Ray Lucas

Ray Lucas is one of the unsung heroes of American music. An early accomplice of Jimi Hendrix, Lucas spent long hours jamming and performing on stage with the future guitar god. He also backed many of the top R&B and soul artists of the ’60s and ’70s, including Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, and Dionne Warwick. With King Curtis, Lucas opened for the Beatles on their second U.S. tour and backed Otis Redding and the Supremes at the Apollo Theatre. Following his session on Tabernakel he went on to work with George Benson. Later he seemed to disappear  from the scene but has continued to appear on record.

Tim Bogert

John Voorhis "Tim" Bogert III was born August 27, 1944 in New York City and is an American musician. He graduated from Ridgefield Memorial High School in his hometown in 1963. As a bass guitarist and vocalist he is best known for his bass solos. He is a frequent collaborator with drummer Carmine Appice; the duo appeared in such bands as Vanilla Fudge, Cactus and the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice.

Carmine Appice

Carmine Appice was born December 15, 1946. He is an American drummer and percussionist most commonly associated with the rock genre. He has received classical music training, and was influenced early-on by the work of jazz drummers Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa. He is best known for his associations with Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice, Rod Stewart, King Kobra and Blue Murder, which also featured John Sykes of Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy fame, and Tony Franklin of The Firm. He was inducted into the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2014.

Appice is credited with influencing later rock drummers including Iron Maiden's Nicko McBrain, Aerosmith's Joey Kramer, Roger Taylor of Queen, Phil Collins of Genesis, Rush's Neil Peart, Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee, Slayer's Dave Lombardo, Richard Christy, Chris Grainger, David Kinkade, Ray Mehlbaum, Led Zeppelin's John Bonham, Ian Paice of Deep Purple, Anvil's Robb Reiner and Eric Singer of Kiss. His best-selling drum instruction book The Realistic Rock Drum Method was first published in 1972 and has since been revised and republished as The Ultimate Realistic Rock Drum Method. It covers the basic subjects of rock rhythms and polyrhythms, linear rudiments and groupings, shuffle rhythms, hi-hat and double bass drum exercises. Of Italian descent, Appice is the elder brother of drummer Vinny Appice by 11 years.

Extract from Graham Wade A Concise History of Rock Music

Although symphonic rock remained a predominantly British genre, there was significant input from mainland Europe. Most prominent amongst the continental faction was the Dutch Band Focus, .... ... Jan Akkerman was a pioneering figure in the breaking down of barriers between rock and classical music. This phase of his career reached its zenith with Tabernakel (1973), in which Akkerman fields a program of lute solos by John Dowland (1563–1626), Anthony Holborne (c.1550–1602) and others alongside some ambitious new collaborations with the composer and conductor George Flynn. Finest of all is Javeh for guitar and orchestra, in which Akkerman's solo classical guitar shimmers amid Flynn's intoxicating string arrangement. In 1997, Akkerman ended a long absence from British soil by appearing at the Wirral International Guitar Festival. When a fan asked him to sign a well-worn copy of Tabernakel, he described the 24-year-old disc as '... the one I'm proud of.'

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