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{{Short description|Canadian rock band}}
{{distinguish|Rush (band)}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name                = Mahogany Rush
| image               = File:Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush, live in Birmingham 1983 - 50047580738.jpg
| caption             = Scene from a performance in 1983
| background          = group_or_band
| origin              = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| genre               = {{hlist|[[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]|[[hard rock]]|{{nowrap|[[acid rock]]}}|[[blues rock]]|[[psychedelic rock]]}}
| years_active        = 1969–2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/frank-marino-announces-immediate-retirement-from-touring-due-to-debilitating-medical-condition/|title=FRANK MARINO Announces 'Immediate Retirement From Touring' Due To 'Debilitating Medical Condition'|date=30 June 2021 |website= Blabbermouth.net| access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref>
| label               = Nine Records, [[20th Century Fox Records]], [[Columbia Records]], Just a Minute Records
| associated_acts     = [[Kim Mitchell]] • [[Max Webster]] • [[April Wine]]
| alias               = Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush {{small|(1980–2021)}}
| website             = [http://www.mahoganyrush.com/ www.mahoganyrush.com]
| current_members     = [[Frank Marino]]<br>Dave Goode<br>Mick Layne<br>Avi Ludmer<br>Mark Weber
| past_members        = Paul Harwood<br />Jimmy Ayoub<br />Phil Bech<br />Johnny McDiarmid<br />Vince Marino<br />Timm Biery<br />Claudio Daniel Pesavento<br />Peter Dowse<br />Josh Trager
}}

'''Mahogany Rush''' was a Canadian [[Rock music|rock]] band led by guitarist [[Frank Marino]]. Formed in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]] in 1969, the band had its peak of popularity in the 1970s, playing venues as large as [[California Jam II]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor-last= Larkin| editor-first= Colin| title= Mahogany Rush| encyclopedia= Encyclopedia of Popular Music|date=2006|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-972636-3| url= http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195313734.001.0001/acref-9780195313734-e-38620 |via= oxfordreference.com |access-date=20 June 2017}}</ref>

The band is perhaps best known for Marino's soaring [[lead guitar]] which bears a strong resemblance to the playing of [[Jimi Hendrix]].<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=787/8}}</ref> Long-term members of the band have included bassist Paul Harwood and drummer Jimmy Ayoub, and Frank's brother Vince on guitar; Frank Marino is the sole continuous member of the band. Starting in the late 1970s, the group recorded and toured as Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush.<ref name="Larkin"/>

== Musical style ==
Marino has described the band's sound as "The [[Grateful Dead]] meets [[jazz]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JtXMRkvHc0|title=Montreal guitarist Frank Marino on local radio, his band and his life|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref>

== Beginnings ==
In an effort to gain press attention, the original record company created a fictional story that Frank Marino, prior to starting the band, had spent time in a [[mental institution]] after taking [[LSD]] and was visited by [[Jimi Hendrix]] in a vision.<ref name="Larkin"/>

Over time, the band migrated to a larger and more financially supported record company and achieved its greatest radio hit success with the song "Strange Dreams".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.guitarworld.com/perfectly-frank-frank-marino-sets-record-straight-about-his-career-music-industry-and-how-guitar-saved-his-life |title=Frank Marino Sets the Record Straight About His Career, the Music Industry and How the Guitar Saved His Life |work= [[Guitar World]]| date= June 16, 2015 |access-date=2017-10-24 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171024095945/http://www.guitarworld.com/perfectly-frank-frank-marino-sets-record-straight-about-his-career-music-industry-and-how-guitar-saved-his-life |archive-date=2017-10-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The single "A New Rock & Roll" reached No. 70 on the Canadian charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.3841b.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - September 7, 1974|format=PDF|website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca}}</ref> It also reached No. 88 on the [[Cash Box|''Cash Box'' Top 100]] chart.<ref>{{cite book|title=Cash Box Pop Hits: 1952-1996|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|year=2014|publisher=Record Research}}</ref>

== Band members ==
'''Final line-up'''
* [[Frank Marino]] – vocals, guitars, keyboards {{small|(1969–2021)}}
* Mick Layne – guitars {{small|(2000–2021)}}
* Avi Ludmer – violin, guitars {{small|(2004–2021)}}
* Dave Goode – drums {{small|(1992–2001, 2005–2021)}}
* Mark Weber – bass {{small|(2008–2021)}}

'''Former'''
* Paul Harwood – bass {{small|(1969–1986)}}
* Jimmy Ayoub – drums, percussion {{small|(1970–1982; died 2023)}}<ref>{{cite news |title=James Ayoub (Jimmy) |url=https://montrealgazette.remembering.ca/obituary/james-ayoub-1089175614 |newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette]]| access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref>
* Phil Bech – piano {{small|(1969–1974)}}
* Johnny McDiarmid – keyboards {{small|(1970–1974)}}
* Vince Marino – guitars {{small|(1980–2000)}}
* Timm Biery – drums {{small|(1982–1991)}}
* Claudio Daniel Pesavento – keyboards {{small|(1982–1989)}}
* Josh Trager – drums {{small|(2001–2005)}}
* Peter Dowse – bass {{small|(1986–2008)}}

== Discography ==
;Studio albums
*1972 ''[[Maxoom]]'' (CAN No. 76) (US No. 159)
*1974 ''[[Child of the Novelty]]'' (CAN No. 83) (US No. 74)
*1975 ''[[Strange Universe (album)|Strange Universe]]'' (US No. 84)
*1976 ''[[Mahogany Rush IV]]'' (US No. 175)
*1977 ''[[World Anthem]]'' (US No. 184)
*1979 ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (album)|Tales of the Unexpected]]'' (CAN No. 57)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4409b.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Album - August 25, 1979|format=PDF|website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca}}</ref> (US No. 129)
*1980 ''[[What's Next (album)|What's Next]]'' (CAN No. 70) (US No. 88)
*1981 ''[[The Power of Rock 'n' Roll]]'' {{r|group=Note|a}}
*1982 ''[[Juggernaut (Frank Marino album)|Juggernaut]]'' (CAN No. 89) (US No. 185)<ref name=amg1>{{cite web|author=John Bush |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mahogany-rush-mn0000233830/awards |title=Mahogany Rush &#124; Awards |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2015-12-06}}</ref> {{r|group=Note|a}}
*1986 ''[[Full Circle (Frank Marino album)|Full Circle]]'' {{r|group=Note|a}}
*1990 ''[[From the Hip (Frank Marino album)|From the Hip]]'' {{r|group=Note|a}}
*2000 ''[[Eye of the Storm (Mahogany Rush album)|Eye of the Storm]]''

;Others
*1978 ''[[Live (Mahogany Rush album)|Live]]'' (CAN No. 67) (US No. 129)
*1988 ''[[Double Live (Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush album)|Double Live]]''
*1995 ''Child of the Novelty / Maxoom / Strange Universe''
*1996 ''[[Dragonfly – The best of Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush]]''
*2004 ''[[Real Live!]]'' (double album)
*2005 ''Full Circle'' (remaster)
*2005 ''From the Hip'' (remaster)
*2008 ''Mahogany Rush IV / World Anthem'' (remaster)
*2009 ''Mahogany Rush Live / Tales of the Unexpected / What's Next'' (remaster)
*2012 ''The Power of Rock and Roll / Juggernaut'' (remaster)

==Notes==
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<ref name=a>Originally released as '''Frank Marino''' solo albums and later re-released under the moniker '''Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush'''.</ref>
}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.mahoganyrush.com/ Official page]
* {{discogs artist|Mahogany Rush}}
* {{imdb name|10817109}}
* [https://canadianbands.com/mahogany-rush/ Article at canadianbands.com]
* [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/frank-marino-and-mahogany-rush-emc Article at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca]

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