Det här hade vi egentligen kunnat köra i tråden "Döda gitarristers sällskap".
Fast det är klart, Randy Hansen lever väl.
"Randy was born into a musical family in Los Angeles, and spent his early years studying varied styles at the family's Hollywood nightclub, the Ash Grove. He was fifteen years old when they moved to New York and he met Jimi Hendrix in 1966. He played in Hendrix's band Jimmy James & the Blue Flames that summer. The stage name "Randy California" was given to him by Hendrix to distinguish him from another Randy in the band (who Hendrix dubbed "Randy Texas"). When Hendrix was invited to come to England by Chas Chandler, Randy was not allowed to go (by his parents) and so missed out on what became the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Together with his stepfather Ed Cassidy, California founded the band Spirit in 1967 and wrote their biggest hit, 1968's "I Got a Line on You". Spirit's other big hit was "Nature's Way." The band's music still stands as a unique sound mixing ethereal notes, hard beats, and a satirical view of the world. Jimmy Page plagiarized Randy's guitar part from "Taurus" when he wrote Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway To Heaven'.
Randy California left Spirit in 1971 to begin a solo career, but periodically returned to various reincarnations of the group over the years until he was lost in the ocean January 2, 1997 while rescuing his twelve-year-old son from a rip current near their home at Molokai, Hawaii."
Såg dessutom att Hansen var från Seattle liksom Hendrix. Det kan väl ändå inte vara den Randy som figurerade i Jimmy James & the Blue Flames?
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Det här hade vi egentligen kunnat köra i tråden "Döda gitarristers sällskap".
Fast det är klart, Randy Hansen lever väl.
"Randy was born into a musical family in Los Angeles, and spent his early years studying varied styles at the family's Hollywood nightclub, the Ash Grove. He was fifteen years old when they moved to New York and he met Jimi Hendrix in 1966. He played in Hendrix's band Jimmy James & the Blue Flames that summer. The stage name "Randy California" was given to him by Hendrix to distinguish him from another Randy in the band (who Hendrix dubbed "Randy Texas"). When Hendrix was invited to come to England by Chas Chandler, Randy was not allowed to go (by his parents) and so missed out on what became the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Together with his stepfather Ed Cassidy, California founded the band Spirit in 1967 and wrote their biggest hit, 1968's "I Got a Line on You". Spirit's other big hit was "Nature's Way." The band's music still stands as a unique sound mixing ethereal notes, hard beats, and a satirical view of the world. Jimmy Page plagiarized Randy's guitar part from "Taurus" when he wrote Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway To Heaven'.
Randy California left Spirit in 1971 to begin a solo career, but periodically returned to various reincarnations of the group over the years until he was lost in the ocean January 2, 1997 while rescuing his twelve-year-old son from a rip current near their home at Molokai, Hawaii."
Såg dessutom att Hansen var från Seattle liksom Hendrix. Det kan väl ändå inte vara den Randy som figurerade i Jimmy James & the Blue Flames?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_California
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Hansen