The Mojo Men: Biography

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• The Beau Brummels
• Jefferson Airplane
• The Monkees
• The Clique
• The Outsiders
• Mortimer
• The Association

• Byrds
• The Rolling Stones
• Them

• The Vejtables

• Steve Alaimo
• Stephen Stills

Formed:

Jan 1, 1965

Disbanded:

Jan 1, 1969

Genres:

Rock Music, Psychedelic Oldies Music, Folk & Country Rock Music

Decades Active:

1960's

Artistic Quality

Low

Cultural Impact

Low

Ratings Guide

One of the earliest San Francisco rock bands, the Mojo Men had local hits on the Autumn label with "Dance With Me," "She's My Baby," and a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Off the Hook" in the mid-'60s. Their early sides displayed a raunchy but thin approach taken from the mold of British Invasion groups like the Stones and Them. In 1966, after female drummer Jan Errico joined from the San Francisco folk-rock group the Vejtables, they moved to Reprise and pursued folky psychedelic pop directions, and had a Top 40 hit with a Baroque arrangement of Buffalo Springfield's "Sit Down I Think I Love You" in 1967. In their later days, they developed more intricate arrangements and harmonies that reflected the influence of the Mamas the Papas and Jefferson Airplane, although they weren't in the same league as those groups. Their many singles never fully displayed the band's considerable songwriting and vocal talents, and after changing their name to the Mojo and finally just Mojo, they disbanded in the late '60s.

- Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide