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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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2	Going Up The Country full track	1,209
3	Let's Work Together full track	616
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6	Spoonful full track	325
7	Big Road Blues full track	287
8	Fried Hockey Boogie full track	254
9	Bullfrog Blues full track	236
10	Time Was full track	231
11	Goin' Up the Country full track	218
12	Dust My Broom full track	216
13	Got My Mojo Working full track	196
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NisforN wrote:
last month

so good:)

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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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Lord_Krichian wrote:
September 2009

really good

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Nilsmedskills wrote:
August 2009

He sounds like a giiiiirl with a deep voice

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SplinterAce wrote:
August 2009

best fucking band ever

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TheGreenLeafMWM wrote:
August 2009

great band!

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eVokker wrote:
August 2009

Oh i so want to play Battlefield Vietnam after this :P

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BillyIdolsHair wrote:
August 2009

No sir, what the hell is up with your voice?

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Gohel wrote:
July 2009

What the hell is up with his voice ?

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haneater wrote:
July 2009

woonderful guitar

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