Cactus were a short-lived but hugely influential supergroup founded by ex-Vanilla Fudge rhythm section Carmine Appice and Tim Bogert, and featuring underrated guitar hero Jim McCarty (of Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels), and singer Rusty Day (of the Amboy Dukes). Their self-titled 1970 debut featured jacked-up blues and heavy psych, including their take on the Mose Allison classic "Parchman Farm." They issued two more pile-driving and undervalued albums in '71 before lineup changes hobbled their sound. A final LP saw light in '72, just before the band called it quits.