Geeks of Doom: Was there some friendly rivalry between you and John Paul Jones? Oh, we had a great time, it was a great jam. I remember that I said something like, “There is no way in the world we can follow that so we’re not going to try!” And that’s when we invited the lads out. We came out and realized this is impossible and called the lads out and we all just jammed for the next however long it was. They had played so well and the audience was just shattered. I think it was Salt Lake City, I’m not positive anymore, but I do remember the event. Geeks of Doom: And you invited them on stage and all jammed together rather than trying to play your set. Tim Bogert: Yes it did, they were quite amazing. Geeks of Doom: I love the story I read that most bands found it impossible to follow Vanilla Fudge on stage and you wondered who would be the first band to do that to you. Or it didn’t seem to be at the time of course it was a very long time ago! You get lots of ideas and you can turn those ideas into songs and then you go away and you do some session work and it’s not that difficult.
It’s not that difficult to do when you’re out on the road playing with the band. We were young men having a great time doing it. Tim Bogert: We were young! You can do a lot of stuff when you’re young! We would work all the time and that’s what the thrust was at the time and we enjoyed it very much. How did you find the time to do all that and tour? Geeks of Doom: I counted 10! With Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, and Beck, Bogert & Appice. By my count you managed to record a quite unbelievable 10 albums in 6 years from 1967 to 1973. I gave him a call at his Californian hill-top house to talk about his cocaine snorting, women chasing days in Cactus, quitting the music business to work at the Musicians Institute, and dealing with a “moody” Jeff Beck. For Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, and Beck, Bogert & Appice, bass player Tim Bogert has been an integral part. When it comes to influential rock bands, not many can claim to have been a part of three of them.
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