In the summer of 1967, Carmine Appice was a 21-year-old kid from Brooklyn, New York living out his fantasy in the Summer of Love. For a brief heartbeat there during the summer of 1967, Vanilla Fudge were one of the hottest bands in the world.

Carmine was the drummer and their amped-up and slowed-down version of the Supremes’ song “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” released on their debut self-titled album, was a Top 10 hit around the world. Barely out of his teens, he was about to take off on the adventure of a lifetime. A trip in the first-class cabin of the rock and roll express.