997: CACTUS

Armed with power drummer Carmine Appice this hard rock blues outfit...rocks! Deep Purple, Blue Cheer & Savoy Brown fans will shake their shit to this ass-kicking madness. I love how the opener, Mose Allison's "Parchman Farm" crashes into beautiful acoustic ballad "My Lady From South of Detroit".

Wiki: Cactus is the debut album by the American hard rock band Cactus, released in 1970 under the Atco label. It includes original songs as well as cover of Mose Allison's version of a blues standard, "Parchman Farm" and another one, Willie Dixon's "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover". Full Article