John Locke

John Tilden Locke September 25 1943 August 4 2006 was an American keyboardist and a member of the rock group Spirit In the early 1980s he was a member of the band Nazareth Locke was born in Los Angeles California His father was a classical violinist and his mother sang operas and was a composer In 1967 he formed the Red Roosters with the guitarist Randy California A year later they had changed the name to Spirit and signed a deal with Ode Records for four albums He remained involved with the band during most of his career Besides Spirit he performed on the Tom Rush album Wrong End of the Rainbow In the period 19801982 he performed with the Scottish band Nazareth and appeared on three albums The Fool Circle Snaz and 2XS He also played keyboards on the Stray Cats album Gonna Ball and on Randy Californias solo albums EuroAmerican and Restless Locke died in Ojai California at the age of 62