Cactus was fine for what it was, a bit of a musically limited band, although very good at what it did. Then after a short European tour in the fall of 1972, the BBA trio was rushed into the studio and really took on more of a Cactus musical identity. Beck had done some recording with vocalist Kim Milford during the summer of 1972 at Electric Lady Studios with the JBG2 (and possibly Stevie Wonder) and for a short period of time had him earmarked for a new lead vocalist, likely for the project with Appice and Bogert, but Milford was an atrocious in-concert vocalist and was dropped after a few shows during the aforementioned JBG2/BBA tour.
Beck pieced together a make-shift JBG2/BBA line-up for a short late-summer 1972 tour in the US (completing some JBG2 dates already scheduled), but that line-up became more of a necessity to finish out contractually mandated dates more than anything. Just three guys that wanted to play together. I don't think he ever let go of the idea of working with a first-rate rhythm section, especially as he watched Led Zeppelin's ascent, and when Appice and Bogert became available again during the summer of 1972, Beck jumped at the chance after two years of mixed results by the JBG2.īut suddenly there were three musicians with no complete line-up, and with no predetermined musical identity or direction. Then he still wanted that heavy, virtuoso rhythm section for a new version of the JBG in the fall of 1969 (allegedly with dreams of Rod Stewart still fronting the band, even though Rod was gone for good by then), but then Beck crashed his car and was out of commission with a head severe head injury. Click to expand.Well, Beck's original hope was to have the rhythm section replace Ron Wood and Tony Newman in 1969 before the JBG1 imploded.
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