I played in a band with a gal who is very close to him. It's a devasting loss for her and the music world. He was apparently a wonderful guy. RIP
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RIP Tim Bogert
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He is one of my Bass Idols...."Rock Out Whatever you Feel Like" Timmy. Damn it...
When I first heard Tim with Vanilla Fudge back in the late 60s, I said to myself, "this is the best bass player I've ever heard!"
RIP Tim.
RIP Tim.
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Thank you for this recollection. For without it, I would have forgotten what he showed me as a student LongAgo™ Tim was a fine human being and I'm grateful
I remember when my sister brought that first album home - I was 10. after listening to that, I knew I wanted to play some type of instrument - turned out to be bass!! Thanks Mr. Bogert, you were highly influential on me even as a kid.
My family was on vacation in the Denver area in late August 72 and I was the oldest of 3 brothers- then ages 20, 19, and 17. My 19 yo brother and had been in a band for 6 years and had played almost every published Jeff Beck song. We read fortuitously, the Jeff Beck Group II(drums -Cozy Powell, Keys-Max Middleton, Vocals- Bob Tench, bass-Clive Chaman, Lead Guitar-Jeff Beck) was going to be playing nearby I think the concert was in a gymnasium in Colorado Springs and we got general tickets and got there early and ran right up to the stage and rested our elbows there.
But when the band came out on stage, it wasn’t the band we expected! Beck, Tench and Middleton were there, but now on bass a shirtless Tim Bogart playing very loudly, along with his pal Carmine Appice, shirtless as well!! Bogart’s low and high mid tones dominated the sound but they played the JBG songs without a hitch, although I suspect there was more jamming than usual and long solos by Beck, Bogart and Appice. A surprise was the group playing “Superstition” for the first time... it was great. Beck could tell that the three of us were definitely having a great time and knew the songs well and gave us several appreciative smiles and nods during the show. On a slow blues number where Jeff was playing some incredible Bottleneck - his bottle dropped to the floor and my youngest brother’s quick reflexes allowed him to catch it in mid air as it rolled off the stage-and in one smooth move, held it back out to Beck, who accepted with an appreciative smile! After the concert over the PA, they were asking every to leave the gym as they were going to have a second concert. We had been standing up at the stage seeing if we could get a copy of the song list or a couple of Jeff’s picks! One of the roadies then told us to wait right by the front of the stage for a bit. After a few minutes Jeff Beck came out and asked if we liked the show, and after we said we loved the show, he offered us 3 tickets for-the second show, which was set to start in a few minutes.
So, we unexpectedly got to see the band twice. I did note that they were much tighter during the 2nd show. I later discovered that this was only the 2Nd time that Bogart and Appice played with Beck. And that after a couple more days, it was was only Beck, Bogart, and Appice who played the concerts!! That was the beginning of BBA!!!
RIP Tim!!
Peace,
DAcat
But when the band came out on stage, it wasn’t the band we expected! Beck, Tench and Middleton were there, but now on bass a shirtless Tim Bogart playing very loudly, along with his pal Carmine Appice, shirtless as well!! Bogart’s low and high mid tones dominated the sound but they played the JBG songs without a hitch, although I suspect there was more jamming than usual and long solos by Beck, Bogart and Appice. A surprise was the group playing “Superstition” for the first time... it was great. Beck could tell that the three of us were definitely having a great time and knew the songs well and gave us several appreciative smiles and nods during the show. On a slow blues number where Jeff was playing some incredible Bottleneck - his bottle dropped to the floor and my youngest brother’s quick reflexes allowed him to catch it in mid air as it rolled off the stage-and in one smooth move, held it back out to Beck, who accepted with an appreciative smile! After the concert over the PA, they were asking every to leave the gym as they were going to have a second concert. We had been standing up at the stage seeing if we could get a copy of the song list or a couple of Jeff’s picks! One of the roadies then told us to wait right by the front of the stage for a bit. After a few minutes Jeff Beck came out and asked if we liked the show, and after we said we loved the show, he offered us 3 tickets for-the second show, which was set to start in a few minutes.
So, we unexpectedly got to see the band twice. I did note that they were much tighter during the 2nd show. I later discovered that this was only the 2Nd time that Bogart and Appice played with Beck. And that after a couple more days, it was was only Beck, Bogart, and Appice who played the concerts!! That was the beginning of BBA!!!
RIP Tim!!
Peace,
DAcat
RIP Tim
Same here. "You Keep Me Hanging On" was a huge AM radio hit the year I started playing bass and he just blew me away, still does to this day.
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The short bass solo in this tune near the end always blew me away (actually the bass in the whole tune does), I've posted this many times here and here's another time!
The bass had traditional Precision Bass pickups and nothing else.
Volume control went to one pickup and the tone control went to the second pickup.
