“Another Way Or Another” is a jangly guitar instrumental with big loud moments of McCarty’s wah-wah lead, and “C-70 Blues” features a growling bass and guitar feedback before it launches into a hard rock groove. Mike Pinera, formerly of Blues Image and Iron Butterfly, came in on guitar, along with Roland Robinson on bass and Jerry Norris on drums. Featuring the blistering riff-rock that the band built its reputation upon, Black Dawn is a classic Cactus album with a fresh new energy that the band has not had since its heyday in the early 1970s. Two previously unreleased Cactus tracks featuring the original lineup end the CD. The New Cactus Band, formed by Duane Hitchings, released one album, Son of Cactus (1973), which featured none of the original Cactus members. Cactus returned in 2016 with Black Dawn, a new studio album, its first in almost 10 years. “Dynamite” makes use of Pratt behind Appice’s snapping drums and another catchy chorus. McCarty lays back in a simple single-note slicing lead here lifts the song even higher. Tunes like the mighty stomp of “Mamma Bring It Home” is epitome of what this band is all about - heavy and driving with catchy choruses you can’t get out of your head. On this 10-song release, Cactus make more heavy American rock. Ten years later with a new bass player (Pete Bremy replaced the retiring Bogert in 2011), Cactus is back with their sixth studio album, Black Dawn. 1 Mike Pinera, formerly of Blues Image and Iron Butterfly, came in on guitar, along with Roland Robinson on bass and Jerry Norris on drums. Then in 2006, Bogert, Appice and McCarty regrouped with singer Jimmy Kunes and harmonica player Randy Pratt for an album and tour. The New Cactus Band, formed by Duane Hitchings, released one album, Son of Cactus (1973), which featured none of the original Cactus members. 1 The album will follow his third studio album Astroworld (2018) and will be his longest awaited/released project since then. It is scheduled to be released through Cactus Jack Records and Epic Records in June 2023. After the original group disbanded in 1972, Day tried to carry the Cactus flag with various incarnations, but his tragic murder in 1982 put the kibosh on that. (2023) Utopia is the upcoming fourth studio album by American rapper Travis Scott. With four albums recorded in two years and killer live shows to boot, Cactus was often called the ‘American Led Zeppelin’. Beck came close to dying in a car crash, so plans for that band were put on hold (Bogert and Appice would team up with Beck a couple of years later), while the rhythm section went on to recruit guitarist Jim McCarty and singer Rusty Day, and called the new group Cactus. I want to talk about the new Cactus album. I’m sure my conversation does not cover all that he has on the go, so check out the links below. He’s also working on a number of new projects. Cactus was born from the detritus of Vanilla Fudge in 1970 when drummer Carmine Appice and bassist Tim Bogert were planning to start a band with Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck. More recently he’s seen the release of the latest Cactus studio album (last year) and currently the Cactus live release The Birth Of Cactus. More recently he’s seen the release of the latest Cactus studio album (last year) and currently the Cactus live release The Birth Of Cactus.
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