Spirit - I Got A Line On You - Live 1978

Twelfth song from this concert at the Grugahalle, Essen, Germany (West Germany at the time) 5th March 1978.
Randy California died on 2 January, 1997, while trying to rescue his son from drowning (swimming in Molokai, Hawaii); he himself was pulled out to sea and drowned.

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• stever1957
• randy
• california
• ed
• cassidy

[posthumanhero]

the synth player blows hard..........i must say

[StephenRedrobe]

@posthumanhero - the synth player is Randy California. He's operating it with his foot.

[shirtshine73blitz]

By the way the drummer Ed Cassidy is Randy California's dad.

[StephenRedrobe]

@shirtshine73blitz - stepfather.

[ernnmann]

I don't get it. If Randy California died on 2 Jan 77, He looks kinda Dry for this

5 March 78 Concert???? Wha

[StephenRedrobe]

@ernnmann - he died in 1997.

[1979bobhd]

Randy died on January 2, 1997 while trying to save his son in Hawaii, Randy was swept out to sea by the strong currents. All you kids who want to be rock stars had better look and listen because Randy California was one mother of a guitar player and Spirit was one hell of a band, way ahead of their time.

[TheSanityInspector]

@1979bobhd People keep talking about Hendrix influenced him, it might have been the other way around.

[HSECMAN]

singer kinda reminded me of something spinal tap would do:"clap your hands! romania! czech republic! Turkestan! russia! unkraine! iran and iraq-come together! afghanistan and taliban! georgian republic!"

[Jaimebugs]

@MrDavearama Hear, hear! Oh, and good information re Ed the drummer (born in the '20s -- WOW!).

[PlymouthVT]

Man this band was a big fucking deal back in the day in Calif. Natures way was a monster.

Love 'em.

[MrDavearama]

I love these guys. RIP Randy, man what a player. Ed the drummer is just amazing, as someone mentioned he is from the greatest generation born in the 20's. Saw them perform in 1995 at the Coach House in Ca. Glad I did!.

[186kms]

“The Family that Plays Together ” is such a great album…

[racer500gp]

@shirtshine73blitz And he was 55 years old at the time of concert !!! The dude was born in 1923 !!!

[shirtshine73blitz]

Yes once again I'm corrected and now know that Ed Cassidy isn't Randy's dad. My mistake thanks for pointing it out.

[motobikerable]

I discovered Spirit 1968 and I am still stunned by their music. I got all their their albums and listen to their music almost every day. Randy C was a great music man and I will always keep him and his music deep in my heart.

[posthumanhero]

@StephenRedrobe perhpas it sounded magical through the moniters.........soundmen really aren't very good sometimes....hey checkl out the spirit video history in my playlists.