Vanilla Fudge

[westen44]

After saying in a thread the other day that this studio version of "Shotgun" by the Vanilla Fudge was almost impossible to find, I ran across this almost by accident.  The music may no longer be considered au courant.  However, Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice are awesome as far as I'm concerned. 

[uwe]

And by the imposters' own admission, they were the blueprint for Deep Purple.

I know it's uncool to like Vanilla Fudge, but I always did and continue too. Hey, I even liked Cactus and Beck, Bogert & Appice!

[patman]

I listened to that album every day after coming home from high school...every day.  It has a live side two...awesome.

[Basvarken]

I know it's uncool to like Vanilla Fudge

Since when would that be?

I think that Vanilla Fudge is so obscure these days that far too few people care to have an opinion about them.

[nofi]

not over here. that live lp is a good one.

[jumbodbassman]

After saying in a thread the other day that this studio version of "Shotgun" by the Vanilla Fudge was almost impossible to find, I ran across this almost by accident.  The music may no longer be considered au courant.  However, Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice are awesome as far as I'm concerned. 

One of my best friends knows Timmy and Carmine since the Cactus days so i have gotten to know them fairly well.  About 12 years or so ago they released a "new" version of the vanilla fudge album with the girl on the cover and we got to play the cd release party and hung out with them and they played a little with us.  stayed friends with the keyboard player named bill Pascal who was with them at the time....  Carmine is so cool and true rockstar.  Timmy has issues,  always has.  Just a great bass player who can't get along with people,  especially guitar players. About 10 years or so the fudge where playing BB kIngs in NYC and Timmy got sick and i got the call to be on standby.  Then TM Stevens  was tracked down thank god as filling Tim's shoes is a scary spot.   As a bass player they are top 2 or 3 rhythm sections ever for me but i can understand tp some degree why guitarists have issues  but thats mainly because if they had realtime they would be bass players anyway.... :-)

[ack1961]

Wow.  I probably haven't heard that song in 40 years.
Brings me back to the days of corded phones, black and white TV and taping pennies to the top of the needle arm.

[Hörnisse]

[westen44]

The original version came out exactly 100 years after the end of the Civil War.  The Vanilla Fudge version was released only a few years after that.  When looked at within that context, it does make me realize just how old this really is (the Jr. Walker and Vanilla Fudge versions.)

[Spiritbass]

Hey, I even liked Cactus and Beck, Bogert & Appice!

Wow. I haven't heard mention of "Cactus" in decades. I got to see them live at an festival here in Missouri back in '74. I enjoyed their show!

[Basvarken]

A few years ago when MySpace was still hot I got in touch with Jimmy Kunes.
He's a nice chap. And he's the lead singer of the reunited Cactus

[uwe]

Wow. I haven't heard mention of "Cactus" in decades. I got to see them live at an festival here in Missouri back in '74. I enjoyed their show!

They were never cool, even uncooler than Foghat, but this version of Long Tall Sally sure is!

[uwe]

Since when would that be?

I think that Vanilla Fudge is so obscure these days that far too few people care to have an opinion about them.

Back in the day already. Their concept of slowed down grooves, lava-thick instrumentation and extended jams (emulated by bands such as Iron Butterfly, Bloodrock, Grand Funk Railroad) wore thin with rock critics pretty quickly - The Velvet Underground they weren't even if they probably sold more records and could deliver better live. Vanilla Fudge suffered for "only playing covers" and not having a "charismatic frontman".

[westen44]

Led Zeppelin opened up for Vanilla Fudge in 1968 or 1969.  Also, I noticed that Vanilla Fudge did an album of Zep covers in 2009 (Out Through the Door.)  I would be interested in listening to that sometime.  I'm not really sure which Fudge members are on this album. 

[Highlander]

Original lineup...