Mountain of Joy

Live at the Last Concert Cafe

Mountain of Joy (MOJO for short) played in Houston over a period of several years in the 1990's and specialized in extended jams of groove-based music which they billed as "Hypnodelic Blues-Rock". Influences included live-jamming bands such as The Allman Brothers and The Grateful Dead, and Mountain of Joy could usually be found playing at the Deadhead- hangout/Mexican Restaurant called The Last Concert Cafe in Downtown Houston. The following selections are taken from a live recording at that venue and represent a fair slice of early Mountain of Joy work. The lineup changed about half a year later, but Mountain of Joy continued to improve , eventually coming out with a studio demo tape.

Lineup:

Mike Stevens - vocals, congas, percussion, and the occasional kazoo solo

Brad Parent - guitar, harmony vocals

Alexander Marchand - guitar, harmony vocals

Randy Woodard - drums

Jeff Miller - bass

Breakthrough - A MOJO original song.
Santa Maria - MOJO original.
Hot Love at the Picture Show - Cover tune - originally performed by Dr. Trash and the Funkmonsters.
Dead Presidents - Cover of a Willie Dixon tune.
On The Run - MOJO Original.
Down - This was MOJO's center piece, an original featuring extended guitar jams.
Hot Dog - Led Zeppelin cover w/kazoo solo.
Fire on The Mountain - Grateful Dead cover with extended morph into "Spain".