The only album I've heard of yours was the Live one and was so impressed I FINALLY looked around for your website. Looks like I've got some catching up to do, starting with Strange Universe! I love your sound and am glad to hear you survived the '60's, I'm suprised I'm still alive too, after all the "things" I did back then. Hope to see you on tour again soon-come back to Seattle-you've got quite a fan base here! Would like to see some DVD's from your concerts someday! ROCK ON!!!

TRUE ROCK AND ROLL THATS WHAT IT IS....NOT LIKE SOME OF THIS SHIT TODAY WHERE ALL THEY DO IS SCREEM AND HIT POWER CHORDS ..MOST OF THE BANDS TODAY DONT EVEN KNOW HOW TO PLAY GUITAR....FRANK IS ONE OF THE BEST THE REAL THING TRUE ROCK AND ROLL.....ANY TIME IM DOWN AND OUT AND NEED A LITTLE LIFT I GO FOR THE FRANK MARINO COLLECTION I HAVE AFTER ABOUT 2 HOURS OF A GOOD LONG LOUD JAM {GOT TO BE LOUD}....I FEEL GREAT...WHAT A RIDE...THANKS FRANK

Just the fact that you're still doing what you do speaks volumes about you.A whole lot of guys would have packed it in by now.Now,if you'd just play here sometime.......

Howdy rowdies!

Thanx for years of devotion and dedication to the art of rock and roll!
Your contribution is vital to those who love real music!

L + R

I'll write later. What about Tim Beiry?

I discovered Frank Marino's music back in 1978 when I was in High School. Dragonfly remains the best song I have ever heard from a true guitarist. Keep rockin' Frank. Please come back to Dallas

frank marino is rock royalty

dear frank
we met in 93 or4 at the ritz in roseville mi. you signed my copy of
strange universe after soundcheck had the word kotai at the bottm
you said that was a rare album anyway keep rockin love everything mahogany rush does back then & now dont skip detroit next time bro

best wishes to you too"
shawn

I JUST pulled out 400 or so albums i had seperated from my main collection due to be cleaned and sorted out ,,and decided to play a few of franks albums,,,,,,,,,WELL 30 years later they still amaze me and still sound fresh,,,,,and could be released again in 2007 and still sound like new recordings,,,,,the blues is modern even 30 years on ,,,its refreshing and my kids dig it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,over the next few months i will look for every album and CD frank marino has put out and GET BACK INTO IT YEHHHHHHHH,,,,,,,,come to australia we swould love to see you live.

long time fan and i finally got to see you live at the sterling hotel in a-town,pa and at the sellersville theater in pa. thanks for two great shows, i hope you come back to the area soon. and thank aj fritz at wlvr 91.3 for playing your music on his radio show every week.

STILL ONE OF THE GREATEST GUITAR PLAYERS EVER. BACK IN MY YOUNGER DAYS, I'D LISTEN TO CHILD OF THE NOVELTY ALL NIGHT LONG. WELL, I CAN'T GO BACK TO THOSE DAYS, BUT I CAN STILL LISTEN TO FRANK MARINO & MAHOGANY RUSH. THANKS FRANK FOR SOME GOOD MEMORIES. I THINK.

"Bucky Hall of Prog. Rock band Hallthorn,prog. rock drumer since Strange Unirvse I've never been the same. 49 yrs. old

Dear Frank,

during my high school days just before college I was very much into spirituality experimenting with drugs and music and of course Hendrix, the Beatles, you know the usual suspects. Anyway It was Halloween night I had auditioned and became a jock at my college radio station. So this is my premier night and I decide that I am going to let the listeners of this station know that there is a new kid in town bringing something that the other young conservative knuckleheads don't know about. For whatever reason doing some mushrooms I believe seemed kewl at the time. my best friend was with me as th eguy I was replacing were trading places moving bags of albums around, I was really nervous, the song on -air was fading and your album was cued up sort of as the needle kept bouncing, Gawd stop bouncing...anyway some sort of miracle happened and it did...I said something feeble that became incredibly majestic when the first beats of Land of a Thousand nights began...It was a defining moment for me...I have never forgotten you or your music. I am African American, law enforcement investigator, adjunct professor at a small college and Ph.D. candidate...only in America how's that for diversity and influence Frank?
Keep handlin dawg

Please e-mail any and all current info on Frank and the band as I am a fan who LOVES the music, especially Frank's ripping guitar solos! Peace- JV

Frank Marino (& Mahogany Rush). In the hardrock-scene the best there was !!! Unfortunelately there are no official video's or DVD's from Frank. I got a bootleg video from a live-performance in Montreal 1978 (once broadcasted on a tv-station. Despite the bad quality of it, it's clear that this is the best you can get ever !!! So why not bring that concert out on DVD/Video ??? I also got something from Don Kirsehner Rockconcert 1975 ! But also not official ! I do really wonder !!! but also mourn, that there isn't any video/dvd from Frank. I know for sure (absolutely !!!) that much more people want to have that ! So (when i'm allowed to say this... ?) wére are you waiting for Frank to bring that, or something else from you out on DVD/Video ???? What's the risk for you ??? considering the absolute fact that in this world... there isn't anything better to get !!!
Flipper
haaiflip@hotmail.com
(the Netherlands)

Hi Frank
A little story: I was seventeen working at a printers with an Irish guy who liked loads of different types of music. He played a track on our player one day which I really liked. He said he didn't know who the track was by. I asked around and even played it to the proprietor of "Rock Box" (my usual record shop). He didn't really know who the track was by; regardless I thought it was one of the finest guitar pieces I'd ever heard. The mystery remained unsolved until today.
Through the wonders of the Internet and Google I have found out that the track is "Stories of a hero". I played it again tonight on this website and I remembered every note and word as if I was still seventeen. I'll look out for you if you ever play in the UK.
Thank You for your inspiration.

Hey Frank,
I saw you many years ago in Bakersfield... really wish you would come back and play here again... it was the best concert I've ever seen and I've seen many good ones.
Take care!!!!
Michael Benge
www.NoMoreDUIs.com (a tribute to my wife and anti-dui site I created)

Hey Frank...I just had to tell ya im glad your touring again...you still got it man!...Keep Rockin'

Hey Frank, Thanks for all the great music, saw you at cal jam 2, King Bee is still my favorite, thanks !

IT'S 1975 AND I'M 15 YEARS OLD. I HAD ASKED MY MOM FOR $6.00 SO I COULD GO TO MY LOCAL RECORD SHOP TO BUY AN ALBUM. I WASN'T LOOKING FOR ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT DAY,AND I FIGURED I'D JUST RUMMAGE THROUGH THE RECORD BINS TO SEE WHAT I COULD FIND.FOR SOME REASON I WENT RIGHT TO THE BIN MARKED M AND STARTED FLIPPING THROUGH THE RECORDS AND CAME UPON THIS RECORD THAT HAD THE MOST COOLEST COVER I HAD EVER SEEN.HMMMM, I SAID TO MYSELF. MAHOGANY RUSH. COOL NAME . HMMM, I SAID TO MYSELF. STRANGE UNIVERSE. COOL TITLE TOO. THE COVER REALLY REFLECTED THE TITLE. I TURN THE ALBUM OVER, AND THERE IS THIS PICTURE OF A GUY WITH VERY LONG HAIR AND THE COOLEST CLOTHES PLAYING AN SG. I SAID TO MYSELF THIS BAND HAS GOT TO BE GOOD. I BOUGHT THE RECORD EVEN THOUGH I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THESE GUYS BEFORE. I PUT THE RECORD ON THE TURNTABLE AND THAT WAS IT FOR ME. FRANK MARINO BECAME MY GUITAR GOD ON THAT DAY. I WISH I COULD REMEMBER THE EXACT DAY I BOUGHT THAT ALBUM. I WOULD CELEBRATE THAT DAY LIKE A BIRTHDAY!
THANK YOU FRANK FOR YEARS OF GREAT MUSIC.

JIMMY VACCA