Cactus was one of the first albums I bought when I came back from Vietnam
@johnarduser27127 жыл бұрын
Jim McCarty is the most underrated Gibson/Marshall stack hard rockin' guitarist of his era...he worked it better than anybody. The feedback, the riffs, the pickin'...killer. Let's hear it for Detroit and Cactus.
@davidringo13997 жыл бұрын
He sure was....
@williamdillard74756 жыл бұрын
Who is the other guitar player ?
@davidringo13996 жыл бұрын
Ronnie Lee Jack............
@andrewweber20106 жыл бұрын
The Roooockets. Sadly, the band that never was.
@muttley9185 жыл бұрын
john arduser Best American band period. Gotta have drums and bass or the band ain’t shit and the had a fantastic guitarist in Jim and wicked vocals in Rusty. 👍🏼
@lennarthallberg9918 Жыл бұрын
Cactus is one of the all time best rock bands. They were simply fantastic!
@fsmitka2 жыл бұрын
i saw Jim McCarty play last night in Detroit (3-19-22). LEGEND.
@leomartin84726 ай бұрын
Best live band ever. Carmine and Tim were ferocious.
@cuttingaway1234 жыл бұрын
Carmen appicie is a beast on drums !!
@stacyaynsley68094 жыл бұрын
Et son frère Vinny aussi !
@MFBinNH6 жыл бұрын
The 2nd concert I attended at 14 years old was a triple bill at the old Boston Garden that included Ten Years After, Humble Pie and Cactus...these Unleashed recordings are a gift to treasure...smokin all the way.
@michaelbirke60507 ай бұрын
I just love it when dudes reminisce about concerts they attended. Thanks. What a great time you musta had. PURE rock and roll. Peace brother.☮️🎸✌️😊
@stevemann30805 ай бұрын
U have .... GOT to be KIDDING. MY 3 FAVOURITE BANDS ALL AT ONCE... 😭😭😭 Can U Email me half of your Memory bank. CHEERS MATE .. 🍻🍻 KEEP ROCKIN' 🎸🔊🤘
@theyrekrnations89909 ай бұрын
rocking out big tme
@MrPenitent549 жыл бұрын
I´ve heard they were a great live-band - now I know it´s true. I have two Cactus-vinyls, "Cactus" and "One Way...Or Another". Bought them in early 70´s, grew three children who have given me eight grand children...and still Cactus sounds as good as 40 years ago!
@tonymagoo18 жыл бұрын
+Ilmo Salonen They were a terrific live band.
@davidringo13997 жыл бұрын
The best ...the best..!!
@davidringo13996 жыл бұрын
saw them 2 times in Memphis.....absolute Rock Heaven...
@garyharris29403 жыл бұрын
I own the same 2 albums had em for decades
@Sab14AAX13 жыл бұрын
Now here's a tune you'll NEVER hear on those "Classic Rock" stations. Classic Rock my ass. How many times can you listen to "Oye Como Va", or "Stairway to Heaven"????????? Don't get me wrong, those are great tunes but there are so many others, and groups like Cactus who they will never play. Sad.
@robote76793 жыл бұрын
Damn I couldn't agree with you more. This is just balls to the wall, full tilt R&B at a hundred mph. This song has kicked serious butt for 50 years and virtually nobody knows it. A crying shame!
@precisionbrown68293 жыл бұрын
I’m starting to get bored listening to Zeppelin on every classic rock station
@robote76793 жыл бұрын
@@precisionbrown6829 Yeah, I mean really how many times can you do a reaction on the same three Zeppelin songs?
@Belenus30802 ай бұрын
Classic rock stations are very low energy. They’re designed to be background noise for waiting rooms and job sites. It would be cool to get a high energy one
@krisscanlon4051 Жыл бұрын
VH has their DNA in this completely...same set up amped up boogie woogie...dang shame Cactus wasn't better known cuz they perfected that sound.
@stevemann30805 ай бұрын
THEY HAD A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON E.V.H 🎸🙏. R. I. P. LEGENDS 🙏🙏🎸🎸🔊🔊💪
@oatnoid14 күн бұрын
Saw them open for Ten Years After Good times. I wass so high after Cactus I was ready to leave. Then my buddies said There's another band. What a night.
@davidringo13998 жыл бұрын
this is the best live recording of McCarty Ive ever heard......hes cuttin loose ..
@ognir4714 жыл бұрын
I remember listening to Cactus with my friend as teenagers..... this is AS GOOD AS IT GETS!!! Great. Thank you for posting.. No one does music like this anymore...
@deborraholiveri6202 Жыл бұрын
Me too !!! The best music ever ..what talent !
@stevemann30805 ай бұрын
@@deborraholiveri6202 We're both replying to a 14yo Message. 😎 YES INDEED this is PURE Medicine and 100% the best Drug around. G.O.O.S.E.B.U.M.P.S KEEP ROCKIN' CHIC 🔊🎧🔊. 🎸🎸 💃💃 🙏
@jimmiegoforthewin11 жыл бұрын
This is some serious guitar work, what a cut !
@davidringo13997 жыл бұрын
You bet it is......saw him play it live......best live band I think i ever saw.....and Ive seen 100,s...
@nathanoman112 жыл бұрын
No shit this needs to be played on the daily!!!
@paulchildress3523 жыл бұрын
Saw Cactus open for Redbone in 1971. All that remains are their albums still in near mint condition.
@fart81313 жыл бұрын
Less Than 2 Minutes into the song and i was Fuckin' Exhausted.......Just Amazing....Rock And Roll At Its " Never To Be Repeated EVER AGAIN " Finest....... It Helps Me Survive.
@stevemann30805 ай бұрын
U R NOT ALONE MATE.. MUSIC IS MY LIFE BLOOD 💃💃 ROCK ON 💃💃💪🙏
@mechcavandy986 Жыл бұрын
This was in Memphis at The Shell. I was there. I think they opened for Johnny Winter. 🎸🎸🎸👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@davidringo139911 ай бұрын
this was at Gilligans in Detroit.....I saw that Shell concert it was amazing Killer concert..They were on fire that nite in Memphis
@earthjammer84832 ай бұрын
Last time they opened for winter.
@ramonsanchez2429 Жыл бұрын
Ever since the Cactu's firts álbum came out I was his faithful follower for Being something like The other Zeppelin ,the Cactus played more Blues 🎸🎸🥁🎹
@TheJedgeworth14 жыл бұрын
My, my. Such a soulful bunch of cacti. Just got turned on to a new band, and THAT I love.
@bigdawg77034 жыл бұрын
Underrated is exactly right my friend. Listen to his intro on the fully unleashed. Off the charts.
@coltkitt12 жыл бұрын
At the time, 1966-1970, I didn`t realize some of the "great" bands & music I experienced but I`ll never forget Cactus. They screamed just like on this video !!!!
@djthrift624411 ай бұрын
Damn, this is some Top Shelf 70s jamming - the truth 💯
@mikeshanermusic2 жыл бұрын
Very cool Doc!! Thanks for the heads up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!👍
@DirkjeA15 жыл бұрын
Great sound, true music that goes gets into your soul...
@stevemann30805 ай бұрын
My thoughts exactly... I was just talking to a girlfriend about Music & our Soul a couple of hours ago... 🙏💪💃💃💃
@autinspare12 жыл бұрын
Jim McCarty - never heard of him till seeing your post. What a player. great band. Loving it.
@kevindirito29192 жыл бұрын
Saw Cactus when they opened for Jimi Hendrix at the Sic's Seattle Stadium and I recognized the former members of Vanilla Fudge Bogart and Appice
@davidringo13994 жыл бұрын
Opened for Deep Purple,Memphis 1972 Overton Park Shell,.......almost stole the night away from DP......I was there. Beautiful night in May,outside venue with 3000 or so in stands....What a night...I havent been the same since.....
@michaelcatalanotti25574 жыл бұрын
Love them from my generation
@henryruizph.d71612 жыл бұрын
Proto Metal for sure…saw these guys twice in 71 & was tripping my ass off… A shame bands like this & Ten Years After & Mountain never were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame…Instead they inducted Bon Jovi , Go & Figure…They should put some Ten Years After up there…
@stevemann30805 ай бұрын
Ten Years After, Mountain, Humble Pie, & many many more are in my Top 10 Bands.... And there are Dozens of them.. 😎 💪🙏🤘✌️🙏
@brotzmannsax8 жыл бұрын
I saw Cactus open for Jethro Tull 1970 at the Fillmore East and nearly stole the show.
@davidringo13997 жыл бұрын
I would hate to follow Cactus...oh God !!
@thomassheridan81335 жыл бұрын
what do you mean nearly
@paulmax31855 жыл бұрын
brotzmannsax I saw Cactus and ZZ Top play an open air concert on a pier in Corpus Christie about 1970 and was blown away by both. Great show,great memories! They desrved more recognition,success than they achieved IMO
@beanotraffini681 Жыл бұрын
I was at that show (to see Tull...) and they DID steal that show (imho...)!
@Mynamesalexa10 жыл бұрын
Saw Them. Cactus Steve Miller The Dead Jimi Hendrix Temple Stadium (Philly) April 1970 Woodstock in our old neighborhood.
@alvingrimes7053 Жыл бұрын
Church of the High Holy Boogie!
@rf39614 жыл бұрын
THAT being said Cactus WAS an AWESOME band AND the best vehicle to date for Carmine Appice. It truly showed how good he actually is.
@tonyvincent975312 күн бұрын
This is a very unique cut in the Cactus Collection. Toward the end of their existence, the original Cactus took on Ronnie Leejack on 2nd guitar. Ronnie had been with Wicked Lester, the band that eventually became Kiss.
@binnyman13 жыл бұрын
Stone-cold, solid kick-ass Rock-and-Roll!!!! Sounds so damn good !!! Jeez, this takes me back !!! Thanks for the post !! Peace:-)
@stevemann30805 ай бұрын
E.A.R.G.A.S.M.I.C 🔊🎧🔊 MUSIC IN DEEEEED. 🙏
@tommyandtammy114 жыл бұрын
my band used to open for cactus.thanks for sharing this video.
@coltkitt12 жыл бұрын
McCarty is/was filthy, wicked, badass hot !! He didn`t sound like this when playin on the Detroit Wheels, musta been playin a lot on the side.:)
@FantomasMXss13 жыл бұрын
The song " Painter" with Cactus (1971 ) is bad ass! such a great song with a great band.
@rafaelaugustolarapalmeros80607 жыл бұрын
Extraordinary version!!!!!!!
@ryanreid18689 жыл бұрын
saw them all live back in the day.....stones, cream, hendrix, zep. tull, purple, taste, winter,pre comercial g funk, cooper, s brown , original f mac, naz, faces, v fudge, w ash, cta , c heat, foghat etc etc etc and all were great shows but I have to say Cactus who I saw opening for Stewart (bad choice Rod) was thee best I've ever witnessed. To this day I've never seen a band get an audience moving in sync like that.
@coltkitt9 жыл бұрын
I also saw them way back when at the Fillmore West and they were 2nd billed behind Ten Years After and they stole the show. Best performance I think I ever saw there in 4 plus yrs.
@davidringo13998 жыл бұрын
+Charles Simkovich ..wouldnt you hate to follow them .....hahahahahaha
@coltkitt8 жыл бұрын
Sorry for such a late response but I`ve been without a pc for like 6 mos. Yeah you`re right, it would have been crappy luck for anyone that followed them,,, even God !!
@davidringo13997 жыл бұрын
I agree with you 100% Ryan Reid...they "worked" a crowd....at one of the Memphis shows at Overton Park Shell,an outside venue where Elvis first played, a damn riot almost occurred...Memphis loved Cactus.....awesome band..I was all of 16 years old...
@ernieneverscardinals4612 жыл бұрын
Ron Leejack RIP !!
@std8822 жыл бұрын
WOW!
@johnbofindy5813 жыл бұрын
good ole blues . have all they ever made.
@Straydogger14 жыл бұрын
How sweet is this???????!!!!!!!!!!?????
@alexcastro73393 жыл бұрын
This is when some of the fastest, heaviest rock was coming out of Detroit...asskickin rock
@Charlie_Tango_Radio Жыл бұрын
Understand this song to have played a major influence in the style of some unknown youngster named Edward Van Halen
@easyace498514 жыл бұрын
@amstell13 Actually, what Bogert & Appice wanted was to be playing with Jeff Beck---which was their original plan leaving Vanilla Fudge. ("Cactus" was actually the name the pair came up with for the band they'd hoped to form with Beck and Rod Stewart . . . before Beck's infamous auto accident put him out of action and the pair ended up forming a rather different Cactus.) Which they did in due course, to somewhat less than stellar results . . .
@6070rockhard12 жыл бұрын
THE BEST BAND EVER..PERIOD
@johnbofindy5813 жыл бұрын
good ole blues
@rustypuppy82629 жыл бұрын
This is just So So Good
@Circuit7Active15 жыл бұрын
That it is. I just wish they had a live version of "Hometown Bust" on it.
@CC-jy4gr8 ай бұрын
NO ONE JIVING HERE BABY!!! OOO HELL NAW!!!
@blackandtanful13 жыл бұрын
カーマイン・アピス、ティム・ボガード、ジム・マッカーティー、 THIS IS CACTUS!
@michaelcatalanotti25574 жыл бұрын
Put me down here for the rest of my life...cactus
@paulscape7213 жыл бұрын
Great stuff, these guys rocked. Like Blue Cheer, hugely influencial but not recognised enough today. I wanna hear some modern bands jam out instead of endless tattoo super compressed attitude crap. John Mayer and Bonnamassa should form a super acid rock group.
@Sab14AAX12 жыл бұрын
Hey marklizard1, the other guitarists name was Ron Leejack.
@cbh29764 ай бұрын
Tim Bogart is by far one of the best bass players ever!
@Sab14AAX12 жыл бұрын
Hey HowBrown, the other guitarists name was Ron Leejack. Great tune
@robote76793 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that. I heard the second guitarist and had no idea what was going on. Was he with them long? Well they sounded great playing off of each other.
@DJandtheBurrups11 жыл бұрын
McCarty had it from the beginning; he was amazing with the Detroit Wheels when playing live. Heard them in August 1966 and he burned out two Fender Twin amps in the first four songs-had to play the rest of the night through a warm up band's Vox Super Beatle amp, He was smokin', unlike anything he ever recorded for the Wheels. The reformed recent Cactus thing? Not a great representation-ongoing income. Mystery Train band at places like Blue Goose Inn in Detroit 7-8 years ago...the real McCarty!
@davidringo13995 жыл бұрын
ditto......saw them in Memphis twice........just amazing
@eerovalkonen6 жыл бұрын
This is it!
@murphstrings14 жыл бұрын
wow. i never knew that they added a second guitar. they were a trio when i saw them in 71. it does work, tho...the guy complements McCarty fine. but this lineup never recorded, did they? i know by the time the new cactus band came out, it was pretty awful.
@toddmoney8921 Жыл бұрын
I wonder if that was Rusty on rhythm guitar? I have no knowledge of a 2nd guitar. Or possibly an overdub after the fact, though I don’t know why.
@davidringo139911 ай бұрын
its not Rusty...no@@toddmoney8921
@MrSatch496 жыл бұрын
A lot of talk about McCarty, who was great, of course. But don't forget Tim Bogart on bass. He may not be in a class by himself, but whatever class he's in, it doesn't take long to call roll!
@mikemurphey63613 жыл бұрын
RIP🎶😭
@oldbroancestor14 жыл бұрын
use to listen this before GIGS OLD BRO AND THE ANCESTORS alvin lee jimi TODD
@davidringo13997 жыл бұрын
This cut is on...... Cactus-Fully Unleashed-The Live Gigs.-Vol # 2........make sure its volume # 2....its a yellow CD on ATCO Label.....
@HowBrownPhiladelphia14 жыл бұрын
Who plays the other lead on Parchman Farm ? Is that Duane Hitchings ? Nice version by the way and thanks for sharing.
@joelsacks2102 жыл бұрын
Good question
@stenmark22356 жыл бұрын
Very SWEET.... Jim can play better than Jimmy page did...... Thankyou.!!
@thomassheridan81335 жыл бұрын
Jim was his own bluesy self
@bluesborn14 жыл бұрын
@GhostriderDuck You have great taste but I have to say-Cactus on "CD" seems almost sacrilegious.This band needs to be heard on a beat up 8 track in a '71 Challenger heading for Vegas at about 97 miles an hour. ; )
@coltkitt12 жыл бұрын
feel like I`ve been workin on Parchmans Farm for the past 13 fukin yrs. sux, no music, no money, no friends,,,, nothin
@hihats12 жыл бұрын
Carmine!!!!!
@putoncabron11 жыл бұрын
Yer so right dude.
@ef4182 жыл бұрын
Tim Bogert!
@upgrader9913 жыл бұрын
@GhostriderDuck - its even better on vinyl (opposed to CD) :)
@rumeos31335 жыл бұрын
Wait till John Mayall comes!!!
@Straydogger12 жыл бұрын
That's what I want to know...
14 жыл бұрын
that band is so amazing... im truly dissapointed cause for get some music its so difficult, well i live in mexico....
@JeffreyKeinz12 жыл бұрын
there are no dvds of the originl cactus! get the live woodstck and atlanta pop festival recordings for true cactus boogie. records is all we got. rusty is the man. listen to ted nugent's migration album to hear him sing right after the detroit wheels stuff! jim mccarty and tim bogert are bad ass and lets not forget carmine appice! jeff beck was supposed to be the guitar player but a car crash laid him up for 2 years so thay found jim.
@rodentcafeteria Жыл бұрын
Too bad there's no vintage live footage of the band. Carmine would know if there is.
@quit293 Жыл бұрын
I can hear how van halen were inspired by this song.
@javichuification13 жыл бұрын
If anybody thinks that this wasn`t a monster band, !Well! think of this !three words! BECK_ APPICE_BOGERT a lot of history just right there
@1like2rock13 жыл бұрын
@gjk12345 THAT is exactly why i have become a youtube addict and turned off the radio.....there is so much more out here. Cactus, Quicksilver, Rory, Moby Grape, MC5......it just goes on and on...have u seen the Jeff Beck blue screen videos? Whats the difference between oldies radio and classic rock anymore? U never hear Country Joe yelling Gimme an F.......
@easyace498514 жыл бұрын
@MAIDENman80 Not even close, though Blue Cheer's is probably the most notorious re-imagination of this Mose Allison chestnut. John Mayall did a rip-snorting harp version on the "Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton" album, backed only by the rhythm section, two years before Blue Cheer unfurled their take.
@mrkystrky11 жыл бұрын
Need airplay!
@Fender57414 жыл бұрын
@amstell13 also, I just wanted to say that i understand where you are coming from, because I myself am a huge Zeppelin fan
@randjf41711 жыл бұрын
Anybody know who the 2nd guitarist on the right channel is? Gotta be pretty rare that McCarty ever had someone else on stage with him.
@davidringo13996 жыл бұрын
Ronnie LeeJack
@thomassheridan81335 жыл бұрын
he didn't have anyone else-sounds like it but nope
@robertsteelman68545 жыл бұрын
It's his pedel he's the only one playing guitar
@davidringo139911 ай бұрын
Ron Leejack
@FireAssasin13 жыл бұрын
What tone of harmonica is Rusty using? :O Fucking awesome!!
@leesyrjanen3947Ай бұрын
Who was the other guitar player?
@robertdevoy3119 Жыл бұрын
Who is the 2nd guitarist in the right channel?
@TheDogPa4 жыл бұрын
Wait, let me get out my modeling amp and watch a tutorial...LMFAO! The REAL THING, kiddies!
@Rainydaydreamaway72 жыл бұрын
Who’s the other guitarist on this cut?
@jabu0035 жыл бұрын
so bad there are no films of cactus..... at least i never saw one ( i mean in the 70´s of course )
@richardwohl26295 жыл бұрын
Jim McCarty was great way back with Mitch Ryder. He just stuck out.
@bevep1213 жыл бұрын
@amstell13 - Regarding your comparison of members of Zeppelin to Cactus - Bonham vs Appice = very close / Jones vs Bogert = coin toss / Page vs McCarty = McCarty hands down / Plant vs Day = difficult to compare as the styles are so different (if you want to enter boring or monotonus into the comparison Plant would win / more album sales may be because Zeppelin's career was longer (duh) - better songs = your personal opinion which doesn't equate to your statement 'these are the facts'
@stevepatterson57786 жыл бұрын
Hmmmm no Bogert way over Jones.....my opinion as a Bassist
@yvonneturnerwhite97305 жыл бұрын
Keep it between the ditches stay in the row
@bigbikemike1711 жыл бұрын
Dude, It's because the " suits " do the programming. I've got a buddy that works for a good sized radio station and says they fight about "programming" all the time.
@trblcumn9 жыл бұрын
Funny thing is this is about an addict living in a cabin trying to kick it
@davidringo13998 жыл бұрын
+Franz Klammer II ..been there and know first hand...
@davidringo13998 жыл бұрын
What CD is this on..?
@trblcumn8 жыл бұрын
I just have one cactus record that`s on vinyl, t one with the (orange cactus) cool factor is all the supporting musicians on the back cover are big names.
@Bix128 жыл бұрын
This is a song about a guy going to prison for life cuz he pulled his knife out to rob someone to support his heroin habit...Parchman Farm is Mississippi State Penitentiary.
@Bix128 жыл бұрын
That's the first Cactus record. Self-titled. Musicians are Carmine Appice, Drums, ex Vanilla Fudge. Tim Bogert, Bass, ex Vanilla Fudge. Jim McCarty, Guitar, ex Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels. Rusty Day, Vocals & Blues Harp (harmonica), ex Amboy Dukes. One of the first (if not the first) American super groups.
@yvonneturnerwhite97305 жыл бұрын
Skylar king Red here her
@tharsiskenobi212 жыл бұрын
From which CD is this from? Fully Unleashed?
@davidringo13995 жыл бұрын
Cactus-Fully Unleashed-The Live Gigs.-Vol # 2........make sure its volume # 2....its a yellow CD on ATCO Label.
@lordsong77 жыл бұрын
Who's playing the second guitar in this?
@dfh19507 жыл бұрын
Ron LeeJack
@davidringo13996 жыл бұрын
Ron Leejack
@Straydogger12 жыл бұрын
Still no answer to your question? I want ot know the answer too......