Into The Blue: Vinyl LP Whitesnake The original plan for Cactus

The original plan for Cactus was to release a debut album with the super group line-up of Vanilla Fudge rhythm section bassist Tim Bogart and drummer Carmine Appice together with guitarist Jeff Beck and singer Rod Stewart

Some of these turn out to be covers of covers

Lou Donaldson had already been at the helm of seven Blue Note sessions by the time he made his undisputed masterpiece Blues Walk in 1958

Born out of part frustration and part accident

ruminative guitar on I Don't Know Where I Stand points again to the group's longevity

Into The Blue: Vinyl LP Whitesnake The original plan for CactusInto The Blue is the clearest portrait of who I am as an artist. Its me through and through, says multi instrumentalist Aaron Frazer. A daring blend of soul, psychedelia, spaghetti western, disco, gospel and hip hop, Into the Blue represents the impressive range of Frazers sonic talents. Frazer maintains the unmistakable falsetto and classic songwriting hes known for, but plants Into the Blue firmly in the now with a hip hop mentality at its core,