Cactus "Parchman Farm" (Official Video)

[@jewelrymaker1607]

Jimmy McCarty is one of the most underrated Lead Guitarists in Rock & Roll history IMO!

[@mattchapelle5611]

Yup Jimmy jammed with Mitch Ryder, the Rockets, Buddy Miles among others! They are coming to my town! Must see!

[@impalaman9707]

Without Jim McCarty, there would be no Ted Nugent

[@henryruizph.d7161]

The whole band is grossly overlooked & underrated…Back in the 70s saw them open for Sabbath…I was still into bass & thought Tim Bogart was phenomenal…Tim & Carmine were the first to lay day the Hard Rock Rhythm section…Saw them with Vanilla Fudge back in like 68 or something…Carmine & kid brother Vinnie lived in my old neighborhood & had a studio their…The basement Rock Bands were popular…At 10 years old I was playing with one of them & it’s still one of the fondest event’s of my lifetime…Jeff Beck Mountain Ten years after, Jethro Tull, Cream, Sabbath & so many great bands…I’m glad I was a part of it…

[@monmixer]

I was a kid in the 60's also and found Cactus in the early 70's. Still a great band. I got to mic Carmines drums on the Pink Floyd Momentary Lapse of Reason tour. He recorded a lot of the album with them and they carried two drummers on that tour.

[@devin4066]

What a thrill that must of been!

[@JohnnyNation]

One problem was every time they opened they blew the headliners off the stage/ saw them do it to an original Allman Bros. Band in the '70's/ my favorite blues rock band ever with McCarty number one guitarist !!!###

[@desTroyeth999]

Never heard of Cactus till 5 mi. ago in an interview with Niugent. This guitarist is fantastic.

[@roberttartaglia7589]

Same just was reading that interview

[@roberttartaglia7589]

Had to check it out and it didn't disappoint

[@poopy_pants_joe1194]

Jim lives pretty close, and gigs about every-other weekend in local clubs. He trades Carmine in, and uses his son Dylan on drums for the local band. @ 79, his bad back prevents him from going on the road but he still rocks. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKDJkn-ubrV7ntU

[@harrisfrankou2368]

Haha I just watched it! Tim was my Music Theory teacher a legend and great Man.

[@garyvancamp3115]

Me to. I've heard the song but knew nothing else.

[@margaretbriefs7347]

Go ahead, Cactus...take this 65 year old Grandma back to her glory days!

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

ekimshield 🌵

[@gelubatir9794]

WOW, Mrs MARGARET BRIEFS, you are such an amazing presence in my life ! May God watch over you and over all who belong or belonged to you ! I am now at the same age that you are, I have known this band for about 50 years, they have enlighted my life.. Wonderful, exquisite, talented band... Carmine and Tim, Jim and Rusty, some of my best friends..and now, you, Mrs Margaret ...MY BEST THOUGHTS from Romania, GELU BATIR, Rm.Valcea Town, oct 2020

[@pinky5011]

yes indeed, 65 year old grandpa here still rocking, was blessed to see them in 69!

[@dancorey4767]

Your age is just a number, It changes every day. The music 🎵 of the 70s will never change, it has and always will be the best!

[@williamdejesusayalacera3471]

Cactus... one of my 5 favorite bands. Rusty Day (RIP)... irreplaceable. 😔. Greetings. 🤙🏽 5-4

[@poopy_pants_joe1194]

Rusty blew up the band...too much of a drunk to invest $$$ in.

[@larrycom]

Jimbo and I were pals in '71 in NY, till '73. He knew my Mom from visiting and jammed blues with me (in my room) playing a Les Paul thru an old 50s Fender tweed Champ amp. Pure blues. My friend Ace Frehley (pre-KISS) was sitting there in amazement and jammed along as well. There's a tape of that jam that Ace may still have a copy of...hopefully. Jim played and hung out a lot with me during that Summer of '71. I consider him a friend, but more importantly, one of the best blues guitar players of all time.

[@playthatsoloboi3705]

did u met rusty day too?

[@larrycom]

Probably

[@playthatsoloboi3705]

@@larrycom since english is your first language, can u help me with the second verse of let me swim and long tall sally? only if you want to:)

[@harrisfrankou2368]

Ace is under rated big time and a sick vibrato!

[@joiedevivre7376]

This song is the key that unlocks the wild child still alive and well in this 64 y o woman!

[@RyanB240z]

5 years later! 69! 😅

[@jayne591]

Always loved this band. I find them extremely underrated.

[@gogoyubari366]

What makes you believe they're underrated? Did you travel the globe taking a survey from every citizen of the world? Please explain.

[@clemclemson9259]

@@gogoyubari366 "under rated " is the most favorite term even invented for people that can't think of anything else to say- I have heard ZZ Top is Under rated The Beatles are under Rated, Black Sabbath is Under rated, Pink Floyd is under rated. Van Halen is Under Rated. it's become a complete joke. "Under Rated is the most overused term on you tube comments I could ever imagine. I dont know where these people come from, not that I care but I like your comment but it's kind of "under rated! LOL!!

[@Erdem4306]

This is my old favorite, This is it. This. ( So much missed 🤘)

[@anga7292]

Appice the genius. Bass drum shuffle.

[@CleopatraRecords]

🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@ohboy511]

Great band that didn't get anywhere near the attention or praise it deserved....

[@ianparrish6543]

Man !! How killer was that ? WOW !

[@christianeroubert5454]

la première fois que j'ai écouté, parchman farm. 😊 je na savais pas que c'était Cactus. bien longtemps apres j'ai sus. formidables groupes. 🧐

[@bobcullen4170]

Saw Cactus winter 70-71 @Quinnipiac college...cafeteria nonetheless.....Jim McCarty walked out on stage alone...wearing a flannel shirt and aLes Paul...to the front edge of stage ang proceded to solo for @10 minutes before the rest of the band joined him.....he was like a cleaner version of Jimmy Page is what came to mind! Just wicked explosive, dynamic and clean.....you know, Great😁

[@donaldellis-wt6xl]

You are correct they always opened with Long Tall Sally and Jim would solo for several minutes before the band would kick in gear. I also love his work with The Rockets

[@spyder8986]

Was that show in Connecticuts Quinnipiac?

[@williampernia9073]

Rock o nada... la excelencia del buen rock jamás será superada... inspiración, virtuosismo y trascendencia... que viva el rock carajo...!!! Cactus, uno de los mejores grupos de la historia...

[@chriscampbell9191]

I think Eddie and Alex Van Halen used the opening to One Way Or Another, off one of the Cactus albums, as a template for their song I'm The One, the way the drums and guitar interacted. And you can hear the same basic musical elements and interplay here between Jim McCarty & Carmine Appice. Sheer power and speed. So, although Cactus wasn't as known as some other American acts of that era (I was a huge rock fan, listened to the local FM rocker daily, and never heard these guys until a pal at work turned me onto them in the 1990s), their influence was definitely felt by other rock musos. Thanks for posting this vid. So cool to see these guys playing this hard, even just 10 years ago.

[@markcastillo2757]

McCarthy is the single most underrated guitarist of all time

[@DanielLDees]

Amen!

[@paullevine1813]

To the average listener that's true but for those of us that grew up back in the 60's & early 70's he was far from underrated , & especially when you hear his opening licks off the first Cactus LPs Parchment Farm it is more than apparent Jim was & is one of the best players in Rock.

[@PhosphorDigital]

I'd wanted to see Cactus perform live since I was about 11 (1970). I met the original members in 1972 (or ’73?) during a label meet-n-greet in Harrisburg PA, but I was mostly there to get some face time with Todd Rundgren. Finally got to see them at the Sellersville (PA) theater in September 2016. McCarty & Appice were great. I'll admit I was seriously bummed out that Bogert wasn't with them anymore-love his bass work ***AND*** his voice, but Pete Bremy turned in a great performance. Plus, he's a real friendly, smart, & funny dude on social media. Not enamored with Jimmy Kunes, even though he has a fine pedigree. He did a good job, but he was no Rusty Day. But now, with McCarty no longer in the band-one of the big reasons I'd wanted to see them-I hate to say it, but, I doubt I'll ever go see Cactus again. The era is over for me.

[@Sammyjackson1488]

I don't underrate him. And you may lay to that!

[@markobarrows]

Guthrie Govan bro.

[@karinstorer2855]

Tim Bogert played in a few great bands. Greatly enjoyed it.great to remember fondly. Love Karin

[@АнатолийБрагин-щ7с]

Это просто КЛАСС ---- МОЛОДЦЫ.

[@joekennedythewriter]

As a teen I had the first 3 albums. I wore the grooves out on those. Hard drivin rock 😎

[@dennymcfastlane8530]

At 0:29 I would bet my last dollar that if Tim Bogert ever did this, McCarty would have had Kittens!!! hahaha.

[@MikeBlitzMag]

Mose Allison had it out on Prestige Records in the late '50s. The Kingston Trio did a garage rock cover of it for Decca in the mid-'60s (with some copies released as Parchment Farm). Cactus' version makes for a nice trilogy. Good one!

[@devin4066]

And Blue Cheer rocked it too!

[@Blkojo]

Blues Image covered it quite well.

[@jabu003]

Johnny winter also covered it......

[@СергейАдонис]

Cильно, профессионалы, все отточено и легко сыграно! Мастера блюза!

[@joiedevivre7376]

The Old Goats have still got it!

[@EDDIETRUJILLO-q8p]

Most of the world finally caught up with Cactus.

[@mj99a]

saw cactus at the fox theater hackensack, n.j. may 13, 1971 w/ johnny winter and and at pocono music festival july, 1972 they ripped it up both times!!

[@MrUltraworld]

I know EVH was in love with this song, I can hear every Van Halen Boogie-Shuffle in here. I'm the One, Full Bug, Ice Cream Man

[@paullevine1813]

Agreed , I read Eddies biggest influence was Clapton , now i don't listen to him that much but i can't even recall hearing Eddie even playing much in the way of Blues though i know hid did do some blues solos but never any old Cream tunes. So yea Huh ????

[@heathinvaderstudios]

Fred Garvin What about Hot For Teacher?

[@LouieCaporussoJr]

The beginning of Eruption takes it from "Let Me Swim"

[@soulbrother5435]

Never thought I'd hear double pedal in blues. Carmine Appice is the beast

[@joiedevivre7376]

There are no words...

[@beanotraffini681]

Living proof that all a guitar player really needs is an LP into a Marshall: what a tone...

[@BobWindsor-hq7xt]

I saw them open for Uriah Heap in 1971. Great live band. Underrated. Blew Uriah Heap off the stage. All band members are virtuosos. Especially McCarty.

[@marksavage1744]

I have read that Jim McCarty was always tweaking and supercharging his amps, you may not be hearing an off-the-shelf Marshall here. Not sure.

[@markdavies354]

Perfect! Nobody plays like this..

[@Sammyjackson1488]

Yes, McCarty is the best guitar player ever. It's true!

[@markobarrows]

Oh? kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3WTiKiMep2Xh7c

[@silverfishimperetrix4818]

Then why didn't he ever come close to recreating the smokin' studio beginning of "Parchman Farm" live? Every single version has been a disappointment.

[@victormorgado5318]

The original guitarist of Cactus was also a legend, Jeff Beck ( a car accident that took Beck away from the scene until around 1974, was the reason why Mcarty became the guitarist

[@vitoriogarcia6931]

Its true!

[@jeffbogue3718]

Between Ted Nugent .Jim McCarty. Dick Wagner

[@MrHamanen]

My first ever bought LP is "Cactus" after being turned hard rock lover.

[@albertevans645]

Ol' Cactus Rocks...

[@JMMcC69]

"Got it bad, got it bad, got it bad, I'm hot for teacher." Yes Sir, Eddie and the VH boys studied this material hard.

[@harrisfrankou2368]

Tim was my Theory Teacher at MIT

[@JayPeek]

amazing otherworldly contingent.

[@michaellambert5223]

That was FIRE!!

[@andreasnewitsch59]

I been living in a cave finally got around to listening to this.

[@EtanJay]

cool doublekicks

[@judithzummo7115]

Cactus would show up every headline act in the biz! The who, the Stones, Led Zeppelin. Nobody wanted to follow them on stage!!

[@victormorgado5318]

it is known that Drummer Appice taught some techniqu to Bonham of LEd Zeppelin who were fans of Vanilla FUdge

[@juliusschwencke142]

Phil and the boys would gladly take the stage..

[@JohnnyNation]

I saw them in the 70's with Redbone opening and then the Allman Bros.Band (still with Duane and Berry) having to follow the original Cactus !!!###

[@promark5317]

Cactus never opened for Led Zeppelin. Cactus was formed in 1970, by then Led Zeppelin were selling out the Forum and MSG with zero openers. Cactus was great but to claim Zep was afraid to have them open is ridiculous. Led Zeppelin opened for Vanilla Fudge and the Iron Butterfly. Iron Butterfly literally quit the bill after Zep's set. Stop trying to rewrite history because the band you like is underrated.

[@rainierzamboni3923]

'ot 'n' sweaty is a Great álbum!

[@viddavisda]

Saw original band when in HS at the Totowa Cinema, don’t remember what year, maybe 1971.

[@Stalingrad1942]

Just a buzz ! Bravo guys !

[@ralphstalnecker2449]

Carmine Appice a fucking monster on the drums!!!

[@rodentcafeteria]

It's very good, but the original Cactus was absolutely brutal playing this live.

[@williamdejesusayalacera3471]

That's right pal. Without Rusty Day (RIP) the band not was the same. Greetings. 🤙🏽 5-4

[@harolddburke4726]

That was a good rendition. They have that song down . Thank you karmennakys

[@stevenculver6416]

Jimmy Mccarty is one of the greats

[@Eitner100]

So underestimated it hurts really bad.

[@booifojoe]

How many speeding tickets can be attributed to this song?

[@paistecat]

Cool that they had Jim MCarty back...when. I saw them they had Michael Angelo...fast but not bluesy like Jim...Carmine still plays his a-- off....

[@DanielLDees]

Rusty Day RIP

[@billrogers6863]

Sadly, it is clear that half of a Cactus is better than no Cactus at all.

[@MrBobzane]

God bless you Rusty

[@Mynamesalexa]

Cactus Steve Miller Grateful Dead Jimi Hendrix Temple Stadium Philadelphia Pa May 1970

[@OlaviKnaapilaMane]

Carmine Greetings From Finland. 😅

[@valoumlerocknroll7705]

awesome ! woo-hoo !

[@TDghf]

McCarthy has a brutally hard blues style

[@DanielLDees]

Jimmy McCarty is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@margaretbriefs7347]

It's Appice who brings this 66 y o grandma to heaven's door

[@jonhillman871]

this isn't my style of music at all. BUT I LOVE THIS!

[@Djokota]

About music one thing I learned over the years is. Never say something '' isn't '' or '' fits '', you will never know when caught yourself head banging or swinging when the tunes is right.

[@brandonburnett5874]

Damn, Jimmy can shred

[@NANA-mr2vp]

Carmine is a monster on the drums. While I do love McCarty; he isn't what he once was.

[@Hqhq-01]

I haven't heard their early recordings but it's hard to believe that his guitar playing has slipped any.

[@NANA-mr2vp]

@@Hqhq-01 I wouldn't say he's bad, but after 50+ yrs he's just not quite the same. Still like him a lot though.

[@LouieCaporussoJr]

McCarty jammed with Hendrix, you better be good. He's on the Nine to the Universe album. 🥁

[@joevecchio4687]

Saw vanilla fudge farewell show at the action house 1970 I was 15 Dropped acid Was right in front of Timmy I’ll Never Forget it Also saw farewell show at BB kings around 2010 Don’t fuck with carmine Or Ginger Baker My favorite drummers Also saw ginger at BB kings DONT APPLAUD THROW MONEY 😂

[@jasnjakechatham8339]

Is that Jimmy Mcarty on guitar?

[@henrycorvinus4045]

Carmine Appice is one of the greatest drummer of all time. Henry Corvinus.

[@emanoelsouza913]

⭐🎶🎸✋

[@daveepelone6221]

Very nice version of the track, but funny how the energy of this live cut falls short of the studio track, usually it's the other way around, studio track is slack and the live version kills it. Studio version of this track is a category 5 tornado.

[@williamgregory6684]

I am 66 and have listened to Cactus from the beginning and just the opposite of most bands,they seem to go wild in the studio,and for that I am greatful!!!!rest in peace Tim and Rusty.

[@michaelgarcia2050]

It's just slightly slower.

[@Washingtonxitao1972]

uowwww

[@ilmonolito3764]

Didn't know Tom Savini was such a good drummer

[@metalfatigue]

Jim McCarty has always been amazing. Check out Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels if this is new to you.

[@toddburgess6792]

How TF have I never heard of "Cactus"?!? I know of all the other bands Carmine drummed for, but not THESE GUYS!!! WTF????

[@philmcguinness8583]

Is that carmin appice?

[@marksavage1744]

Carmine has been with Cactus since the early 70s! That's him!

[@serik1165]

carmine looking like Tom savini

[@johnamartine]

People age. Who knew?

[@АлексейШашлов-н4и]

Старый добрый Cactus

[@LEWFROST2]

rusty day it's not.....actually the instrumental is awesome. this cat did not even need to sing lol :)

[@DanielLDees]

RIP Rusty

[@paullevine1813]

Trying to replace Rusty was like trying to replace Janis, it just wasn't going to happen. They were stand alone performers with the kind of energy that doesn't come around very often at all...

[@renorocker64]

Eddie Van Halen was inspired by this to play metal, this one and bring it on Home Ten Years After

[@skatee99]

A testimony: Ted Nugent just gave this song/band high props in a recent interview!

[@drj602]

Come Back Rusty

[@TheTickingClocks]

Surely Van Halen was deeply influenced by Cactus.

[@Theloaner43]

This singer looks and sounds like Davey Pattison, R.D. was killed in 1982, Right?

[@charalampostseronis6500]

where is Bogert?

[@williamgregory6684]

Unfortunately,he has left us RIP Tim

[@dereklawrence547]

Shuda given some credit to Mose...

[@sammyvh11]

Van Halen ripped this

[@karinstorer2855]

Appice for example

[@karinstorer2855]

Carmine Appice.was too with him. Karin

[@billytrance6893]

Where's Tim (Bogert)???????

[@stevekeller2821]

Dead

[@ladyinabag1]

Ask McCarty where he found this song.

[@jesgarcia9556]

The drummer is right it does sound a little like hot for teacher

[@rumeos3133]

Wait till John Mayall comes!!!

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

The birth of thrash?

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

Carmine Appice is the best drummer ever. A bit of a showboat, too.

[@michaelgarcia2050]

He's seriously good. I've known about him for decades but not until I discovered these Cactus videos a week ago did I realize how good he actually is.

[@BustedJunkStudio]

I dunno… I saw Jim McCarty many times back in the 60’s and 70’s with Mitch Ryder and Cactus. Back then he was an ungodly great guitarist, a true guitar slinger, simply awesome. Now he is a bit disappointing for me, his performance is nothing close to what he did in the day. It’s a lot like my own performance where I don’t even like to play for people now because I have slowed down so much. This was also my experience seeing Johnny Winter in his latter years, kind of sad really.

[@michaelgarcia2050]

I didn't see or hear anything wrong with this performance.

[@BustedJunkStudio]

@@michaelgarcia2050 Don't get me wrong, he still did a great job here but if you could have only heard him do this song back in the day you could more fully appreciate my observation... he was truly awesome, almost in a supernatural way.

[@lalamusicgirl1]

Cactus was the "Go To" jam band back in the day. But then Van Halen came along and that was that. Eddie set the bar too high for just "good" guitarists like Paul Warren or Jim McCarty.

[@bigdawg7703]

I miss Rusty Day. Man could that cat sing R&R. This guy is pretty good but not as good as Rusty. Chris Cornnel, Rusty Day then Paul Rodgers are the top of list.

[@VinceBearinger]

Song just aren't the same anymore to me. The old rock and roll bands are irreplaceable. Very rarely, do you ever see anybody? Take their time and make a song. Anymore. It's all just noise

[@bassdrumboy]

with thanks to Billy Cobham Quadrant 4 1973? I think Carmine plays the feel better than Vinnie with Jeff Beck.....

[@bassdrumboy]

or was this earlier? in which case much cudos. I know the drum groove as 'The Cobham boogaloo'...

[@edwardramirez9098]

No.

[@Cimmerian415]

Ted Nugent sent me here.

[@carlosmarioblanco1226]

Bad guitar solo ,😥😥

[@midnightrider7648]

Lame. John Mayall's version is much better.

[@bobsaturday4273]

pretty good for a buncha old geezers , not quite the energy and drive these lads had 52 years ago (1970 - 2012) ...but pretty good anyway