"Got to tell you something/Go right to your head..."

Ladies and gentleman, from Southern California in the year of massive whoo-haa 1967, I give you Spirit, whose leader singer's name was, yes, Randy California.

Jazz/hard rock/progressive rock/psychedelic band, these boys had the far out bases covered, and yes, the drummer's name was "Mr. Skin." From them we have this tune, their biggest hit, a fast moving toe tapper, with lyrics telling the tale of a fella finally laying the big "L Word" on his lady..

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As an historical side, the band's bass player, Mark Andes, who go on to play in Heart and become an Austin resident, sued Led Zeppelin this year, on behalf of the late Randy California, in an attempt to obtain a writing credit for "Stairway To Heaven", because it bears a striking resemblance to the Spirit song "Taurus."

So go look that up, cos it is really remarkable how much they are alike.

However, for our current purposes let us know give a listen to "I've Got A Line On You" because, yes, it is our-

-K-101.7 SONG OF THE DAY!

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