-- Cactus - `Ot `N` Sweaty | (Audio CD) MSRP $ 17.49 Amazon Price $ 17.49 Savings $ 0.00 | |  Release Date: 26 February, 1999, Wea International
TRACK LISTING - Swim
- Mad Mother Boogie
- Our Lil Rock N Roll Thing
- Bad Stuff
- Bringing Me Down
- Bedroommazurka
- Telling You
- Underneath The Arches
Usually ships in 24 hours | | | ROCK & ROLL AT ITS BEST | | TOWARDS THE END OF CACTUS CAREER, THIS ALBUM WAS ONE OF THERE BEST, SPECIALLY WITH THE LIVE ROCK & ROLL HERE. PETER FINCH CAN WAIL WITH THE BEST ON GUITAR. THERE ARE SOME STUDIO TUNES ON HERE TO THAT ARE PRETTY GOOD, ALL IN ALL ITS A GREAT ROCK & ROLL ALBUM WITH ALOTTA BALLS. | | | | Hmmm, so so stuff, but fun | | You know, sometimes the memory plays tricks. I thought this was better then than now. Maybe it was. Without Jim and Rusty, is there really a Cactus? I think not. Is it still fun? Sure it is! Is it still Cactus? Not by definition created by the first three outings! | | | | Half and Half | I don`t think this version of the band is as strong as the original lineup, but that was a hard act to follow. The addition of Peter French on vocals (not "Peter Finch wailing on guitar"), Duane Hitchings on keyboards/vocals and Werner Fritzschings on guitar took the band in a slightly different direction while still providing some kickass rock and roll. The live half of this disc just SMOKES, while the studio cuts are more goodtime rock and roll oriented than the classic boogie/blues of the McCarty/Day edition of the band. (I have no idea where Fritzschings came from or where he went afterwards, but the man could rock.)
Shortly after the concert these live tracks were taken from, Bogert and Appice joined Jeff Beck for BBA, meaning all four original "Cacti" were now gone. (A watered-down group with Hitchings and guitarist Mike Pinera continued as The New Cactus Band - avoid THAT like the plague if you come across it.)
Definitely worth grabbing - Cactus sounds as vital today as they did then. | | |
-- zzzz
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