{"id":15745,"date":"2015-12-20T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T13:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/Blog\/?p=15745"},"modified":"2023-11-13T20:40:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T19:40:15","slug":"cactus-bringing-me-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/Blog\/2015\/12\/20\/cactus-bringing-me-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Cactus | Bringing me down (1972)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ihvTaPCPXjA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=fr-FR&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Exhum\u00e9 de ma biblioth\u00e8que de vinyle, j&rsquo;\u00e9coute <em>Cactus<\/em>\u00a0et son album\u00a0<i>&lsquo;Ot &lsquo;n&rsquo; Sweaty<\/i>\u00a0(1972) sur ma platine.\u00a0<em>Bringing me down<\/em>, c&rsquo;est le morceau calme\u00a0de tout bon groupe de Hard Rock.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cactus<\/em> est un groupe mythique de la fin des ann\u00e9es soixante et du d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es soixante-dix. En quatre albums &#8211; en fait trois et demi, car le dernier, <i>&lsquo;Ot &lsquo;n&rsquo; Sweaty<\/i><em>,<\/em>\u00a0est compos\u00e9 d&rsquo;une face A \u00ablive\u00bb et d&rsquo;une face B studio &#8211; Cactus\u00a0est cit\u00e9 comme ayant influenc\u00e9 des groupes tels\u00a0<em>Aerosmith<\/em>, <em>Van Halen<\/em>, <em>38 Special<\/em>, <em>Anvil<\/em>, <em>The Black Crowes<\/em>, <em>Montrose<\/em>, <em>Lynyrd Skynyrd<\/em>, and <em>The Black Keys. <\/em>Excusez du peu !<\/p>\n<p>Au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es soixante-dix, <em>Cactus<\/em> est consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme le <em>Led Zeppelin<\/em> am\u00e9ricain.<\/p>\n<p>A l&rsquo;origine, Cactus \u00e9tait pr\u00e9destin\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00eatre\u00a0un super-groupe r\u00e9unissant\u00a0la section rythmique de <em>Vanilla Fudge<\/em> (Tim Bogert \u00e0 la basse et Carmine Appice \u00e0 la batterie) accompagnant Jeff Beck \u00e0 la guitare et Rod Stewart au chant. A nouveau excusez du peu !<\/p>\n<p>Cependant Jeff Beck victime d&rsquo;un accident de voiture, le projet tombe \u00e0 l&rsquo;eau et Rod Stewart rejoint les <em>Faces<\/em>. Pour ce quatri\u00e8me album du groupe de 1972 qui nous occupe, il est enregistr\u00e9 par la section rythmique originale avec Bogert et Appice, accompagn\u00e9e par Werner Fritzschings \u00e0 la guitare, Duane Hitchings aux claviers, et Peter French au chant.<\/p>\n<p>Plus tard, Carmine Appice rejoindra Rod Stewart et sera le co-compositeur de\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0<a title=\"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Da_Ya_Think_I%27m_Sexy%3F\">Da Ya Think I&rsquo;m Sexy?<\/a>\u00a0\u00bb et\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0<a title=\"Young Turks (song)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Young_Turks_(song)\">Young Turks<\/a>\u00ab\u00a0.\u00a0Avec\u00a0son\u00a0manuel d&rsquo;apprentissage de la batterie intitul\u00e9\u00a0<i>The Realistic Rock Drum Method<\/i>\u00a0(litt\u00e9ralement, \u00ab\u00a0la m\u00e9thode r\u00e9aliste de batterie rock\u00a0\u00bb) publi\u00e9 \u00a0dans les ann\u00e9es soixante-dix et vendu \u00e0 plus de 300&rsquo;000 exemplaire \u00e0 ce jour,\u00a0Carmine Appice influencera pour sa part, des batteurs tels Nicko McBrain d&rsquo;<em>Iron Maiden<\/em>, Joey Kramer d&rsquo;<em>Aerosmith<\/em>, Roger Taylor de <em>Queen<\/em>, Phil Collins de <em>Genesis<\/em>, John Bonham de <em>Led Zeppelin<\/em> ou Ian Paice de <em>Deep Purple<\/em> !<\/p>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s la dissolution de Cactus en 1972, Bogert et Appice rejoindront\u00a0finalement Jeff Beck pour former le super-groupe\u00a0<em>Beck, Bogert and Appice<\/em>. Apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;album studio\u00a0<i>Beck, Bogert and Appice<\/i>\u00a0et un album en public (<i>Live In Japan<\/i>), le groupe se dissout.<\/p>\n<p>Aujourd&rsquo;hui, je d\u00e9couvre que <em>Cactus<\/em> s&rsquo;est reform\u00e9 depuis juin 2006.\u00a0La formation 2006 de <em>Cactus<\/em> voit la r\u00e9union des membres originaux Bogert, Appice et McCarty, accompagn\u00e9s par l&rsquo;ex-<em>Savoy<\/em> <em>Brown<\/em>\u00a0Jimmy Kunes\u00a0au chant. <em>Cactus<\/em> enregistre alors son cinqui\u00e8me album\u00a0<i>Cactus V<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>En 2014, le groupe \u00e9tait\u00a0compos\u00e9 de\u00a0Carmine Appice, Jimmy Kunes, Jim McCarty, Randy Pratt et Pete Bremy.\u00a0Tim Bogert ne tournant plus.<\/p>\n<p>Le\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cactusrocks.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Site officiel de Cactus<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exhum\u00e9 de ma biblioth\u00e8que de vinyle, j&rsquo;\u00e9coute Cactus\u00a0et son album\u00a0&lsquo;Ot &lsquo;n&rsquo; Sweaty\u00a0(1972) sur ma platine.\u00a0Bringing me down, c&rsquo;est le morceau calme\u00a0de tout bon groupe de Hard Rock. Cactus est un groupe mythique de la fin des ann\u00e9es soixante et du d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es soixante-dix. En quatre albums &#8211; en fait trois et demi, car le [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"fullscreen","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15745","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tubescafe","8":"post_format-post-format-video","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/0-1.jpg?resize=480%2C360&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/0-1.jpg?resize=480%2C360&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"Lyonel Kaufmann","author_link":"https:\/\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/Blog\/author\/lyonelk\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/0-1.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qtF4-45X","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23764,"url":"https:\/\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/Blog\/2023\/08\/10\/robbie-robertson-1943-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":15745,"position":0},"title":"Robbie Robertson (1943-2023)","author":"Lyonel Kaufmann","date":"10 ao\u00fbt 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Robbie Robertson, le principal compositeur et guitariste du groupe The Band, dont l'\u0153uvre offrait une vision rustique de l'Am\u00e9rique qui semblait \u00e0 la fois mythique et authentique, contribuant ainsi \u00e0 inspirer le genre connu sous le nom d'Americana, est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 mercredi \u00e0 Los Angeles. 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