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Jan 15, 2015 · Mark switched to bass after a personnel change in one of the ensembles. Andes’ influences include Willie Dixon, James Jamerson, Paul McCartney, Duck Dunn, and Jimmy Garrison. The band’s first recording experience were in the legendary Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles, recording a song about the Berlin Wall.
He played bass on their first four albums and on some subsequent reunion albums. During a bout with the flu, Mark co-wrote one of Spirit's first singles, "Mechanical World," with fellow Spirit member Jay Ferguson who was a friend from high school.
I have been a guitar player for many years, but switched to bass because I don't like when people try to overplay the bass. I keep the bass lines true to the song, the rhythm, the drums, focusing on my tone. I do not like when bass players try to add solos or things just to show off.
Oct 29, 2017 · Mark Andes played bass for Canned Heat, Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne, Firefall and Heart from the mid ‘60s through the early ‘90s. Now he is back with Firefall.
Feb 20, 2020 · Asked if Spirit were a progressive rock band, their peak-era bass player Mark Andes has no hesitation. “In retrospect I see us as being one of the first progressive bands,” he says.
The bassist and vocalist was an original member of both Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne. He would appear on such Spirit classics as “Fresh Garbage,” “Nature’s Way,” and “Taurus,” a song many claim sounds like Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven,” which has led to numerous, ongoing legal allegations.
Mark Andes has played bass for Canned Heat, Jo Jo Gunne, Spirit, Firefall and Heart. Q - Mark, how different would your life have been had you not left Canned Heat before they had a record deal? A - Just as they were getting the record deal actually.
