#Break song vanilla fudge full

It’s tough from a musical perspective, being such a fan, I literally love all the songs. I can view that from two perspectives actually, musically and emotionally. What’s your favourite Vanilla Fudge song to play in front of the audience?

#Break song vanilla fudge full

When shows were booked in 2010, I became full time. When the 2008 Tour concluded, Tim decided he could not handle the touring anymore and retired. Mark Stein has returned, including bass tech, tech, keyboard tech, and finally tour manager in 2008. Stevens replaced me as sub.Ī couple of years later I changed to a more flexible job and served a number of duties for the now all original band. I toured the USA and Scandinavia with the band until I ran out of vacation time.

That night, they all came to my home studio and I auditioned. Once the adrenaline rush settled down I said, “Sure!”. He also said that Vinny had told him I knew all their songs, can sing, and could handle subbing for him. He told me that bassist Tim Bogert had been hospitalized that morning with pneumonia. I had only met Carmine once before briefly in 1998, so of course I was shocked at his call. He proclaimed what a good detective he was for finding me. Late in the afternoon on the day before the first show, I received a surprise call at my office from drummer Carmine Appice. In January, 2002, the band was about to embark on a tour with Bill Pascali replacing original lead singer and organist, Mark Stein. I’ve been his first call bassist ever since. He then invited me to join a new project he was forming, first as an organist, then as bassist That was in 2000. Through the site I soon learned Vince Martell, original lead guitarist, lived fairly close to me. The webmaster put their heads together and they declared it their official site. Over the next year, one by one, all the original band members came online and discovered the site. I was teaching myself website building for a club I belonged to, and the webmaster invited me to work with him on the Vanilla Fudge site. I had discovered the Internet and soon also a brand new Vanilla Fudge fan website. In a few years I was seeing them at the Fillmore East, and in the 80’s at a reunion tour at The Ritz in New York and the locally famous Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ.įast forward to March, 1997. I actually was a drummer before I took up bass, and dad had a Hammond spinet. I bought all their albums and learned all their songs on bass, drums, and organ. They played area high school concerts, again they hadn’t made it yet. I followed them everywhere a 14 year-old could. Both of us were blown away, and I became an obsessed fan. There were maybe a couple hundred people at most in the outdoor pavilion. My good friend turned me on to them, and brought me to see them at a swimming pool park just a couple miles from where we lived. It literally begins in August, 1967, believe it or not, on the day before the debut album Vanilla Fudge was released, they hadn’t made it yet. However, how I got there is the interesting part. I officially joined the band in 2010 following a hiatus after Tim Bogert retired in 2008. Tina Turner and Cyndi Lauper each had hits with her songs. Her first album under her given name of Sandy Hurvitz was produced by Frank Zappa, and her first album as Essra Mohawk Primordial Lovers, was once rated one of the top 25 albums of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine. She rightfully calls herself The Secret Diva because most people know her work but don’t know of her. I did two tours with singer/songwriter Sandy Hurvitz aka Essra Mohawk in 20. The most popular band in the 90’s was Pulse DK. Heaven’s Sundae (circa 1969) | Clockwise from top: Dave Boggess, Jeff Guenther, Larry Boggess, Ed Walker, Pete BremyĪfter that I raised a family and didn’t play professionally again until the 90’s. I was in two that were popular, Heaven’s Sundae in the 60’s and early 70’s, and Holy Smoke in the mid 70’s. Pete Bremy: I mostly played in local club bands in northern New Jersey before I joined Vanilla Fudge. What bands were you part of before Vanilla Fudge? Pete has also toured with singer/songwriter Essra Mohawk has played with some famous musicians including Liberty DeVitto (Billy Joel), Tc Tolliver (The Plasmatics), and Albert Bouchard (Blue Öyster Cult). Vince Martell, original guitarist for Vanilla Fudge also recruited Pete for his power trio. Pete Bremy also replaced Tim Bogert in Cactus, featuring originals Jim McCarty (Mitch Rider and the Detroit Wheels) on guitar and Carmine Appice on drums, in 2011. Since 2010 he’s been touring with Vanilla Fudge. Vanilla Fudge | Interview | Pete Bremy Pete Bremy has been playing bass for over 50 years.