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David,
Thanks for the review.I always liked Mark and wondered what happened to him.
Back in '68 I saw the Fudge open for the Fifth Dimension no less at the 
old Boston Arena.
They put on a great show that night.
Pete

David Jacques wrote:

> Last night I went to the Orange County Fair to see a Psychedelic
> Extravaganza:
> Vanilla Fudge, Quicksilver, Starship, and Steppenwolf. First, I will skip
> any mention of the middle two groups as their performances were, well, how
> can we be kind???
>
> Believe it or not, Vanilla Fudge opened! Now, I did not expect them to
> headline (Steppenwolf), but the original band's musicianship blew the San
> Francisco Acid Crowd off the stage! Yes, it was the original band: Mark
> Stein, Vince Martel, Carmine Appice and Tim Bogert. Mark was playing a 
> Bill
> Beers chop into a single Leslie 145. He also had a keyboard set up next to
> the organ for one song which he played piano.
>
> They came out and started their set with She's Not There. Tim Bogert sang
> lead and the band sounded just like the record. The sound man had too much
> horn on the Leslie and not enough rotor. But Mark sounded great. And 
> so did
> Carmine! Anyway, they followed with a new song from their "upcoming 
> CD". It
> was a cover of U2's One. After that they went into People Get Ready with
> Carmine singing lead. The backup four part harmonies sounded amazing. Not
> bad for 50+ men. They followed with a kick ass version of Shotgun, and 
> ended
> with Keep Me Hanging On.
>
> That's right. only 30 minutes. I was pissed, but sort of expected it. My
> band usually gets 30 min at the House of Blues when we support an act. I
> guess I was more disappointed that they did not perform Take Me For a 
> Little
> While.
>
> After suffering through the next two acts, we finally saw Steppenwolf.
> Another good performance. John Kay (sans sunglasses) sounded great and 
> even
> the new stuff was good. My favorite moment in the show was when they
> performed Monster. Still very relevant to our time.
>
> The keyboard player was using an XB2 into two Leslie 147's. That's 
> right, an
> XB2! Sounded like shit when he switched to tremolo with all that harmonic
> beating. (Although it kind of worked when they played Magic Carpet Ride.
> Sort of like on an acid trip. Or a phase shifter. Cool Dude!!!!)
>
> I can't figure it out. This is a band that still headlines and they can't
> upgrade him to an XK3 or a real B3???? He must have a Speakeasy 
> because when
> he was playing it on Chorale the organ had a wonderfully distorted
> "Steppenwolf sound". He was very good, although NOT Goldie McJohn. One 
> thing
> that was impressive is that he also played very good bass on the lower 
> part
> of the keyboard. Guess they want more $$$ as a four piece.
>
> All in all a good concert. Just wish that Fudge played longer.
>
> By the way. Mark Stein still does the left hand wipes and gestures to the
> audience. Watching him perform Keep Me Hangin On was a trip as I saw 
> him do
> the same gestures this morning on that Ed Sullivan video on YouTube.
>
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