The guy introducing Vanilla fudge is the great trumpet player bandleader Ray Anthony who just turned 100 years old on 1/20/22 Ray is the last survivor of the Glenn Miller orchestra
I saw them in 68 opened for Hendrix at Hollywood Bowl. Incredible concert. Fudge tore the Bowl down, the Hendrix came out and burned all the way down. Then I got drafted............
Psychedelia in all it's late 60's glory - love the GoGo girls...great band of course - Carmine pounding on those beautiful, big blonde maple Ludwig tubs...one for the ages...
Ray Anthony was big when I was little. His show was way up there in popularity, and, even in 60's terms, slightly edgy. If I may. For those who remember then: The Beatles, The Beach Boys; American Bandstand, The Monkeys, being the music on network television. Imagine yourself in those days, as the little brother of one of the young ladies dancing. Your big sister, six years you're senior, comes home from her audition, "Hey everyone! I'm going to be on TV!" She's gotten her first big break. Your big sister is going to be a dancer on the Ray Antony show! The family gathers in front of the TV that night, and there she is, you're big sister, the one you've known, seemingly, forever, but knew little of. Like the rest of the family, your eyes are glued to the screen. The band is introduced, and they begin to play. After breathlessly whispering, "Holy Shit!" loud enough that your mom and dad hear, what could you have said next?
Tim was and Is a MONSTER on bass. Great guy too. I went to MI in 1994 and he was a teacher there. he was my favorite by far.Great vocal coach too. I learned a lot from that man. Such a humble guy for some one of his caliber. Man did he have some stories to tell. He is as classy as they come.
Yeah, saw 'em around March/April of '68, between Soft Machine (whom I loved) and Jimi ( who just fuckin' blew us all away!... Fudge were superb, and couple yrs. later, saw Neil Bogert with Cactus...
Occasionally overlooked perhaps, but only a twit would rate him poorly. He made up for anything he lacked in technique and playing ability (which wasn't very much) with his infectious energy and manic stage performance. If he was good enough for the Vanilla Fudge and one third of Beck Bogert Appice, he should be good enough for any critic.
Carmine Appice.... Helps Bonham get his first heavy kit from Ludwig.... Talk about an influencer. Carmine sure can punish them drumsticks.... But artfully and true to form! The whole band had talent above and beyond!
Their rendition of this song is by far my favorite, but these guys were so melodramatic and over the top it cracks me up. I've seen Carmine Appice play with Govt Mule as a guest a few times and he still pounds the drums like he's 20 yrs. old!
JonnyBGoode64 i met him after a show and asked him if the story about the mud shark at the edge water inn was real. Frank Zappa talks about it during Zappa at the Fillmore album. Mark confirmed it was true. Wild times.
He was really good and that Hammond B3 and Leslie like you said. It just gives you cold chills down your spine. I got ahold of a 1970 147 Leslie speaker and it's just unbelievable.
Ray Anthony was the last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Band...amazing that a musician from the Second World War would someday introduce one of the pioneers of psychedelic rock, one decade removed from the birth of Rock...
I saw these guys open up for Jimi Hendrix. I was 14 years old. My father was crazy. He never let me date however I was going to all kind of rock concerts by myself or with girlfriends and going to the night clubs at 16 years old. He approved. But it was all to hear live music. Lived in the San Francisco Bay area and we had a crazy music scene in the 60s,70s.
Agreed. I could never understand the point of playing someone else’s song and not putting your own interpretation to it. And VF definitely put their own unique stamp on things.
I had it as a single...... about the same time I bought Jeff Beck's "Hi Ho Silver Lining" but not for that crappy song, but the incredible "B" side, Beck's Bolero.
I saw Jeff Beck in 69 at the Fillmore East, and in 2010 in Cincinnati....he just got badder and badder (the good bad, of course) 69 was very cool...2010 was absolute killer! Rhonda Smith, Jason Rebello, Narada Michael Walden....great band!
The best cover of this song. This music drives me in a sort of trance. Five stars for the dancers, glance off to the girl on the right part of scene, she's so beautiful and moves so well...
It may just be me, but I think the go-go dancers add so much to this performance. I was only three years old then, but if I was up late enough on the night this was broadcast, I'm sure I would have been suitably stunned also.
+Carlo Von Sexron that is BULLSHIT. Cybermuff is correct. In the 60s you didn't have to look for it, it was on the radio 24/7, on TV most weeknights. When you didnt do TV or Radio, you had your records on. We wallowed in it and rightly so. Today's music is absolute crap being foisted on people who don't seem to know any better.
I started playing this song in my band "The Other Side" in junior high school...every time we played it, the girls went wild! And this is 30 years before Girls Gone Wild! I later had the supreme pleasure of jamming with Tim Bogert at the Central in Hollywood. A true pleasure to be sure.
+Michael Mixon These guys were true innovators. They created the sound of Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple. John Bonham was almost totally a Carmine Appice rip off.
VF was soooo out there compared to EVERY other band at that moment in time... so f'in' good Saw them once and it was a monster experience. They deserved better than the fan support they received but those that know can savor their music forever.
Just saw Vanilla Fudge perform at Abbey Road on the River annual Beatles festival in Jeffersonville, Ind. They sounded fantastic! They've still got it.
i sang in band with tim bogart playing bass when he taught at MI in hollwood,ca, that was a wild moment in my life , and the song was "heard it thru grapevine," Tim had so much positive energy (1988) such a rocker ,nice guy, very inspiring, i remember ! this is a great video!! thanks!
Does the original film negative still exist somewhere? I would love to see this particular performance of this song get restored as best it can in my lifetime. So yeah... somebody get on that.
I saw them in the late 60's opening for the BJs along with Spanky and Our Gang. When they did "Keep me hanging on" the crowd just erupted. They stole the show that night.
Dang, they sound so good live! I wish there was a documentary of the girls who danced at these shows in the early days with them getting interviewed and talking about their experiences.
