This band played Newport in the late 60's in a place called Bambi's. It's now a hardware store off Bellevue Ave near Stop & Shop.
After they broke up Carmine Appice and Tim Bogert went with Jeff Beck to form a great band. RIRock and myself worked with a guy who owned the lead guitarists guitar. I believe he since has sold it to the R&R Hall of Fame.
Hey T-1, I can't recall if I saw them at Bambi's or not but I did see them at the original Candy Store when it was still on Thames St - it had been The El Camino before that, if you remember - and at that time they were called 'The Pigeons'.
Of course, they were later to become Vanilla Fudge and the building the Candy Store was in was moved down to Bowens' Wharf and became The Clarke Cooke House.
Can't believe I remember that much considering we were stumbling back and forth between the Candy Store, The Seventies, Jim's Place and Frenchy's Back Room...
All while trying to avoid the beer bottles the squids were throwing out the front door of Kay's Melody Lounge at Jim's Place...
Hey, how's that for a trip in the Wayback Machine ...
God, me and a buddy watched the moon-landing on the back porch of the Candy Store on a black and white TV - we were always cruising that place like sharks looking for Vernon Court girls, if memory serves -
Those were the days, my friend...
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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