Original bassist Mark Andes embraces what they achieved – but regrets they weren’t able to offer the support that “keystone” ...

But with his self-effacing genius, he epitomized the Band as a group of whittlers and tinkerers, playing down-home music with a frontier spirit. They were the ultimate rock & roll fantasy of ...

Asked if Spirit were a progressive rock band, peak-era bass player Mark Andes has no hesitation. “In retrospect I see us as being one of the first progressive bands,” he says. “By including jazz as ...

It’s so fitting that Garth Hudson was the last man standing from the Band. The beloved organ virtuoso died on Tuesday morning ...