Beginning in 1967, Vanilla
Fudge rocked the world with a new sound, influencing a
generation of musicians and creating a legion of loyal fans.
VanillaFudge.com is now in its tenth year celebrating this ever
popular and influential band, and its original members, Mark
Stein, Carmine
Appice, Tim Bogert,
and Vince
Martell, who are still active musicians and are once again
touring and recording together.
“When I
was recording with Dave Mason in 1980 for the album Old
Crest On A New Wave which was his last Columbia album, we were doing
the session at Hollywood Sound in Los Angeles and the Jackson Five
were also doing some tracks in the studio down the hall. I went
out for a break and ran into Michael Jackson in the lounge. I
introduced myself and said, "Hey Michael, come in the studio and
check out this track. I think you'll dig it," and he said,
“Sure". He followed me into the studio, and I told the
engineer Ed Thacker to put up the track Save Me, written by the late
great Jim Krueger (who also wrote the huge hit "We Just
Disagree") because it had the same type of flavors and
rhythm from the "Off The Wall" album.
So
I could see he was getting excited getting into it, and I said,
"Michael why don't you go inside and scat on the tune. That
would be amazing!" Low and behold he actually went into the
studio, stood in front of the microphone, put the earphones
on, and we hit the record button. Right away he started singing an d
dancing as if it was his own. I turned to the engineer and said,
"Can you believe what’s going on here?" He basically
did it in one take, shook my hand, said thank you, and took off into
the night. This track has been sitting in stir all these years, and
frankly I am feeling honored that I was probably one of the very few
cats from my era to have had the pleasure to sing and play the
Hammond organ on a track with him. RIP Michael”
Mark
Stein/Vanilla Fudge
"Save
Me" featuring Michael Jackson, Dave Mason, and Mark Stein on
Hammond Organ and background vocals.
Carl
DeAngelis, composer of the original Vanilla Fudge Symphony seen on
Renaissance, has given the boys a 40th Anniversary surprise.... click
here and see!
VintageRock.com
Review of Vanilla Fudge Concert, Patchogue, NY, 10/28/06 - "I
can say this with no fear of contradiction, Vanilla Fudge are the
best American rock and roll band, ever. " Want
to read more? Click
here!
In July 2006,
Vanilla Fudge supported the Action for Brazil's Children (ABC) Trust
by participating in a Fund Raising Event.
Vanilla Fudge's
Mark Stein and Vince Martell Let's Pray For Peace Tour - 2008. Photos
by original vanillafudge.com designer and webmaster Casey Butler. Click
here!
2005
Tour Photos...
Vanilla
Fudge in Columbus, Ohio, 2005 from Ken Williams! Click
Here!
June 26, 2005
Detroit Show: Photos and Review Here!
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Vanilla
Fudge were one of the very few bands that were allowed to perform
live on the Ed Sullivan show. Here are the two classic videos of
Vanilla Fudge performing You Keep Me Hanging on, and Shotgun. There
are other vintage live performances popping up there too.
Go
to www.youtube.com
and search "Vanilla Fudge", "VanillaFudge", and "VanilaFudge"
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."
