The Rise and Fall of Spirit: From Rock's Most Promising Band to Rock's Biggest What If

The Rise and Fall of Spirit: From Rock's Most Promising Band to Rock's Biggest What If #70sRock #ClassicRock #Spirit #BestRockSongs #nostalgia #1970s #1970smusic #70s #70smusic What if the teenager who turned Jimi Hendrix’s amplifier down mid-song helped build the band that Led Zeppelin watched from the wings? Spirit was handed Woodstock and said no. They recorded their masterpiece while Randy California was recovering from a fractured skull. Then a single question from a label executive buried it for six years. And the guitarist who warned the world about oil spills died saving his son from a riptide, weeks after going public about “Stairway to Heaven.” This is the rise and fall of Spirit. About Yesterday's America 🎥 Videos - 20th century American history nostalgia and vintage video's 🎨 Written, voiced and produced by Yesterday's America 🔔 Subscribe now for more 20th century American history and nostalgia videos Watch More from Yesterday's America 🟢    / @yesterdaysamerica   _____________________________________________________ 💼 Business Inquiries and Contact • For business inquiries, copyright matters or other inquiries please contact us at: [email protected]. ⚠️ Copyright Disclaimers • We use images and content in accordance with the YouTube Fair Use copyright guidelines • Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.” • This video could contain certain copyrighted video clips, pictures, or photographs that were not specifically authorized to be used by the copyright holder(s), but which we believe in good faith are protected by federal law and the fair use doctrine for one or more of the reasons noted above.