In late 1969, Carmine Appice and Tim Bogert – drummer and bassist with US psych-metal pioneers Vanilla Fudge – began talking to Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck about starting a new band together ...

While Beck, Bogert & Appice joined forces a few years later, at the time the Americans were determined not to derail. After an unsuccessful dalliance with singer Robert Riskin Jr. they recruited ...

In fact, Beck allegedly cancelled shows by Beck, Bogert & Appice so he could attend the Mahavishnu Orchestra’s concerts in New York’s Central Park in August 1973.