Javier Vargas(Madrid, 20 de enero de1958) es un guitarrista debluesyrockespañol, fundador y líder de laVargas Blues Band. Ha grabado una veintena deálbumes de estudiocon laVargas Blues Bandy tres en directo, así como varios DVD de sus conciertos y distintas recopilaciones, todo ello durante sus más de veinte años de trabajo con su banda. También ha grabado dos discos tributo alrock argentino.
Bogert mostró su interés por la música a temprana edad, iniciándose en el piano a los 8 años y el saxofón 5 años más tarde. Tocó el saxo en una banda local llamada Los Belltones, que más tarde evolucionó en Chessmen, el grupo fue pronto apadrinado por el discjockey Allen Frederick, quien puso a la banda a telonear a grupos como Shirelles, Crest, Earl, y Doves.
Con la llegada de la música surf y los hits ingleses de los años 60, el saxo pronto se hizo prescindible, llevando a Bogert a cambiarse al bajo. Bogert se unió entonces a un incontable número de bandas locales del área de Nueva York durante el cual conoció al teclista y vocalista Mark Stein en 1965. Entre ambos decidieron formar un grupo propio llamado inicialmente The Pigeons junto con Joey Brennan a la batería y Vince Martell a la guitarra. Al tiempo sustituyeron a Brennan por Carmine Appice, enfocando la banda hacia la psicodelia, y cambiaron su nombre por el de Vanilla Fudge.
1967 vio el lanzamiento del primer álbum homónimo, que dio lugar al éxito de una versión rock ralentizada del tema de The Supremes titulado You Keep Me Hanging On. La banda edita un puñado de álbumes y se disuelve hacia 1970, Bogert y Appice optan por unirse a Jeff Beck y al cantante Rod Stewart, pero Beck tuvo grave accidente de coche al poco y rompió la iniciativa en su inicios. Entonces formaron Cactus junto con el guitarrista Jim McCarty y el cantante Rusty Day. Aunque editaron cuatro álbumes en dos años, tuvieron póco éxito comercial y disolvieron el grupo.
Cuando Jeff Beck se recuperó finalmente del accidente se unió a ellos, aunque Rod Stewart siguió junto a Faces, y más tarde su carrera en solitario. La nueva y potente banda logró un hit radiofónico con una versión del Superstition de Stevie Wonder. Tomaron una gran fuerza en directo, muestra de ello fue el disco en directo publicado sólo en Japón. Aun así, el trío se acabaría disolviendo.
Tras volver a Los Ángeles a principios de los años 1980, Bogert se unió a Bobby & the Midnites, el proyecto alternativo de Bob Weir, de los Grateful Dead. A pesar de girar con ellos, antes de la publicación del disco homónimo, fue sustituido por Alphonso Johnson. En 1981 Bogert tocó en directo con el guitarristas Rick Derringer, tras la publicación del disco en solitario de este último titulado Progressions.
Un segundo intento llegó en 1983, Master's Brew, así como una reunión de Vanilla Fudge, junto con Appice, Stein y Martell, dando como resultado un nuevo disco de estudio llamado Mystery. Al mismo tiempo, Bogert, se convirtió en miembro del Instituto de Música de Hollywood, donde sirvió durante 18 años. Volvió al trabajo de sesión en 1990.
En 1999 fue admitido en la Avenida de las Estrellas del Rock de Hollywood, junto con otros renombrados bajistas como Billy Sheehan, Tony Levin, Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins y Stanley Clarke. Ese mismo año se reunió con su amigo Appice para un par de proyectos: una semi reunió de Vanilla Fudge y un nuevo trío con el guitarrista japonés Char, discípulo de Jeff Beck bajo el nombre de Char, Bogert & Appice, publicando el álbum Live in Japan.
Las reuniones con Appice continuaron en el siglo XXI y formaron otro trío con Rick Derringer, para publicar el disco DBA en el 2001. Bogert giraría una vez más como Vanilla Fudge, aunque abandonaría la banda hacia finales de 2010.
Carmine Appice (Brooklyn, Nueva York, 15 de diciembre de 1946) es un músico estadounidense, conocido mundialmente por ser el baterista de la banda de rockVanilla Fudge. Es además hermano del también baterista Vinny Appice. Es el autor del libro de método de aprendizaje de batería Realistic Rock, incluyendo Realistic Rock For Kids.
Durante la segunda mitad de los años 1960 formó parte de la agrupación Vanilla Fudge. Después de cinco trabajos discográficos el grupo se disuelve, y Appice forma el cuarteto de blues rockCactus, junto a su compañero en Vanilla Fudge, Tim Bogert, el vocalista Rusty Day y el guitarrista Jim McCarty. Appice y Bogert dejan Cactus para unirse al guitarrista Jeff Beck y formar el power trioBeck, Bogert & Appice.
Fue parte de Hear n' Aid, proyecto dirigido por Ronnie James Dio, creado a fin de recaudar fondos para mitigar el hambre en África. En este proyecto compartiría sesiones de grabación con reconocidos músicos de la época como Rob Halford, Yngwie Malmsteen y el propio Dio.
William Wyman Sherwood (born March 14, 1965) known professionally as Billy Sherwood is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, singer, record producer and mixing engineer. He is best known for his tenures in the English progressive rock band Yes as guitarist and keyboardist in 1994 and from 1997 to 2000 and as bassist since 2015, following the death of original bassist Chris Squire. He is known for working with former and current Yes members on other projects as well.
In addition to his involvement with Yes, Sherwood is the frontman of progressive rock groups World Trade, Circa and formerly Lodgic. In 2017, he joined Asia after the death of original singer and bassist John Wetton. Outside of these bands, Sherwood has worked as a producer since the 1990s, most notably on tribute albums dedicated to Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Queen and many others. He is also a solo artist, having released ten studio albums to date.
Anthony John Selvidge (born 11 January 1945), known professionally as Tony Kaye, is an English keyboardist, best known as a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. Born into a musical family, Kaye was classically trained and intended to become a concert pianist before he developed an interest in jazz and contemporary rock and pop music. He joined several groups through the 1960s, including the Federals, Johnny Taylor's Star Combo, Jimmy Winston & His Reflections, and Bittersweet.
From 1968 to 1971, Kaye was a member of Yes and played on their first three albums. He then formed Badger and relocated to Los Angeles in 1974, after which he toured with David Bowie and joined Detective. Kaye then played in Badfinger and is featured on their final studio album in 1981. He returned to Yes in 1983 for their most commercially successful period before he left in 1994.
Kaye has since been involved with several projects with Billy Sherwood and is a current member of CIRCA:. From 2009 to 2011, the two were also members of the supergroup Yoso with members of Toto. In 2017, Kaye was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Yes.
Alan White (14 June 1949 – 26 May 2022) was an English drummer, best known for his tenure in the progressive rock band Yes. He joined Yes in 1972 as a replacement for original drummer Bill Bruford. He was the longest-remaining member of the band and the only member besides original bassist Chris Squire to never leave. He appeared on 43 albums with Yes, 17 of which were original studio albums.
The Jabberwocks, The group began in 1949 as an offshoot of the traditional Men'sGlee Clubwhen four members decided to start their own independent singing group. In 1956, Brown Music Department chair Arlan Coolidge, frustrated that the group was getting bookings that would otherwise have gone to the Glee Club, referred to the Jabberwocks as "a misguided small group of students whose product is a type of vaudeville."The original Jabberwocks, a double quartet, "wore grey flannel suits, white button-down oxford shirts, striped ties and white buck shoes, and travelled to out-of-town concerts in a 1928Rolls-Royce." The Jabberwocks temporarily disappeared in 1975, was resurrected in 1980, and survived a brief period in the mid-1980s when some singers tried to take the group professional. Over the decades the group's repertoire has ranged from 1950sdoo-wop, toMotownto contemporarypop. For most of their history, the Jabberwocks were an all-male ensemble, with a briefco-edperiod after Pembroke was merged into Brown in 1971. As of the fall of 2019, the group began accepting all genders and voices.
Steve Overland is a British singer/musician who was the lead vocalist and songwriter for the bands Wildlife, FM, The Ladder, Shadowman, and his own group, Overland.
Overland's nearly 30-year career began in his home region of East Anglia, where he and his brother Chris formed the band Wildlife in 1980. The group were scouted by Adam Faith and soon signed to Chrysalis Records, who released the band's debut album, Burning, in 1980. The band moved labels to the Led Zeppelin owned Swan Song Records for their 1983 self-titled follow up album, which featured Simon Kirke on drums. The band were also managed for a short period by Peter Grant. The demise of Swan Song in 1983 meant that the Wildlife album was under-promoted, with an American release for the album being cancelled. Around this time, the band also recorded a song called "Shot in the Dark" that was never featured on an album. However, this tune later served as the prototype for Ozzy Osbourne's song of the same name. Wildlife's version was never officially released, and the band split up soon after.
Overland next formed the AOR band FM, with former Wildlife members Pete Jupp and Chris Overland. FM's first album, issued in 1986 on Portrait Records, was named Indiscreet. The band's next album, Tough It Out, was released in 1989 with serious financial backing from Epic Records, which was Portrait's parent company. For this album, the band brought in songwriter Desmond Child, known for his work on Bon Jovi's album, Slippery When Wet. This 1986 to 1989 period saw the band at their commercial peak, scoring minor UK Chart hits with "Frozen Heart", "Bad Luck", and the non-album release, "Let Love Be The Leader". The band toured as headline artists, as well as undertaking support slots with Bon Jovi, Tina Turner and Meat Loaf.
The band was then dropped by Epic Records and signed to Music for Nations for their third album, Takin' It to the Streets. The album displayed a shift towards a more straightforward rock approach and also included a cover of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", which was released as a single. This was the first album to feature ex-Visage and ASAP guitarist Andy Barnett, Chris Overland having left the band after the Tough It Out tour. FM's fourth album, Aphrodisiac, followed in 1992 and is often considered to be the band's best. The band then signed to the Raw Power label to record Dead Man's Shoes, which featured new keyboard player, Jem Davis. In March 1996, Steve Overland and Pete Jupp decided to disband FM, forming the band So! with Wishbone Ashbass player, Bob Skeat, soon after.[6] So!'s debut album, Brass Monkey, had two very limited releases, with copies of either release being difficult to come by.
Overland has recorded prolifically throughout the 2000s (decade), with the bands The Ladder, Shadowman, and latterly, with his solo albums, Break Away and Diamond Dealer.[10]
In 2007, FM reformed for a one-off gig at Nottingham's Rock City, headlining Firefest IV. This 'one-off' reunion led to a more permanent incarnation with Jim Kirkpatrick replacing Andy Barnett on lead guitar. Overland and Kirkpatrick had been a songwriting team independently of the band prior to Jim joining FM. FM have since toured extensively in the UK and throughout Europe, both as headliners and also touring with Thin Lizzy, Journey, Foreigner and Europe. Five more albums have been released Metropolis (2010), Rockville (2013), Rockville II (2013), Heroes and Villains (2015) and Atomic Generation (2018).
