I met Fred at our gig at the West Coast Forum. I have a letter hanging in my studio, from Fred Astaire. (Photo by �� John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images articles dealing with intolerance in a scene from "Gentlemen's Agreement" (1947). ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Phil Green (GREGORY PECK) busy at the typewriter on a series of magazine. So my mom looked at him and asked, “Can I please have my pan back?” Classic story. He said that he loved it, that it was delicious. When my mom saw John, she asked if he had liked her lasagna. John was at one gig, and came to the after-party, as did my parents. Well, I played Madison Square Garden with Rod Stewart a couple of months later, five nights in 1979. Vinny gave it to him, and never heard anything back. Do you like Italian?” John said, yeah, so Vinny had my mother make him some lasagna. He said to John after the session, “My mother makes great Italian food. Give me an anecdote or two from your memoir, “Stick It!: My Life Of Sex, Drums, And Rock ‘N’ Roll.”Īppice: When my brother Vinny was at the Record Plant doing hand-claps on “Whatever Gets You Through The Night,” he became friends with John Lennon. When we later covered “Eleanor Rigby,” we also matched the story to the mood of the music – very eerie, churchy, spiritual, in a demonic kind of way.Ĭlash: You have met and played with some incredible people. When The Supremes did the song, the music was happy and upbeat. Anyone who’s been in a relationship gone-bad knows it’s emotionally hurting. “You Keep Me Hanging On” had “hurting lyrics,” all about relationships gone-bad. What we did was make a slowed-down version of that one, then match the music to the lyrics.
Jim Clash: Why did Vanilla Fudge cover The Supremes’ big hit, “You Keep Me Hanging On?”Ĭarmine Appice: Back then, they were doing what we called “production numbers” in New York, or slowed-down versions of hit songs.
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