CACTUS - No Need To Worry RARE at UltraSonic Studios (1971)

[@mowerdoc9930]

I've been listening to blues for almost 45 years now and this is some of the best I've ever heard

[@ArtoSutinen]

Cactus, amazing amazing band. Make me feel so good to listen real Blues. One of the greatest bands ever

[@gregorygetable]

Great Find, thanks for posting. I saw Cactus at the Capital and Theater NY again later..I've never been the same....thankfully

[@musicislifeforsure]

My pleasure 👍

[@MW47742]

The older I get the more I love Cactus!!! As a bassplayer I went crazy about Tim Bogart and now I realize what a fantastic guitarplayer Jim McCarty is! He even comes very close to Jimmy Page!!!

[@musicislifeforsure]

Absolutely

[@fdynda]

Equal at a minimum to Page

[@heathinvaderstudios]

Jim McCarty, to me, as far as his playing in Cactus goes, was like a cross between Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix. He and Carmine Appice really made the Cactus sound. Rusty Day, however, apart from being the voice, was and is also the band’s heart and soul. Wish footage of the band were available for full viewing. Would love to both see AND hear what the original band was like onstage, as opposed to just hearing them.

[@MW47742]

@@fdynda Yes his playing skills are equal. But Page was/is a far better composer and producer.

[@INUAGAIN]

Right on, it's nice to hear as Bogart, McCarty and Appice are of the very best, not as well known... like bugs Hendersen, I have more recordings of Bugs than any other guitar player. Have you heard of him? R.I.P. Bugs and it was a pleasure to meet you and Buddy at the Wild Horse Casino. My son and I will never forget it, thank you.

[@taimeuppe6174]

been fiddy years ..long live Cactus

[@drummer17562]

Thanks for posting... muchimas gracias... salud! I am a huge Cactus follower and never heard this very slick version. McCarty's playing here is melancholic and sets the tone for this blues masterpiece. If you enjoy Jim's playing here and the Blues in general; please check out a song called "Texas" on Buddy Miles Freedom Express LP on KZbin. Jim's playing there is as good!

[@marcgambell2767]

I have that album with Buddy Miles

[@fdynda]

Have a couple of copies of that and is off the wall 👍👍

[@lennarthallberg9918]

Cactus live still hit like a ton of bricks!

[@musicislifeforsure]

Absolutely 👍

[@ramonsanchez7961]

Great special Blues súper Group Cactus greats musicians 🎸🎸🥁🎹

[@alessandroricardo6771]

Eu amo essa banda!!! Adoro esse tipo de som!!!

[@marcgambell2767]

One bad ass band! Got to see them in 71' Bangor Maine of all places !

[@LucasDeckmyn]

Absolutely TOP blues ! thanks for this rare live sound

[@mctavish23]

Thanks for posting this. Amazing blues.

[@taimeuppe6174]

RIP Rusty

[@fredsinternetisland137]

Impressive. Thank you for this masterpiece.

[@musicislifeforsure]

Fred Pinnix Glad youve enjoyed it 👍

[@BrendaCanavas]

amazing blues!

[@godseed2214]

Monster kick.

[@craigwalker7415]

Saw them twice ~ Awesome ~

[@musicislifeforsure]

Lucky man you are !

[@popeyesailor9571]

As far as I know Carmine is the only rock star drummer to do commentary at the Drum Corps International telecast.

[@tootraley4273]

I was a teenager when this song came out. I never heard of this band until now. What a waste. They are awesome.

[@renatocerda7001]

Excelente grupo blues de calidad e interpretación de altura con músicos de renombre Jim McCarty, Tim Bogert y Carmine Appice, después tuve oportunidad de ver a Carmine Appice con Edgar Winter, gracias por compartir!!!!!!!!

[@musicislifeforsure]

De nada

[@cykovisuals]

This is insanely good. Just, wow. 😮

[@musicislifeforsure]

👍

[@fdynda]

Streelman, totally agree about Alvin Lee, what a talent w bad circumstances

[@_dave4460]

i got to see them in a small nightcliub in 1975 This is perfect blues. Aside from Red House by Jimi , Allman Bros and maybe a Cream song, this is the only perfect blues out there! edit: how culd i forget to mention Floyd when talking blues

[@Bix12]

really? if yer serious on the blues, let's keep Jimi and Duane & Gregg (that voice), and toss the Brits out. Instead I'll take Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters & John Lee Hooker

[@jacobslater7762]

William L. No BB?

[@josephtardio1086]

@@Bix12 Because you're the arbiter of Blues guitarists...

[@JulieCarey-y1n]

@@josephtardio1086…Dallas arbiter face fuzz fryin’ frisbee high flyin’ fum…tweedle Dee and gone…gone and done🔥

[@fdynda]

72 yoa and collected vinyl for 40 years and just discovering Cactus I feel like the CDC vs the virus--but i know this too can be fixed---Peace

[@musicislifeforsure]

👍

[@fdynda]

me too 72yoa, just moving into Cactus,40;00 records and need more

[@whois8678]

UltraSonic Studios Fulton St. Hempstead

[@mariagraziabrogi1346]

favolosi un blues da sballo 👍👍👍👍👍

[@fdynda]

John Mayall should have recruited these dudes.

[@soynegraluz]

wou!!!

[@carlosmosacula5454]

La industria discográfica y los promotores enDiosan a unos se olvidan o no fomentan a otros pero las grabaciones hay quedan .y lo que encuentras sin que te lo impongan gusta más .te reafirma con la música .la versión de la canción Evil en directo es tremenda buenísima

[@temporallyasleep2925]

great drummer carmine can sing and play the slingerland drums what happend to ultra sonic studios

[@Bix12]

that is rusty day on vocals

[@allanalbert3064]

Now I ask you people, does it get any better than this? What a band

[@rodentcafeteria]

Someone should ask Carmine Appice how come there's no video footage of Cactus live, like there is other bands of that era? Cactus was absolutely wicked!

[@musicislifeforsure]

Absolutely

[@tonyvincent9753]

Atlantic Records never got behind Cactus. In particular, they did NOT like Rusty Day and the fact that he was heavily involved in the drug trade.

[@michaelmarino3013]

@@tonyvincent9753 FRIEND told me rusty and son were murdered due to drug activity.

[@tonyvincent9753]

Yes they were. Your friend is correct.

[@randallbrown3317]

There is, but it is a short one from 1970 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqTceoZpiJ6bl5o

[@arukapinaka5564]

Giants !

[@Bix12]

compare to led zep Lemon Song of same time period.....cactus literally destroys them.

[@musicislifeforsure]

Absolutely

[@Bix12]

@@musicislifeforsure I bust a gut everytime I remember the story of Led Zep's 2nd US tour (1st tour they were actually known). The first half of the tour Cactus opened for them, the second half Spirit took over. Can you imagine how Page & Plant handled that? Not only were they blown off the stage by the opener every night,. I heard they were shitting themselves cuz the Yanks wuz scaring the hell out of em - LMAO!

[@fdynda]

Cactus would have killed Zep all day long in battle of bands

[@tonyvincent9753]

Cactus got fired from the Rod Stewart tour for the same reason. I saw them at the Stanley Warner theater. Cactus blew the Faces off the stage and out of New Jersey that night.

[@Mynamesalexa]

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

[@musicislifeforsure]

👍

[@franzxavermeissner5428]

Ich liebe euch alle meine Zwerge in Amerika ein Umbruch ist vollzogen ich wünsche euch eine gemeinsame Reise in eine Freundschaft mit all the Nationen in der Welt für immer LG ein Bayer der es ehrlich meind für uns alle in liebe

[@carlosmaciel8514]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👊💪

[@rodentcafeteria]

Why isn't Jim McCarty considered a guitar god?

[@Bix12]

in my book, he is....i don't need to be told who is or isnt

[@burtcampbell1452]

Good Question

[@josephtardio1086]

Because Cactus didn't have the songs that were on the level of the other "guitar gods". You're really only as good as the songs/chord changes/rhythm section you're playing over. Page, Hendrix, Duane, Clapton all had great songs to play over. Then the second tier of "guitar gods" Beck, Blackmore, Bloomfield had lesser songs.. Then finally McCarty. Do a song for song comparison.. I love 'Parchment Farm' and 'Evil', but outside of those two songs... eh.

[@robertsteelman6854]

@@josephtardio1086 you are so wrong they didn't go commercial and rusty got killed badass band all the way around

[@tonyvincent9753]

Jim was a drummer before becoming a guitar player. His father was a big band drummer and Jim’s son is a good drummer too. Talent all over the place. As a guitarist, Jim McCarty has his own sound. Whether with Mitch Ryder, Cactus, The Rockets, I can always tell it’s jimmy on guitar. Nobody sounds like him.

[@gr8blu]

dang i needa get out more / decades ago cactus / ne'r forotten

[@fdynda]

McCarty I ssooooooooo gggoooood

[@GtrPknMama]

✨🎵Bitchin🎵😎👍🎵✨

[@RogerZimmerman707]

Jim McCarty! 🎸

[@INUAGAIN]

McCarty/Bogart/Appice are some of the very best ever. Isn't this just difficult to listen to? :)

[@guilhermerabelo3242]

Versão du K! Sorry, i mean: fucking awesome this performance

[@fdynda]

who is the harmonica

[@musicislifeforsure]

Sorry no information about it

[@teec3557]

Rusty Day the singer

[@randallbrown3317]

The only footage i found of the ORIGINAL band Cactus! 1970 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqTceoZpiJ6bl5o

[@paulcullen6662]

Sounds like srv backed by Led Zep

[@Bix12]

Led Zep!? Pahhhhh-leeeze. Maybe Cactus might let Led Zep be their roadies...maybe, and only if li'l Jimmy P. quit balling his eyes out every time he had to have his diapers changed....(which was a lot). Seriously tho, Jimmy Page has NEVER played off the cuff this cleanly in his life. McCarty's playing here has no string scrapes, no fret buzz, no pick fumbles, no sloppiness anywhere. Page can only dream of doing this. And the other 3 are just as good. Tim Bogart blows John Paul Jones away, Rusty Day's voice fit's better, and here is the shocker...Carmen is better than Bonham on the whole kit. These guys blew every Brit band away...hell, for the mere fact they had bigger cocks (says wifey).

[@jeffreycollier1059]

Yeah but they're really sloppy. This is very clean in 6/8- Nice execution and phrasing!