Tim Bogert

Tim Bogert ( born August 27, 1944 in New York City ) is a bassist and vocalist. He became famous mainly. , As a member of rock bands Vanilla Fudge, Cactus and Beck, Bogert & Appice

Biography

With 8 years Bogert got piano lessons. In New Jersey, he founded with friends the band The Bell Tones, in which he played saxophone. From the Bell Tones were The Chessmen that occurred in New York. Bogert switched from saxophone to bass.

After school Bogert went with Rick Martin & The Showmen on tour. He met Mark Stone, with whom he eventually founded The Pigeons. They recorded an album, then they were called Vanilla Fudge.

Vanilla Fudge consisted of Mark Stone (keyboards), Vince Martell (guitar), Carmine Appice (drums) and Tim Bogert ( bass). Direct their first single, You Keep Me Hanging On was a worldwide success. Between 1967 and 1969 took Vanilla Fudge on five albums, Appice and Bogert then left the group and formed Cactus.

1972 Cactus broke apart, but Bogert and Appice remained together. With Jeff Beck they had set the acclaimed trio Beck, Bogert & Appice (BBA ) on the legs.

In the years after BBA lived and played Bogert in California, England and Italy. He played with Rod Stewart, Bo Diddley and Rick Derringer. In 1983 there was a reunion of Vanilla Fudge.

Appeared in 1993, the debut album of X Japan guitarist PATA ( Tomoaki Ishizuka ), in which he as a bass player next to singer James Christian, drummer Tommy Aldridge (Thin Lizzy, former Whitesnake ) and keyboardist Daisuke Hinata worked. He also took part in the accompanying tour of Japan.

Tim Bogert worked for 18 years as a bass teacher at the Musician's Institute in Hollywood. He was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame rock 1999. End of the same year there was a new power trio, Char, Bogert & Appice ( CBA) with the Japanese guitarist Char. There followed in 2001 the trio Derringer, Bogert & Appice with Rick Derringer.