Canned Heat Biography, Photos and Posters

Canned Heat

Biography

Started: 1966
City and Country of Origin: Los Angeles, California
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Top Recordings: "On The Road Again," "Let's Work Together," "Goin' Up the Country"
Canned Heat Biography: The hard-blues band of the sixties was the brainchild of blues historians and record collectors Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (guitar, harmonica, vocals) and Bob Hite (harmonica, vocals.) They were joined by ex Frank Zappa Mother of Invention member Henry Vestine on guitar. The group formed in time to participate at both the Woodstock and the Moneterey music festivals. The group took its name from a 1928 Tommy Johnson song and also relied heavily on that period for some of the groups top songs.

Their debut album Canned Heat was released not long after their appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Their second album 1968's Boogie with Canned Heat had Adolfo "Fito" De La Parra replacing Frank Cook on the drums and was more successful spawning the hit single "On the Road Again." In 1969 they released Livin' the Blues which although lacking consistency did produce their biggest hit single "Goin' Up the Country," In August of 1969 the band appeared at the Woodstock Music and Art Festival with their performance appearing on both the album and in the movie.

In 1970 they brought in John Lee Hooker for the double album Hooker 'N' Heat which became the first album for Hooker to make the charts. Unfortunately Wilson died of a drug overdose in an apparent suicide in September 1970. The group had one additional hit with a cover of Wilbert Harrison's "Let's Work Together."

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