Halloween Songs From My Artists

Armageddon A Go Go  Phoebe Legere dirty word alert, female vocal, dramatic/progressive/freeflow, upbeat, lyrics from the Old Testament meets fame culture about the end of times. (Beat Poet Allen Ginsberg inspired Phoebe to write this song.

Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered  Phoebe Legere  Rodgers & Hart classic sung by female, piano, Great American songbook style.

Baby Sitting Song  Dean Friedman Klezmer rock and roll with piano, male vocals--what a dangerous baby sitter does.  hook: "I'll never babysit for you again." 

Old Ghosts  Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius  uptempo, jazz-rock, electric violin about old friends that never go anywhere and the doors close, they're mentally dead

https://soundcloud.com/bad-pacrecords/the-11th-hour?si=6e3e51ca5ff64187b1e76ba5fb56cb05 

The 11^th Hour   Tang  female/hard alt rock-metal parallel of walking together into the last days of the seas rising with the clock, angels cry

Spooky Boogie Gentle Giant   guitars & keyboard-based instrumental, full band. prog rock, has screams and tension.   

Season of the Witch  Vanilla Fudge  classic rock, male vocals, keyboard Hammond B 3,  Stretched out version of Donovan's song, this was also a hit in the 1960s.   

Skeleton  Aoede   female pop theatrical pop, uptempo, keyboard, eerie yet upbeat background vocals, skeletons coming out of the closet when reflecting on the past could be contemplative breakup song           

Carmine Appice Remembers His Friend Ginger Baker

Carmine Appice and Ginger Baker, along with the Who’s Keith Moon and Jimi Hendrix’s Mitch Mitchell, pioneered hard rock drumming.  Carmine feels that Ginger's influence is everywhere.

"I admired Ginger's drumming because he combined technical skills, with a jazz feel and innovating double bass drum patterns. He could pretty much play anything in the jazz, rock or afro arenas. His influence is tremendous and it is everywhere. We became friends in 1967 when Cream and Vanilla Fudge toured together, we toured again in later years and Ginger and I also did drum clinics together. Ginger was always the wildest guy on the tour and although he could be quite prickly, we had some mighty good times.

It saddens me that so many of my early contemporaries are gone -Keith, Mitch, and now Ginger. I believe we were four that pioneered the underground rock music movement. Everything was new, including the drumming which combined elements of old and new, and gave birth to the hard rock, progressive and psychedelic genres. God bless you, Ginger. RIP."

-Carmine Appice

PHOTO from Guitar Center's Rockwalk Hall of Fame induction. Carmine, Ginger and Alex Van Halen. 1991. Also inducted that day: Buddy Rich, Keith Moon, John Bonham.

FYC "Mothers Space"

Best Metal Performance AND Best Rock Song

Carmine Appice

Featuring Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal

(Song written by Carmine, Kelly Keeling, Tony Franklin)
Appears on Carmine's GUITAR ZEUS

"such a cool groove, even with all the powerhouse jamming" says Music Street Journal

"a huge bottom end will give your woofers a workout, and Thal's guitar work is just so impressive" writes Sea of Tranquility

MOTHERS SPACE  
By Kelly Keeling, Carmine Appice, Tony Franklin

VERSE I
We’re dodging all the raking 
Of thunder and lightning,
Designing in our path by our
Winters so cold

Everyone it seems should be
Given sign language
Some form of code
Not getting through
Waiting on you. 

VERSE II
We know you’re listening to Mother’s Space.
How much longer?
Longer in this zone and being in this rat race
What on earth are we preparing for
Contemplated
Running our space
Too little too late

VERSE III
Thanks for all the rescue
And saving our lives
Poisoning we’ve done to
The ground and skies   

SOLO

Something’s gonna break
I believe that it timely
Mother earth
How can we go on
Blue we’re counting on you
We’re not getting through 
Depending on you

Don’t look away
Mothers space
Mothers space Answer Mothers Space 
Are we too late  Answer Are we too late

Copyright 2018 by Carmine Appice, Tony Franklin, Kelly Keeling, All Rights Reserved

Mark Stein Launches New Solo Band, The Mark Stein Project

His legacy spans over five decades, and he has influenced some of the most

well-known rock bands and musicians. Mark Stein is known as the voice, keyboardist and music arranger of the classic rock band Vanilla Fudge. 

His new group, The Mark Stein Project continues to share his music, passion and stories.

The Mark Stein Project is a true classic rock experience! Performing the hit songs of all the great artists he’s worked with, backed by a hand picked, exciting array of young talent that kicks ass!!!

The Mark Stein Project features:

*Mark Stein: Vocals/Keyboards 

(Vanilla Fudge, Dave Mason, Alice Cooper, Carl Palmer, Tommy Bolin)

*Mark Hitt: Guitar/Vocals 

(Robin Zander (Cheap Trick), John Entwistle, Brian Johnson of AC/DC, The Tubes)

*Jordan Steinberg: Bass/Vocals

*Charlie Zeleny: Drums  

(Joe Lynn Turner from Rainbow/Deep Purple, Derek St. Holmes, Jordan Rudess from Dream Theater)

Touted by critics as one of the great voices in Rock—alongside of Glenn Hughes and Joe Lynn Turner—The Mark Stein Project is a night of great music & storytelling. Discover a place where a song leads to a story, and a story leads to a song. More than just a singer/musician, Stein is a skilled entertainer, with the talent and charisma to take the crowd along for a wonderful ride of the classic rock experience.

Stein has shared whiskey with Janis Joplin, sung with Michael Jackson, toured with Jimi Hendrix, and witnessed the dawn of Led Zeppelin. His firsthand storytelling that reflects on the history of rock gives the audience a “You are There” feeling that can only be told by someone who has lived it.

The debut album:Vanilla Fudge was the first of its kind to reach the top 10 on Billboard charts without a hit single. “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” was released one year later and went to #1 on most radio playlists, both in America and all over the World! The psychedelic symphonic rock sound of the band was spearheaded by the Hammond organ & vocal style of Mark Stein. “The Fudge” have been heralded by critics as the doorway between pop music and Progressive Rock. Bands including Deep Purple, Yes, Uriah Heep and even Led Zeppelin have said that Vanilla Fudge had a profound influence on them.

Rolling Stone magazine wrote: “There was nothing, even in 1967, like the 10-ton shock of this Long Island quartet's cover of the Supremes You Keep Me Hanging On, with the lava-flow sustain of Mark Stein's Hammond organ…”  

Stein has toured and/or recorded, and appeared throughout his career with Dave Mason, Tommy Bolin, Alice Cooper, The Doors, Deep Purple, Rod Stewart, Carl Palmer (in a tribute to Keith Emerson), and Michael Jackson.

The Mark Stein Project will be releasing a new EP & Video to be released in 2018; stay tuned for more details.

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Mark Stein Project On Tour in 2018

January 30, 2018        New York City, NY               BB King Blues Club

February 1, 2018        Pawling, New York               Daryl’s House 

February 2, 2018        Shirley, MA                           Bull Run

More dates to be added

  

View the video for “You Keep Me Hangin On” The Jimmy Fallon Show

 https://youtu.be/RuisGkFcDXI

 http://www.mark-stein.com