Mount Rushmore (band)

The band formed in early 1967 at 1915 Oak Street, a large Victorian rooming house in the Haight-Ashbury district. The original members were Ed Levin (ex-Vipers), Warren Phillips (ex Blue House Basement), Thomas Dotzler, Mike Bolan and Danny Wei. Wei was soon replaced by Terry Kimble on bass guitar. In June and July 1967, they were featured on posters for shows at the Avalon Ballroom. In June 1967, Mount Rushmore played two sets at The KFRC Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival. In March 1968, Dotzler left to join local band Phoenix, and was soon followed by Phillips and Levin. Bolan and Kimble added Glenn Smith and Travis Fullerton to the line up and this line-up made two albums. ==Members on the recordings==

• Mike Bolan — "Bull" — guitar • Glenn Smith — "Smitty" — vocals, guitar • Travis Fullerton — drums, percussion • Terry Kimble — bass Mike Bolan rejoined them later and they have been performing in Idaho on through 2005. Terry Kimble (deceased) was a member of the band Tony Vance and The Progress Hornsby 4 from Spokane, Washington, between 1967 and 1968. ==Albums==

High on Mount Rushmore :* Produced by Ray Ruff, 1968, DOT Records DLP 25898 (there is a DJ only monophonic pressing, DOT 3898) :# Stone Free (Jimi Hendrix) 3:57 :# Without No Smog (Glenn Smith, Mike Bolan) 5:27 :# Ocean (Warren B. Phillips) 4:07 :# I Don't Believe in Statues (Warren B. Phillips) 4:08 :# Looking Back (Glenn Smith, Mike Bolan, T. Fullerton, T. Kimball) 9:40 :# ('Cause) She's So Good to Me (Bobby Womack) 3:35 :# Medley: 7:23 ::* Fannie Mae (B. Brown, M. Robinson) ::* Dope Song (Glenn Smith) ''High On / '69'' In 2002, a European CD was released by Lizard that combined the two albums, with the songs from the 1969 album included first. ==Single==

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