There is more than one artist with this name:

1) Spirit was a legendary American group formed by guitarist Randy California, his bald drumming step-father Ed Cassidy (formerly of the group Rising Sons with Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder), Jay Ferguson, John Locke, and Mark Andes.
With that configuration they recorded four albums, then the band began to splinter.
Over their career they had covered a lot of stylistic ground, and members turned up in various bands such as Jo Jo Gunne, Firefall, and Heart. Randy and Jay also had solo careers to varying degrees of success.

Randy died in 1997 while swimming in Hawaii. It seems that he and his son were surfing and both were in danger of drowning. Randy saved his son but ultimately sacrificed himself during the rescue. It may also be worth noting that Randy California earned some of his chops from none other than Jimi Hendrix (Jimmy James and the Blue Flames, anyone?).


2) Spirit is a UK drum and bass musician. He has releases on ... read more »