Mount Rushmore (band)

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For the monument, see Mount Rushmore. There was also an electronica band in the 1990s by the same name.

Mount Rushmore was a rock band in the late 1960s from San Francisco, California that played a heavy blues rock style with psychedelic elements.

The band formed in late 1966 at 1915 Oak Street, a large Victorian rooming house in the Haight-Ashbury district. In June and July 1967 they were featured on posters for shows at the Avalon Ballroom with other bands including the Quicksilver Messenger Service and Big Brother and the Holding Company. After some members including Phillips left for the band Phoenix in 1968, new members were added and the group made two albums.

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[edit] Members on the Recordings

  • Mike Bolan — "Bull" — guitar
  • Glen Smith — "Smitty" — vocals, guitar
  • Travis Fullerton — drums, percussion
  • Terry Kimball — bass

Warren B. Phillips was the former lead singer for the band and wrote a few songs that were recorded by the band after he left.

Fullerton continued a career as a drummer. Mike Bolan and Glen Smith were previously members of The Fabulous Shadows, a band from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 1963-1968 [1]. Mike Bolan rejoined them later and they have been performing in Idaho on through 2005 [2]. Terry Kimball (deceased) was a member of the band Tony Vance and The Progress Hornsby 4, from Spokane, Washington, 1967 - 1968 [3].

[edit] Albums

[edit] High on Mount Rushmore

High on Mount Rushmore
Album cover
Mount Rushmore
Released 1969
Recorded 1969
Genre Rock
Length 39 min, 17 sec
Label DOT Records
Producer Ray Buff
Reviews
  • produced by Ray Ruff, 1969, DOT Records DLP 25898
  1. Stone Free (Jimi Hendrix) 3:57
  2. Without No Smog (G. Smith, M. Bolan) 5:27
  3. Ocean (Warren B. Phillips) 4:07
  4. I Don't Believe in Statues (Warren B. Phillips) 4:08
  5. Looking Back (G. Smith, M. Bolan, T. Fullerton, T. Kimball) 9:40
  6. ('Cause) She's So Good to Me (Bobby Womack) 3:35
  7. Medley: 7:23
  • Fannie Mae (B. Brown, M. Robinson)
  • Dope Song (G. Smith)
  • Album dedicated to: "The Love Burger Lady of Haight Street"

[edit] Mount Rushmore '69

  • produced by Ray Ruff, 1969, DOT Records DLP 25934
  1. It's Just the Way I Feel (Glenn Smith) 4:35
  2. 10:09 Blues (Glenn Smith) 5:53
  3. Toe Jam (Kimball, Fullerton, Bolan) 5:45
  4. V-8 Ford Blues (Willie Lowe) 2:35
  5. Love is the Reason (Dotzler, Phillips, Bolan, Levin, Esterlie) 3:55
  6. I'm Comin' Home (Glen Smith, Mike Bolan) 7:35
  7. King of Earrings (Warren B. Phillips) 4:00
  8. Somebody's Else's Games (Glenn Smith) 4:35

[edit] High On / '69

In 2002, a European CD was released by Lizard that combined the two albums, with the songs from the '69 album first.

[edit] Single

  • Stone Free / ('Cause) She's So Good to Me, 1968, DOT 17158

[edit] See also

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