Canned Heat

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Canned Heat is a blues-rock/boogie band that formed in Los Angeles in 1965. The group has been noted for its own interpretations of blues material as well as for efforts to promote the interest in this type of music and its original artists. It was launched by two blues enthusiasts, Alan Wilson and Bob Hite, who took the name from Tommy Johnson’s 1928 Canned Heat Blues, a song about an alcoholic who has desperately turned to drinking Sterno, generically called “canned heat”. After appearances at Monterey and Woodstock, at the end of the ’60s the band had acquired worldwide notoriety with a lineup consisting of Bob Hite, vocals, Alan Wilson guitar, harmonica and vocals, Henry Vestine or Harvey Mandel on lead guitar, Larry Taylor on bass, and Adolfo (‘Fito’) de la Parra on drums. Since the early ’70s numerous personnel changes have occurred and today, in the fifth decade of the band’s existence, Fito de la Parra is the only original member from the glorious epoch. He has authored a book about the band’s career[1]. Larry Taylor, whose presence in the band has not been steady, is the other surviving member from the earliest lineups. Harvey Mandel, Walter Trout and Junior Watson are among the guitarists who gained notoriety for playing in later editions of the band. British blues pioneer John Mayall has frequently found musicians for his band among former Canned Heat members.

Rising to fame

Early lineups

1	On The Road Again full track	1,588
2	Going Up The Country full track	861
3	Let's Work Together full track	436
4	Bullfrog Blues full track	288
5	Amphetamine Annie full track	258
6	Rollin' and Tumblin' full track	217
7	Time Was full track	192
8	Dust My Broom full track	168
9	Fried Hockey Boogie full track	162
10	Goin' Up the Country full track	151
11	Sugar Bee	115
12	My Crime	111
13	Evil Woman	109
14	Same All Over full track	106
15	Big Road Blues full track	101

Top Albums

Uncanned! The Best of Canned Heat
Canned Heat
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Canned Heat
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Boogie House Tapes Volume 3
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Hellequin53 wrote:
13 days ago

Saw them last weekend in Hamilton. Awesome show.

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BrianJohnson89 wrote:
14 days ago

Alan Wilson rules!

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baaan012 wrote:
27 days ago

i love sandy's blues

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[deleted-user] wrote:
last month

I interviewed Fito de la Parra in 1991, in Mexico City. In this age, Henry Vestine is yet alive. Fito told about the first performance in Mexico, and all political points surrender this performance. Fito is a great person, and now he carry in his shoulders the band.
bigjackd wrote:
last month

the boys were good was lucky to see the live at the old Topanga Corral

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jujuchien wrote:
last month

canned heat makes me fly

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BobbieWest wrote:
June 2008

And Bear died onstage! That's the way to do it!oh, and...don't forget to boogie!

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Niklando wrote:
May 2008

YEAH! il gruppo blues più potente di sempre!

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Der_Tip wrote:
May 2008

so huge!

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aschlietuna wrote:
May 2008

geil

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jess502 wrote:
May 2008

One of the most underrated bands ever.

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shedao wrote:
May 2008

Why on the hell in related groups is Tim Burton?? What such second-rate director has to do with such a great band?

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ArcticKoen wrote:
April 2008

I'm on the road again, damn i love this song.

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munakorva wrote:
April 2008

Skat is insane track! Love it :DDD

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jujuchien wrote:
April 2008

im blown a w a y

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borg20 wrote:
March 2008

battlefield vietnam the game

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borg20 wrote:
March 2008

On the road again! I recognize it from a movie or something. I checked out imdb.com but no bells ringed. does somebody know if it featured on something else cool?

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182 wrote:
March 2008

Alan Wilson was brilliant. Rip dude

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Skwerlly wrote:
February 2008

Fried Hockey Boogie Ya'II!!!

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theapril-sea wrote:
January 2008

...but i'm on the road again<3 great band.

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