Years ago my 11 son went to a drum clinic in Ohio with his drum teacher. When he came back his showed me that he could twirl his sticks. He told me a really nice older guy.....couldn't remember his name....something like allspice or something taught him. After I got off the floor I went on the net, showed him the 68 Ed Sullivan show and tried to calmly asked him if that was the guy. He said yeah but thought so but the guy was older. I have made sure he knows the honor he had.
i had a similar experience with bill ward in high school where i didnt even realize it until way later i saw his picture and was like wait a minute. i talked to him about music
I thought I'd address some past comments and clear a few things up. First, that surely isn't the legendary Tim BogErt on bass, it's just me. Tim retired from touring in 2010. I subbed for him a few times on and off since 2002 up until then. Tim was the first and the best, and I really wish to say thanks to those(like me) who miss him yet don't say I suck, I really appreciate that. I do miss him. And yes, goofy as it looks, ugh, that's my hair :-). Finally, yes indeed that is the great Mark Stein, and he is playing a Hammond B3 organ but it's a 122 Leslie, not a 147. Thanks. :)
Thanks for posting. Sorry to miss Tim, but you done good in his stead. :) A bit surprised to see Mark, I know he's been in and out of the group over the years. Who played guitar here?
hey, steve'doc'patt here, just givin you a shout out, man--you did a helluva job, and yes, those are some giant Tim-sized shoes to fill. I used to take lessons from Tim at his old condo in NoHo, and what a sweet guy--huge chops, plus a killer voice. Rock on, dude...
Thanks Stephen and Mike! I do my best. I try to give fans a taste of Timmy. He was and still is my bass hero bar none, I think that's why I got the gig. I "grew up" musically with him and I'm proud to say he's a good friend too. He himself called me once to sub for him in Cactus. I want to be clear, I know as well as anyone there's only one Tim, and he be it! It may seem odd for me to say, but I do miss him in the band, so I don't begrudge anyone else saying they do either. It's a very bittersweet gig that he has to be retired in order for me to have the gig. Mike, that's Vince Martell on guitar, he's the original too as wall as Mark and Carmine. I'm the only new kid on the block.
Peter Bremy Looking forward to seeing you guys in Fort Lauderdale this August with the Winter brothers! Missed your gig in Boca Raton last month, hope you guys get a good chunk of time for your sets on the Rock n' Blues Fest shows. Much respect!
+Steve O Love Tim Bogert but according to his website" In August, 2005, Tim was involved and injured in a serious motorcycle accident. Following a lengthy recovery, the trouper that he is he returned to touring with Vanilla Fudge in 2007. Sadly however, lingering problems resulting from the accident have forced Tim to reluctanly retire from touring. He is currently living in Simi Valley, California and still does session work locally and over the Internet. Tim can be contacted via his Facebook page." I can't fault the rest of the band for going on without him !!! JZ
+John Zane Damn, that's a shame. A great GREAT bass player and vocalist. I saw him rip off an incredible bass solo with Cactus at the Pocono Festival in 1972. Amazing stuff.
+ZavnorZ Got to see BBA at the Chicago Amplitheater and was right up in front of the stage. Fabulous vocals, drums and bass. Jeff Becks guitar out of those Univox amps almost made my ears bleed. He played that brownish Les Paul. So freeking good!!! I then got to see Jeff Beck, Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Tench the singer and Max Middleton at the Arie Crown in Chicago. Holy crap!!!!!!. I am one blessed man.
Wow.....I haven't seen VF for over 40 years. Not much has changed, huh? Everyone should be the best at something, and these guys were the best at their brand of music. Still are, I guess. I remember one show in Saratoga, NY when we all thought Carmine would surely have a heart attack during his incredible drum solo. Apparently, he survived!
+bwilliamswyn25 Hey, I just watched your upload of "Shotgun." What's that from? One of the late-night concert TV shows (which were far from concert reality if you ever attended one!)? You can see how much Bogert is missed between then and now, but otherwise, they still sound great. I caught Bogert at a Bobby Weir show quite a while ago. He seems to have vanished since then.
Tim Bogert has a serious motorcycle accident. He's better now, but can't handle playing anymore. I was glad to hear it wasn't a squabble, but sad to hear he was hurt.
I am, end of february. Honestly, I like the original recording, and i've seen better live versions of this band. If this would have been an audition, they would nowhere near a record deal
Heck, I watch this a couple times per month. Originally saw them in 1969 in NYC…..then in 2019 in Old Saybrook, CT (yes 50 year later) and then last year in Jim Thorpe, PA. Looking at their schedule in 2024 to see them again. Three of the four originals keeps them as heavy as ever.
Saw Vanilla Fudge, along with The Soft Machine, open for Jimi Hendrix at Red Rocks. What a great show. One year later, my band, The Chains, opened for Vanilla Fudge at the U of Pennsylvania. Nice guys to talk with during setup. Great times.
Around 1968 , I saw Hendrix , Joplin and the Soft Machine on the same bill at The Singer Bowl in NYC . I also saw Jimi at Avery Fisher Hall and The New Years Eve show at The Fillmore East . Vanilla Fudge also played The Singer Bowl with Rod Stewart and The Small Faces and Ten Years After - another great show .
I used to play this on the Vanilla Fudge album that my parents had back in the day. They're both gone now but I still have the original album. Loved that my parents introduced me to great music of all kinds!!!
Be grateful your parents listened to, and appreciated, great music. My dad didn’t really care about it, and was frustrated that I loved it so much. My mother liked music, but from an earlier time (more into Elvis & Roy Orbison), but my father didn’t take her dancing, so she lost interest, as well. Neither of them appreciated that I loved guitar/keyboard-based rock. But I didn’t care! I’ve loved it since I started listening to it in the mid-70s, and still dig it at 58!
Attended a drum workshop by Carmine. He was so kind and genuine. I was incredibly lucky to win the raffle to play alongside him. We jammed to Stay With Me. Smart phones didn’t exist back then (early 80s) so I have no recording of it but it plays flawlessly in my mind.
It’s definitely one of the classic bands that has a addictive sound. You just can’t get enough of it. You just keep listening to this song over and over and you never get tired of it.
This is how it's done kids! This is what it's all about! There's no autotune, no grid alignment. Just get in there and play your ass off... and have a blast doing it. Even though this is most definitely a cover, this outshines the original by a country mile! I'm not saying the original is trash, far from it. It's just their cover really captured the raw emotion of the song.
Want to mute your cymbal quickly? Use your arm.!!! Thanks Carmine, Thanks Ginger, Thanks Don, Thanks Billy C. The lessons from faraway teachers. My drummers flag is my old drum key. (Occasionally used, but not often).
To me, Mark Stein is one of the most beautiful voices in the whole history of rock music (Up there with my other favorites Glenn Hughes and Freddie Mercury).
This is one of those songs that all songwriters hate, because someone else already wrote it. It's got power, ambience-n-atmosphere to spare, and a lot of soul.
@@brandonmartin9570 I'll bet that Hollands and Dozier were laughing all the way to the bank when collecting the royalties from the Vanilla Fudge cover of "Hangin' On"!
I had the honor of seeing Vanilla Fudge along with Jimmy Hendrix when I was 16 years old in Seattle Washington 1967 .. I was never the same ... It was my first concert and got there on a Honda 160 ...
COOL! I SAW THEM AROUND THE SAME TIME WITH 4 OTHER HEADLINE BANDS. JANIS JOPLIN AND BIG BROTHER, THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS, BUDDY GUY AND MOBY GRAPE. 5 BANDS FOR $3.00. IT WAS AT THE FIRST QUAKER CITY ROCK FESTIVAL AT THE OLD SPECTRUM IN PHILLY. AND... I ALSO HAD A HONDA 160 FOR MY FIRST BIKE, BUT DID NOT DRIVE IT TO THE CONCERT.
Met Vanilla Fudge on the Flower Power Cruise a few years ago. They were very nice, humble, and put on two incredible live shows. There's just no one else like them.
I remember playing this 45 nonstop. I had to get up and rock out dance every time I heard it on the radio. How can you sit still hearing something this incredible?
Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple: "Back in the late Sixties, there were few organists who could play like Jon. We shared the same taste in music. We loved Vanilla Fudge - they were our heroes. They used to play London's Speakeasy and all the hippies used to go there to hang out - Clapton, The Beatles - everybody went there to pose. According to legend, the talk of the town during that period was Jimi Hendrix, but that's not true. It was Vanilla Fudge. They played eight-minute songs, with dynamics. People said, "What the hell's going on here? How come it's not three minutes?" Timmy Bogert, their bassist, was amazing. The whole group was ahead of its time. So, initially we wanted to be a Vanilla Fudge clone."
Read an interview with Ian Paice (Deep Purple's drummer) who basically said the same thing. You could certainly hear the long instrumental intros in the early DP records. I sometimes wonder if groups like Yes didn't borrow some of their early style from VF as well. After all, they both covered Beatle tunes, had long instrumental intros and featured difficult (for their time) arrangements.
@wildcats2012 Loved Uriah Heep, remember "Rainbow Demon"? Saw them in St Paul MN back in about 1973, not sure about the year but pretty sure about the decade!!
@wildcats2012 Reading your comment here, it instantly "clicked!" Heep WAS influenced by VF, you can hear it in the keyboard use, if nothing else. Cool! Never even thought about that before reading your post, but to me, it seems as though you've "nailed it!" lol
This performance is almost better than the original in the 60s! One of my all-time favorites and I lived it back then when it was out. Outstanding rock n roll at its best!
Taylor Perkins i gotta agree with you there !! Sittin with a friends dad ,who is also a muscian, and i was just saying to him how well preserved they look !!!
Amazing "Vanilla Fudge" Show outdoors in: Rochester, Minnesota (July 30,2023)! Keep on rocking, Live greatness! I loved it @ 54 years young, my other half loved it @ 41, my adult daughter fully dug them @ 30 years of age! Timeless great band & the Vocals are still stellar! Mega-Drums, Keys, Bass & Guitar perfection! More Fudge!
@@vixter28 we still talk about how that was a total '60s flashback, Psychedelic Rock at it's finest! They put on an amazing show! Hopefully this year we have another great Riverside Series line up! 🎙️
Originally saw them at the Felt Forum @Madison Square Garden in 1969….then in 2019 I figured it was time to see them again in Old Saybrook, CT since it was 50 years and who knows how long any of us will be alive. And then again in 2023 in Jim Thorpe, PA. As long as they keep rocking…I’ll keep showing up.
I saw Mark play this song on the Dave Mason Traffic Jam tour 2 months ago and it rocked. Mark still has a wonderful voice and is still a showman. He also did a great job on vocals and organ on I'm A Man by Spencer Davis Group.
Just simply amazing a song like this is still popular in 2021 after more than 50 years!…I remember it well growing up in the 60s. Best years of my life as a kid!
To your knowledge did Cactus perform on Randall’s Island back around 1970 or so? There was a concert there featuring many groups, and I think it was held over the weekend. I know some of the groups advertised to be there weren’t. I’m asking you since I assume that you were from city at one time.
Definitely one of the best performances the Ed Sullivan Show has ever seen! All 4 of them know how to rock! And Carmine Appice's style and enthusiasm is un-matched. Musicians of today can learn a lot from them.
I’m 60 and when I was in grade school Vanilla Fudge was my first rock album. Always been a fan. Your grandfather is one of the reasons I started playing keyboards at a young age.
Yes, 1968, a junior in high school, hadn't touched a guitar yet or drank a beer or smoked a joint but I was tripping on this song. I'd be sitting in class daydreaming "Set me free why don't you babe......". On a natural high from this song in my head constantly for a while back then.
This song was released when I was in the 7th grade. I'm almost 67 and I liked Vanilla Fudge then and I like them now! I used to practice on my drums to this album!🥁🎶🇮🇹🇺🇸
I just discovered this band today, listened to their original cover and then watched when I noticed it was a recent performance from the past few years. I've got to hand it to them, they sound exactly the same as they did on their original track from 40+ years ago, which is rather incredible.
My group opened for the Fudge at Sacred Heart University in the late 60’s. One of the best rock bands ever. Carmen is the number one drummer of all time. His timing and where he inserts his boom is incredible. They do miss Tim. Wish he was still with them. Tim’s bass runs were off the charts. Now it’s 2018 and they are still touring. What does that tell you. The Fudge and Grand Funk Railroad have got to be in the Rock and Roll Hall if Fame. Love to see them inducted together and jam the crap off the stage.
@John Fray Grand Funk is the only band to set the record for out selling the Beatles for a concert !!! It happened in San Francisco, Candlestick Park !!! FACT !! I saw them home on leave from Nam. They put on a Hell of a Show !!! Closer to Home and Inside looking out was Fantastic. I thought the ruined themselves when they turn more to Top 40 stuff later on with Locomotion LP. They were a great band, but I rate Zeppelin as the Top of the Mountain !!!
I use to live 3 houses away from Vinny in Ronkonkoma, Long island, jammed a few times with him, unfortunately his house got robbed and he moved soon afterwards. cool guy, great memory of mine.
henrik h New bands except for a very few are pieces of shit with no passion whatsoever ... No wonder rock is dead nowadays. The passion here is unreal.
You compare an aged rock group with one top ten hit in it's career with every new rock group in existence? You don't get out much do you? You ever listen to this thing they call RADIO? Tame Impala, The Sheepdogs, Brian Jonestown Masascre, Greta Van Fleet, The Black Keys, Spoon, Railroad Earth, Thunderpussy, The Shelters, The Glorious Sons, July Talk, Clutch, etc , etc, and so on.
Yeh, maybe they are fat, slow and shell-y .... but at least they are not naked on wrecking ball and fucking Robin Thicke onstage. And they're not blathering, "You're gonna hear me ro ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho" -- the most annoying song ever released. And they are better than this tinyurl.com/myfy5vn for sure (a pile of cat shit is better than Avril's Hello Kitty.)
Broccoli Beefed you can see all their videos here on youtube and you can get their music from I Tunes. I usually listen to them here on youtube and whatever I like I buy from I tunes
@@KodenameKrusty ...and so on, and so on...these bands listed here are the reason why "this thing they call radio" today sucks out loud. 'Aged rock group"? You're talking about the originals, kid, not the copycats who aren't worthy of shining their shoes.
Damn! Carmine Appice! Always loved his thunderous accents. And, STILL has one of the fastest, single foot base drums in the business. Whew! When rock was still truly in it’s full-tilt boogie glory. Never expected the neutering of the industry that was soon coming down the pike. Sad.
Funny story about Carmine is when he asked Bonzo where he got his signature triplet bass drum roll thing and Bonzo said "from you." Carmine had played it on some VF song and hadn't really thought about it.
we played this song every Friday and Saturday night for 2 years, along with Season of the Witch. Gosh. does take me back. Where has 45 years gone? These guys still have it all over any of the new musicians out there.
