Cactus - Evil

Fully Unleashed the Live Gigs [Disc 1] 1971-1972
Line Up:
Tim Bogert - bass
Carmine Appice - drums
Jim McCarty - guitar
Rusty Day - vocals

[@tommycascio864]

Cactus Was The Best Boogie Band Of The Early 1970s.... So Underrated. This Version Of Evil Is The Absolute Nastiest Thing That I Have Ever Listened Too... McCarty Guitar Is Sheering, and Bogerts Bass Is Rumbling.... Rusty Voice Is Grittier Then Any Blues Singer Of The Day, and Appices Drumming Is Unbelievable, Like Cannons Firing Bombs All Over The Place.... Fully Unleashed, Indeed!!!

[@basicexposure5830]

U nAILED iT ...

[@IgnatiusChinaski]

I AGREE WITH YOU sorry for the caps

[@keithpalmer1998]

Wow! Goosebumps and. chills . I think I have learned to appreciate Cactus more now than ever before . What a recording !

[@elmarp11]

hello !! ....what a song and band....I had all Cactus and Vanilla Fudge....I loved them.... 72y-old-Hippie-and-Yogi from Austria....Love, Peace-&-Happiness ☮~el~🕉~mar~✝

[@motowngirl5891]

I was lucky to see them in their heyday here in Detroit, mi Jim Mcarty plays at a local bar close to my home still

[@terryheiss7030]

I sometimes sing with McCarty.

[@dparsons343]

Wow what bar? I would love to go see him play

[@jimiplayscobo5877]

Cactus was one band no Headliners wanted as their back up band because they were so Good. Ted said Jimmy McCarty is the best guitarist that ever came out of Detroit. Top three in my books along with Dick Wagner RIP :) Peace

[@davidr2975]

@@jimiplayscobo5877 i seen cactus smoke ten years after in Detroit years back, after cactus played the crowd went to sleep, when ten years after started playing, but when they did im going home finally woke up the crowd.

[@thomasolejniczak1291]

Seen them many times in the early 70's in the Buffalo NY area, small club (Gilligans) and opened for Rod Steward at the old Aud. They stole the show there, Rod was almost booed off the stage. They were just one GREAT band, They rocked, Tim's bass rattled your chest. True Americana Rock!

[@GMSade]

What a great, underrated, unsung (no pun intended, LOL) band. LOVE Carmine's and Tim's musicality. Rock on!!!!!!!

[@gregorygetable]

I saw Cactus with Alvin Lee 10 years After, at Capitol Theater Porchester Ny early 71 ish, They changed everything for my guitar playing and Alvin had to work to follow them. Saw em again at Poconos. Most underrated mega band. Atlantic Records should have promoted. Thanks for the post.. excellent

[@s1d299]

Man... some of those guitar sounds I've never heard anywhere else. They don't even sound like a guitar!

[@AndreaAustoni]

It's the Ampeg Scrambler octave fuzz.

[@Goju4u2]

Hard to believe this was up loaded back in 2013 and I'm only the 500th like.. WTF?? My first concert!! I was 11ish Tampa FLA with Free, & Brownsville Station . Still rockin @60

[@Mynamesalexa]

CACTUS Steve Miller Grateful Dead Jimi Hendrix Temple Stadium Philadelphia May 1970 The old neighborhood was like Woodstock!

[@jables3377]

I always say that this is the best Led Zeppelin song that they never wrote!

[@linkbelt111]

Musically almost a little Sabbath in there, but ALOT of Bonham….

[@MARCELO-gn3ix]

PURE ROCK AND ROLL. LONG LIVE ROCK AND ROLL. BRASIL.

[@SidLaw1manband]

That drum break is awesome.

[@michaelgregory6497]

Unbelievable what a band they all are great musicians groovy man The 🐈 meow

[@jimbo33]

first time I've seen this........WOW.... Unequaled!

[@wilddogs65]

This has to be the definitive live version of this song.

[@Bix12]

I wore out their first 3 albums a few times!

[@nickkatiforis9017]

So roar and so magnificent!!!!

[@larrynolletti4594]

Incredible.....wailage.....all 4 of them kick royal ass.....!!!!!

[@linkbelt111]

Did you say “wailage”?…..Damn, my buddy used to say that, we all thought he had a deficiency of some sort……😂

[@larrynolletti4594]

@linkbelt111 it's still wailage.....!!!!

[@inflames2112]

Love it all... goosebumps and euphoria 🤤

[@jacobhoover9223]

Appice live back then with Rusty would've been great

[@nmk8475]

Holy shit this is absolutely gnarly. Shame they couldn't get this kind of sound on their studio albums - always felt "Restrictions" was a bit too subdued but this is just insane. Wish they did more with the riff than improv, but hey this is one hell of a take on "Evil"

[@dsala771]

This is rock berfore the hooked up with jeff beck thanks mike u rock

[@billwhite92]

awesome thanks for posting!

[@toddregis9334]

the most pheomenal rock band of all time. I get pissed off with all this Led Zep comparisons, Cactus were in a league of their own! One thing though why is there no film from the early days?

[@paullevine1813]

I was going to chime in here but you beat me to the punch. With hundreds of photos why did no one ever record this great band on film. There is some footage of the Allmans at Atlanta Pop so there was some filming going on why did no one capture one of the greatest 70's Live bands on film. I guess we have to enjoy the legacy of those early days through our speakers on volume 10. Your also very right about comparisons & the same thing was done when NYs Sir Lord Baltimore hit the seen in 1971. They got billed as the American version of Zeppelin when they were just a great hard rock three piece band with no ties to LZ. I believe much of this was down to the record companies & the rock media of the time. Both Cactus & Sir Lord Baltimore were there own bands with no ties to Zeppelin & neither ever even recordred any LZ tunes nor toured anywhere near Zeppelin.

[@Nissardpertugiu]

People dont know it was the other way around . CARMINe was bonzo s idol ..

[@Nissardpertugiu]

This is heaaavy and raw as fuck

[@stenmark2235]

Very SWEET..... Thankyou..!!

[@guanatosmetal71]

Howlin' Wolf

[@blastingcapps4341]

McCarty RULES!

[@alexcastro7339]

I can't find one live film of these guys

[@heatherferreira4225]

YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS THIS IS ROCK

[@garyckratz]

A great line-up because of Jeff Beck's accident. Lucky us!

[@Bix12]

Indeed! These motor city mad men rocked it harder than a neutron star!

[@mmusicmann]

the hardest rocking band ever.

[@IgnatiusChinaski]

try gov't mule live between 94 and 00

[@MariaAparecida-vi2un]

Canta de mais

[@7727rmee]

why is there no live film of the best boogie band of all time.i waited for them for hours in cleveland at i think it was called music carousel the cops had busted them getting off the plane from somewhere but somehow they got out and showed up so yea they were the best

[@gtcharlieakatrent]

this was the lineup

[@demurets]

Ampeg Scrambler tone.

[@taimeuppe6174]

when evil is good

[@perilousjack1964]

Fuckin brill. Howlin wolf be proud.

[@LaMaisondeCasaHouse]

ah shit i gotta go put out my curtains...

[@HadesEnviron13]

[@kiravillamizar380]

Uffffffffffffff

[@ferencbondor7455]

KIRÁLYOK

[@jacobhoover9223]

Faszfej nyasgem!

[@jacobhoover9223]

Nyald ki a seggem ❤️🫐

[@francisk7305]

ça me fait penser à Led Zep.

[@lanier1000]

Bad upload......song cuts off early.

[@rl0008ify]

They lost so much with Rusty.

[@RoyalWulffDry]

Bahahahah