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Biography
Refimprove|date=January 2008 Jo Jo Gunne is a rock band , formed in Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles , California , in 1971 by Jay Ferguson (American musician)|Jay Ferguson ( keyboard instrument|keyboards , singing|vocals and guitar ) and Mark Andes ( bass guitar and vocals) after they had left Spirit (band)|Spirit . The group's name is derived from a song by Chuck Berry , Joe Joe Gun, a single that peaked at #83 in November 1958.
Career
With the addition of Andes' sibling|brother , Matt Andes (born c. 1950, California ) (guitar, vocals) and William "Curly" Smith (born 31 January 1952, Wolf Point, Montana|Wolf Point , Montana ) ( drum kit|drums , vocals and harp), they were signed to Asylum Records .
Jo Jo Gunne had a Top 40|Top 10 hit single|hit in the UK Singles Chart with the song , "Run Run Run", taken from their first album , Jo Jo Gunne (1972), which peaked at 27 in U.S. charts, and received airplay on U.S. album-oriented rock FM radio stations.cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 283
The group did not maintain the commercial momentum of their first release. With ''Jumpin' the Gunne s tasteless album cover being blamed for drastically falling sales, they broke up in 1975. However they made several notable tracks, especially "Take It Easy", "Broken Down Man", "Neon City" and "Falling Angel".Citation needed|date=February 2007
Personnel changes
Following the first album, Mark Andes left the band and was replaced by Jimmie Randall . Randall introduced a brighter bass sound and helped increase the band's overall volume.
Matt Andes left after ''Jumpin' the Gunne , and he was briefly replaced by Star Donaldson. A more permanent replacement was found in John Staehely (born 25 January 1952, Austin, Texas ), who had played on Feedback (Spirit album)|Feedback '', the Spirit album that followed Ferguson and Ande's departure. Staehely's overdriven guitar was a complete change from Matt Andes's Ry Cooder style slide guitar .
After the band broke up, Ferguson recorded several solo (music)|solo albums, including the hit single s "Thunder Island" and "Shakedown Cruise", and scored Television|TV shows and mostly non-notable film s. Andes joined Firefall and, later, Heart (band)|Heart . Smith went on to have a successful career as a session musician|session drummer, and also played with Spirit (band)|Spirit in the 1980s and Boston (band)|Boston from 1994 to 2000.
Reunion
The original line-up reformed in 2005, and began touring and sound recording and reproduction|recording again.
Albums
Jo Jo Gunne (1972)
Bite Down Hard (1973)
''Jumpin' The Gunne (1973)
''So...Where's The Show? (1974)
Big Chain (2005)
See also
List of Asylum Records artists
List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States
One-hit wonders in the UK
References
reflist
External links
http://www.jojogunne.com Official home page
Category:American rock music groups
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