Most guys don't get one shot at superstardom. These 2 megalomaniacs (Appice & Bogert) hold the all time record for blowing it not once, not twice, but three times! Vanilla Fudge, Cactus & BBA were all super groups and potential cash cows. Each time, they carried on like spoiled brats, let their fans down and left a trail of shit that stinks to this day. Rusty Day, one of the best front men I ever saw, was so deeply immersed in the business of drugs that it cost both he and his 13 year old son their lives - dead in a hail of bullets. Jim McCarty, who always handled himself in a dignified manner, is truly a guitar legend and a bonafide gentleman of rock!
11 years назад
TheHeathinvader
rusty day, the singer, prefered to call it "sonic rock", because they ltend to focus on the sound. a lot of folks call it southern rock, in 1976, rusty reformed the band in florida & toured throughout the southeastern states of america. not only that, but rusty had befirended MOST members of lynyrd skynyrd @ this point (in particularly steve gaines). the only members he had not met (that i'm aware of) r ronnie vanzant, bob burns, & ed king. i KNOW he met steve gaines & rossington-collins.
11 years назад
TheHeathinvader
this is the take that they SHOULD'VE used on the restrictions album, if you ask me. much longer, & much better.
11 years назад
TheHeathinvader
i'm especially a fan of rusty day. he was associated with the amboy dukes, the detroit wheels (taking the place of mitch ryder), & (the band i heard of him from in the 1st place) lynyrd skynyrd.
12 years назад
TONY MCGAHEE
IVE ALWAY'S LOVED CATUS
13 years назад
juanunderground
It is unfair that Cactus never became superstar because it was a tremendous band with an explosive sound and perhaps much more innovator than others.Jim McCarty is a knife playing with a savage virtuosity, a very original guitar-player that should be studied and interviewed by guitar magazines to teach new generations to inspire souls to play better and not automatically as robots.
13 years назад
tim hanson
AWESOME !!!! thanks for posting this ....
14 years назад
Bum Bum A Wang Wang
This style/genre,i would call heavyrock.
14 years назад
TheGuitarjerry1126
Nice, John!! Hey John. Reconize the guy with the glasses? Yep! Jerry