“California Jam” concerts in the 70s

As earlnash said, Marino was more of a post-Hendrix pre-EVH shredder. I used to own several of his albums (they were being sold as 2-for-1 CDs a while back and I grabbed them on eBay) but they were almost entirely unmemorable. Trower does a mellow psychedelic blues thing with a little R&B thrown in, and I love his stuff. His 21st century albums are as good as his 70s material, btw. Aging suits his voice and his style.

Marino & Mahogany Rush had their own Dodge Omni Pro Stock dragster

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I've been on a deep dive into 70s hard rock for like 15 years, I'd say both Black Oak Arkansas and Mahogany Rush are two of the stranger outfits. "World Anthem" is a pretty weird tune. Marino was a teenager on the first records, he was like 17 when they cut the first album. Black Oak Arkansas has all sorts of weird and slightly odd things in their tunes, starting from the fact on some tunes the dude sounds so much like a bullfrog it is enjoyable just in a WTF is that kind of sound.

I like Black Oak Arkansas a lot; Mangrum is a whole lot closer to Captain Beefheart, vocally, than I would ever have guessed from photos alone. And yeah, they had some pretty great songs.

The Mahogany Rush discussion is interesting. I remember being a kid and seeing t-shirts, posters, etc. featuring their logo in ads in old rock music magazines but was always kind of mystified as to who they were or what their deal was -- as mentioned above they never seemed to get airplay on the classic rock stations, and didn't have any "hits"... my only other reference for them was seeing a couple of their cassettes at the home of a guy who had grown up in Chile. I wonder if they were a relatively big deal in parts of s. america.

Same goes for Uriah Heep and Black Oak Arkansas!

So awkward when Stevie nicks comes out to support bob welch’s set in II

Uriah Heep are another band whose 21st century output is astonishingly good (assuming you're into mainstream-ish hard rock). IMO their current work is comparable, but superior, to Deep Purple's.

XP Got a lol out of his guitarist sheepishly ceding his mic to her.

Heart's performance in Cal Jam II is fire. Fun to watch Roger Fisher with his guitar-shredding and whammy bar action.