![]() ![]() Finding inspiration in the dynamic organ-based soul-rock of The Young Rascals (their Felix Cavaliere was Stein’s musical hero), the hottest band on the New York circuit, Stein and Bogert gave the Showmen their notice and put together their own band, drummer Joey Brennan also switching allegiances. When the band’s bassist was drafted, Tim Bogert, born Augin New York City, came into the equation. Stein started playing piano when he was a wee lad of four, tried his hand at squeezing the accordion for a brief minute, and made a doo-wop 45 as Mark Stevens & The Charmers before settling in behind the organ and joining a local outfit, Rick Martin & The Showmen, that gigged regularly on the bustling New York club scene. Lead vocalist and keyboardist Mark Stein, born Main Bayonne, New Jersey, had plenty of professional musical experience despite barely being out of his teens when the band burst onto the national scene in 1967. Very few of them recast a song entirely in their own image the way Vanilla Fudge did with the Supremes’ “You Keep Me Hangin’ On.” The powerhouse rock quartet’s inspired remake of the Holland-Dozier-Holland-penned anthem slowed the tempo down radically, with one creative foot planted in the era’s psychedelic movement and the other pointing to the advent of heavy metal hovering just around the corner. 9/30 – The Arcada Theater – St.A lot of rock bands covered soul hits during the 1960s.He will be missed.Ĭatch VANILLA FUDGE LIVE at these select US tour dates: Tim Bogert was loved by his band mates, his family, his friends and his fans. This heartfelt recording interview titled “To The Legacy Of Tim Bogert” is a must listen for fans of VANILLA FUDGE. Upon Tim’s passing the band recorded tributes to their brother and band-mate with producer Leslie Gold. Hold on tight everybody,’ cause here comes The Fudge.” says Vince Martel I created an East Indian raga intro in the spirit of our early albums and rocked out at the end. I’m glad he was strong enough and gracious enough to record with us one last time – he gave me a great template to build on with my guitar. “It was very cool that we were able to get Timmy on the track. Carmine Appice took the matter into his own hands and when he went to Los Angeles’ NAMM show in January of 2020 he arranged for Tim to record at Jorgen Carlsson’s (the bass player for Gov’t Mule) studio in LA. Tim had been living with cancer for some time, and they didn’t know how much time he had. We planned to complete it, there were delays, and then the pandemic put everything on hold.” shares Mark Stein They planned to complete it with Tim Bogert on the track, however they ran into some unavoidable delays with the pandemic putting everything on hold. We went into the studio and recorded the track. “ So back in mid 2019, I put together a blueprint for an arrangement for ‘Stop in the Name of Love’, while the Fudge was out there doing shows later that year. While the Fudge was out on tour later that year they went into the studio and laid down tracks that would be the foundation of this new release. That track has remained current decades after its release thanks to film and television placements such as The Sopranos finale, and big Hollywood blockbusters like “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood”. The dream was to capture the lightning in a bottle that happened with their classic arrangement of The Supremes, “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”. Save/Order ‘Stop In The Name of Love’ HEREīack in 2019, Mark Stein put together an idea for VANILLA FUDGE to do an arrangement for ‘ Stop In The Name Of Love’.
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