Jo Jo Gunne
Ferguson and Mark Andes decided to leave Spirit in the early 1970s and form their own band.
Ferguson was Jo Jo Gunne's only songwriter and only lead vocalist. Jo Jo Gunne became the second artists signed to the Asylum Records label. The band scored a moderate hit with "Run, Run, Run" from their debut album.
With the first record and some touring already completed, Andes decided to leave and join a band that would later become Firefall, with brother Matt staying behind with Jo Jo Gunne. Jimmie Randall, an Austin, Texas bassist was recruited in his place.
Jo Jo Gunne toured all over the US and Europe for the next three years, and recorded three more albums. Matt Andes left the band after the third album and was temporarily replaced with Star Donaldson on lead guitar, and then, later, John Staehely. After a four year existence, the group split up in the mid 1970s. Jo Jo Gunne reformed in 2005, and recorded a new album, Big Chain, which included both new material and new versions of several old Gunne songs.
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