1. Francesco Antonio Marino was born on November 20,1954 and is a Canadian guitarist and singer, best known as the leader of Canadian hard rock band Mahogany Rush.
16 Facts About Frank Marino
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An often-repeated myth is that he was visited by an apparition of Jimi Hendrix after a bad LSD trip - a myth Frank Marino has always disavowed, and continues to do so on his personal website.
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Frank Marino's playing is inspired by Hendrix, and Marino is notable for often performing cover versions of Hendrix classics such as "Purple Haze" and "All Along The Watchtower".
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Frank Marino has been criticized by some as a Hendrix clone.
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In 1990, Frank Marino opened his own audio recording studio, Starbase Studio, in the Notre-Dame-de-Grace district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Frank Marino reformed a band in 2000, "I always knew we had fans, I just didn't know I'd find half a million of them on the Web," he said in an interview with Guitar Player in 2005.
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Frank Marino released Eye of the Storm, and went on tour again, playing more improvisational shows.
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Frank Marino rescheduled the tour for 2021, before announcing his retirement on June 30,2021, due to an undisclosed medical condition.
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Frank Marino was involved in blues recordings with other artists, playing on tribute albums to Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
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Besides Jimi Hendrix, Frank Marino acknowledged the influence of John Cipollina, Robby Krieger, Duane Allman, Johnny Winter, and Carlos Santana.
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Frank Marino's playing style is a combination of blues, heavy rock and, to an extent, jazz fusion techniques.
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Frank Marino's style has influenced many guitar players, including Zakk Wylde, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Gales, Vinnie Moore and Paul Gilbert.
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Frank Marino's tone is recognized by, for instance, Guitar Player, which called him a "full-spectrum guitar god," alongside Jeff Beck, Eddie Van Halen, and The Edge.
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Frank Marino is a devoted Gibson SG player and uses them with the original PAF pickups, as well as two with DiMarzio humbuckers.
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Frank Marino currently uses a preamp which he built himself, reminiscent of a Fender, and any available power amp, through a 2" x 15" Fane cabinet.
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Frank Marino is uncle to Danny Frank Marino, lead guitarist of Canadian metal band The Agonist.