Canned Heat

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Los Angeles, United States (1965 – present)

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.

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Top Tracks

1	On The Road Again full track	1,755
2	Going Up The Country full track	1,238
3	Let's Work Together full track	597
4	Amphetamine Annie full track	367
5	Rollin' And Tumblin'	285
6	Goin' Up the Country full track	261
7	Fried Hockey Boogie full track	259
8	Time Was full track	251
9	Bullfrog Blues	232
10	Dust My Broom	212
11	Same All Over	149
12	My Crime full track	148
13	World In A Jug full track	141
14	Sugar Bee	132
15	Evil Woman full track	123

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sarah988 wrote:
8 hours ago

good stuff!!

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Streetee wrote:
last month

best bands* I know I can delete the comment, I just didn't feel like it this time.

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Streetee wrote:
last month

one of the bands from the 60s!

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mynameisjoehann wrote:
last month

just so good

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Veldrin13 wrote:
last month

Watching the 1969 Woodstock footage of them right now. Fucking hilarious! This one dude taking a cigarette from the singer.

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HamsterOfHell wrote:
December 2009

did you? wow

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zyffe-- wrote:
December 2009

I love the performance where they play Goin' Up The Country and the dude playin' the flute holds it upside down at the beginning of the song :D PRETTY STONED DUDES! Also, the dance of the fluteplayer and the other dude is pretty amazing.

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Panek wrote:
December 2009

Finally I have the full, 28-minute version of Woodstock Boogie... Goddamn... fucking amazing shit!!! Canned Heat's Woodstock performance has got to be one of the best shows I ever heard.

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Vespapreta wrote:
December 2009

"Boggie With Canned Heat" rox...best album im my opinion

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Lionheartattack wrote:
October 2009

On the Road Again still remains the only Canned Heat song I've ever heard. Anyways, listening to it the first time I guess in years now, I think it's brilliant! :)

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Envisaomdoden wrote:
October 2009

Legends!

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TheJR wrote:
October 2009

Amazing stuff.

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fifcok wrote:
October 2009

damn, I'm addicted to his voice...

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mdrosa wrote:
October 2009

best band ever

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glassbottle wrote:
September 2009

great

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Jesakah_Punkah wrote:
September 2009

CANNED HEAT + WOODSTOCK = INCREDIBLE. <3

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victor123 wrote:
September 2009

Man, are the sixties overrated or what. 3 decent songs (rightfully 1,2 and 3 here) and a heap of crap and they make for a classic sixties band. Nowadays we would call it a one hit wonder and be done with it. Overrated and outdated.

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Screamsdontfall wrote:
September 2009

So is the band.

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kyusslover wrote:
September 2009

Dude Battelfield Vietnam was amazing

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kyusslover wrote:
September 2009

eVokker! I remember that! That was a great game!

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