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Mahogany Rush
Group · Canada · Montreal · formed 1970
Canadian rock band
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Also known as Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush · Mahogany Rush · フランク・マリノ&マホガニーラッシュ
Timeline
13 events▣ Album 9◆ Formed 1+ Member joins 1★ Debut release 1− Member leaves 1
1970s
· Member joins
Jim Ayoub joins the band
drums (drum set)
source: musicbrainz
· Debut release
Debut release: Maxoom
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
1980s
· Member leaves
Jim Ayoub leaves the band
drums (drum set)
source: musicbrainz
2000s
Biography
English biography295 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1369868157
Biography
Mahogany Rush was a Canadian rock band led by guitarist Frank Marino. Formed in Montreal, Quebec in 1969, the band had its peak of popularity in the mid-1970s, playing venues as large as California Jam II.
The band is perhaps best known for Marino's soaring lead guitar which bears a strong resemblance to the playing of Jimi Hendrix. Long-term members of the band have included bassist Paul Harwood and drummer Jimmy Ayoub, and in the later days, 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.
Musical style
Marino has described the band's sound as "The Grateful Dead meets jazz".
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.
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". The single "A New Rock & Roll" reached No. 70 on the Canadian charts. It also reached No. 88 on the Cash Box Top 100 chart.
Band members
Final line-up
Frank Marino – vocals, guitars, keyboards (1969–2021)
Mick Layne – guitars (2000–2021)
Avi Ludmer – violin, guitars (2004–2021)
Dave Goode – drums (1992–2001, 2005–2021)
Mark Weber – bass (2008–2021)
Former
Paul Harwood – bass (1969–1986)
Jimmy Ayoub – drums, percussion (1970–1982; died 2023)
Phil Bech – piano (1969–1974)
Johnny McDiarmid – keyboards (1970–1974)
Vince Marino – guitars (1980–2000)
Timm Biery – drums (1982–1991)
Claudio Daniel Pesavento – keyboards (1982–1989)
Josh Trager – drums (2001–2005)
Peter Dowse – bass (1986–2008)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 16 | 85.4th |
| Studio albums | 9 | 90th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 13 | 89.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 37 | 76.5th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (16 release groups · 9 studio albums)
Albums · 9
1972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 35:21
A1Maxoom2:59A2Buddy3:40A3Magic Man2:35A4Funky Woman3:13A5Madness4:50B1All in Your Mind3:10B2Blues7:06B3Boardwalk Lady2:38B4Back on Home3:18B5The New Beginning1:521974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 38:10
A1Look Outside3:33A2Thru the Milky Way3:51A3Talkin’ ’Bout a Feelin’3:01A4Child of the Novelty4:02A5Makin’ My Wave4:40B1A New Rock and Roll3:00B2Changing3:13B3Plastic Man3:12B4Guit War3:40B5Chains of (S) Space5:581975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:57
A1Tales of the Spanish Warrior4:40A2The King Who Stole (...The Universe)3:53A3Satisfy Your Soul3:15A4Land of 1000 Nights4:30A5Moonlight Lady4:05B1Dancing Lady3:08B2Once Again3:31B3Triyin’ Anyway3:40B4Dear Music4:15B5Strange Universe7:001976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 43:40
A1I'm Going Away4:06A2Man at the Back Door3:40A3The Answer4:36A4Jive Baby3:26A5It's Begun to Rain6:27B1Dragonfly5:05B2Little Sexy Annie3:22B3Moonwalk5:48B4IV... (The Emperor)7:101977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 45:22
A1Requiem for a Sinner6:01A2Hey Little Lover4:51A3Broken Heart Blues4:55A4In My Ways6:13B1The World Anthem3:09B2Look at Me4:07B3Lady4:38B4Try for Freedom11:281979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 40:39
A1Sister Change4:43A2All Along the Watchtower4:34A3Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)3:09A4Tales of the Unexpected7:45B1Down, Down, Down5:16B2Door of Illusion5:19B3Woman5:27B4Bottom of the Barrel4:261980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 42:48
A1You Got Livin'4:36A2Finish Line4:07A3Rock Me Baby4:46A4Something's Comin' Our Way6:42B1Roadhouse Blues5:27B2Loved by You8:40B3Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame4:06B4Mona4:241983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 49:23
1Midnight Highway4:112Maybe It's Time6:063Strange Dreams7:064Free7:475Poppy8:006Something's Comin'4:507Johnny B. Goode2:478Who Do You Love2:409Drum Solo1:5110Juggernaut4:052001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:12:30
1Storm Warning....2:512Eye of the Storm9:553He's Calling10:234Learned My Lesson Well5:475Heat of the Moment11:246Window to the World7:587Since You Came in My Life5:348Avalon7:469Ordinary Man10:52
Album · 7
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | LiveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 45:43A1Introduction0:28 A2The Answer5:01 A3Dragonfly5:27 A4I’m a King Bee5:58 A5Excerpt From “Back Door Man”2:56 A6A New Rock & Roll4:20 B1Johnny B. Goode5:16 B2Talkin’ ’Bout a Feelin’3:59 B3Excerpt From “Who do Ya Love”1:33 B4Electric Reflections of War3:05 B5The World Anthem3:39 B6Purple Haze4:01 | Live | 1978 | |
| 1988 | Double LiveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:14:181You Got Livin4:35 2Midnite Highway3:45 3Free7:11 4Poppy10:38 5Roadhouse Blues11:20 6Who do Ya Love10:54 7Guitar Prelude2:09 8Electric Reflections Revisited2:23 9Sky Symphony to a Little Town3:19 10Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame5:30 11Juggernaut7:12 12Strange Dreams5:22 | Live | 1988 | |
| 1995 | Child of the Novelty / Maxoom / Strange UniverseSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 30 tracks · 1:56:44Disc 1 1Look Outside3:34 2Thru the Milky Way3:55 3Talkin' 'Bout a Feelin'3:05 4Child of the Novelty4:07 5Makin' My Wave4:42 6A New Rock and Roll3:10 7Changing3:14 8Plastic Man3:12 9Guit War3:44 10Chains of (S)pace5:58 11Maxoom2:52 12Buddy3:41 13Magic Man2:35 14Funky Woman3:16 15Madness4:50 Disc 21All in Your Mind3:12 2Blues7:05 3Boardwalk Lady2:38 4Back on Home3:17 5The New Beginning1:53 6Tales of the Spanish Warrior4:55 7The King Who Stole (The Universe)3:58 8Satisfy Your Soul3:15 9Land of 1000 Nights4:44 10Moonlight Lady4:05 11Dancing Lady3:12 12Once Again3:26 13Tryin' Anyway3:51 14Dear Music4:20 15Strange Universe6:58 | Compilation | 1995 | |
| 1996 | Dragonfly: The Best Of...Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 1:16:561Jive Baby3:27 2Dragonfly5:06 3Hey, Little Lover4:51 4Requiem for a Sinner6:00 5Johnny B. Goode (live)5:12 6Talkin' 'bout a Feeling (live)11:49 7I'm a King Bee (live)6:29 8Sister Change4:45 9All Along the Watchtower4:34 10Woman (live)5:43 11Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame4:05 12Mona4:27 13Roadhouse Blues5:29 14Juggernaut4:59 | Compilation | 1996 | |
| 2004 | RealLIVE!Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 32 tracks · 2:35:56Disc 1 1Voodoo Chile10:02 2Something's Comin' Our Way (excerpt)2:38 3He's Calling14:39 4Red House12:11 5Guitar Prelude to a Hero2:23 6Stories of a Hero9:51 7Poppy17:24 8She's Not There1:43 9Crossroads3:53 10She's Not There (Return)0:41 11Poppy (Return)2:32 Disc 21Let There Be3:00 2Strange Universe3:24 3Ode to Creation10:08 4Strange Universe3:07 5Rock and Roll Hall of Fame2:51 6Ain't Dead Yet (excerpt)1:35 7Slippin' and Slidin'1:20 8Back to the Hall2:50 9Two 'n' Four (Just Joshin')5:39 10Avalon7:31 11Rumble 'n' Roll1:44 12Jazzed a Moment1:55 13Tales of the Unexpected4:17 14Return to Avalon2:15 15Rattle of Sabres1:11 16Electric Reflections of War4:49 17Aftermath1:08 18The World Anthem2:12 19A Prayer for Peace2:23 20Somewhere Over the Rainbow2:20 21Try for Freedom12:20 | Live | 9 November 2004 | |
| 2008 | Mahogany Rush IV / World AnthemSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 1:28:31Disc 1 1I'm Going Away4:01 2Man at the Back Door3:41 3The Answer4:29 4Jive Baby3:23 5Its Begun to Rain6:23 6Dragonfly5:01 7Little Sexy Annie3:20 8Moonwalk5:43 9IV... (The Emperor)7:11 Disc 21Requiem for a Sinner6:02 2Hey, Little Lover4:51 3Broken Heart Blues4:52 4In My Ways6:13 5The World Anthem3:10 6Look at Me4:06 7Lady4:38 8Try for Freedom11:27 | Compilation | 13 May 2008 | |
| 2009 | Live / Tales of the Unexpected / What's NextSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 28 tracks · 2:11:09Disc 1 1Introduction0:29 2The Answer5:12 3Dragonfly5:22 4I'm a King Bee5:53 5Excerpt From Back Door Man2:56 6A New Rock & Roll4:20 7Johnny B. Goode5:19 8Talkin' 'Bout a Feelin'1:35 9Excerpt From Who Do You Love3:25 10Electric Reflections of War3:18 11The World Album4:06 12Purple Haze3:53 13Sister Change4:47 14All Along the Watchtower4:34 15Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)3:09 16Tales of the Unexpected7:58 Disc 21Down, Down, Down5:38 2Door of Illusion5:32 3Woman5:32 4Bottom of the Barrel4:52 5You Got Livin'4:41 6Finish Line4:11 7Rock Me Baby4:52 8Something's Comin' Our Way6:47 9Roadhouse Blues5:30 10Loved by You8:44 11Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame4:06 12Mona4:28 | Compilation | 2009 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Mahogany Rush head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 16 | 85.4th |
| Studio albums | 9 | 90th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 13 | 89.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 37 | 76.5th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Ayoub | 1970 | 1982 | drums (drum set) |
| Frank Marino | — | present | eponymous |
| Frank Marino | — | present | eponymous |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_Marino_%26_Mahogany_Rush%2C_live_in_Birmingham_1983_-_50047580738.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/625e171a-6bca-4f91-9b78-7078ef52ab25discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/625e171a-6bca-4f91-9b78-7078ef52ab25core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4676736genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4676736seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahogany_Rushbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahogany_Rush
Why this artist is in the database
- List of heavy metal bands — rank #155
Mahogany Rush | Canada | 1970–1980, 1998–present |
- List of Canadian musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
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Wikidata: Q4676736 · MusicBrainz: 625e171a-6bca-4f91-9b78-7078ef52ab25
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