John Voorhis “Tim” Bogert III (August 27, 1944 – January 13, 2021), known as Tim Bogert, was an American musician.
He attended Ridgefield Memorial High School in Ridgefield, New Jersey, where he received his diploma in 1963. He was best known for his powerful vocals, fast runs, fluid agility, and ground-breaking Fender Precision bass sound. He was one of the first people to use distortion on his bass to help it cut through the mix with the low-powered amps of his day, which also gave it a very sharp edge.
Tim Bogert, Mark Stein, Vince Martell, and Carmine Appice founded Vanilla Fudge and between 1967 and 1969, they released five albums before breaking up in 1970. Over the years, the band has reunited in a variety of ways.
Together with drummer Carmine Appice, guitarist Jim McCarty, and lead vocalist Rusty Day, Bogert formed the hard rock band Cactus in 1970. After the second Jeff Beck Group disbanded in 1972, he continued to collaborate with legendary guitarist Jeff Beck and eventually joined the power trio Beck, Bogert, and Appice in late 1972. From January 1972 to January 1974, he went on tour with the Jeff Beck Group, also known as the post-second Jeff Beck Group.
Tim Bogert also contributed bass guitar to Bo Diddley’s “The 20th Anniversary of Rock ‘n’ Roll all-star” album toward the end of 1975.
After that, Bogert joined Bobby and the Midnites, a musical side project led by The Grateful Dead guitarist and vocalist Bob Weir. Alphonso Johnson took Bogert’s place before the group’s eponymous album was released, despite him touring with them. After that, he joined the UK band Boxer and played on their final album, “Absolutely,” which was released in 1977. Three of the songs on this album were co-written by Tim Bogert. The band disbanded in 1978 after the album and subsequent tour received mixed reviews.
Bogert recorded “Progressions” and went on tour with guitarist Rick Derringer in 1981. In 1983, he released “Master’s Brew”, and in 1984, he released “Mystery” with Vanilla Fudge. Bogert joined the Musicians Institute faculty in Hollywood in 1981 and collaborated with the Japanese guitarist Pata to produce the album “Pata” in 1993.
The Hollywood Rock Walk of Fame recognized Tim Bogert’s contribution to rock history at the beginning of 1999. He went on a tour of Japan that year with Appice and Char in a group called CB&A. The following year, he released a live album.
Bogert collaborated with Shelter Me and Triality later in 1999. Together with Rick Derringer, Bogert and Carmine Appice formed the power trio DBA in 2000 and toured with Vanilla Fudge.
Bogert recorded “Blues Without Borders” (2009) in Los Angeles with the blues rock trio Blues Mobile Band in 2009.
“Big Electric Cream Jam”, a 10-track live tribute to Cream Live at The Beachland Ballroom Euclid, Ohio, was recorded in 2010 by Bogert, Mike Onesko on guitar and vocals, and Emery Ceo on drums, both members of the Blindside Blues Band.
Tim Bogert also worked with Gary McGrath, a Grammy-winning producer, Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers and America), Dean Minnerly (Three Dog Night and Aretha Franklin touring member), and Ann-Marita in the then-based The McGrath Project. They released three records under 4818 Records, “The McGrath Project”, “Love is a Four Letter Word” and “Phoenix” .
Bogert joined the hard rock band Hollywood Monsters at the beginning of 2014, where he played on three tracks on the album “Big Trouble,” which was released in 2014 on Mausoleum Records. Steph Honde sings and plays guitar on the album, Vinny Appice plays drums, Don Airey plays keyboards, and Paul Di’Anno sings lead vocals on the bonus track.
Due to a motorcycle accident in 2010, Bogert “reluctantly” retired from touring.
Tim Bogert died from Cancer on January 13, 2021.
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