Tim Bogert

While it all began for Tim Bogert in August of 1944 in New York City, the life of his music began for most of us in 1967 with the release of the debut album of Vanilla Fudge. After Tim left high school, he was in and out of a number of bands in the NYC area. In 1965, he went on a lounge tour of the Eastern Seaboard with Rick Martin and the Showmen, where he met Mark Stein, the keyboardist and vocalist. The two of them hit it off, and they soon left to join with drummer Joey Brennan and guitarist Vince Martell to form their own band, The Pigeons. After recording an album called "While the World was Eating", they replaced drummer Joe Brennan with Carmine Appice and changed the name of the band to Vanilla Fudge.

Tim was a member of the faculty of Musician's Institute in Hollywood. However, after eighteen years, Tim resigned from MI to relax a little, work on(and ride) his Harleys, and pursue new musical endeavors. People from around the world came to California to study with him at BIT, and this site gets many letters from former students that praise him.

The year 1999 was a big year for Tim Bogert. Most notably, Tim was inducted into the Hollywood Rock Walk of Fame along with other bass icons on January 27th. Also in 1999, Tim recorded some tracks on Vince Martell's first solo CD, Endless High. In 1999, Tim reunited with buddy Carmine Appice. Yes, the world famous Bogert/Appice rhythm section reunited in two incarnations. They joined with old friend Vince Martell for two shows as Vanilla Fudge with Bill Pascali on Hammond organ.