2/19/26 Page 8
It's two years since drum legend Carmine Appice and his reformed CACTUS first unbarred the doors to the Temple Of Blues - a 15 track slab of head banging, hip swinging heavy blues rock. Now the Temple opens again, this time for an All-Star aggregation that recalls Ted Nugent, Billy Sheehan, Bumblefoot, Dee Snider and Pat Travers from volume one, alongside an all-new wave of heavy hitters including Steve Morse (Deep Purple), Tracii Guns (L.A. Guns), Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow, Deep Purple), Rudy Sarzo (Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot), Alex Skolnick (Testament), and a whole lot more. The first single from Temple Of Blues II, is "Back Door Man" featuring Sheehan, Eric Gales and Artie Dillon. Carmine enthuses, "When we finished 'Back Door Man' and listened to the whole mix., it blew me away. Billy and Eric are amazing together on top of my drums." Listen below:
