If you’ve always thought Norman Greenbaum’s 1969 hit “Spirit In The Sky” had an immaculate heavenly conception, you’d only be about half right. The actual inspiration came from cowboys and Indians, ...

‘My label said a four-minute single with lyrics about Jesus would never get played on radio. But, in 1969, the song sold two million copies. It’s now been No 1 in three different decades’ Spirit in ...

A gold album, featured in more than 50 movies, TV shows and commercials later, he’s still eternally linked with the song that, said Greenbaum, “took on a life of its own.” A Santa Rosa resident, ...