CBB - TIME WAS cover Canned Heat
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ROBERTO - chitarra ritmica e solista , voce
SANDRO - basso
CARLO - batteria
from album " HALLELUJAH " - 1969
Canned Heat became famous because their knowledge and love of blues music was both broad and deep. Formed in 1966, Canned Heat was founded by blues historians and record collectors Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson and Bob "The Bear" Hite. Drawing on an encyclopedic knowledge of all phases of the genre, the group specialized in updating old, little-known blues recordings. Applying this bold approach, the band achieved two worldwide hits, "On The Road Again" in 1968 and "Going Up The Country" in 1969. These were interpretations inspired by the late 1920s blues recordings of Floyd Jones and Henry Thomas.
Canned Heat attracted international attention and secured their niche in the pages of rock 'n' roll history with their performances at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival (along with Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and The Who) and their headline slot at the original 1969 Woodstock Festival. Alan Wilson was already known for his distinctive harmonica work when he accompanied veteran bluesman Son House on his rediscovery album, "Father of the Delta Blues." Hite took the name Canned Heat from a 1928 recording by Tommy Johnson. They were joined by Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine, another ardent record collector and former member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, who could unleash keyboard fireworks at a moment's notice. Rounding out the band in 1967 were Larry "The Mole" Taylor on bass, an experienced session musician who had played with Jerry Lee Lewis and The Monkees, and Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra on drums who had played in two of Latin America's biggest bands, Los Sinners and Los Hooligans, and later with The Platters, The Shirelles, T-Bone Walker, and Etta James.
Canned Heat's unique blend of modern electric blues, rock, and boogie has earned them a loyal following and influenced many aspiring guitarists and bands over the past four decades. Their Top 40 country-blues-rock songs, "On The Road Again," "Let's Work Together," and "Going Up The Country," have become rock anthems around the world, with the latter being adopted as the unofficial theme song for the movie Woodstock. Their cover of Wilbert Harrison's "Let's Work Together" was actually their biggest hit, reaching number one in 31 different countries around the world.
Much of Canned Heat's legacy comes from these three classic early recordings, which featured two unique talents, both of whom died young: Alan Wilson (b. July 4, 1943, Boston, Massachusetts; d. September 3, 1970, Topanga, California), a gifted slide guitarist, harmonica player, songwriter, and vocalist with a high tenor reminiscent of blues great Skip James; and Bob Hite (b. February 26, 1945, Torrance, California; d. April 6, 1981, Venice, California), a blues howler whose imposing frame earned him the nickname "The Bear." His size was matched only by his equally vast knowledge of blues music.
In July 1969, Hallelujah, their fourth album, was released. Melody Maker, a British newspaper, wrote, "Though less ambitious than some of their work, this is still an excellent blues-based album and they remain the most compelling of the white electric blues groups." The album contained several strong tracks, particularly the original "Same All Over", with lyrics by Skip Taylor describing the journey and the events of the year spent on the road. The tense "Get Off My Back", which featured some nice psychedelic guitar work by Henry Vestine, was equally strong, as was "Big Fat", a reworking of Fats Domino's 1950 R&B hit, "The Fat Man", which was nicely boosted by Hite's explosive harmonica and singing.
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