CACTUS @ BB King's 06.03.06

[sedlitts]

this is kickass I saw these guys with ted nugent what a show this is song is cactus

[timjessa1]

i dont know what the last dude was talking about... JIMMY KUNES is a killer singer !!!

the dude is unreal.... and yes cactus was WAY under rated... americas zeppelin...

[rodentcafeteria]

I loved Cactus back in the day when Rusty Day was still alive. This doesn't have the same intensity and energy as the studio version with Rusty, but it's still good.

[AlainPUK]

What a waste, someone posted CACTUS first live stuff for 30 years under "CUCTUS" instead and hardly anyone has found it ... :-(  Search youtube for this "Cuctus Live @ B.B. King " ...Live from New York City June 3, 2006 Jim McCarty (Guitar), Carmine Appice (Drum), Tim Bogert (Bass), Jimmy Kunes (Vocal) and Randy Pratt (Blues Harp) ... The place was packed out

[timjessa1]

@AlainPUK ... that was AWESOME !! if you were there i am very jealous... thats cool...

[stevied1313]

I still see Jimmy at least once a month, that boy can play!!!!!!! Check out his new band The HellDrivers.They rock

[moose1952]

Check out "No Need To Worry" by Cactus. Outstanding BLUES!!

Cactus RULES!!

[frankty67]

Great stuff. In the early 70s Cactus were right up there With Zep and Aerosmith and 10 Years After and Humble Pie,etc, for killer hard rock.Way too underated but thanx for posting and maybe turning on new generations of rockers to GREAT 70s BANDS like CACTUS!!

[fndr100]

wish someone would post Brother Bill

[TJLethal21]

Jim McCarty should be a household name in terms of great American hard rock guitarists.

Again, possibly the best band you've never heard.

Check out "Let Me Swim," "Parchman Farm," "Restrictions," "One Way Or Another," and definitely check out their cover of "Long Tall Sally."

Listen to the intro to "Let Me Swim" and see if it sounds familiar!

[blackoystercultist]

Yeah it's the best band you've never heard

Tim and Carmine are awesome aswell, they make that band an American Led Zeppelin

[oclero]

MCCARTY !!!

[GeetarAdam]

I think this is my new favorite band. They know how to write a badass riff.

[NastyNick2]

I love the bass line. Really compliments the lead and rhythm. All the great rock bands from this era did that. Is that carmine on the drums?

[drj602]

I don't want to put him down cause he does a good job, but listening to Kunes sing this just 're-emphasizes?' how great Rusty was......as if you needed him to remind you.

[djake89]

quite possibly the best band you've never heard of..

[stilleavy]

who hasn't heard of cactus?? oh, probably a 24 yr old ;]

[gtrscience]

Great Howlin Wolf cover, You do know thats a Howlin Wolf/Willie Dixon diddy? Dont you? ...Well now you know.....

[tomsjecar]

where can i get a concert on dvd of them???

[killrobots]

Brilliant song! Thanks for sharing! Cactus should've been as famous as Zep (in the historical scheme of things). But then, lots of bands should have. Heh. Anyway, cheers!

[bluesfunky009]

carmine set up bonham with a ludwig drum deal and showed him his drum set up when zep toured with the fudge

[killallthedoods]

anyone in cactus remeber jody blair? guitar

[cb3961]

listen to the old MITCH RYDER tunes and hear McCartys "ahead of his time" riffage...though supressed for the most part on those mid-60's AM radio gems

[bluesfunky009]

jim rocked in the wheels,he hada big influence on ted nugent,one of these days i will track down his stuff with buddy miles express

[benabz]

a little note - never compare british and american 70's bands. waste of time, enjoy them for their own brilliant differences (by the way, british bands will always win!)

[talkin2bob]

It's hard to disagree......But if you aint got Jimi, you aint got shit.

[Runesson1959]

Zep ripoff? They are ripoffs of each other! Bonham stole all of Appice's chops, They toured together early 70, Bogert and Appice's Fudge headlined and Zep supported back in late 68/69. There isn't such a thing as ripoff when your side by side...

[redtorso]

a rock group without RUSTY DAY , the Rock Legend , cannot be named CACTUS ..... RUSTY R.I.P.

[kuzimoto1973]

i use to arrange jam sessions at this club.What a place!!!Also i could never imagine that Cactus would reunion!!!This is a long way from home,can't sleep at night-Evil is goin home!!!!!!!!!

[theFeasley]

Cactus was out before ZZ top, you ignorant cuntmuscle.

[detectivesyme]

They were "out" alright. As in out of the picture, out of the public eye, out of money, out of mind. Bunch of greying and tubby neverweres.

[denisenkev]

he's right. check it out before you say something. really.

[markez2012]

KICKASS!

;)

[jhorsty]

The Restrictions album was one of my all time favorites.I saw them around '77 in Macomb,Ill. Rusty Day was still the vocalist,and it was one heckuva show.John Sauter was on Bass, he later played with Ted Nugent on Weekend Warriors. Jim McCarty is truly one of the most influential rock players of all time.Thanks for putting this video up.

[drumminmansam]

Wow, TOTALLY UNDERRATED imho

[sir60man70]

I agree..they were and still are stronger players than Zepplin...maybe a toss up between Bonham and Appice. Carmine was playing hard with Vanilla Fudge before Bonham was ever even heard of.

[king4aday1976]

Monster Magnet covered this song...a classic!

[ahzmonolith]

The video and sound aren't together on this particular version. I've got the DVD from this concert and it's much better in quality of production. Cactus is GREAT and I can't wait to see them live. They seem to be in top form here. Also, the V album is excellent. If anyone hasn't heard it yet, I urge them to. What a great reunion of such a fantastic group of musicians.

[mightyhighrocks]

CACTUS!!

[yourtubesteak]

Saw these guys last night at the Magic Bag. They smoked! McCarty tore it up. And Carmine is still one of the best drummers rock has ever seen. Same goes for Tim Bogert on bass. The new album is great.

[xoskynyrd]

WOW!!! That Cactus groove is unmistakable. These guys were & still are utterly awe inspiring. Shoulda been huge, but I guess Led Zep had that market covered.

[lynnmassguy]

Very cool.

[javaluna]

Tremenda banda,excelete

[Midnightman3741]

Man I wish I was there. Bogert and Appice are one of the best, most versatile rhythm sections ever. Great video!

[itisleben]

Still a great band but it's at times like these you wish Rusty were still alive and up on stage with them. What a lacklustre vocal performance.

[Ramhead]

Cactus brings the duty out of me. What a band!! Man you're very lucky!

[marcotukoff]

o vocalista é da tora, hein? valeu, galera, i'm a cactus addicted!!!

[SixtyThreeStrat]

Well i love zep but these guys got one up on them. Their drummer is still alive and rocks ass...all due respect to bonzo

[reknawfiend]

why doesn't anyone know when to stop? Evil? that should be 'timid'...

[Gorbunov]

raw and rocking !

[thereyouhaveit]

Really Bad Video and does not give justice to the band

You have a lot of nerve posting this for public to see

[jebro]

Is the guitarist still Jim McCarty?

[dd2112]

YES

[yourtubesteak]

They were referred to as the poor man's Led Zep. Their version of Parchman Farm from the first album just smokes. Listen to it and you will know where Van Halen got thier idea for Hot For Teacher. And listen to Let Me Swim and you'll see where Eddie got his Eruption intro from. Saw these guys more than once at the Eastown in Detroit. Really an under appreciated band. Rusty day was the perfect front man for the original lineup. Was this new singer in any other well known band?

[dd2112]

Limited stint with Savoy Brown.

[mclifer]

I saw them at the Eastown also, cool.

[fibes55]

Rusty Day was one of the best improvising vocalists ever. He learned his craft from the great black artists and could captivate an audience like nobody else. ATCO hated him because of his drug use and never got behind the band. They were actually all stronger players than the guys in Zeppelin.

[fool4music]

Interesting that you caught the Van Halen use of some of the ideas by Cactus, I thought it was just me! I noticed it along time ago but most of the folks in my circles had never heard of Cactus. I really dig this song as well as Cactus and Van Halen so there is really no bad news, just respect needs to go to Cactus!!!!

[dazedandconfused2]

i cant believe i missed it. i came on here to see if there were any videos and i saw the reunion, i missed it by 2 days

[ahedstrom]

Yeah, Long Tall sally was my intro to them as well. They - and Carmine Appice - were one of the most under-rated groups of the era. Glad to see they've still got it.

[fuzzedoutmama]

The new singer Jimmy Kunes rocks! It's not easy to incorporate a new singer into band, but he fits well. Right on. I hope they do a full tour! Carmine Appice still punishes. So does Vanilla Fudge. Holy sh*t!

[malco23]

Great, thanks for posting this! My high school band in the 70's used to do their version of Long Tall Sally. Are all the original members in this lineup?

[EnriExperience]

Malco23 YES, my friend..they are the original line up exept for the singer, the original voice Rusty Day died i think 1972 (no shure exaptly) but in the Cactus CD (cactology)(in the liner notes you find a good information)

[bluesfunky009]

died in 1982-drug deal gone bad too bad

[EnriExperience]

Malco23,i saw they last nigth sept 19 at bb` king club N.Y was INCREDIBLE! they signing and take picture with you..very cool cats very humble!

[EnriExperience]

Malco23,i saw they last nigth sept 19 at bb` king club N.Y was INCREDIBLE! they signing and take picture with you,

very cool cats very humble!

[sodafizz]

Man, I just discovered this band's music a couple of months ago. Someone sent me an MP3 of "Evil" (vis-avis their hearing it on DLR's now-defunct radio show) and I haven't looked back since. I'm bummed I missed this show.

[tucohendrix]

foda demais ...melhor banda do mundo ...na epoca do rusty .......mais ainda continua foda ...Obrigado a quem postou

[botezatus]

I wish I was there...

[Humblerich]

I was there...these guys rocked the joint