In a brand new interview conducted by Rock N Roll
Universe,(
www.rocknrolluniverse.com) legendary bassist Tim Bogert
discusses the recently released 'Cactus V' album, his days in Vanilla
Fudge as well as the other projects he's been involved in, including
the possibilities of a Beck, Bogert & Appice reunion. A short excerpt
from the interview follows:
RNRU : You've worked with and jammed with some pretty incredible
guitarists throughout your career -- Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Rick
Derringer, Michael Schenker, Leslie West, Jake E. Lee, Jim McCarty, and
Jimmy Page when Zeppelin were opening for The Fudge. Which guitarist
that you've worked with, or seen, have you been most impressed by?
TB : Subsequently, it would be Clapton. But in its own time frame it
would've been Hendrix. Eric has gone on to do so many wonderful things,
and I really like the blues, so I'm right there. Jimi, had he not died,
I'm sure would've also done wonderful things. I suppose, at the time,
playing with Jimi would've been the biggest thrill. When he was on it
was scary. I like tricks, as you can tell by my style. Jimi was as
tricky as it comes. I was most impressed by that. I learned a lot from
him because The Fudge opened for him and Cactus opened for him as well.
Eric Barrett was his roadie, and he would literally let me sit behind
Jimi's amp with my back up against the cabinet. My head stuck around
the speaker right next to Mitch Mitchell. I'd just sit there copping
stuff. "Oh how do you do that? That works good...yeah let's see if that
works on bass." I didn't include Jimi before in a lot of the names of
who I am, but he would also be a big influence in what I do because I
saw the power of tricks on an audience, and it taught me how to use
that power standing behind him for those 3 years. It was like going to
school, it was cool. The sort of tricks that he did, and the timing of
those tricks made an audience go, "Whoa!" So I tried to learn that on a
bass, and on a good night I can. It's the pacing. That's what Beck was
brilliant at, his timing. Because we all play the same notes. There's
only 12 of them. It's how you put them together, how you space them.
It's like making love. If you pound somebody you go numb. Or you can be
all slow, not into it, languid. But if you go fast, then slow, then
medium, then really fast, then slow and gentle... that's the kind of
things that Hendrix and Beck did. Brilliant stuff.
To read the rest of the interview go to this location :
http://rnruniverse.proboards21.com/i...ead=1160979867
