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Ron Sanders shot himself six weeks later, after police had surrounded his house due to entirely different charges than the triple murder weeks before.)Īfter a long hiatus Cactus unexpectedly emerged in June 2006 with two appearances in New York City: a radio appearance on 92.3 Free FM, and their first show since 1972 at B.B.
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Thomas had agreed to drive a friend out of town, and was therefore not present when Sanders opened fire with a machine gun, shooting through the windows in Day's house, killing Day, his son Russell, and a house guest, Garth McRae. Monte 'Mondo' Thomas, Day's lead guitarist and close friend, explained Sanders as: '.a madman, he was a millionaire and a real bad coke fiend.' Thomas and Day both lived in Day's house in Longwood, Florida, along with Day's 11-year-old son Russell. Day owed money to Ron Sanders, one of the guitar players in his band, after a minor cocaine deal. (Rusty Day met with an untimely death when In 1982, Day was working on an album with Uncle Acid & The Permanent Damage Band, as well as dealing cocaine. There are no known studio recordings from this era, though live recordings do circulate. This version of Cactus featured Steve Dansby on guitar, John Sauter on bass, and Gary Moffatt on drums. In the late 70s Rusty Day formed a new version of Cactus in North Florida, where he had relocated. Mike Pinera, formerly of Blues Image and Iron Butterfly, came in on guitar, along with Roland Robinson on bass and Jerry Norris on drums. The New Cactus Band, led by Duane Hitchings, released one album (Son Of Cactus) and featured no original Cactus members. Their second album remains unreleased to this day, along with recordings of the band's last concert at the Rainbow Theatre in London on January 26, 1974. After one studio album (the self titled Beck, Bogart & Appice) and one live album (Live In Japan, released only in Japan) the band dissolved. The fourth and last Cactus album ('Ot 'N' Sweaty) featured original rhythm section Bogart and Appice joined by Werner Fritzschings on guitar, Duane Hitchings on keyboards and Peter French on vocals.Īfter Cactus' dissolution in 1972, Bogert and Appice finally joined with Beck to form Beck, Bogert & Appice. Shortly afterwards Rusty Day was fired from the group. Or Another, and Restrictions) before interband troubles led to Jim McCarty quitting at the end of 1971. This line-up managed three albums (Cactus, One Way. They recruited guitarist Jim McCarty from Mitch Ryder's Detroit Wheels, Ted Nugent's Amboy Dukes and The Buddy Miles Express, and singer Rusty Day from Ted Nugent's Amboy Dukes. Stewart then joined pal Ron Wood in the revamped Faces (and pursued a somewhat lucrative solo career), leaving Bogert and Appice to find alternates for their dream band. The plan was derailed when Beck had an automobile accident that incapacitated him for the next 18 months. The plan was for the Vanilla Fudge rhythm section of bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice to join with guitar god Jeff Beck and his singer Rod Stewart in a supergroup of sorts in the fall of 1969. There are at least 6 musical projects under the name Cactus:ġ) A Bengali Rock Band from Kolkata, India.
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