Thread: RELAX TIME PART DEUX , Very special to me

Some of you may know that Frank Marino from Mahogany Rush is a Friend of mine , for those not familiar with Frank , Well , he played every arena venue in the 70s including one of the Cal Jams , In my opinion he is probably the best guitar player on earth.

A month or so ago I got an invite to attend a live 2 day taping of a live DVD , Sadly finances wouldn't allow me to attend,
At any rate , The recording was a really cool deal , many people I know attended , Its going to be about 6 months to get this thing edited and ready for sale but Frank did get one cut up , A week late for Christmas but at any rate , The quality is diamonds , Knowing Frank it would have to be , he is a perfectionist, I can't wait to see the whole thing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riIqvRWXAQg


For those do not know Franks work , this is a small sampler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6ckZ4UdI4s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTHk0eSTs9E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3c-qcYLShk

Before I put my headphones on, I seen Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush Live with Nazereth! I'm a King Bee Baby! It was my first cassette!
And don't forget Muddy Waters invented electricity

Steve
In the 70s Frank played with every major band there was , There is an interesting story I know about a fued between Frank and Ted Nugent , I know its true , I know Ted also

Anyway , Ted wanted to duel with Frank at an arena show and Frank blew him off the stage

Originally Posted by stevetheroofer

Before I put my headphones on, I seen Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush Live with Nazereth! I'm a King Bee Baby! It was my first cassette!
And don't forget Muddy Waters invented electricity

I saw Frank Marino at the Cal Jam.... Have all of his stuff.... A truly remarkable guitar player Indeed...

Originally Posted by Justthefacts

Steve
In the 70s Frank played with every major band there was , There is an interesting story I know about a fued between Frank and Ted Nugent , I know its true , I know Ted also

Anyway , Ted wanted to duel with Frank at an arena show and Frank blew him off the stage

Very cool "facts"..... Grew up with both of them In the 70's.... What kind of guitar Is Frank playing In "bethlehem"

Somthing coming our way.... great solo.... looks like a "mahogany" Gibson..

My beautiful bride is naggin' me for being in her words "HOG LIKE!"
I'm like the head phones only reach so far! To Her!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Rk7c7T ... re=related

This is my favorite Frank Marino cover ever!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nzna-QPmqM

Originally Posted by topsecret10

Somthing coming our way.... great solo.... looks like a "mahogany" Gibson..

Yes , Franks trademark is the Gibson mahogany SG

He owns several , they are all hotrodded , he does all his own electonics and builds his own effects and power amps , His main power is the guts from 2 Fender twin reverbs jacked up and tuned by him.

Frank actually quit music in the 90s for awhile and had a business building computers , He still does that , In fact in the late 90s my puter was crashing and he called me from Canada to try to help me get it fixed.

Actually you can find Franks official site here
http://www.mahoganyrush.com/

It has a mp3 player where you can listen to just about all his old songs
It has a very very active message board and a chat room , The chat room isn't as active as it use to be but some of us still hang in there now and then.
The site is run by Wild Willy Parsons , A biker comedian and great guy
(He comped me and my wife to his show last time he was in Vegas )
Willy is semi famous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IXAwhkjPbg
Willy on the old Dennis Miller show

Willy actually built Franks website before he even knew Frank, He was a huge fan and it was due to Willy and some of us that Frank started to play music again.

Another Friend of mine from Franks site actually built Frank a couple of SG style custom hybrids , Frank occasionally will play them in shows

In the old days you never knew who would jump into that chat room over there , Zakk Wild (ozzies old guitarist use to hang there)

There is also a tribute to Frank cd available on the site with covers of Franks songs done by famous rock and metal artists