# Aunt Mary

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name         = Aunt Mary
| origin       = [Fredrikstad](/source/Fredrikstad), [Østfold](/source/%C3%98stfold), [Norway](/source/Norway)
| genre        = [Progressive rock](/source/Progressive_rock)
| years_active = 1970–1973, several reunions since 1978
| label        = [Polydor](/source/Polydor_Records)
}}

'''Aunt Mary''' is a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) [prog rock](/source/prog_rock) band from the 1970s.

They signed a [recording contract](/source/recording_contract) with [Polydor Records](/source/Polydor_Records) in Denmark, to facilitate the release of ''Aunt Mary'' in 1970. The group gradually moved towards progressive rock with the records ''Loaded'' in 1972 and ''Janus'' in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockipedia.no/artister/aunt_mary-42609/|title=Aunt Mary mini biography and discography|publisher=Rockipedia.no|language=no|accessdate=2014-08-28|archive-date=2013-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526063337/http://www.rockipedia.no/artister/aunt_mary-42609/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="AMG">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/aunt-mary-mn0000385623|title=Aunt Mary Discography|publisher=[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)|accessdate=2014-08-28}}</ref> The group disbanded in 1973, but has reunited for several concerts since 1978.

The band's former lead vocalist, [Jan Groth](/source/Jan_Groth), died from cancer on 27 August 2014, at the age of 68.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/rampelys/musikk/sangeren-jan-groth-er-doed/a/23282930/|title=Sangeren Jan Groth er død|date=27 August 2014 |publisher=Vg.no|language=no|accessdate=2014-08-28}}</ref>

The band toured the US in 2019

==Musicians==
*[Jan Groth](/source/Jan_Groth) - Vocals, keyboards, guitar
*Bjørn Kristiansen - Guitar, vocals
*Svein Gundersen - Bass, piano, vocals
*Ketil Stensvik - Drums, vocals
*Bengt Jenssen - Keyboards
*Eirikur Hauksson - Bass
*Per Ivar Fure - Flute, sax, vocals
*Ivan Lauritzen - Drums
*Øystein Selenius Olsen - Bass

==Discography==
;Studio albums
*1970: ''Aunt Mary'' (Polydor) gjenutgitt 1974 på Karussell som Whispering Farewell
*1972: ''Loaded'' (Philips)
*1973: ''Janus'' (Vertigo)
*1992: ''Bluesprints'' (Sonet)
*2016: ''New Dawn'' (Playground)

;Compilation albums
*1974: ''The Best of Aunt Mary'' (Philip)
*1975: ''The Best of Aunt Mary Volume 2'' (Philips)
*2007: ''The Things We Stood For''

;Live albums
*1981: ''Live Reunion'' (Philips)
*2009: ''Barbed Wire Waves'' (Pan) - a radio concert recorded in 1971

===Singles===
<small>(selective)</small>
*1970: "Did You Notice?"/"The Ball"
*1971: "Jimi, Janis and Brian"/"Stop Your Wishful Thinking"
*1971: "Whispering Farewell"/"All My Sympathy for Lily"
*1972: "G Flat Road"/"Joinin' the Crowd"
*1972: "Rosalind"/"In the Hall of the Mountain King"
*1973: "Nocturnal Voice"/"Mr. Kaye"
*2016: "Slave Parade"

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.rikenberg.com/Ohrik%20Records/NPRD/Norsk%20Progrock%20Diskografi/ Norwegian Progrock Discography] 

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Category:Norwegian progressive rock groups
Category:Musical groups established in 1970
Category:1970 establishments in Norway
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1973
Category:1973 disestablishments in Norway
Category:Musical groups from Fredrikstad

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