. Great session musician! I look at Randy with bittersweetness. Lost in a riptide saving his son..son survived. What a hero! Wish these guys could have given us more brilliant music. Thanks for the music🎶❤️🕊️

[@krisjay1558]

why is he sitting down? very unusual

[@dmlong56]

Well,he sits for a short time but his legs are dancing! To me he’s just doing something out of the norm so peeps will say, “Why is he sitting down”?!😆❤️🎶

[@BowdenSpace]

Yeah I THOUGHT that was Skunk. Great tune !

[@harrisfoster1066]

Keith K from the Doobies

[@dianegodbout2356]

it's sad because one can escape a riptide swimming parallel across it to get free

[@simba30]

Why this wonderful original group is not in the Hall of Fame. Randy California was a superstar and in the end a real life giving his own life to save his son from drowning. One of my favorite groups

[@kb9788]

Agreed, Frank. If it was really about Rock n Roll he would be in there along with many others. BTW your In Love In Vain album is one of my favorites, love to crank that up on road trips, swings!

[@jmharmon]

Damn straight on that!!!!!!!!!

[@Mat_Gomez23]

Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame is a joke, they had rappers inducted in it… not Rock N Roll, just absolutely embarrassment

[@phillip01ish]

During the Taurus trial with Led Zeppelin, I heard Spirit referred to as a "minor" and "forgotten" band that no one knows about anymore. I'm so glad there are many others beside me that appreciate their enduring music. You are right, Randy is a super-hero in his life and death

[@shaunmcdonough9016]

People need to stop hoping for rock artists to be in the Hall of Fame in Cleveland. It's a total joke nowadays and not about rock and roll. If it was real, acts like Spirit and many others would be in it. Jann Wenner and Jon Landau (read his review of "Are You Experienced" some time for laughs) don't really like real rock and roll (except that which lines their own pockets) and they are the two people who have had the most influence on who gets in.

[@Toddzirra]

13th Dream (aka Spirit of '84): Randy California - Guitar, Vocals RIP (Spirit) Ed Cassidy - Percussion, Drums RIP (Spirit) Bob Welch - Guitar, Vocals RIP (Fleetwood Mac, solo) Joe Lala - Timbales RIP (Blues Image, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Bee Gees, actor in movies & TV) Bobby LaKind - Congas RIP (Doobies) Keith Knudsen - Percussion, Drums RIP (Doobies) Jerry Jumonville - Saxophone RIP (Rod Stewart, Doobies) Bruce Gary - Percussion, Vocals RIP (The Knack, session drummer) Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - Guitar (Steely Dan, Doobies) Jay Ferguson - Guitar, Vocals (Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne, solo) Howard Leese - Guitar (Heart, Paul Rodgers, Bad Co.) Gary Myrick - Guitar (John Waite, solo) Mark Andes - Bass, Vocals (Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne, Firefall, Heart) John Locke - Keyboards (Spirit, Nazareth) Neal Doughty - Keyboards (REO) Curly Smith - Percussion, Drums, Vocals (Jo Jo Gunne, Boston) Alan Gratzer - Percussion, Vocals (REO)

[@witoman]

Thank you.

[@michaelwolf6424]

Didn't recognize Gary Myrick. He later formed a band called Gary Myrick and the Figures. Remember, "She talks in stereo".

[@teanytraciable]

Thank you ❤❤

[@patrickpoland9223]

Awesome song !!

[@DoofsterDan]

Thank you!! Thought that was Baxter jumping around, later of the Doobies. Steely Dan, and a consultant to the Dept of Defense.

[@mpojr]

Im 74 now and believe or not this was my generation

[@giovanni2075]

Real musicians No gimmicks No auto tune no pre-recorded backing tracks Just kick ass Guitars Bass Drums percussion great harmonies Great lead singer Keep on Rocking !!

[@jimburdin]

i believe it! and it was mine too

[@mikerieck306]

@@jimburdin Mine too.....I'm very close to 67

[@jocelantracey5832]

and mine and everyone who lived through it. It was the best by anyone's measure. But tell that to the kids today and they won't believe you.

[@ronaldstokes4841]

@@jocelantracey5832 My ol' butt doesn't like the way they use 'our music' in various commercials on TV. Kids hear 'Goin' Up the Country' and think it's a commercial for cell phones. Goodyear does a Steppenwolf song; pharmaceutical ads are the biggest thieves though... The Stones? ...are you kiddin' me?

[@losangeles3010]

Who still rockin it in 2025?? I was 21 in 1984,,,,what a great f*ckin year!!!!!!!!!!!! Anybody got a time machine or know where Doc & his DeLorean from 'Back to the Future" are??

[@barbarabeesley7451]

This is my #1 favorite song of all time by one of the most underrated groups ever to grace the stage! These guys were way ahead of their time, and their songs sound as fresh and wonderful today as they did many decades ago! ❤️

[@ae2yosemitesamvp48]

I graduated from high school in 1966 and I remember Spirit and this song from the 60s. Is this the original band? I remember Fresh Garbage as well. Slap on the Ass and a hard hand shake too?

[@barbarabeesley7451]

@@ae2yosemitesamvp48 yes....this is the original band

[@KittyGrizGriz]

“Underrated” again? 😛

[@barbarabeesley7451]

@@KittyGrizGriz what does that mean?

[@JusSteve53]

Clear Spirit and 12 Dreams of DR Sardonicus

[@61dodgelancer]

I'm 79 and still loving this classic rocker! 😛

[@twagn]

Rock On!

[@bigstuff52]

72 and still lovin it...

[@konarain]

this is not it..Aloha

[@jjmmjj44]

High school song ❤

[@Patricia-pq4jq]

Me 2

[@patrickconnaghan5117]

The guitar player playing behind Randy California is Bob Welch from Fleetwood Mac. Spirit lives 2023.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Love his “French Kiss” ‘78 album I still have it!

[@sarahalbers5555]

Good catch.

[@patricklonski]

And of course there is Skunk Baxter "sitting in". Also, I see a very young Mark Andes on bass.

[@howardclegg6497]

Jay Ferguson was in this band as well.

[@awesometraveler]

I've watched this about 300 times and will keep coming back.

[@thow5836]

ikr?!

[@Patricia-pq4jq]

Me too

[@JuanVasquez-gx2pu]

I love these guys! Guitar 🎸 Land Holmes 🎸⚡⚡🎇🥁🎸🏜️🇺🇲

[@nick56677]

So u watched it once for every band member?

[@VIRGONOMICS]

3 Maraca Players 3 Cowbell 5-6 Drummers 13 Guitars 2 Basses 2-3 Keyboards , you can’t go wrong ….

[@douglasslater5192]

Fantastic. We had so I'm many great groups back then. We were so lucky.

[@kenhuth1762]

When the royalty checks went out they each got $1.50.

[@mikerieck306]

@@kenhuth1762 My thought exactly.

[@The_Timinator]

Yeah this had to have been one of those "Benefit" Concerts that were the "thing" in the 80's. (30 mid level musicians looking for FAME, I KNOW Jeff Baxter was AWESOME , but why was he here?) I'm pretty sure this was Rick Derringer 1:29, 1:57... the others players were probably from Blackfoot, Uriah Heep, Nazareth... bands I never paid attention too but, they opened for Rush, or Ted Nugent, even Robin Trower, so I kind of recognize the faces.

[@The_Timinator]

@T0r0nt056 The Worlds GREATEST Tambourine player is Ray Cooper and he plays in England with the Legends of Rock, Clapton, Beck and Page... here he is in all his glory. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3TTqZquic16bdU

[@510dani4]

Class of '74 here, taking a walk back to the days of REAL rock and roll MUSIC.

[@edgough9539]

Class of '75 here, and yes REAL rock and Roll

[@Robert-vs4sm]

Thanks for giving me the details of coming out for my top 1000 songs

[@robertferguson533]

73 here. Same damn thing

[@jimshoe402]

Me Too 😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@FightingForFacts7074]

Also class of 74. Some boss music on all rock, R&B , soul, progressive stations around that time.

[@davezuda6146]

I never get tired of sharing this comment I came across on another video: “It's worth being old now to have been young then.”

[@jocelantracey5832]

Oh my God, that is brilliant.

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

@davezuda6146 I can see a t-shirt/car sticker with that on it. I’d buy one of each. ‘What a long, strange trip it’s been’. H.S. class of 70.

[@bobthebear1246]

This is what happens when you have written and recorded one of the greatest songs in Rock and Roll history: You get an incredible mega collab version years later that itself is a legendary classic. RIP Randy California. 🤘🏻🎸🤘🏻

[@unclefuggly7149]

Did I see Jeff Lynne in there?

[@philcig]

@@unclefuggly7149 Don't think so. But I saw Jeff Baxter, Bob Welch, and, I believe, Brian Setzer in the crowd.

[@jaysantos536]

EASILY a TOP TEN rock song of the 60s,

[@normanbuffett4642]

@@philcig I thought I saw Mick Ronson too

[@1leadvocal]

@@normanbuffett4642 I don't think so. None of his mannerisms (he never looks down at his guitar) and I haven't seen him ever in a suit like that. Not to mention, stop the video andlook at his face. Not Mick. I wish I knew who it was, I think it's Howard Leese from Heart.

[@markcarrillo2445]

Keith Knudsen, Jeff Skunk, and Bobby LaKind from The Doobie Brothers assisting. You can't go wrong. Wonderful.

[@donv21pa]

thank you - knew Skunk couldn't ID others

[@PalmerEldritch23]

Bob Welch, Joe Lala, Bruce Gary (The Knack), and Howard Leese (Heart) too!

[@catheline51]

I remember and loved that song, but don't remember anything else they did. Then they disappeared, or I stopped paying attn, maybe. This video shows there were some great musicians in that band. Are any of them now playing in other groups, anyone know? One last note: if captions did not indicate....there's no mistaking that was done sometime in the 80's, haha. The Big Hair Decade. Anyway, thank you for posting this!

[@jmharmon]

Phukin A!!!!!!!

[@harrisfoster1066]

Bob Welch...Joe Lala

[@karenruediger633]

I'm 68 and still blast this song and the original every time I hear it. Awesome music!

[@porgy]

I'm so glad I grew up listening to music like this.

[@Patricia-pq4jq]

Me too

[@Patricia-pq4jq]

Yep

[@dr.z1554]

I'm 70 and used to play this at the club in the 70's. Packed over 100 on the dance floor.. One of my all time favorites.

[@vaman5591]

That, my friends, is what I'm talkin bout!! Anybody that graduated from high school in the 70's danced to that one! Thank God it's still alive today! I"ma watch that again!

[@Rael64]

I graduated in the 80s and I danced to that one :)

[@RafiqRashad]

I just can't get enough of this song I been playing this whole song for 2 hours and I still sang this song I know every word for this song oh yes his voice is wow I did have his hair like this

[@maryannferencak3799]

Wow! Brings back so many memories

[@jims5922]

That's a whole lot of guitars! Love how animated and into it Skunk is! Loved Spirit and this song since I was a kid.

[@brianbytheocean]

this looks like 4 different bands met in the parking lot, smoked some weed and said let's see if we can ALL play at the same time.

[@wjewell63]

Ditto man. ..

[@timbonczyk4116]

I like blackfoots cover better

[@PAKiller1]

I liked Alice Coopers version best

[@tcat7576]

Skunk Baxter playing an old Dan Armstrong plexi! How cool is that?

[@austinteutsch]

Having Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on stage with you ain't no bad deal either!!

[@robertphillips9117]

Almost 69 and still remember it vividly

[@1blastman]

"You know the winter's almost over and the summer's she's comin' on strong." One of my favorite lines of all time.

[@ladyofthecreek279]

Poetry 👏🏼

[@anthonynelson9136]

Just think how much more of a favorite it would be if you actually used the correct words instead of what you posted.

[@Lg-cd5ls]

@@anthonynelson9136 LOL

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

@@anthonynelson9136 What’s your problem?

[@anthonynelson9136]

@@dr.OgataSerizawa What do you mean?

[@williamdan7269]

Jimi Hendrix named Randy Wolfe "Randy California". Randy perished when a riptide sucked him out to the sea. He saved his son during the ordeal. A real hero! And a Rock and Roll hero too!! I love Spirit! Dr. Sardonicus is a legendary album that is ingenious. This song "I Got A Line On You" is and will always be awesome!! The Zeps liked these guys allot too!!

[@moritz0911]

Randy want to save his son in Hawai- in the sea- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_California

[@bikeman123]

Page loved Spirit's Taurus so much he nicked the riff for Stairway.

[@joeolson9251]

Led Zeppelin was the opening act for Spirit and Vanilla Fudge here in Denver CO 12-26-1968

[@greeremalachi926]

I did too.............😀

[@JohnnyNation]

I've read somewhere in the past that Hendrix actually wanted Randy C to come to England with him but his parents refused as he was underage at the time !!!###

[@DH-kl5rx]

I had the original back in 1968 while in high school. Always thought this was a great but wholly underrated song. Really liked this 1984 version.

[@carlsaganlives5112]

Me too, one of my first 45's way back when....sigh.

[@marvinbellomy3874]

Awesome! Those were the days when there was really great music that meant something and they played with heart and soul.

[@BrimHawk]

61 now. This is WAY better than I remember.

[@mjphoto45]

I was lucky enough to be able to pick up Spirit at the airport in Omaha for their gig at the Ranch Bowl in the 80s. Randy and his step father Ed Cassidy on drums couldn't have been any nicer. I picked them up in my bosses BMW. First things they did once in the car was fire up a Doogie. I took them for a radio interview 30 min later. Randy was talking about UFOs. Pretty cool. I asked my friend to record it....of course he didn't record it. I even got Chinese food for them before the show. An experience I'll never forget.

[@bryanwolof8742]

You lucky SOB! I am sooooo jealous!!!

[@debbieedwards711]

That's what I call Rock n roll! A real all star band! Rock On!❤

[@Longrider1]

38 years and this still Rock 'n Roll!!!!

[@rahkinrah1963]

Is that your age? If so congrats. This came out in 1969, 1970? It is 53 years now!

[@vaman5591]

@@rahkinrah1963 And we were there! Sweet rockin on the fm dial!

[@ellensugarmag3759]

Absolutely..................

[@Longrider1]

@@rahkinrah1963 the video was 38 years old at that time. Yeah I know when the original release was, I lived that era, what I can remember of it!

[@john-dz6wk]

I think this song was out in 1969 54 yrs.

[@interstategar]

Great song, great players. I think I saw Bob Welch pn the left. I still have the LPvwhen it first came out. Saw them in Philly at the Spectrum about 1970 I think. They were a very tight band

[@MrTomengle]

God Bless Randy California!

[@lindabergman3127]

Loved him n this group of excellence singers n musicians 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@edgough9539]

One of the badass tunes of the decade and beyond, i crank this up big time, and hell im 67 years old

[@lindabergman3127]

Yep can’t listen to this Too loud❤❤❤❤

[@km6675]

Never tire of this song. Play the CD in my truck a lot. Never gets old.

[@harrymyers1427]

damn they sure dont make music like this no mo, i had a young cat said we was lucky as hell to have all that killer music then, no shit

[@dave7015]

I forgot how clean and crisp this was! Randy California's vocals are just divine!

[@rgsxyz1105]

I always thought it said... "I got a lot on you, babe"......like inside info, gossip etc....kind of liked it better that way....lol.....

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@rgsxyz1105think the “line” meant; in his line of vision…kinda sexy and to the point but who really knows…

[@nick56677]

@KittyGrizGriz Yeah, that's what line meant. In other words, he has her in his sights locked on.

[@Athena-999]

@@nick56677 Yes, that's what it means.

[@rgsxyz1105]

@@KittyGrizGriz , yea but got and lot rhyme better... :)

[@ZDS1025]

Great song, I was a young 33 year old in 1984, just married, and now an old man but still loving the Rock & Roll music of my era!

[@muffs55mercury61]

Song sounds just as great as the original recording 15 years earlier.

[@brianstelter7067]

When Rock and Roll was fun. I lived it.

[@micheledubois6249]

63 and still dig this! Makes me dance around the house..

[@kathleenboyd4036]

if i could walk well i would also.. gets us up

[@whiplash8277]

As a drummer, I was blown away to see all the percussionists rockin out on this song. Great band, great song.

[@ronitennant5253]

Just the right amount of cowbell!

[@rickhibdon11]

As a drummer..... how much would you have paid to shared the stage with this crew?

[@fmmaj9noname332]

That old bald dude playing the drums was Randy's stepfather, Ed "Cas" Cassidy. He was known for those huge orchestral bass drums tilted on both sides. He was an ancient 44 years old when he started playing for 16 year old Randy's new band Spirit (after Randy had already been playing with Jimi Hendrix for a year or two). He passed away in 2012 aged 89, and is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest rock drummer.

[@whiplash8277]

@@fmmaj9noname332 I did not know he'd passed recently.

[@RobertHasselle]

Cassady was an awesome (and underrated) drummer!

[@jimmyhobbs5029]

This hits like a sledgehammer!! Love it!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Oh man, loved this song as a young teen growing up. This performance is firing on all cylinders!!! 👀 🍭 for dayyss too 😘! Whew!!!

[@briansauer6695]

I loved the original as a kid, but I'm liking this version of it too, just not as much as I like the speeded up version. Sometimes it's nice to hear an alternate version. Motorhead has a few versions of their song "Motorhead". Lemmy, I believe, wrote it for Hawkwind when he was in the band and their version is sooo different, utilizing Saxophones and violins in it. Sounds REALLY cool!

[@olly8]

Sounds like they're doing SLOWER version of a real Rocker. Tempo just way slow. Will listen a few more times to see if I like it or pass.

[@lindabergman3127]

@@olly8might be because they’re kinda loaded😂

[@surferpam1]

TURN IT UP!

[@dennisoconnor-ol3hu]

holy cow - I haven't heard this song in years. This is AWESOME

[@starlitblond]

I love their commitment to percussion!

[@sniffableandirresistble]

0:50 Skunk is really skunking out ... lol 😂

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

So glad I was a teen when this was big. Great memory. Great song.

[@seanf7810]

If you were successful in the 70’s, an instance of Skunk Baxter would magically appear on stage and sit in on your set, mysteriously disappearing before you had a chance to thank him. Skunks were known to bless multiple shows simultaneously.

[@pogodog7]

I saw SPIRIT at the Baltimore Civic Center in the 60's. There were lots of groups that played that night but Spirit was absolutely the best. I miss the 60's so much. You could go to a concert and see 6 to 8 groups for $12.50. I saw the Beatles once, the Stones twice, the Beach Boys twice, the Moody Blues three times and many other great groups. What an era to love music and get all you wanted.

[@peterpandemonium3336]

First major concert I went to was Led Zeppelin at the Baltimore Civic center in 70 or, maybe 71. I was in the very top row. The band was 3 hours late with no opening band and they looked like ants way down there. It was great!

[@roncurtis2375]

@@peterpandemonium3336 I had just gotten home from flying choppers in Nam and a friend bought my wife and I tickets in the 15th row. We thought we had died and gone to heaven...until the band came on and everyone in the back rushed down to the front and you couldn't see shit but the sound was incredible. This would have been in March of 1972

[@michaelwolf6424]

@@peterpandemonium3336 Led Zeppelin wasn't my first concert but not far from it. I saw LZ in Tampa, Fla under similar circumstances. Waaaaay the hell up in the cheap seats. Of course, the band members were barely visible. Worse, with only a few underpowered amps, you couldn't hear what they were singing. My gf got sick halfway through the show and we had to leave early. Sorry, but that was far from . . .great. Never saw them again.

[@peterpandemonium3336]

@@michaelwolf6424 Bummer, man!

[@marywatson4832]

Still an awesome song today.❤

[@scotabot7826]

My Boy Skunk just killing it. Love that guy!!!

[@mjphoto45]

I picked them up at the airport in Omaha to play at the ranch bowl. His step father Ed Cassidy playing drums

[@lindadinato_koontz-oq7me]

65 here, this is what legends are

[@ginaquarles3476]

❤ Randy California one of the BEST voice's I've EVER heard... not to mention a "SUPER" cool guy & a totally RAGING guitarist!!! ❤❤❤❤ Greatful for these life long KILLER memories!!!

[@angelaallen340]

Me also

[@jackdavis8616]

I second that ❤

[@steveludwig4200]

100%

[@BrendaRamirez-e1n]

I saw Spirit and Jo Jo Gunn in the 70s in.Long Beach. I am 70 now and still enjoy their music.

[@flsandye4639]

I saw Spirit in Detroit, Michigan, back in the early/mid 70s and they ROCKED! Ahhhhh the memoriesssss

[@irishoxley994]

I remember hearing song originally in 1966...

[@phyllisprall8210]

This song just puts you in the mood no matter what!!! I never tire of this song!!! ❤❤❤

[@MichealUnrue]

I was in junior high the first time I heard this song (yeah, I'm old). One of the most underrated American bands in history. I still have Twelve Dreams and it still holds up.

[@patrickcollins6830]

Epic. Insane talent everywhere, but zero pretentiousness and loads pure great music and fun. This performance just crushes. it.

[@michaellake5269]

If this doesn't get you going, you don't know rock and roll. What a lineup. RIP Randy and your great stepdad drummer.

[@leaann7807]

Really. How can anyone sit still listening to this one?

[@jhondoe5147]

Speaking of lineup, who all is this? It looks like a jam from a benefit concert kind of deal. Normally I am pretty good at picking out personnel on things but not on this. I'd really like to know, some help?

[@michaellake5269]

@@jhondoe5147 Skunk Baxter is on guitar.

[@jhondoe5147]

@@michaellake5269 Ya Goof........lol That one i knew. But thanks for making me smile.

[@jeffhammers5677]

Think it's his father in law

[@sunroy1]

I had a reel to reel recorder back in the early 70’s. Probably recorded it off the radio. Loved this song.

[@msjoanofthearc]

SPIRIT...one of musics' finest!

[@brianmiller2877]

Randy’s voice is clear, strong, and with a range that hadn’t lost anything 15 years after the song’s release. He is missed. His song still rocks and always will!

[@kaysmith5495]

Yes, I love his voice!

[@ptownscribe1254]

Can't believe I don't know this, but Jay Ferguson didn't sing this song?

[@brettrick8100]

Yeah,he was hitting his prime there.

[@hermanmunster714]

Full out rock. NO gimmicks here just lots of musical talent and a real groove. Bands today are not musicians they just ramble ballads. Spirit and real rockers like them have immense musical skill.

[@RafiqRashad]

I'm 66 year old I can't believe I still love this song wow I'm here in Raleigh north Carolina USA

[@michaellazzeri2069]

What a rocker ! RIP to Randy, & all in this vid who have passed . Skunk's goin off the chain & I love it . -------------MJL, 75 y/o

[@terrylemonde7049]

skunk gets into the musis and his guitar! always movin😁

[@thomaswatt8995]

We were house band in aclub, summer of '69, doing Rascals, Hendrix, Cream, etc When we played this song, the place would go nuts!

[@xaspirate8060]

Coulda knocked me over with a feather if you told me Jeff Baxter in this bandj !!!!! I love all his stuff--- hate to admit but if you told me he played on this I would have argued with you because it is too hard to distinguish on this particular song. IMHO.

[@rr8195]

great version, with the Skunk no less!

[@danabuch324]

Only Randy California could gather a group of musicians like this. Jeff "Skunk" Baxter absolutely rockin it and shredding the plexiglass.

[@sierraseven3680]

He's the madman in the black shirt and light blue jeans, right? The video quality isn't very good, but it looks like him.

[@danabuch324]

@@sierraseven3680 Yep, and notice he's playing a Plexiglas Telecaster

[@lindabergman3127]

It’s 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@stdio44.32]

Skunk Baxter might have been doing a friendly nod to Randy California's Dan Armstrong lucite guitar. Not sure if he recorded the song with it, but there's a 1970 Spirit TV appearance on YT where California is playing it.

[@guyleffel5674]

This track is one of the first digital recordings of all time = why the sound is spot on. The singer, Randy Wolfe, was named Randy California by Jimi Hendrix while in his 1st band: Jimmy James and the Blue Flames. Interesting that Randy California wrote the guitar intro to Stairway To Heaven as the song "Taurus" which was copped by Jimmy Page after he saw the transfixed crowd reaction when Spirit was opening for Zeppelin and performed it (Zep of course never stole anything). Spirit was scheduled to open for Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock but was nixed by mgr. Lou Adler who must've been smoking something (he did discover Cheech Chong). The complete list of musicians performing live with Spirit are: Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Jimi Hendrix, Steely Dan, Doobie Bros.) - guitar Bob Welch (Fleetwood Mac, Bob Welsh) - guitar, vocals Joe Lala (Barbra Streisand, Ringo Starr,,,) - percussion Matt Andes (Heart, Spirit, Jo Jo Gunn, Firefall) - guitar, vocals Howard Leese (Heart, Bad Company) - guitar Gary Myrick (Stevie Wonder. Eagles...) - guitar Neal Doughty (REO Speedwagon) - keyboards Jerry Jumonville (Doobie Bros, Rod Stewart...) - saxophone Curly Smith (Boston, The Who...) - percussion, drums, vocals Keith Knudsen (Doobie Bros.) - percussion, drums Bruce Gary (Rod Stewart, Johnny Lee Hooker...) - percussion, vocals Alan Gratzer (REO Speedwagon) - percussion, vocals Bobby LaKind - (Doobie Bros.) - percussion

[@juansurfcity1605]

thanks for the complete list, Guy! sure you noticed jay ferguson and john locke are not there... I spotted skunk, welch and lala, and some i couldn't name... grew up in santa monica/malibu area and saw spirit a few times; (including at the Corral there in the canyon) definitely great! they lived in topanga right near the center by the creek... I was at the "reunion" show at the santa monica civic theater when a drunken (apparently) neil young wandered on to the stage and tried to sing harmony, and randy pushed him away, not knowing it was neil, and the resulting broo-ha-ha was said have have broken up the group for good...

[@AlmostReady504]

Jumpin Jerry Jumonville Yeah yeah

[@StandingStones1776]

hi Thank you for the list who is playing drums the bald dude in black ? he was in the original band right? i shoudl know more about this band then just a couple songs but they didnt get air play here back in the 70's like they should have just like Arthur Lee and Love.. two LA bands. Another band that was just underthe radar was the Music Machine but they were considered a One Hit Wonder but had some great music...

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@StandingStones1776 Ed Cassidy is the powerhouse drummer. He was Randy C’s step~father.

[@StandingStones1776]

@@KittyGrizGriz thanks Kitty.. appreciate the answer

[@viking4130]

60 years old and still gets my blood flowing and old bones grinding about the house! Good times music during the best time with the best friends anywhere.

[@TyroneFlanagan]

One of the most.under rated bands of all rock and roll time. Ooriginal song writing in so many ways. I saw them doing 360's in white tuxedos jumping thru strobe lights at a festival.

[@dwayneard5997]

Man..what an ..Awesome.. lineup...Jeff on guitar... Kenny on drums , Randy and all the 100 other guitarists .. Plus...Cowbells...Damn.....Mr Dilly love... Spirit !!! 👍🎸😎❤️

[@b.w.barbee2269]

AN ALLSTAR group of GREATS!!!..................Outstanding!!!.......PLAY...it...LOUD!!!.....RIP, My Good Buddy, Bob Welch!!!

[@joelewing4498]

I was in 7th or 8th grade when this tune hit the airwaves....LONG before this 1984 Video. I have NEVER heard it so ballsy in my life.....what a stroke of luck to have stumbled into this by accdt. OK.....who are the players here....got a mix of 2 or 3 bands I see. Damn this sounds so good.....even to a 67 yr. old rocker who still has that burning, rock SPIRIT. God Bless us all. jbeinarizona

[@roadking99jokerst60]

Always cool to run across a great tune that's been in your head for decades.

[@maxp9793]

I've been singing this song in my head for the last few days and I had to hear it, so I came here. This version is better than the original. Love the energy. 😀

[@tundrawomansays5067]

68 gonna be 69 soon. Remember when we went to concerts and they actually sounded like the tune we heard on the air or the record? You can “OK, Boomer” all ya want: Admit it, some songs are simply timeless.

[@randyanderson2161]

@@tundrawomansays5067 -- +1. I'm almost 72 and rockin' without a chair.

[@bagdadbob3391]

Newsflash. Spirit is officially inducted into the "People's" Hall of Fame. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@marlenedivia3994]

This is the best version of “I Got a Line on You” that I’ve heard so far! Love this!

[@garyfowler6928]

FYI...there's a longer version of this same video out there somewhere. It last about 7 minutes and continues where this one ends. Seen it a number of years ago but it musta got yanked.

[@lisa.user-xm7kz2tb6x]

Y E S, I agree. 😊

[@lalremtluangakhawlhring8639]

@@garyfowler6928 this is the 7 minute version kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIbbm6uaetyYZ5Y

[@marksauce2383]

Ditto...

[@aaronguffey6353]

Blow was the main ingredient for this video. 😆. Lots of it and Baxter got most of it!

[@eversurfer]

As a surfer of the late 60s and 70s this was my warm up for a "Big Wednesday Day". Spirit snd Santana always focused my energy.

[@pepp4560]

I saw Spirit at the Circle Star Theater in San Mateo, CA in circa 1978 and again at a club in San Francisco in circa 1982. Great venues! And God, I loved that group! Their albums included some pretty crappy songs, but they also had many, many terrific songs, and they played their best songs in concert. A vastly underrated band with a wonderful legacy of music.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

So Lucky!! Randy C. is a great frontman, absolutely love his voice, performance! Great band!!

[@tixximmi1]

I loved Circle Star.

[@chipusas1161]

That was at Stow Lake Boathouse in SF. Cassidys' birthday I remember, seems like seventy something at the time. Ahhh the good ole days

[@pepp4560]

@@chipusas1161, thanks for your comment, but no, that must have been a different concert. The one we saw was in North Beach. I think it may have been at Bimbo's 365 Club.

[@DanaDeSimone-p5z]

@@pepp4560 i remember the Bimbo's show...i can't remember if it was 82, maybe 83 as i was still drinking alot then..great show though

[@thomasmackey9300]

Randy California and Spirit with friends it's a rock orchestra. Everything they did was great Randy gone way too soon.

[@consciousobjector2507]

That's like five ZZ Tops! INCREDIBLE!!!!

[@lindabergman3127]

This never gets old🥰👏👏👏

[@debi8494]

Just gotta love “Skunk” Baxter in this video! His energy is off the charts!

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

“Cocaine is a hell of a drug”. Rick James

[@BellanGracie]

I had never seen Skunk this animated ever before! But, he did still have his chair..

[@shuroom57]

@@dr.OgataSerizawa I knew somebody would bring this up. You know, kids act like this. Are they hopped up? Sometimes adults let the music take them away; they become kids again. Without a urinalysis, I am going to have to respectfully disagree with your tacit diagnosis.

[@KoolKevDev_67]

Was dreaming with this song playing in my head when i woke up! Too Cool, what a good dream!

[@virginiagrundman4012]

Changed my mind. This is one of the best versions ever.

[@kimberlygraeber9215]

Check out jeff healy band. Their version is really rockin

[@Leslie-k8j]

I first heard these guys at age 12 in 1970. Been a fan ever since. Such a great and underrated band. R.I.P. Randy California 😢

[@Adulteducation8]

As an 11 year old, I discovered Thunder Island by Jay Ferguson, which stands as my all-time favorite song. His Shakedown Cruise a little over a year later in ‘79 is way up there too. Then I discovered Jo Jo Gunne because I had heard Run Run Run. Then, it was Spirit. I remember seeing this video on MTV, and I recognize Bob Welch, Jeff Skunk Baxter, and I think that was Graham Nash in the video as well. And Jay has gone on to so much success writing music for movies and tv - he wrote the theme to The Office and played all the instruments I believe. This video is a delight to see after so many years! And Spirit belongs in the Hall Of Fame, no doubt about it.

[@Rich915]

Saw Spirit, Traffic & Moby Grape at SF’s Winterland 😱 We sure had it good…

[@denabergman6543]

So much passion in their performances. The gift of joyful music to my ears.

[@timwebber8630]

Skunk: "Going live in 2-minutes. If nobody wants these last three lines on the mirror, can I finish them before we start?"

[@mortalclown3812]

😂😂😂

[@pattymcdevitt2647]

They sure do have a lot of members in the band I really like that song

[@lopaka173]

Best video by far

[@joeguinn5140]

love the guitars rock on .