{"id":206,"date":"2012-05-23T17:51:18","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T17:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/?p=206"},"modified":"2022-06-22T04:45:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T04:45:10","slug":"canned-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/band-trivia\/canned-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Canned Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Canned Heat by Steve Rose\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NLHQlS0P5nk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>By: Stephen Rose<br \/>\nCanned Heat was the rock band that put the boogie in the blues.\u00a0 They were featured in two of the most prominent rock festivals of the sixties: The Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967, and the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969.<br \/>\nCanned Heat was formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by Bob \u201cThe Bear\u201d Hite and Alan \u201cBlind Owl\u201d Wilson, two blues historians and record collectors.\u00a0 Their vision for the band was to pay tribute to traditional blues music while updating the sound and arrangements for contemporary rock audiences of the &#8217;60s.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/canned_heat_021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-231\" style=\"margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; border-width: 2px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/canned_heat_021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a>Bob Hite\u2019s love of rare 78 recordings of classic blues artists led to a job managing a record store in Los Angeles where he met fellow blues enthusiast Alan Wilson.\u00a0 Alan Wilson was a music major at Boston University, and multi-instrumentalist (guitar, harmonica, piano), who had already performed on albums with Son House and John Fahey.<br \/>\nHite and Wilson chose the name Canned Heat from a 1928 recording by Tommy Johnson called \u201cCanned Heat Blues.\u201d \u00a0It was a song about getting high by drinking a combination of soda and sterno.<br \/>\nWith Hite on lead vocals and Wilson playing harmonica and guitar, the original core group was rounded out by Stuart Brotman on bass (who soon left to form the band Kaleidoscope with David Lindley); and Frank Cook on drums (who had previously performed with jazz trumpeter Chet Baker and R&amp;B stars Shirley Ellis and Dobie Gray).\u00a0 This quartet began gigging in 1965 as the &#8220;Canned Heat Jug Band,&#8221; but broke up in early 1966 after failing to capture an audience that could appreciate their \u201cpure\u201d acoustic take on the blues.<br \/>\nLater in 1966, Hite and Wilson reformed the group with the addition of Henry \u201cSunflower\u201d Vestine on lead guitar, who at Hite\u2019s suggestion was added to appeal to the younger, more rock-oriented, audiences of the day.\u00a0 Vestine was a fellow record collector and blues enthusiast who had played with Frank Zappa in an early blues-based incarnation of the Mothers of Invention.\u00a0 On bass, the group recruited Mark Andes, who would go on to have a long career playing with Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne, and Heart.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_234\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Henry Vestine in the studio (April 1967)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/canned_heat_03_henry_vestine1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234\" class=\"size-full wp-image-234\" style=\"margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/canned_heat_03_henry_vestine1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Henry Vestine in the studio (April 1967)<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThe new lineup started with a gig at the Ash Grove on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, then began playing regularly at the Topanga Corral in the Santa Monica Mountains.\u00a0 In early 1967, Canned Heat was invited to become the house band at the Kaleidoscope, on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.\u00a0 In March they were offered a recording contract with Liberty Records.\u00a0 At this point Mark Andes was replaced on bass by Brooklyn-born Larry \u201cThe Mole\u201d Taylor, brother of The Ventures drummer Mark Taylor.\u00a0 Larry Taylor had experience touring with Jerry Lee Lewis.\u00a0 He also worked as a session musician on the Monkees first two albums, playing on several tracks including their theme song and the hits \u201cLast Train to Clarksville\u201d and \u201c(I\u2019m Not Your) Stepping Stone.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/canned_heat_09_vintage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219 alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; border-width: 2px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/canned_heat_09_vintage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>In April 1967, Canned Heat entered the studio and recorded a series of demos under the production of R&amp;B legend Johnny Otis.\u00a0 These demos were eventually released as the \u201cVintage Heat\u201d album.\u00a0 While lacking the polished production values of their later official releases, these early recordings have a cool garage band vibe and contain the blueprint for the sound they would perfect on later recordings.\u00a0 [Three more demos from this session appear on the Canned Heat \u201cUncanned\u201d anthology, including an extended version of their first hit, \u201cOn The Road Again\u201d adapted by Alan Wilson from pianist James Burke Oden.]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/canned_heat_10_first_album.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-222\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/canned_heat_10_first_album.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a>Canned Heat\u2019s eponymous debut was released three weeks after their appearance in June 1967 at the Monterey International Pop Festival. \u00a0It perfectly achieved the two co-founder\u2019s vision for faithfully combining country and urban blues with electric rock to create a traditional yet contemporary album of powerful blues recordings.<br \/>\nBob Hite sings lead on most tracks, including a rocking up tempo cover of William Harris\u2019 \u201cBullfrog Blues,\u201d driven by Larry Taylor\u2019s pounding bass; and the slow burning blues of \u201cThe Story of My Life,\u201d a showcase for Henry Vestine\u2019s fretwork.\u00a0 Alan Wilson delivered an effective lead vocal and blistering harp solo on \u201cHelp Me.\u201d\u00a0 His harmonica also gets a workout on \u201cGoing Down Slow;\u201d while his slide guitar is featured prominently on \u201cRollin\u2019 and Tumblin\u201d (derived from the Muddy Waters arrangement), and \u201cDust My Broom\u201d (made famous by Elmore James).\u00a0 Other highlights included \u201cEvil is Going On,\u201d \u201cCatfish Blues,\u201d and \u201cRich Woman.\u201d<br \/>\nBy the end of 1967, Frank Cook was replaced on drums by Mexican-born Adolfo \u201cFito\u201d de la Parra.\u00a0 Fito had performed with several Mexican bands in Los Angeles, and had earned a gold record with Los Hooligans for the single \u201cDespeinada.\u201d\u00a0 The addition of Fito on drums finalized Canned Heat\u2019s \u201cclassic\u201d 60\u2019s lineup.<br \/>\nUnfortunately, the group\u2019s good fortune was short lived.\u00a0 On their first tour, Canned Heat was busted in Denver for drug possession.\u00a0 To make bail, the band received a $10,000 advance from Liberty Records in exchange for their publishing rights.\u00a0 This setback would eventually lead to financial hardships that &#8211; in addition to drug abuse &#8211; would plague the band throughout their career.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/canned_heat_11_boogie_album.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-228\" style=\"margin-right: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; border-width: 2px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/canned_heat_11_boogie_album.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a>Canned Heat\u2019s commercial breakthrough came in January 1968 with the release of their second album, \u201cBoogie with Canned Heat,\u201d which established them with the hippie ballroom audiences as the \u201ckings of boogie.\u201d\u00a0 The album was made up primarily of originals including \u201cAmphetamine Annie,\u201d about a girl that Bob Hite knew who died from a drug overdose; \u00a0\u201cMy Crime,\u201d about the band\u2019s drug bust in Denver, and Henry Vestine&#8217;s showcase on the instrumental \u201cMarie Laveau,\u201d named for the Creole voodoo queen.\u00a0 Also on the album was the #16 hit \u201cOn The Road Again,\u201d featuring a droning sitar and Alan Wilson\u2019s haunting falsetto vocals.\u00a0 Other highlights include \u201cWorld in a Jug;\u201d and \u201cFried Hockey Boogie,\u201d an 11-minute boogie based on a traditional blues rhythm used in both John Lee Hooker\u2019s \u201cBoogie Chillen\u201d and Slim Harpo\u2019s \u201cShake Your Hips.\u201d\u00a0[In 1973, ZZ Top used the same riff at the start of their song \u201cLa Grange.\u201d]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Canned_Heat_12_Living_The_Blues.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-241\" style=\"margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; border-width: 2px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Canned_Heat_12_Living_The_Blues.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u201cLiving The Blues,\u201d their third album, released in October 1968, was a double album containing the first instance in rock history of a single song \u2013 a live cut of Refried Boogie &#8211; covering both sides of an LP.\u00a0 The album also contained the hippie anthem \u201cGoing Up the Country,\u201d based on the 1928 Henry Thomas tune \u201cGoing Down South.\u201d\u00a0 This Alan Wilson arranged single reached number #11 in the U.S. and #19 inEngland. \u00a0[A live version of the song would be featured prominently in the 1970 documentary film \u201cWoodstock.\u201d]<br \/>\n.<br \/>\nIn July 1969, Canned Heat released their fourth studio album, \u201cHallelujah.\u201d It was highlighted by the group-written track \u201cSame All Over;\u201d the Alan Wilson-penned single \u201cTime Was;\u201d and the anti-police anthem \u201cSic \u2018em Pigs.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_245\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/canned_heat_08_HarveyMandel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-245\" class=\"size-full wp-image-245\" style=\"margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; border-style: solid;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/canned_heat_08_HarveyMandel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adolfo de la Parra and Harvey Mandel<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nBy the summer of 1969, drug troubles led to the firing of lead guitarist Henry Vestine, who was temporarily replaced by Mike Bloomfield before Harvey Mandel was chosen as his replacement.\u00a0 Mandel was a seasoned Chicago blues musician with a 1968 solo album under his belt, and had worked with Bloomfield, Barry Goldberg and Charlie Musselwhite.<br \/>\nHarvey Mandel performed with the band in August 1969 at Woodstock, and in 1970 he accompanied the band on their European tour \u2013 including dates at the Isle of Wight, Montreaux, and on the German television program \u201cBeat Club.\u201d\u00a0 The band\u2019s first live album was released in 1971 from this tour.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/canned_heat_14_future_blues.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-246\" style=\"margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; border-width: 2px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/canned_heat_14_future_blues.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"305\" \/><\/a>In August 1970, Canned Heat released their fifth studio album \u201cFuture Blues.\u201d\u00a0 It featured Harvey Mandel on lead guitar and included the band\u2019s last major hit, a cover of Wilbert Harrison\u2019s \u201cLets Work Together,\u201d which reached #2 in the U.K. and #26 in the states.<br \/>\nCanned Heat released three albums in 1971.\u00a0 The first, titled \u201cHooker \u2018N Heat,\u201d was a collaboration with John Lee Hooker. It was the first Hooker album to chart, reaching number 79 in the Billboard charts.\u00a0 John Lee Hooker begins the set with several solo pieces including \u201cMessin\u2019 With The Hook,\u201d \u201cSittin\u2019 Here Thinkin\u2019,\u201d and \u201cMeet Me in the Bottom.\u201d\u00a0 He is then joined by Alan Wilson on harmonica for \u201cYou Talk Too Much,\u201d and \u201cBurning Hell.\u201d\u00a0 Alan Wilson switches over to piano for \u201cThe World Today,\u201d\u00a0 then guitar for \u201cI Got My Eyes On You.\u201d\u00a0 The rest of the band joins in for \u201cLet\u2019s Make It\u201d and \u201cPeavine.\u201d\u00a0 Henry Vestine gets a chance to stretch out on lead guitar for \u201cJust You and Me,\u201d and \u201cBoogie Chillen No. 2.\u201d\u00a0 Recorded in May 1970, this album represents the final studio recordings to include co-founder and musical director Alan Wilson who died from a suicidal drug overdose in September 1970.<br \/>\nThe second album from 1971 was titled \u201cLive at the Topanga Coral.\u201d Interestingly, these recordings are not actually from the band\u2019s 1966 residence at the Topanga Corral, but were recorded years later in July 1968 at the Kaleidoscope.\u00a0 Liberty Records, the band\u2019s label, did not want to release a live album at the time. \u00a0Therefore, in order to raise some extra cash, manager Skip Taylor claimed the recordings were from the earlier date &#8211; prior to when the band was under contract with Liberty\u2013 in order to sell the tapes to a competing label.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Canned-Heat_17_Topanga.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-249\" style=\"margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; border-width: 2px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Canned-Heat_17_Topanga.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Although the Live at Topanga Corral recordings are primitive (probably soundboard), they serve as a valuable reminder of how powerful Canned Heat\u2019s contemporary take on traditional blues could be on a night when the pieces came together and the band jelled.\u00a0 A fine example is their cover of the B.B. King standard \u201cSweet Little Sixteen,\u201d featuring Alan Wilson\u2019s distinctive delta rhythms which perfectly complemented Henry Vestine\u2019s fuzzed-out leads.\u00a0 Another highlight is the opening track \u201cBullfrog Blues,\u201d played by the band with a red-hot fervor.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Henry Vestine returned to lead guitar on Canned Heat\u2019s sixth album \u201cHistorical Figures and Ancient Heads,\u201d released in December 1971. \u00a0This album was a fairly routine blues workout played with surprising energy and enthusiasm by a band that must have been devastated from the tremendous loss of their co-founder, the irreplaceable Alan Wilson.\u00a0 Joel Scott Hill (later of the Flying Burrito Brothers) filled in for Wilson on rhythm guitar, and handled the vocals on several tracks, including the opener, \u201cSneakin\u2019 Around;\u201d and the Jimmy Roger\u2019s classic, \u201cThat\u2019s All Right,\u201d which featured Harvey Mandel on lead guitar.\u00a0 Hill takes the guitar lead on his instrumental, \u201cHill\u2019s Stomp.\u201d\u00a0 Another instrumental, \u201cI Don\u2019t Care What You Tell Me,\u201d written by Adolfo de la Parra, features Charles Lloyd on flute.\u00a0 Other highlights include a collaboration with Little Richard on \u201cRockin\u2019 with the King;\u201d and the single, \u201cLong Way From L.A.\u201d\u00a0 The album closes with a ferocious jam on the extended track, \u201cUtah.\u201d\u00a0 [This lineup of the group is also captured on the \u201cLive at the Turku Rock Festival\u201d album.]<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/canned_heat_18_historial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-258\" style=\"margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; border-width: 2px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/canned_heat_18_historial.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Canned Heat\u2019s final album for United Artist, \u201cThe New Age,\u201d released in 1973, \u00a0featured James Shane on guitar.\u00a0 His song, \u201cThe Harley-Davidson Blues,\u201d became a popular biker anthem.\u00a0 [Famed rock journalist Lester Bangs was fired from Rolling Stone magazine for writing a \u201cdisrespectful\u201d review of this album.]<br \/>\nBob Hite\u2019s last studio album with Canned Heat was 1978\u2019s \u201cHuman Condition.\u201d\u00a0 (The title track was an Alan Wilson composition first recorded in July 1970.)\u00a0 Mark Skyer plays lead guitar and contributes vocals on several tracks including \u201cHot Money,\u201d \u201cJust Got To Be There,\u201d and \u201cOpen Up Your Back Door\u201d (which includes the Chambers Brothers on vocals).\u00a0 Other highlights include \u201cHouse of Blue Lights,\u201d and \u201cShe\u2019s Looking Good,\u201d featuring Harvey Mandel on lead guitar<br \/>\nOn April 5, 1981, Bob Hite collapsed during a show at the Palomino in Los Angeles, and was later found dead at the age of 38.\u00a0 Shortly before his death he appeared with the band on the live recording \u201cBoogie Assault\u201d (also released as \u201cLive from Oz\u201d) from their 1981 Australia tour with Walter Trout on guitar.<br \/>\nHenry Vestine\u2019s last recording with the band was \u201cThe Canned Heat Blues Band,\u201d released in 1996.\u00a0 He died in Paris in December 1997 at the conclusion of the band\u2019s European tour.<br \/>\nDrummer Fito de la Parra continues to tour and record with the band, remaining the band\u2019s only constant member since their heyday in the 1960s. \u00a0In 2010, Larry Taylor and Harvey Mandel rejoined the group in the \u201cWoodstock Reunited\u201d lineup and together with Fito are currently touring worldwide.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_250\" style=\"width: 483px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/canned_heat_05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-250\" class=\"size-full wp-image-250 \" style=\"margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/canned_heat_05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larry Taylor, Alan Wilson, Adolfo de la Parra, Bob Hite, Henry Vestine<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Recommended Listening<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Canned Heat (self titled debut)<br \/>\nCanned Heat \u2013 Boogie with Canned Heat<br \/>\nCanned Heat \u2013 Future Blues<br \/>\nCanned Heat \u2013 Live at Topanga Corral<br \/>\nCanned Heat &#8211; Vintage Heat<br \/>\nCanned Heat \u2013 Uncanned! The Best of Canned Heat<br \/>\nV\/A &#8211; Monterey International Pop Festival 30<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary Box Set<br \/>\nV\/A &#8211; Woodstock 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur\u2019s Farm<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Recommended Viewing<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Woodstock Directors Cut<br \/>\nThe Complete Monterey Pop Festival<br \/>\nCanned Heat EP DVD<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0Videos<\/h2>\n<p>MontereyPop Festival (Saturday, June 17, 1967)<br \/>\n<a href=\"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1xF9yi3CLk0\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1xF9yi3CLk0<\/a><br \/>\nI\u2019m Her Man, Woodstock (Saturday, August 16, 1969)<br \/>\n<a href=\"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JRxP0NCv-7w&amp;feature=related\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JRxP0NCv-7w&amp;feature=related<\/a><br \/>\nFried Hockey Boogie, Woodstock (Saturday, August 16, 1969)<br \/>\n<a href=\"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EqnKt19ds6U\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EqnKt19ds6U<\/a><br \/>\nOn The Road Again, Woodstock (Saturday, August 16, 1969)<br \/>\n<a href=\"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FBxn5RFBJsA\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FBxn5RFBJsA<\/a><br \/>\nGoing Up The Country<br \/>\n<a href=\"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BDPSox7whqI&amp;feature=fvwrel\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BDPSox7whqI&amp;feature=fvwrel<\/a><br \/>\nOn The Road Again<br \/>\n<a href=\"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PHKEXHZ02m4&amp;feature=related\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PHKEXHZ02m4&amp;feature=related<\/a><br \/>\nLet&#8217;s Work Together<br \/>\n<a href=\"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MN7j-LCgaiE&amp;feature=related\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MN7j-LCgaiE&amp;feature=related<\/a><br \/>\nMove On Down The Road (Beat Club, 1970)<br \/>\n<a href=\"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i7DcNDq39AI&amp;feature=related\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i7DcNDq39AI&amp;feature=related<\/a><br \/>\nHuman Condition (Kralingen, 1970)<br \/>\n<a href=\"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8PRt8HY_9ug&amp;feature=relmfu\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8PRt8HY_9ug&amp;feature=relmfu<\/a><br \/>\nShake and Boogie (Montreaux, 1973)<br \/>\n<a href=\"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0GPzXUROj0U&amp;feature=related\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0GPzXUROj0U&amp;feature=related<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Stephen Rose Canned Heat was the rock band that put the boogie in the blues.\u00a0 They were featured in two of the most prominent rock festivals of the sixties: The Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967, and the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969. 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