I started going smitten with bass, I started to get the feel for it, and started getting serious about making it a career. “We played rock and roll and stuff like that, but initially, having left high school, I went to work for the phone company. “I was a sax player, played the horn for 6 or 7 years with high school bands,” Bogert recalled. With the advent of surf music, Tim Bogert picked up the electric bass, and eventually joined the top 40 cover band Rick Martin and the Showmen in 1965. This act made good money playing at high school dances around New Jersey before evolving into The Chessmen and backing up doowop groups such as The Shirelles. Bogert graduated from Ridgefield Memorial High School in 1963 and formed a band called The Belltones. Soon thereafter, Tim picked up the saxophone and played in his high school marching band. He took piano lessons when he was 8 and started playing the clarinet at 13. John Voorhis “Tim” Bogert III was born in New York City on August 27, 1944. Thank you for your awesomeness, generosity, and kindness. Big, David Lee Roth) called Bogert a “Grand Master”, saying “I love you, Tim. Portnoy’s bandmate in The Winery Dogs and Sons of Apollo, bass virtuoso Billy Sheehan (ex-Talas, Mr. One of the true pioneers of the instrument in the late 60’s/early 70’s”. Mike Portnoy (Liquid Tension Experiment, Transatlantic, ex-Dream Theater, Neal Morse Band, Adrenaline Mob, Flying Colors, etc) wrote “So sorry to hear of the passing of bass legend Tim Bogert. Lee of Badlands and Ozzy Osbourne’s band. In more recent years, Bogert also played on releases by Michael Schenker, Jack Russell of Great White, Mountain’s Leslie West, and Jake E. Bogert also made two solo releases in addition to working with The Pigeons, Bobby and the Midnites (with Bob Weir of The Grateful Dead), Mike Patto’s band Boxer, and Pipedream. He was the last of the legendary 60’s bass players.”īogert and Appice released an EP called “Friends” in 2014, after forming trios (re-using the Jeff Beck formula of BBA) with Javier Vargas (VBA), Char (CBA) and Rick Derringer (DBA). And he played a different solo every night. He created bass solos that drove audiences to a frenzy every time he played one. He was as masterful at shredding as he was holding down a groove, and Tim introduced a new level of virtuosity into rock bass playing. He inspired many, many bass players worldwide. Miss you man.”Ĭarmine Appice paid tribute to Bogert in a Facebook post: “Tim was a one of a kind bass player. His style was totally unique and was never properly recognised.

We shared some good times together on stage and thankfully our mutual work will stand the test of time. Jeff Beck said that he was “sad to hear the news about Tim’s passing. At the time of his death, the trio was working on a forthcoming live album. Tim Bogert is best remembered for his collaborations with Vinny’s older brother, however. Tim Bogert, Jeff Beck, and Carmine Appice.

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