CANNED HEAT: at Liberty (in the 1960's)
by Paul Mason
~
How did Canned Heat come together?
Bob Hite:
"I met John Fahey, who is a very good country blues guitar picker and
he's also a scholar on the blues. We struck up a good friendship. It
was a lot of fun playing record and swapping stories of different blues
singers. I borrowed a tape from him and he disappeared for a year and I
didn't see him. This was about 1965 and I'd gotten a job in a record
shop in Westwood, California. This guy came in that I'd never seen
before, and said, 'Are you Hite?' I went, 'Yeah!' He said, 'Fahey wants
his tape back.' I said, 'Sure, where is he?' The guy said, 'He was in
Louisiana, but he's back now and he wants his tape back.'
"Well, look, here's my phone number, we'll get together on a Wednesday
night maybe, play some records. Come out to my house, (I was living
with my parents) and we'll have a good time."
"So he showed up on Wednesday night with Alan Wilson and this fellow
who'd come into the record shop, Mike Purlaman. We started playing
records and after about ten o'clock my mother came in and said, 'It's a
bit loud, would you turn it down'. So I said 'ok' and turned it down.
When she left it came back up. She came back in a couple of more times
and on the fourth trip, she said the landlord's complaining now, and
the neighbors. Finally, it was, 'We're going to get kicked out of here
if you don't turn down that record player....so I turned it off."
"Alan Wilson had his harmonica's with him, Fahey had his guitar, so did
Michael. I played trumpet and that didn't really fit into the country
blues, so I played the jug. We decided right there and then we ought to
have a band. That was the original personnel of CANNED HEAT."
http://travelingboy.com/tim/travel-tim-march08.html
Bob
Hite: "It was when I turned off the record player to please my mother.
I mean I was a big boy then, but it was her home and I wanted to please
her. Then Al played guitar and we decided to form a band."
"You ever know
a genius? Well he was one. They are as sharp as a tack on the thing
they know and just don't think about anything else. Al was a genius. He
could pick up any instrument and play it - guitar, harpsichord,
trumpet, you name it."
- Disc & Music Echo Magazine 16th October 1971
UNNAMED "ACUSTIC" REHEARSAL BLUES BAND (NOV 1965)
(only one rehearsal))
1) Alan 'Al' Wilson (aka 'Guru', aka 'Blind Owl') harmonica
2) Robert Hite Jr. (aka 'Big Bob Hite') trumpet, jug
3) Michael 'Mike' Perlowin acoustic guitar
5) John Aloysius Fahey acoustic guitar
Tape recording of this or similar line-up
Shake It and Break It *
One Kind Favour *
Country Blues (Alan Wilson solo guitar and vocals) *
* available as unofficial release
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UNNAMED "ELECTRIC" REHEARSAL BLUES BAND (NOV 1965 - DEC 1965 (only a
couple of rehearsals))
1) Al Wilson vocals, harmonica, tambura, flute,
piano, rhythm guitar, slide guitar, bottleneck guitar
2) Bob Hite lead
vocals,
3) Mike Perlowin lead guitar
4) Keith Sawyer drums
5) Stuart
Alan 'Stu' Brotman bass
Bob Hite: '... well, you see how it was, this kid named Mike Pearl [Mike Perlowin] was
our guitar player and we were rehearsing, and he went out and got a gig
for us long before it was time for us to go out and play any gigs. He
went and got this gig, and gave us two days to get it together and go
play. And we fired him...'
- Special from MARTIN WEBB in Vancouver, NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS Friday March 7, 1970
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Tale of 'Canned Heat's' Name
'[Alan]
Wilson's roommate Mike Bass had sugested the name Canned Heat. He and
Wilson were visiting with guitarist Steve Mann, whose musical
associations included Janis Joplin and Frank Zappa. Mann joked, "Why
don't you dress up like cops and call yourself The Heat?" Bass
responded by recommending Canned Heat for a band name
"We
were talking about the heat, meaning the police," said Wilson. "Someone
said, 'Why don't you call the band 'The Heat?' And so Michael exploded
from his chair, as he is wont to do, and he suggested Canned Heat. So
that was it; everybody thought that sounded pretty good."'
- 'Blind Owl Blues: The Mysterious Life and Death of Blues Legend Alan Wilson', Rebecca Davis pp83-4
Sterno 'Canned Heat' ad c1915
'The band had, of course, been named
after the Tommy Johnson song "Canned Heat Blues". Therein, Johnson sang
about his addiction to a drink made from the cooking fuel Sterno.
Described on its label as "canned heat", Sterno was used as an illicit
alcohol substitute during Prohibition times. It was said to produce a
drunken high, though the physical effects were unpleasant at best and
deadly at worst'
- 'Blind Owl Blues: The Mysterious Life and Death of Blues Legend Alan Wilson', Rebecca Davis pp118-9
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND [#1]
(DEC 1965 - JAN 1966)
1) Bob Hite
2) Al
Wilson
3) Stu Brotman
4) Kenneth Michael 'Kenny' Edwards lead guitar
5)
Ron Holmes drums
Bob Hite: "Well, the minute Fahey found out it was going to be electric,
it was too much for him to handle, so he pulled out. Mike Purlaman was
so excited; he went and got us a job at the Ash Grove. And we hadn't
even rehearsed yet. We managed to find another guitar player, a drummer
and a bass player. We rehearsed a couple of times, ended up firing Mike
Purlaman, who had gotten us the job in the first place, and we got a
fellow called Kenny Edwards who was with Linda Ronstadt and the Stone
Poneys. He was our slide player. Alan said he would just play rhythm
guitar and harmonica.
http://travelingboy.com/tim/travel-tim-march08.html
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOW: December 1965, 'Best From The West', Ash Grove, Los Angeles
Bob Hite: "So we played the job at the Ash Grove and
they liked us so much that they paid us $5.00 apiece, (it was supposed
to be a freebie) and said come back tomorrow night for Part II of our
'Best of the Best' concert. We went out to Canter's, which was the
local hangout in Los Angeles, for all the rock musicians and weird
people. Allen Ginsberg and all the strangies that hung out in the
middle of the night. By day Canter's looked like a shule and by night
it looked like hippie heaven. So we wrote our name on the bathroom wall
and did all the things a successful rock act would do."
http://travelingboy.com/tim/travel-tim-march08.html
Bob
Hite: 'We played the
Ashgrove just that one time, as a matter of fact, and then we played
the Corral, and then we went back for professional playing purposes.
and in that early stage of the game we also played the Whiskey A-Go-Go,
and that was it. Then we couldn't get gigs, because all we played was
blues, you know, and in those days that wasn't happening at all. It was
still rock and roll.'
- Special from MARTIN WEBB in Vancouver, NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS Friday March 7, 1970
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CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND [#2]
(JAN 1966 - FEB 1966)
1) Al Wilson
2)
Bob Hite
3) Kenny Edwards
4) Ron Holmes
5) Stu Brotman
6) Henry Charles
Vestine (aka Smilin', aka The Sunflower) lead guitar
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOW:
January 1966 Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA (The band played there two
nights in a row. On the second day
blues guitarist Henry Vestine was in the audience and plays with them the following night.
Bob Hite: "I
called up Henry Vestine who was a friend of mine and said, "I've got a
band and you've got to come hear us. We played last night and we're
playing again tonight, come on down'. He (Vestine) at that time was
playing with the Mothers of Invention, Zappa's Group. He said,
'Alright, I'll come down.'"
- 'The Bear' by Tim Mattox http://travelingboy.com/tim/travel-tim-march08.html
Henry Vestine with The Mothers
Bob Hite:
"Two days later, about four o'clock in the morning, the phone rang. My
father came in and said, 'One of your friends is on the phone and from
now on, tell him to call at a decent hour. So I went out and it was
Henry. 'I want to be in your band.' 'You're hired.' So that made six."
- 'The Bear' by Tim Mattox http://travelingboy.com/tim/travel-tim-march08.html
Seems
that Henry Vestine held off announcing he was leaving until the Verve deal was signed and secure.
for dates see Mothers' site> http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/chronology/1965-1969.html
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND AUDITION:
Early 1966 The Sea Witch, West Hollywood, CA
Bob Hite: 'We rehearsed with six guys, went for an audition at the Sea Witch,
which was kind of a funky place down on the Sunset Strip, and it just
didn't work. So we had to get rid of Kenny.'
- 'The Bear' by Tim Mattox http://travelingboy.com/tim/travel-tim-march08.html
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND [#3]
(FEB 1966 - AUG 1966)
1) Bob Hite
2)
Al Wilson
3) Stu Brotman
4) Henry Vestine
5) Frank Lenord Clayman-Cook (aka
Gullible, aka Mr. Fuzzy) drums
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND [#3.1]
(July 1966 - AUG 1966)
1) Bob Hite
2)
Al Wilson
3) Stu Brotman
4) Henry Vestine
5) Frank Lenord Clayman-Cook (aka
Gullible, aka Mr. Fuzzy) drums
6) Barry Lowell Bastian (aka The Bee)
lead guitar (filled in for Henry Vestine for a few gigs )
CANNED HEAT 'Way-Out Blues Band' LIVE SHOW:
April 22, 1966 U.C.L.A. Student Union Grand Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA
(In Concert for Mardi Gras, with The Association, The Chocolate Chips & Seven A'
Comin')
Bob Hite and Henry Vestine weren't
available for this gig, so Stu Brotman played lead guitar with Al
Wilson on slide, harmonica and vocals and Frank Cook on drums
June 27th 1966 - Bob Hite applies for union membership of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOWS: July, 1966
Bruno Ceriotti
(Rock historian): Apparently
Henry rejoined The Mothers again around July 1966 right after "Freak
Out!" was released. I don't know what happened to Elliot Ingber, but
Zappa asked Henry to temporarily joined them again for a brief tour
(supposedly the one the band did in July 1966 in Maryland, Michigan,
Texas and Washington), so Henry asked his best friend Barry to fill in
for him in the Canned Heat because the band had a few gigs already
booked and Henry was scared that the band would replaced him definitely.
http://rockprosopography102.blogspot.com/2010/03/canned-heat-performance-list-work-in.html
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'The Seven Second Love Affair' (16mm film)
A dramatized documentary on drag racers. Follows a month in the
life of Rick Stewart, a drag racer from California who, on April 24,
1966, set a world's record. Includes scenes of him, his family, and
friends as they work on the car to prepare it for the race.
'Les
Blank’s first documentary photography job shooting Drag Racers in
Long Beach, CA, driving everything from hopped up “Mercs”
to supercharged “Rail Dragsters”.
These cars could accelerate to over 220 miles/hour in a mile.
The film follows the life of Rick
“The Iceman” Stewart as he attempts to grab the
world’s record. Original score by Canned Heat Blues Band'
Featuring music by Canned Heat Blues Band
- various pieces of music, notably harmonica riffs, creative rhythm/bass playing, and portions of Big Road Blues with dragster lyrics;
'I'll mash down on the pedal; the spark plugs give me fire
And then you see and hear some smoke and screaming tyres'
Director, Producer & Writer: Robert J Abel
Cameraman: Les Blank
Film Editor: Sidney Levin
Sound: Gerald Zelinger
Narrator: John Dehner
(colour, 52mins)
- filmed August 1965 -
released: MCMLXVI (1966)
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Alan Wilson: "It's
been a bad week... Verve fell through, Electra doesn't want us, which
means we have a choice of two production contracts (non-exclusive,
royalties but no front money.) with Johnny Otis and United Artists, of which we're taking the former."
- letter to David Evans, Summer 1966
- 'Blind Owl Blues: The Mysterious Life and Death of Blues Legend Alan Wilson', Rebecca Davis Winters p95
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND RECORDING SESSION: August 1966
Eldorado Studios, 1717 North Vine St., Hollywood 28, Los Angeles, CA
Johnny Otis
"Big Road Blues" (Tommy Johnson) – 2:08
"Rollin' and Tumblin" (Muddy Waters) – 2:17
"Pretty Thing" (Dixon) – 2:01
"Louise" (Chester Burnett) – 3:07
"Dimples" (John Lee Hooker) – 2:21
"Can't Hold on Much Longer" (W. Jacobs) – 2:32 (aka: Evil Is Going On)
"Got My Mojo Working" (Muddy Waters aka M. Morgenfield / Preston "Red" Foster) – 2:44
"Rollin' and Tumblin" (Muddy Waters) – 2:07 with (Alan Wilson on) harmonica
"Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) – 2:30
"Straight Ahead" (Canned Heat) – 2:35
These demo tracks
were later issued in November 1969 as an LP titled 'Vintage' on
Janus in the USA, and Pye International label in the UK
Bob Hite: "The main personnel at that
time was Stewart Brockman on bass, Frank Cook was the drummer, Henry
Vestine was the guitar player, Alan played guitar and harmonica and I
did the vocals.
We tried for about six months, but most clubs just wanted a juke box in
their joint. They wanted the Top 10 and we hated the Top 10."
"So finally we gave in and found some of the funkier rhythm and blues
tunes that were on the charts, like James Brown things, 'I Feel Good'
and 'Barefootin' by Robert Parker and a couple of other things that
were not Monkees or any of that other English garbage that we were
listening to. It still didn't work, so we ended up breaking up for
about two months."
- 'The Bear' by Tim Mattox http://travelingboy.com/tim/travel-tim-march08.html
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOW:
August 1966 - Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, CA
After
a particularly disastrous engagement (surprisingly, this was at what
became the hip Whiskey A Go Go) the group disbanded in August, 1966 for
the next three months.
http://cannedheatmusic.com/bio.htm
During the Summer of 1966 Alan Wilson embarked on a solo project at I.D. Sound Studios in Hollwood, recording himself playing traditional Indian ragas, such as Raga Kafi,
on banjo, jaw harp, veena, and chromatic harmonica. However, his friend
John Fahey couldn't see the potential in these recordings so did
not release any on his Takoma Records label, at that time.
seems John Fahey changed his mind, as on his 1992 release; 'Old Girlfriends And Other Horrible Memories', track 11. Fear & Loathing at 4th & Butternut, is thought to be one of Alan's recordings, but unattributed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9UscNE4lNs
A search on YouTube currently reveals more than an hour of Alan's ragas.
Alan Wilson:
'There was one thing of minor interest that happened then that
I’d like to relate: it was that Henry and I got involved with
another band. We were called the Electric Beavers. What it amounted to
was me and Henry, a different rhythm section, vocalist, and horn
section of very good guys. It lasted a short time on a rehearsal basis,
and we just did Canned Heat arrangements. That’s where we
originally got the idea to use horns on those two songs [Marie Laveau and An Owl Song on the band’s second LP]; it was way back then, the tag-end of ’66. We cut some
instrumental tracks – there were never any vocals added –
with horns on two songs...'
- Look Back to the Future: An Interview by Pete Welding - Down Beat Volume 35 Issue #12, Published 6/13/1968 http://www.blindowl.net/look_back_to_the_future.html
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CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND [#4]
(NOV 7, 1966 - JAN, 1967)
1) Bob Hite
2) Al Wilson
3) Henry Vestine
4) Frank Cook
5) Mike Rosso bass
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOW:
November 7, 1966 U.C.L.A. Student Union Grand Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA
(with Mothers Of Invention, The Factory, City Lights, Chris and Craig.
First gig of the re-formed Canned Heat Blues Band)
Bob Hite: 'I
laid around watching soap operas all day and listening to my mother
holler at me to get a job. I got a phone call from Frank Cook who said,
'Hey, would you like to play a gig for old time's sake, just for the
heck of it?' I said, 'Sure, where?' He said, 'At UCLA at ten o'clock in
the morning.' I said, 'Ten o'clock in the morning? Nobody plays a gig
at ten o'clock in the morning!' He said, 'I'm having a happening.' He
(Cook) was in the theatre arts section at UCLA. And at this time the
psychedelic happenings in San Francisco had just started with the
Fillmore and the Avalon, with all the light shows and the smoke and the
craziness. He was going to reproduce that at UCLA at ten o'clock in the
morning.
So we got everybody in the band together, except our bass player and he
was playing an Armenian gig in Fresno. So we got Henry's friend, Mike
Rosso, to play bass for us. On that job was the Mothers, the Doors,
Alice Cooper and two other acts I can't remember. At this time, nobody
was anybody. These were just garage bands playing for Frank at UCLA.
We played the job and I went home. I got a phone call from Frank that
night and he said, 'Look, I had a guy down there to hear you and he
wants to be your manager. We met him and he gave us the typical
Hollywood rap..."
- 'The Bear' by Tim Mattox http://travelingboy.com/tim/travel-tim-march08.html
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOWS:
November 1966 Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA
In
late 1966 and early 1967, Canned Heat performed frequently at the Ash
Grove. Occasionally, they would play up to six nights in a row. Ed
Pearl [founder of Ash Grove] says, "Canned Heat was actually the Ash
Grove house band for several months, when they were just starting.
... They would play on Monday nights, and they could take all the
money. We would take whatever we could sell in food. As opposed to
having a hootenanny, or playing a show that nobody came to. So that was
filling up a Monday night, basically. And one or two of the guys would
sit in with other people. That happened a lot."
- 'Blind Owl Blues: The Mysterious Life and Death of Blues Legend Alan Wilson', Rebecca Davis, p103
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOWS:
December 15-18, 1966 Ash Grove, 8162 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA (w/Big Joe Williams)^
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Mark Andes joins Canned Heat Blues Band on bass guitar
Mark Andes: 'While Jay
[Ferguson] was going to UCLA, he and I actually played with Randy
Wolfe, who became Randy California later, and Randy’s step-dad,
Ed Cassidy; we were called the Red Roosters. We played places like the
Ash Grove a lot. When that group broke up, Randy and Cass moved to New
York; I was just barely eighteen but Barry [Barret Hansen - 'Dr.
Demento'] got me into Canned Heat. The
other players were Henry Vestine, Bob Hite, Al Wilson, and Frank Cook;
other than me that was their original lineup.'
https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2018/06/spirit-interview-with-mark-andes.html
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND [#5]
(JAN 1967 - MAR 1967)
1) Bob Hite
2) Al
Wilson
3) Henry Vestine
4) Frank Cook
5) Christopher Mark Andes (aka
Little Mark Andes) bass
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOWS:
January 6-8, 1967 Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA (with The Kentucky Colonels. Mark Andes' first gigs with the band)
Canned Heat at the Ash Grove Tape 1: 1/8/67A
Scope: Bob Hite, Henry Vestine, Al Wilson, Frank
Cook, Mark Andes; vocals Bob Hite unless noted
1.11.1 Can’t Hold Out
1.11.2 300 Pounds of Heavenly Joy
1.11.3 Going Down Slow
1.11.4 Wang Dang Doodle
1.11.5 Louise (fragment)
1.11.6 You Know It Ain’t Right
1.11.7 Walking Blues (Bob Hite with Taj Mahal)
1.11.8 Hair Parted in the Middle
1.11.9 Man Got Your Woman
many if not all of the tracks of this set
are currently available on Youtube & as an unofficial CD release
Canned Heat at the Ash Grove Tape 2: 1/8/67B
Scope: Bob Hite, Henry Vestine, Al Wilson, Frank
Cook, Mark Andes; vocals Bob Hite unless noted
1.12.1 Next Time You See Me
1.12.2 Boogie Chillun (Bob Hite with Al Wilson)
1.12.3 The Story of My Life
1.12.4 Big Road Blues
1.12.5 Bullfrog Blues
1.12.6 I Left My Heart in San Francisco (Bob Hite with Taj Mahal)
1.12.7 Rain Keep a-Falling
1.12.8 Fast Shuffle
1.12.9 Slow Blues (Taj Mahal)
1.12.10 Catfish (Bob Hite with Taj Mahal)
https://libraries.olemiss.edu/cedar-archives/finding_aids/MUM00584.html
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOW:
January 13, 1967 Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA
Canned Heat at the Ash Grove Tape 3: 1/13/67A
Scope: Bob Hite, Henry Vestine, Al Wilson, Frank
Cook, Mark Andes; vocals Bob Hite unless noted
1.13.1 Help Me (Al Wilson)
1.13.2 Catfish
1.13.3 Bullfrog
1.13.4 If You’ve Ever Been Mistreated
1.13.5 Three Hundred Pounds of Heavenly Joy
1.13.6 Pet Cream Man
1.13.7 Can’t Hold Out
1.13.8 Blues is a Feeling (Al Wilson)
Canned Heat at the Ash Grove Tape 4
Scope: Bob Hite, henry Vestine, Al Wilson, Frank
Cook, Mark Andes; vocals Bob Hite unless noted
1/13/67B
1.14.1 Blues In
1.14.2 Big Road Blues
1.14.3 There is Something on Your Mind (Frank Cook)
1.14.4 Dust My Blues (Al Wilson) [fragment]
these shows are available on unofficial 2CD release entitled 'Los Angeles 1967: 1967-01-13' 1:25:05 hr/mm/ss
https://libraries.olemiss.edu/cedar-archives/finding_aids/MUM00584.htm
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOW: January 14, 1967 Human Be-In,
Griffith Park, Los Angeles CA (Frenz, Sound Machine, Ilford Subway &
Ma's Preserve Jug Band)^
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOW:
January 14, 1967 Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA
Canned Heat at the Ash Grove Tape 4: 1/14/67
1.14.5 Terraplane Blues
1.14.6
Dealing with the Devil (Bob Hite and Al Wilson)
1.14.7 Rolling and Tumbling
1.14.8 Rain Keep a-Falling
1.14.9 Evil
1.14.10 Highway 61 etc (Al Wilson) [fragment]
Canned Heat at the Ash Grove Tape 5: 1/14/67
Scope: Bob Hite, Henry Vestine, Al Wilson, Frank
Cook, Mark Andes; vocals by Bob Hite unless noted
1.15.1 Mojo
1.15.2 You’re So Fine (Al Wilson) [fragment]
1.15.3 Can’t Hold Out
1.15.4 Pet Cream Man
1.15.5 Must I Shake ‘Em on Down (Al Wilson) [fragment]
1.15.6 Dust My Broom
1.15.7 300 Pounds of Heavenly Joy
1.15.8 Slow Blues
1.15.9 There’s Two Ways to Skin a Cat
with
exception of last 6 numbers, these shows are available on unofficial CD
release entitled 'Los Angeles 1967: 1967-01-14' 45:42 mm/ss
https://libraries.olemiss.edu/cedar-archives/finding_aids/MUM00584.html
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOW: January 20, 1967 Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA (Taj Mahal sat-in with the band)
Canned Heat at the Ash Grove Tape 6: 1/20/67A
Scope: Bob Hite, Henry Vestine, Al Wilson, Frank
Cook, Mark Andes; vocals by Bob Hite unless noted
1.16.1 E Shuffle (instrumental)
1.16.2 Madman Blues (Al Wilson)
1.16.3 Terraplane
1.16.4 Evil
1.16.5 Five Long Years
1.16.6 Rolling and Tumbling
1.16.7 Bullfrog
1.16.8 Cherry Ball (Al Wilson)
1.16.9 Catfish
1.16.10 Big Road Blues
1.16.11 In My Younger Days (Taj Mahal)
many if not all of these tracks of this set currently available on Youtube
Mark Andes(?), Bob Hite & Alan Wilson
Canned Heat at the Ash Grove Tape 7 1/20/67B
Scope: Bob Hite, Henry Vestine,
Al Wilson, Frank Cook, Mark Andes; vocals by Bob Hite unless noted
1.17.1 Fannie Mae (Taj Mahal)
1.17.2 61 Highway (Al Wilson)
1.17.3 There is Something on Your Mind (Frank Cook)
1.17.4 Dimples
1.17.5 Pony Blues (Bob Hite and Al Wilson)
1.17.6 Alley Blues (Bob Hite and Al Wilson)
1.17.7 Big Road Blues (Dave Evans)
https://libraries.olemiss.edu/cedar-archives/finding_aids/MUM00584.html
Alan Wilson: 'Skip [Taylor] & John [Hartman] heard us after we had been out of business for four months.'
'John Hartman saw us in January of ’67 and we signed up in
February. At that time it was me, Henry, Bob, Frank, and Mark
Andes on bass. Stuart had become committed to Arabic and various other
ethnic musics. He wanted to play a wider variety of scales and things
like that so he has since worked with ethnic Armenian groups and also
the Kaleidoscope, a young group with strong ethnic influences from all
over the world.'
- Look Back to the Future: An Interview by Pete Welding - Down Beat Volume 35 Issue #12, Published 6/13/1968 http://www.blindowl.net/look_back_to_the_future.html
Skip Taylor:
When I joined the band as manager, and eventually got involved in
producing their records, I knew nothing about the blues; I was a rock
music guy; the band was really detached from the modern rock scene for
the most part, except for Bob Hite, who worked in a record store,
collected records and was more plugged in to the current music scene
than the others.
I helped
start the rock division at William Morris Agency. I had a friend, Gary
Essert, who was the head of film school at UCLA. His students included
Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek, as well Frank Cook (the first drummer
for Canned Heat).
Gary told me
“there are these two bands that are getting a buzz- they are
playing at a frat party- you should hear them- it was The Doors and
Canned Heat. I went and was blown away by both bands- Morrison was
reciting poetry to minimalist music. The Doors were
“preppy” compared to Canned Heat; I heard the potential of
Canned Heat, even though I wasn’t really versed in blues history.
Over the next
couple days I had both bands in my office- The Doors already had demos-
so I made a deal for them with Jac Holzman of Elektra. I also started
working with Canned Heat.
I left William Morris with John Hartmann who was in Morris’
television department. John was responsible for booking talent on TV
and was also interested in this “new” music.
At the time,
William Morris was pretty formal and stodgy. The company had no
interest in pursuing the San Francisco bands that I was focusing on;
bands that were starting to drive the rock/psych/blues movement in the
mid-‘60s.
I got called into
the CEO’s office one day- I knew he already took a dim view of my
interest in the San Francisco scene, and wasn’t eager to put any
resources into pursuing those bands or setting up an office there.
When I walked into his office after being summoned, the CEO had nothing on his desk but a couple of joints.
I asked him,
“What are those?” He said “we found them in your desk
over the weekend.” I quit on the spot. Aside from the intrusion
of routing around in my desk over a weekend, it was pretty clear that
we weren’t on the same path.
John Hartmann left with me...
https://thevinylpress.com/interview-with-skip-taylor
CANNED HEAT RECORDING SESSION: Gold Star, Hollywood, CA
Acetate cut 33 1/3rpm (said to be 2 copies in existence - 1 sold in auction December 20th 2016)
c. February 1967
Bea Baby Blues *
Bob Hite: vocals
* possibly a version of Big Joe Turner's 'Wee Baby Blues'
various unknown venues
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOW:
February 6, 1967 Valley Music Theatre, Woodland Hills, CA (with Love,
Immediate Family & Morning Glory. Cancelled due to licensing issue)
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOWS:
February 17-19, 1967 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (supporting The Blues Project & The Mothers)^
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOW:
February 18, 1967 Valley Music Theatre, Woodland Hills, CA (with Love,
Iron Butterfly (maybe cancelled), Morning Glory, East Side Kids. Canned
Heat Blues Band cancelled)
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOWS:
February 24-26, 1967 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (supporting
Otis Rush & His Chicago Blues Band & the Grateful Dead)^
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOW:
March 15, 1967 Valley Music Theatre, 20600 Ventura Blvd, Woodland Hills CA (Iron Butterfly, The Hook)^
Mark Andes (b.February 19, 1948)
Alan Wilson: '... Mark Andes joined the group for a couple of months
but his interests proved to be in “rock ‘n’
roll,” or whatever it is, and he’s really scored heavily on
this new album he put out with the group Spirit. So ultimately the move
was best for everyone concerned. Although at the time I regretted the
loss of each, it did turn out that everybody wound up doing what they
liked the best.'
- Look Back to the Future: An Interview by Pete Welding - Down Beat Volume 35 Issue #12, Published 6/13/1968 http://www.blindowl.net/look_back_to_the_future.html
'What can you tell us about the early days of Canned Heat? How did you get in the band and what was it like?'
Mark Andes: 'Spirit’s
long time friend, first producer, and roommate Barry Hansen (Dr.
Demento, his radio name) introduced me to Canned Heat. They were in the
process of reforming after a hiatus due to the bass player meeting his
demise in a robbery attempt of some kind. I was much younger than Bob
Hite, Al Wilson, and Henry Vestine but they thought I fit in. We toured
mainly in California. There was a magical “Human Be In”
show in Griffith Park, LA probably in 1965/early ‘66 ['67]
and several shows in San Francisco at the Avalon Ballroom and the
Fillmore. Full blown “If You’re Goin’ to San
Francisco”, hippie heaven. Why I loved Canned Heat was because
they were blues scholars. Barry, Henry, and Bob had extensive blues
record collections and we played very traditional arrangements. I
learned so much in a relatively short time. I was there when Mercury
[Liberty] Records signed the band, but I decided to jump ship because
Cass and Randy had returned to LA and Jay Ferguson and I wanted to form
a band with Randy. Spirits Rebellious was formed...'
https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2018/06/spirit-interview-with-mark-andes.html
'So how did Spirit form?'
Mark Andes: 'We [Canned Heat] played a lot of great
gigs, and right about the time Randy and Cass came back from New York,
Canned Heat was about to sign with Liberty Records. Jay and I had been
talking again about putting a band together with Randy; when we looked
up Randy, he and Cass were playing with John Locke and an upright bass
player, doing a jazz gig. Jay and I thought it was interesting, so
after talking with them we decided to form a band, and I left Canned
Heat; Larry Taylor took my place.'
https://www.vintageguitar.com/2882/mark-andes/
Liberty Records, the backstory in brief
Founded
in 1955 by Simon Waronker, the company first released instrumental
music like Big Band music, movie music, and some Jazz. The first big
success came with contracting Julie London. Later big names include
Eddie Cochran, Bobby Vee, and P.J. Proby.
https://rateyourmusic.com/label/liberty_records/66
Liberty Records was purchased in 1962 by Avnet Electronics, allegedly for $12
Million.
Liberty Promotion Staff
Joe Sadd, Tommy Lipuma, Ray Hill (Assistant to National Promotion), Bob Skaff (National Promotion Director),
Bud Dain (West Coast Divisional Promotions)
and Ted Feigin (who was apparently the director of promotions team)
But Liberty suffered losses and so was sold back to Al
Bennett [Alvin Silas Bennett (1926–1989)] in 1963, for a reputed $8 Million.
Jackie
DeShannon: "When Canned Heat hit Liberty, the world changed. Otherwise we'd still be putting out Julie London records."
'Go Slow: The Life of Julie London' by Michael Owen
Canned Heat offered contract to record for Liberty Records
Skip Taylor: 'Signed with Liberty Records on March 21, 1967.'
(message from Skip Taylor to Paul Mason, on Unofficial Canned Heat FB group, 12th August 2020)
CANNED HEAT RECORDING SESSION: Liberty Records Studios
Audition recording?
Acetate record with blank Liberty Records 'Pre-Production Department Approval Form' brown paper sleeve
alternate copy of rare Canned Heat 3-track acetate
Acetate disc
> 'Unlike ordinary vinyl records, which are quickly formed from
lumps of plastic by a mass-production molding process, a so-called
acetate disc is created by using a recording lathe to cut an
audio-signal-modulated groove into the surface of a special
lacquer-coated blank disc, a real-time operation requiring expensive,
delicate equipment and expert skill for good results.They are made for
special purposes, almost never for sale to the general public. They can
be played on any normal record player but will suffer from wear more
quickly than vinyl. Some acetates are highly prized for their rarity,
especially when they contain unpublished material.'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetate_disc
CANNED HEAT 12" LP 33rpm disc
Liberty reference record (acetate)
* 'Even
in the early days, Richard [Bob Hite's brother, younger by
8 years] was involved with Canned Heat on the sidelines. He recalled,
"At the beginning they were doing mostly covers. Because I remember my
brother one time asking me to write the words down to 'Spoonful' by
Howlin' Wolf. I used to get to do that kind of stuff too, write lyrics
down. I think probably the first country blues thing they started
fooling around with was 'Big Road Blues', which actually at one point
was a song called 'Straight Ahead #13' or something like that. It's
when they first started taking the country blues and electrifying it."
- 'Blind Owl Blues: The Mysterious Life and Death of Blues Legend Alan Wilson', Rebecca Davis pp78-9
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Larry Taylor joins the Canned Heat Blues Band replacing Mark Andes on bass guitar.
Samuel Larry Taylor, a.k.a. “The
Mole,”.. joined in March, 1967. Taylor (b. June 26, 1942;
Brooklyn, New York) was the brother of Ventures’ drummer, Mel
Taylor. He had previous experience backing Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck
Berry in concert. Taylor had also been a member of the Moondogs along
with James Marcus Smith (who later found fame as P.J. Proby and is
credited with nicknaming Bob Hite, “The Bear.”) Taylor also
participated in recording sessions for the first two albums by The
Monkees.
http://cannedheatmusic.com/bio.htm
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND [#6]
(MAR 1967 - AUG 26, 1967)
1) Bob Hite
2) Al Wilson
3) Henry Vestine
4) Frank Cook
5) Samuel Larry Taylor - bass
David Mac [of Blues Junction]: How did your association with the band Canned Heat come about?
Larry Taylor: I came back to L.A. and kicked around awhile when I got a call from
Henry Vestine to play bass in a band they were putting together called
Canned Heat. I had known Henry from the early 60’s and we played
together off and on. We even had a topless bar gig on Sunset. We would
play instrumentals, you know shuffles, Jimmy Reed stuff, Freddy King
inspired instrumentals, that kind of thing while the girls did their
thing. It was a day gig; we played from 2pm-6pm. One day I remember
Frank Zappa coming into the club when our set was over to pick up Henry
to take him to a gig. Henry was playing with Zappa at the time.
Anyway, Henry told me it was himself, Alan Wilson and Bob Hite. Bob was
a record collector and Alan was a musicologist from Boston. He was
brought out to California by John Fahey. They started out as a jug
band.'
- http://bluesjunctionproductions.com/a_conversation_with_larry_taylor
Larry Taylor:
"Back when I first joined we played the Ash Grove and the Topanga
Corral. We used to go to his (Bob's) house a lot and we used to listen
to records. He'd pull 78's, stacked in milk cartons all the way around
the room. We'd spend two or three days and do nothing but listen to
music. I learned a lot of stuff from those guys, him and Henry."
http://travelingboy.com/tim/travel-tim-march08.html
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOWS:
March 28 - April 2, 1967 Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA^
CANNED HEAT Recording tape:
Canned Heat at the Ash Grove Tape 7: 3/29/67
Scope: Bob Hite, Henry Vestine,
Al Wilson, Frank Cook, Larry Taylor; vocals by Bob Hite unless noted
1.17.8 Dust My Broom
1.17.9 Sloppy Drunk
1.17.10 Catfish
1.17.11 Snowcone (instrumental)
Canned Heat at the Ash Grove Tape 8: 3/29/67
Scope: Bob Hite, Henry Vestine, Al Wilson, Frank Cook, Larry Taylor
Canned Heat Blues Band drops 'Blues Band' from their name, becoming simply Canned Heat.
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CANNED HEAT [#1]
(APR 7, 1967 - NOV 25, 1967)
1) Bob Hite
2) Al Wilson
3) Henry Vestine
4) Frank Cook
5) Samuel Larry Taylor
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS: April 7-8 1967 Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (The Charlatans, and Sparrow)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
April 14-16, 1967 The Kaleidoscope, Embassy Ballroom in the
Ambassador Hotel, at 3400 Wilshire, Los Angeles, CA (Jefferson
Airplane, Grateful Dead, Canned Heat)^
This original weekend was
supposed to be at a building on 1228 Vine Street (at La Mirada near
Fountain), but a last second injunction stopped the show.
For this weekend the show was moved to the Embassy Ballroom in the
Ambassador Hotel, at 3400 Wilshire, which also housed the legendary
Coconut Grove Ballroom.
Calvin T. Carter, Alan Wilson, Frank Cook, Bob Hite, Henry Vestine, Larry Taylor
at Liberty Records, 6920 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood
CANNED HEAT RECORDING SESSIONS: April 17-18, 1967 RCA Studios, Chicago
On The Road Again *
Nine Below Zero *
TV Mama *
Note: The 'On The Again' recorded at this session is not the version later released by Canned Heat as a hit single in 1968.
* These tracks can be found on Canned Heat's 'Uncanned! The Best of Canned Heat' 2CD, EMI Records 724382916529, released 1994
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: April 22, 1967 Galaxy Club, Sunset Strip, LA
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 24, 1967 Carousel Theatre, West Covina LA (supporting P.J. Proby, and Merry Go Round, The UFO, The Young Gyants)^
TV Broadcast on April 25, 1967
Frank Cook appears on "Inside Pop - The Rock Revolution" (1967)
Inside Pop: The Rock
Revolution is a 1967 American television documentary by David Oppenheim
about young pop and rock musicians producing music as "a symptom and
generator" of social unrest and generation gaps. Hosted by Leonard
Bernstein, it was commissioned by CBS and broadcast on April 25, 1967.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Pop:_The_Rock_Revolution
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: April 30, 1967 Freedom of Expression Concert,
Hullaballoo, Los Angeles, CA (w/ Jay Walker and the Pedestrians,
The Factory, Peanut Butter Conspiracy, UFO, Blues Express, Clearlight,
Yellow Brick Road)^
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOW: Spring 1967, 9th Street West
CANNED HEAT
RECORDING SESSION:
May 3rd 1967 Liberty Studios, Los Angeles, CA,
Canned Heat, recording with producer Calvin Carter
Producer: Cal Carter
Rollin' And Tumblin'
Bullfrog Blues
Evil Is Going On
Goin' Down Slow
Catfish blues
Dust My Broom
Help Me
Big Road Blues
The Story Of My Life
The Road Song
Rich Woman
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: May 7, 1967 Ash Grove, LA
Skip Taylor: John Hartmann left
with me [from William Morris agency] and we opened the Kaleidoscope, a “Fillmore”-type club in L.A.
in the old Moulin Rouge location on Sunset Blvd.
I
had the sense to include what later became a common clause in the
contracts I had done with talent while I was at William Morris; a “key
man” clause that allowed the artists to terminate if I left the
company. Many of those artists eventually followed me.
Canned
Heat and Buffalo Springfield played at the Kaleidoscope regularly, as
did The Seeds, Spirit and Kaleidoscope.[1] We were making record deals
and producing as well as running a venue. Big Brother (with Joplin)
played four shows in two days at the club. But, we were also having
“issues” with the owner of the venue, who wanted half the action. (He
was the kind of guy you don’t refuse). By doing double shows, we could
keep our share, but I couldn’t devote all my time to the club, with
management, production and deal-making duties as well. John stayed with
the club, and I shifted to management and producing full time. John and
I remain friends to this day.
https://thevinylpress.com/interview-with-skip-taylor
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
May 12-13, 1967 Kaleidoscope at Ciro’s, West Hollywood, CA (The
New Age, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: May 14, 1967 Galaxy Club, Sunset Strip, LA
CANNED HEAT
Acetate Records 33rpm
- Reference Disc US acetate - May 19, 1967, paper sleeve signed Bud Dain
Disc One:
1 Big Road 3:09
2 Bull Frog 2:15
3 Cat Fish 6:42
4 Evil 2:20
5 Dust My Broom 3:14
Disc Two:
1 Goin' Down Slow 3:44
2 Help Me 3:10
3 I Ain't Goin' Down 3:10
4 Story Of My Life 3:36
5 Rollin' & Tumblin' 3:05
6 Rich Woman 2:50
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW 'Balboa Park 1967'?
Henry Vestine w/ Fender Telecaster guitar, Larry Taylor w/Fender Precision Bass guitar, Alan Wilson w/Fender Mustang guitar
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
May 26-29, 1967 Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, CA (with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: May 28, 1967 Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
June 2, 1967 Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, CA (Cancelled due to
renovations that were being done on the auditorium at the time, with
Love & 5th Dimension, who filled in for The Doors)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
June 2, 1967 Middle Earth, Los Angeles, CA (w/ Peanut Butter Conspiracy)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
June 2, 1967 Plasmadena J.C., Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles CA (Love, The Doors, West Coast Experimental Band)^
CANNED HEAT
RECORD RELEASE:
9th Jun 1967 - 55979 released
45rpm 7"
A Canned Heat Rollin' And
Tumblin' (M. Morganfield)
B Canned Heat Bullfrog
Blues (Hite Jr., Wilson, Taylor, Vestine,
Cook)
Producer: Cal Carter
'CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND' LIVE SHOWS:
June 8-11, 1967 Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (supporting Big Brother & The Holding Company & Congress of Wonders)^
Canned Heat June 10th 1967, Mt. Tamalpais State Park
~ wonder who's sitting in on drums, doesn't look like Frank Cook ~
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
June 10, 1967 Sidney B. Cushing Memorial Amphitheatre, Mt. Tamalpais
State Park, Marin County, CA ("KFRC Fantasy Fair And Magic Mountain
Music Festival - A Benefit for the Hunter's Point Child Care Center",
with The Sparrow, The Doors, The Lamp Of Childhood, Blackburn And Snow,
Dionne Warwick, Mount Rushmore, Rodger Collins, Merry-Go-Round, Jim
Kweskin Jug Band, Spanky And Our Gang, Every Mother's Son,
Kaleidoscope, Chocolate Watch Band & The Mojo Men)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS: June 12-13, 1967 Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (Moby Grape, Vanilla Fudge)^ (A12)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
June 17, 1967 "Monterey International Pop Festival"
Canned Heat, with Quicksilver Messenger
Service, Big Brother And The Holding Company, Country Joe And The Fish,
Al Kooper, The Butterfield Blues Band, Electric Flag, Steve Miller
Blues Band, Moby Grape, Hugh Masekela, The Byrds, Laura Nyro, Jefferson
Airplane, Booker T. & The M.G.’s, Otis Redding
Bob Hite & Elvin Bishop (Paul Butterfield Blues Band) at Monterey Festival June 17th 1967
Bullfrog Blues
Dust My Broom
“Technically,
Vestine and Wilson are quite possibly the best two guitar team in the
world,” wrote Down Beat magazine following their Monterey
appearance”, and Wilson has certainly become our finest white
blues harmonica man. Together with powerhouse vocalist Bob Hite, they
performed the country and Chicago blues idiom of the 1950s so
skillfully and naturally that the question of which race the music
belongs to becomes totally irrelevant.”
- Down Beat Magazine, August 10th 1967
John Hartmann: 'Canned
Heat got on the Monterey bill because we had a little heat on around a
record we put out and Derek Taylor was helpful. My band was breaking
wide open. I had just found out about Monterey Pop. I told Derek we
would love to play Monterey. "We're very hot." And he said, "Look,
there's only one slot, and that's for the opening act to start the
whole thing off in the morning." "We'll take it."
Canned Heat worked really well because "The Bear" was a star and he was
surrounded by good players. And when "The Bear" sang, here was a
300-pound guy moving around like a 200-pound guy. He was dynamic as a
performer. After the Monterey festival, Canned Heat was playing up to
five gigs in one day. And then there were all the festivals...'
Larry Taylor:
'I remember Monterey pretty much. We were on Liberty Records. We did
songs from our first album that day: "Rollin' and Tumblin'," "Dust My
Broom" and "Bullfrog Blues." Alan Wilston brought in "Rollin' and
Tumblin'" for our first record. Frank Cook was the drummer in this
version of Canned Heat and was a much lighter drummer than Fito but not
necessarily any less musical. You gotta realize that back then, even at
Monterey, blues had been played before and was an influence on
everybody. Al was more of the country, and I was the city blues, the
urban blues, like Henry [Vestine], because he was a record collector
and would go down to the South and canvass for records. And Frank was
sort of in between with jazz in the beginning. And then Bob [Hite] had
the material and ideas he brought in.
To Canned Heat,
Monterey was a booking, just like the week before at that Mount Tam
show. It was a gig. At Mount Tam it was like an AM radio thing and a
week or so later it felt like Monterey had more to do with FM radio. At
Monterey I saw some new things and figured, "That's what it is, this
is where it's going." You didn't think about things then. You just did it.
[laughs.] You showed up for the gig and you went on the road and you
played all these festivals.'
- 'A Perfect Haze: The Illustrated History of the Monterey International Pop Festival' by Harvey Kubernik and Kenneth Kubernik
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS: June 17-18, 1967 Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (Moby Grape, Vanilla Fudge)^ (A12)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS: June 20-22, 1967 Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
June 24, 1967 Earl Warren Showgrounds, Santa Barbara, CA (with Chambers
Brothers & Steve Miller Blues Band. Only 675 people attended)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
June 27, 1967 Cafe Au Go Go in Greenwich Village, New York City^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
July 3, 1967 Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (supporting The Grass Roots, w/ The
Lighthouse)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
July 4, 1967 Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (supporting Sons Of Champlin, w/The Robbs)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
July 5, 1967 Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (supporting Sons Of Champlin, w/Kaleidoscope)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
July 14-15, 1967 Magic Mushroom, Studio City, CA (with Country Joe And
The Fish, Sunshine Company, Hourglass, Heaven, Fraternity of Man, Iron
Butterfly, The Factory & Vito and His Dancers)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
July 14-17, 1967 Marty's On the Hill, Los Angeles, CA (with Roy Gaines)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
July 15, 1967 Devonshire Meadows Raceway, Northridge, CA ("2nd The
Fantasy Faire And Magic Mountain Music Festival", with The Factory, The
Doors, Kaleidoscope, The Whirling Dervishes, The Groupies,
Thorinshield, New Delhi River Band, Iron Butterfly, Grass Roots,
Sunshine Company, Solid State, Second Coming, Rubber Maze, New Breed
& (MC) Kim Fowley)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
July 20-23, 1967 Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (supporting Big
Brother & the Holding Company & Mount Rushmore, with Mother
Earth)^
CANNED HEAT RECORD RELEASE:
Canned Heat debut self-titled LP
released 25th July 1967
Side one
1. "Rollin' and Tumblin" Muddy Waters, Hambone Willie Newbern 3:11
2. "Bullfrog Blues" traditional 2:20
3. "Evil Is Going On" Willie Dixon 2:24
4. "Goin' Down Slow" James Oden 3:48
5. "Catfish Blues" Robert Petway 6:48
Side two
1. "Dust My Broom" Robert Johnson, Elmore James 3:18
2. "Help Me" Sonny Boy Williamson II 3:12
3. "Big Road Blues" Tommy Johnson 3:15
4. "The Story of My Life" Guitar Slim 3:43
15. "The Road Song" Floyd Jones 3:16
6. "Rich Woman" Dorothy LaBostrie, McKinley Millet 3:04
~
Total length of LP: 38:05
* Engineer – Dino Lappas, Lanky Linstrot
* Producer – Cal Carter*
The
cover photo on the US LP got horizontally flipped, and it's been suggested this was
deliberate, so the brand name 'Sterno' could not be seen clearly
alternate group photo of Canned Heat around the table
(lady in the hat is thought to be Larry Taylor's wife)
'On the first album cover, the average
record buyer would see only a group of longhaired musicians sitting
around a table, which is covered with an odd assortment of objects. But
to Tommy Johnson [he of "Canned Heat Blues" fame], it would have been
clear what they were doing. To him, the paraphenalia - Sterno cans,
handkerchiefs, sugar, and lemon slices - would have been as obvious as
a razor, mirror, and a rolled-up dollar bill to a cokehead. The band was
making the drink that was their namesake.'
- 'Blind Owl Blues: The Mysterious Life and Death of Blues Legend Alan Wilson', Rebecca Davis, p119
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
August 4, 1967 Bold Knight, Sunnyvale, CA (with Mourning Reign)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
August 8-9, 1967 Waikiki Shell, Honolulu, HI ("Hawaii Pop Festival",
supported by Country Joe & The Fish, Luke's Pineapple Store, Blues
Crew, Harry Sonoda, Sunshine Company)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
August 10-13, 1967 Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (supporting Moby Grape, with Vanilla Fudge) (11-12 only?)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
August 11-12, 1967: Avalon Ballroom, 1268 Sutter Street at Van Ness,
San Francisco, CA with Mad River (11), Moby Grape (12), Vanilla Fudge
(11-12), Lights by The North American Ibis Alchemical Co. (11-12)
"Dance Concert"
CANNED HEAT BLUES BAND LIVE SHOWS:
August 22-26, 1967 Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
September 2-3, 1967 Cabrillo College Stadium, Aptos, CA ("2 Days And
Nights Of Magic Music Dancing On The Grass - Benefit for SCA at Santa
Cruz' (canceled), with Grateful Dead, Sons Of Champlin, The Leaves,
Andrew Staples, New Dehli River Band, Second Coming, New Breed, BFD
Blues Band, Gross Exaggeration, Yajahla Tingle Guild, People, Jaguars,
Art Collection, Morning Glory, Ben Frank's Electric Band, New Frontier,
Chocolate Watch Band, The Other Side, E-Types, Mourning Reign, Imperial
Mange Remedy, Omens, Ragged Staff, Talon Wedge, and others)
CANNED HEAT
RECORDING SESSION: September 6, 1967 - RCA Studios, Chicago, IL
On the Road Again *
Evil Woman *
* These tracks can be found on Canned Heat's 'Uncanned! The Best of Canned Heat' 2CD, EMI Records 724382916529, released 1994
Canned Heat with John Hartmann & the roadie, Scott (?), at Liberty Records
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
September 8-9, 1967 The Boston Tea Party, Boston, MA (supported by 90th Congress)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
September 12-14, 1967 Cafe-Au-Go-Go, New York City, NY (with Tim
Buckley)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 15, 1967 (with Tim Buckley, & guests B.B. King, Eric Clapton,
Elvin Bishop)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
September 16-17, 1967 Cafe-Au-Go-Go, New York City, NY (with Tim
Buckley)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
September 18-21, 1967 Cafe-Au-Go-Go, New York City, NY (with Tim
Buckley)
CANNED HEAT INTERVIEW: with Emmett Lake. c.September 21, 1967 (published as 'Pop, Rock & Jelly' in Nov. 15-30 1967 issue of The East Village Other)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: September 22, 1967 Cafe-Au-Go-Go, New York City, NY (w/Tim Buckley & Odetta)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 22, 1967 Action House, Island Park, NY (filling in for Moby Grape, with Cream & The Neons)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 23, 1967 Village Theatre, New York City, NY (filling in for Moby Grape, with Cream)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS: September 23-24, 1967 Cafe-Au-Go-Go, New York City, NY (w/Tim Buckley & Odetta)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
September 29-October 1, 1967 Ambassador Theatre, Washington DC
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October ?, 1967 Club 47, 47 Palmer Street, Cambridge, MA^
https://folknewengland.org/archives/club-47-calendar-archive/
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 6-7, 1967 The Boston Tea Party, Boston, MA (supported by Ultimate Spinach)
CANNED HEAT
STUDIO SESSION: October 17, 1967 RCA Studios, Chicago, IL
Whiskey And Wimmen *
* This track can be found on Canned Heat's 'Uncanned! The Best of Canned Heat' 2CD, EMI Records 724382916529, released 1994
CANNED HEAT STUDIO SESSION: October, 1967 Chicago.
Acetate record
CANNED HEAT
Acetate record [a date is also given of September 18, 1967]
with Sunnyland Slim on piano
World In A Jug *
* this track is included on 'The Boogie House Tapes Vol 3' 2CD, Ruf 1146
Variations on the theme of a 'World in a Jug' can be found amongst recordings made in the 1920's :-
'Got The World In A Jug
(Stopper's In My Hand)' (Henderson / Gilbert), sung by Rosa
Henderson, December 1923, New York,
New York, Ajax 17021-B 78rpm
> Rosa Henderson
(November 24, 1896 - April 6, 1968) was an American jazz
and classic female blues singer and vaudeville entertainer of the
Harlem Renaissance era.
'I've Got The World In A Jug', sung by Viola McCoy, cFeb 1924, New York, Pathé Actuelle, PA 10693 78rpm
> Viola McCoy (c.
1900 – c. 1956) was an African-American blues singer who
performed in the classic female blues style during a career that lasted
from the early 1920s to the late 1930s.
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 20-21, 1967 Family Dog, 1601 West Evans Street, Denver, CO (supported by Allmen Joy). ^
The night after their second and last concert, the police burst into
their hotel room at the local 'Rancho Manor Hotel' and arrests all
(except Al Wilson who miraculously managed to escape arrest!) for
possession of some joints, a small amount of hashish and two hundred
grams of marijuana)
They
appeared at the Avalon Ballroom, where owner Chet Helms had a helper, a
quiet young Jewish guy who collected tickets and swept the floor. His
name was Bill Graham and he went on to found a music empire based on
the legendary Fillmore ballrooms in San Francisco and New York, command
posts of the '60s rock movement.
Helms
booked Canned Heat into The Family Dog, his new place in Denver,
setting the stage for a drama that gave the band one of its best known
songs and also saddling it with a financial burden that would have
repercussions for decades.
The
Denver police hated the idea of a hippie haven in their city and had
done all they could to stop the club from opening. Nothing worked.
Helms was way too smooth for them and met all legal requirements. When
the club finally opened, Helms and his people were subjected to a
barrage of harassment and illegal searches. This prompted them to get a restraining order against John Grey, the rabidly
anti-drug detective also known as the "Wyatt Earp of the West" for his
promise: "I'm going to rid Denver of all long haired people."
It
was Canned Heat's bad luck to show up just as the police figured they'd
get one of the bands and the bad press and legal troubles would slop
over on Helms. On Saturday night October 21, 1967, the
police dispatched a stool-pigeon with some weed to Canned Heat's
hotel to
socialize a little and get the band high. The Bear swore that the band
members (knowing the city's reputation) actually didn't have drugs with
them that night.
It
turned out the stool-pigeon was an old friend of Bob's - Bear grew up
in Denver - so he trusted the guy, until he suddenly slid out the door
and the cops came barging in to "discover" a lid of grass under the
cushion of the chair where the "friend" had been sitting. They arrested
everybody on charges of marijuana possession - still a big offense in
those days.
Skip,
the one guy who did have drugs, wasn't there. He was in his room with a
girl, but the cops went after him to arrest him anyway.
"You with that band?" asked the cop who knocked on the door.
"Uh, yeah," said Skip, who was wrapped in a blanket from the bed.
His girl was in a sheet
Standing
on his night stand wrapped in tin foil was a flat chunk of rich dark
brown Afghani hashish: it looked like a Hershey's bar.
"You're
going to have to come with us and the rest of the band," the cop said.
As they left, the cop said to the girl: "Sorry to bother you with this
ma'am. But you can finish that chocolate bar all alone."
The only real dope in the place - except him - and he missed it.
The
band was hauled off to jail after the search. A judge was not available
to set bail until Monday, so the boys spent the weekend in the can.
Larry - who never got high - was thrown in a tank with 50 drunks and
no sleeping facilities. The bust was immortalized in "My Crime,"
which tells the story best.
I went to Denver late last fall
I went to do my job; I didn't break any law
We worked in a hippie place
Like many in our land
They couldn't bust the place, and so they got the band
'Cause the police in Denver
No they don't want long hairs hanging around
And that's the reason why
They want to tear Canned Heat's reputation down.
To
a reporter at the time, The Bear said: "To sing the blues, you have to
be an outlaw. Blacks are born outlaws, but we white people have to work
for that distinction."
Being
led away in handcuffs, kicked off the band's image as the bad boys of
rock, heavy-duty incorrigibles, which
eventually led to our becoming a favorite band of the Hells
Angels and other outlaw biker clubs. At the moment, the band was
on the downside of the outlaw life.
Skip
was desperate. He had a band that was far from a sure thing but was
suddenly hot. Unless they could follow up, they might get cold just as
quickly. Unfortunately, they couldn't play anywhere if they were
looking at possible jail time.
In
a gin rummy game in Los Angeles with Al Bennet, President of Liberty
Records, Skip mentioned that he had to get $1O,OOO right away for legal
fees to fight the bust. Bennett, a shrewd businessman, offered him that
much for the publishing rights to the band's works and Skip grabbed at
it.
- 'Canned Heat: Living the Blues', Fito de la Parra, 2010, pp68-71
OCT 24 1967; Members of the Canned Heat, A California Blues Band, As They Pleaded Innocent in Denver to Marijuana Possession;
From left, Lawrence Tatman [Skip Taylor], Frank Cook, Henry Vestine,
Sam Taylor [Larry Taylor], Robert Hite and Attorney Francis Salazar.;
(Photo By Dave Mathias/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/members-of-the-canned-heat-a-california-blues-band-as-they-news-photo/161910382?adppopup=true
Courtroom 414, District Court, City and County of Denver, Colorado
1437 Bannock Street Denver, CO 80208
The
Denver authorities were stringently anti-drugs, and the band were
facing up to 10 years in prison. [Skip] Taylor went to Al Bennett, who agreed
to hire an attorney, who got them off on a misdemeanour technicality.
But that required $10,000 bail – money the band didn’t have. Bennett
agreed to pay it in return for quashing the publishing deal they had
signed a few months earlier.
https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-twisted-tale-of-blind-owl-and-the-bear
Publicity
aside, the members, with the exception of [Alan] Wilson, ended up spending the
weekend in jail before being released on bail.
Lacking the
funds to mount an adequate legal defense, the band was forced to sell
half of their publishing rights to Liberty Records for $10,000 so that
they could secure the services of a top Denver attorney.
https://www.eventim.co.uk/artist/canned-heat/?affiliate=HEJ
"At
the time of the Denver bust, the only asset that Canned Heat had was
half of its publishing, which at the time was virtually worthless,"
says [Skip] Taylor. "Al Bennett agreed to buy that half for $10,000,
which enabled us to have bail money and payment of an attorney to
represent us and get us all off."
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/canned-heat-geico-ad/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
Upon
returning to L.A., the group held a press conference to announce that
their bust had been orchestrated and that the Denver Police Department
had planted evidence to use against them as part of an ongoing campaign
of harassment waged against the owners and promoters of the Family Dog
(a hippy ballroom) and its patrons.
https://www.eventim.co.uk/artist/canned-heat/?affiliate=HEJ
Television
news footage made for broadcast on KOA-TV in Denver, Colorado of the
interior of the courtroom during the District Court hearing on November
3, 1967, regarding whether Detective John Gray would be allowed to
re-enter the Family Dog rock club in Denver. The black-and-white
16mm film reel with no sound depicts supporters of the Family Dog
sitting in the courtroom, as well as Francis R. Salazar, lawyer for the
Family Dog; Detective John Gray with his legal team; and club manager
Tony Guillory in the audience. This footage is from the
KCNC/KOA-TV (Channel 4) television news footage collection at History
Colorado (Reel 1967 Nov. 10).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbD-l0caGIE
Interview with Detective John Gray about Hippies, and The Family Dog
Television
news footage made for broadcast on KOA-TV in Denver, Colorado of a KOA
reporter interviewing Detective John Gray of the Denver Police on
November 7, 1967. The color 16mm film reel with sound was filmed
during Gray’s trial for harassment of young people frequenting the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YJc67juB2w
The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado v. Francis R. SALAZAR, Attorney-Respondent.
It
was the committee's opinion that the respondent's conduct was contrary
to the highest standards of justice, ethics and morality and that he
used his position as a director or officer of a bank to arrange
financial transactions in a way prohibited by law.
https://www.leagle.com/decision/1974822524p2d2981817
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 29, 1967 Ruth Hardy Park, Palm Springs, CA (US TV "The Groovy
Show", with The Sunshine Company, The Standells, The Hour Glass &
The Ilford Subway (filmed date)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
November 3-5, 1967 Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (supported by Lothar and the Hand People, Allmen Joy & Super Ball)^
CANNED HEAT RECORDING SESSION:
'...
At the same studio [RCA Victor Custom studios], Calvin Carter produced
the Canned Heat for Liberty, their third Chicago session.'
Billboard November 11, 1967 p54
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
November 7-12, 1967 Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA (with David Blue)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
November 20, 1967 Magic Mushroom, Studio City, CA (with The Bluesberry
Jam)^
After
being released, their first gig was a shared bill with Bluesberry Jam
at the Magic Mushroom in Los Angeles. Manager Skip Taylor had arranged
for the two bands to play together so that the members of Canned Heat
could watch drummer Adolfo “Fito” de la Parra. Following the gig,
around 3 a.m., Taylor asked de la Parra if he would be interested in
auditioning for the band, which was looking to replace Cook. De la
Parra showed up for the audition clutching albums by Buddy Guy and
Junior Wells, which, along with his playing skills, made an impression
on Hite. When asked by Skip Taylor if he would like to join the band,
de la Parra reportedly replied, “I was born to play with Canned Heat.”
https://www.eventim.co.uk/artist/canned-heat/?affiliate=HEJ
De la
Parra had played drums professionally since he was 16 years old. He was
born in Mexico City on February 8, 1946, and as he grew older, had
become a member of a series of Mexican rock bands… starting with Los
Sparks in 1958 and including Los Juniors, Los Sinners, Los Hooligans
and Javier Batiz / the “Godfather of Rhythm & Blues” in Mexico and
Carlos Santana’s first guitar mentor… all of which mainly played covers
of American hits. Los Sinners evolved into Los Tequilas and, after a
number of gold records, entered the U.S. in 1965 to play in clubs in
the Los Angeles area. After some success, de la Parra returned to
Mexico where he married an American woman and soon returned to the U.S.
again. This time, as the drummer for the house band at the Tom Cat Club
in Torrance, California, he played behind some of the greatest R&B
artists of the time, including the Coasters, T-Bone Walker, Ben E.
King, Mary Wells, Etta James, and the Platters. After a short stint
with the Sotweed Factor, they broke up and he joined Bluesberry Jam.
https://www.eventim.co.uk/artist/canned-heat/?affiliate=HEJ
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
November 25, 1967 Earl Warren Showgrounds, Santa Barbara, CA (with
Clear Light, Youngbloods & Merry-Go-Round)
"There
was a hassle about money," Cook says. "I didn't feel that they [the
management] should get fifteen percent on top. They should share in the
expenses and we should split the band seven ways. They were doing a
job, and they didn't do any more than anybody else did. We got into a
fistfight."
- 'Blind Owl Blues: The Mysterious Life and Death of Blues Legend Alan Wilson', Rebecca Davis p123
Alan Wilson: 'Frank [Cook]
decided fairy recently, just before the new album was cut, that his
interest was primarily in jazz, and when we began to work a lot he
found the blues too restricting. So, the economic question aside, he
decided that he would rather get back into the music he was happier
with, jazz. And once again it was to the benefit of everyone concerned.'
- Look Back to the Future: An Interview by Pete Welding - Down Beat Volume 35 Issue #12, Published 6/13/1968 http://www.blindowl.net/look_back_to_the_future.html
Sunday, November 26th 1967
Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra replaces Frank Cook to become Canned Heat's drummer
In a neat switch, Cook took de la Parra’s spot in Bluesberry Jam ...
https://www.eventim.co.uk/artist/canned-heat/?affiliate=HEJ
Alan Wilson: 'And our
new drummer, Fito De La Parra, is strictly interested in the blues. For
the first time we have a situation in which there’s no one whose
commitment to the blues is not 100%, or at least 95%, in terms of
playing.'
- Look Back to the Future: An Interview by Pete Welding - Down Beat Volume 35 Issue #12, Published 6/13/1968 http://www.blindowl.net/look_back_to_the_future.html
CANNED HEAT [#2]
(NOV 26, 1967 - JUL 29, 1969)
1) Bob Hite
2) Al Wilson
3) Henry Vestine
4) Larry Tayor
5) Adolfo 'Fito' de la Parra
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 1, 1967 California State College Men's Gym, Long Beach, CA
(supporting The Doors. Adolfo 'Fito' de la Parra's first shows with the
band)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
December 8-9, 1967 Family Dog, 1601 West Evans Street, Denver, CO (supported by Siegal Schwall)^
CANNED HEAT RECORDING SESSION:
December 12th 1967, Liberty Studios, Los Angeles, CA
An Owl Song
My Crime
Amphetamine Annie
Fito de La Parra:
The
magic of "Boogie With Canned Heat" was that we barely rehearsed. While
the lyrics were arranged on Alan's songs, they were mostly spontaneous
when the Bear sang. Spontaneity is the fascinating and beautiful thing
about playing blues, which makes it the most abstract of all arts. It's
not really tangible like a painting or a book or a sculpture that you
can revise. With blues, the minute the note is heard, it's gone. It's
even more abstract if you're improvising. That's why jazz is such a
fabulous forum by contrast to classical music, which is limited to
interpreting what the composer put on paper.
During the recording session, we were messing with a
song called "The Hunter" by Albert King, a great blues guitar player
and singer who was an important influence on us. Bear suggested putting
words to it, using a true story about a girl he knew who died from a
drug overdose. We made up the lyrics right on the spot, each of us
contributing a word here, a line there. "Amphetamine Annie" became a
classic, the first anti-drug tune ever recorded. Years later, the U.S.
government did a compilation LP of anti-drug songs entitled "Good
Vibrations."
The most important songs on the
album were "Annie" and "The Pusher" by Steppenwolf. Ironically, Canned
Heat even received a commendation signed by President Ford.
Another great song on the album
was "Marie Laveau," a slow blues instrumental based on the legendary
19th Century voodoo queen from New Orleans whose tombstone appears in
the movie "Easy Rider".
Because I had the most experience with rhythm and
blues bands, plus playing with groups that included horns, Alan asked
me for ideas on the horn parts we added. I would make horn noises with
my mouth and he would translate them into written notes. The great New
Orleans piano player Mac Rebannack, later known as Dr. John "The Night
Tripper," helped with the arrangements on this and "The Owl Song,"
which he also played piano on.
"World in a Jug" and "Whiskey Headed Woman No. 2"
were typical country blues songs, the latter from a 1929 song by Tommy
Laclennan. They were the kind of thing the old blues masters performed
with only a lone guitar. We wanted to keep the primitive feel, but to
appeal to our audience, we added distorted rock guitars and a heavy
R&B style rhythm section.
"My Crime," influenced by Chicago blues, grew out of
the Denver bust - a charge still hanging over the other band
members at the time of recording. "Turpentine Moan," featuring
Sunnyland Slim on piano, and "Evil Woman" were recorded at an earlier
session in Chicago before I joined the band, so we replaced Frank
Cook's drum tracks with my new overdubbed drums.
"On The Road Again" was based on a traditional
Mississippi/Alabama blues tune by Jim Oden, originally performed by
Floyd Jones, using a John Lee Hooker's style arrangement. Alan adapted
and organized the lyrics, while adding a harmonica along with the
hypnotic drone of an Indian tamboura (sort of a one-chord zither) on
four tracks. Another Hooker-influenced tune was "The Fried Hockey
Boogie." The name was Larry's idea, although it was actually a slip of
the tongue. Fried Hockey is a Louisiana term that even Larry couldn't
define, but as he jived around with the words, it sounded good so we
decided to use it. On the record, Bear explains that we did this song
to show people how Canned Heat can really get it on. Everybody had a
solo, with Bob improvising lyrics and introductions, playing ringmaster
the way he did in our live shows, singing, shouting and rapping between
solos. He ended the tune with the phrase that became his and the band's
signature: "Don't Forget To Boogie!"
- 'Canned Heat: Living the Blues', Fito de la Parra, 2010, pp83-4
The Bear, the
hirsute, happy, generously proportioned singer of Los Angeles-based
blues band Canned Heat, was commanding listeners to "sit back and meditate as the Maharishi said".
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
December 15-17, 1967 The Blue Law, Torrance, CA (with Love & The Hourglass)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
December 19-26, 1967 Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 31, 1967 State Fairgrounds Coliseum, Phoenix, AZ (with 8th Penny-Matter)^
1968
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
January 1, 1968 Phoenix Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, AZ
CANNED HEAT acetate 7"
On the Road Again
1st January 1968
45rpm white label
Fito de La Parra:
The cover of this album was magnificent, very psychedelic and powerful.
Unfortunately, I'm not on it. By the time I joined the band, the
artwork was already underway and they didn't want to spend the money or
time to redo it. Frank's face stayed on the cover, but my picture and
name are properly credited on the back of the album.
- 'Canned Heat: Living the Blues', Fito de la Parra, 2010, pp84
CANNED HEAT RECORD RELEASE
Boogie With The Canned Heat
released January 21st 1968
33rpm LP
Liberty Records LST-7541
Evil Woman
My Crime
On The Road Again
World In A Jug
Turpentine Moan
Whiskey Headed Woman Number 2
Amphetamine Annie
An Owl Song
Marie Laveau
Fried Hockey Boogie
Dallas Smith, Producer
Dino Lappas Engineer
* Recorded At – Liberty Studios
* Mastered At – Customatrix
* Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
* Manufactured By – Liberty
* Designed At – Kittyhawk Graphics
* Published By – Metric Music Co.
* Published By – Saturday Music, Inc.
* Copyright (c) – Liberty Records, Inc.
Credits
Piano on 'Turpentine Moan'– Sunnyland Slim
Piano on 'The Owl Song' - Dr John
* Artwork [Cover Portrait] – John Cline
* Bass – Larry “The Mole” Taylor*
* Design [Album] – Dean O. Torrence*
* Drums – Adolfo “Fito” de la Parra*
* Engineer – Dino*, Lanky*
* Lead Guitar – Henry “Sunflower” Vestine*
* Producer – Dallas Smith
* Slide Guitar [Bottle Neck], Vocals, Harmonica [Harp] – Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson*
* Vocals – Bob “The Bear” Hite*
Bob
Hite: 'The guy who produced us, he's a real nice guy, you know, he
didn't know what we wanted. Well he didn't produce our record, his
name's on there says 'Produced by Dallas Smith'. He didn't produce it,
he didn't produce it. We told him what we wanted, we mixed it. We did
it all, he was just there, because he had to be there.'
- excerpt of recording of interview with Phil Spiro of Broadside of Boston (currently available on YouTube)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS: January 19-20, 1968 The Back Door, Ventura, CA (w/ Critchfields)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: January 26, 1968 Benefit Concert, Campus Hall, University of
California, Irvine, CA (with Buffalo Springfield & Revelation)^
Fito de La Parra:
We hit the road
to promote the album with a real Canned Heat touch. We started in
Denver because the rest of the band had to be in court there for the
"Denver Bust" trial, which ended with them being put on probation. They
flew but I drove with our roadie Bob Gangwer in a VW van plastered with
the name Canned Heat in psychedelic-style stoned-rainbow script.
- 'Canned Heat: Living the Blues', Fito de la Parra, 2010, pp84-5
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: February ?, 1968 Denver. CO
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 9-11, 1968 Trauma, Philadelphia, PA (supported by The Mandrake Memorial)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 16-17, 1968 Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI (supported by (16th) The Thyme, (17th) Carousel, The Up)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February ?, 1968 Electric Circus, New York City, NY )"A Benefit for old blues singers")
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 23, 1968 Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI (with Frut of the Loom & Tiers)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 25, 1968 Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI (with MC5 & Odds & Ends)
The Canned Heat met their fans March 1st at Disc Records Severence Center in Cleveland
Billboard 16 March 1968
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
March 1-3, 1968 La Cave, Cleveland, OH
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: March 3, 1968 Bwana Johnny's Tin Man, Cincinnati, OH (w/ Strawberry Alarm Clock)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
March 8-9, 1968 The Boston Tea Party, Boston, MA (supported by J. Geils Band)
CANNED HEAT INTERVIEW: March 9, 1968 Interview with Phil Spiro of 'Broadside', of Boston
CANNED HEAT TV SHOW:
March 9, 1968 WEWS-TV, Cleveland, OH (broadcasting date of US TV "Upbeat", with The American
Breed, Blood, Sweat and Tears, The Blues Project, The Pack, Bubble Gum
Machine, Georgie Fame, The Four Freshmen, The Four Sonics, Bobby
Goldsboro, Mortimer's Three Boys, The Racket Squad, The Short Kuts, The
GTO's Debbie Taylor, The Union Gap)
'Next week a new single, "Boogie Music" with "Evil Woman" on the flip side, will be released.'
- The Daily Sundial, San Fernando Valley State College, Northridge campus newspaper, 15 March 1968
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
March 15, 1968 San Fernando Valley State College Physical Education 100, Northridge, CA (afternoon show, with Cream)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
March 15, 1968 Valley Music Theatre, Woodland Hills, CA (evening show, supported by Iron Butterfly & The Hook)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
March 16, 1968 Cheetah, Los Angeles, CA (with Jackie Wilson & Alexander's Timeless Blooz Band)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
March 22-23, 1968 Kaleidoscope, Los Angeles, CA (Jefferson Airplane,
Canned Heat, Fever Tree, who replaced Buffalo Springfield. Once again,
the Jefferson Airplane headlined the opening of The Kaleidoscope. A
live elephant was positioned near the stage during the Airplane's set)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
March 24, 1968 Kaleidoscope, Los Angeles, CA (Benefit for Radio Strike
fund for KMPX and KPPC djs (afternoon show), with Buffalo Springfield,
Jefferson Airplane, Tiny Tim, H.P. Lovecraft, Steppenwolf, Sweetwater,
Firesign Theatre, Clear Light, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Peanut
Butter Conspiracy, Genesis. Disc jockeys on KMPX-fm radio in San
Francisco, the first underground rock station in America, had gone on
strike. The staff on their sister station KPPC (Pasadena) had joined
them. There were a couple of events in San Francisco as well)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 2, 1968 Palm Springs Pop Festival, Palm Springs, CA
ALAN WILSON INTERVIEW: April 5, 1968 Interview with David Evans & Marina Bokelman (recording 2hrs appx)
various portions of the recording have been available on YouTube
Al Bennett sells Liberty Records Inc. company to Transamerica Corporation.
'Transamerica
Corporation had purchased Liberty Records to solidify its music
division, but according to the label's general manager Bud Dain,
president Al Bennett "sold them a bill of goods." Liberty's real
financial value was less than half of what Transamerica paid for it,
and it didn't take long for questions to be asked about the numbers
behind the paper.'
'Go Slow: The Life of Julie London' by Michael Owen
'In
1968, Liberty was bought for $38 million by Transamerica Corporation
(an insurance company) and combined with their other label United
Artists Records. Transamerica did not have a clue about running a
record company.
Al Bennett was fired after six months, and the company rapidly declined.'
http://www.bigboppa.co.uk/45-sleeves/UK/liberty/libe-uk.htm
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 5-7, 1968 Kaleidoscope, Los Angeles, CA (Youngbloods, Spirit, Genesis)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
April 8-11, 1968 Kaleidoscope, Los Angeles, CA (Canned Heat, Evergreen Blue Shoes, Travel Agency)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: April 10, 1968 Kaleidoscope, Los Angeles, CA
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 12, 1968 Convention Center, Anaheim, CA (with Country Joe And The Fish & The Box Tops)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 12-14, 1968 Kaleidoscope, Los Angeles, CA ("First Anniversary", HP Lovecraft, James Cotton Blues Band, Mint Tattoo)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 14, 1968 Tapia Park, Malibu Canyon, Los Angeles, CA ("The Great
& Joyous Festival of Chauli - The Gathering of The Tribes for a
Romp in the Forest", with The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Fraternity Of
Man, Kaleidoscope, Lollipop Shoppe, Watts 103rd Street Band, Bluesberry
Band, Lee Michaels, Process, Evergreen Blue Shoes and more)^
CANNED HEAT
STUDIO SESSION: April 15, 1968 Liberty Studios, Los Angeles, CA
'Terraplane Blues' *
* This track can be found on Canned Heat's 'Uncanned! The Best of Canned Heat' 2CD, EMI Records 724382916529, released 1994
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 18-21, 1968 Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, CA (with Smokestack Lightnin)^
In the spring of 1968, Al Wilson, Bob Hite, and Fito de la Parra took a
cab in Chicago to a blues performance after one of their gigs. The cab
driver was none other than Albert Luandrew, whom the musicologists
recognized by his a.k.a. Sunnyland Slim; Muddy Waters piano player
during the Chess Records days in the late 40’s and early
‘50s. Slim had taken a six-year break from recording to pay the
bills driving a taxi, and was convinced by the aspiring trio to go back
into the studio. After a session in June with Shakey Horton, Johnny
Shines, and Willie Dixon on Blue Horizon Records, Slim was convinced by
Bob and Alan to cut an album for the “Bluesmakers” series
on World Pacific Records (a subdivision of Liberty). The album,
“Slim’s Got His Thing Goin’ On”, featured the
tracks “Going Back To Memphis”, “Unlucky One”,
and “Dust My Broom” with Slim fronting Canned Heat and Hite
acting as co-producer. Slim also did them the honor of playing the
piano on for the album “Boogie With
Canned Heat”
https://www.eventim.co.uk/artist/canned-heat/?affiliate=HEJ
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: April 21, 1968 Whiskey-A-Go-Go
Canned Heat
Boogie Music /
On the Road Again
Liberty 56038
45rpm 7"
released April 24 1968
promo disc of 'Boogie Music' (mispelled 'Googie Music')
Bob Hite:
"That (song) ['On the Road Again'] was released, the A side of that was
'Boogie Music.' That's the one that we thought would be the hit. We
left on our very first tour, a six-week tour of the United States. We
were sleeping in other bands houses, on floors, in kitchens or wherever
we could find a place to stay. I remember we came into Cleveland, Ohio
and I had 35 cents in my pocket. We called our manager to tell him
things were going relatively well, but we were broke. He said, 'Well,
you won't be broke long because some disc jockey down in Ft. Worth,
Texas turned over 'Boogie Music' and 'On the Road Again' was number one
on their charts and was being played around the country.'
http://travelingboy.com/tim/travel-tim-march08.html
Richard Hite:
"Out of the blue, it broke; it was in Texas or something. Then it
started going up the charts and completely surprised everybody. When
the record first came out, the relative volumes of the harmonica and
the vocal were very close. So they had to actually remaster the thing,
to come out to have a version where the vocal was louder."
- 'Blind Owl Blues: The Mysterious Life and Death of Blues Legend Alan Wilson', Rebecca Davis p149
Larry Taylor: 'On the Road Again which came from a Floyd
Jones tune. We added our own lyrics and put it to kind of a
60’s vibe with a tambura. It had that kind of droning sound which
opens and closes out the tune. This was Alan’s musicology coming
out. He not only had studied and knew more about blues than anybody,
but he was studying different kinds of Eastern musical ideas as well.
Alan even played a sarod.'
-
http://bluesjunctionproductions.com/a_conversation_with_larry_taylor
'Boogie Music' & 'One Kind Favor' attributed to 'LT Tatman III', Lawrence Taylor Tatman III, aka 'Skip Taylor'
Fito de la Parra, Skip Taylor, Henry Vestine
Alan Wilson, Bob Hite, Larry Taylor
correction:
Bob Hite born February 26, 1943
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 23, 1968 U.C.L.A. Athletic Field, Los Angeles, CA ("Campus Mobilization Committee's Mobilization Week", with Kaleidoscope)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 27, 1968 Utah State Fairpark Coliseum, Salt Lake City, UT (with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Holden Caufield)^
By Spring 1968, Canned Heat was a popular band with a successful single
("On The Road Again"), so [Skip] Taylor was in a better position. Taylor,
William Morris agent John Hartmann and Gary Essert took over the lease
on former Hullabaloo (Taylor and Morris had been agents at
William Morris). It was presumably easier to take a venue that
presented music and dancing already than to create a new one. Since
Taylor and Hartmann were Canned Heat's manager and booking agent,
respectively, the band played the venue often.
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 30, 1968 Kaleidoscope, Los Angeles, CA (with Jefferson Airplane, scheduled but did not play)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 3, 1968 Kinetic Playground, Electric Theater Co. Chicago, IL (with Albert King, & AUM)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
May 3-5, 1968 Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (Supporting Junior Wells, with Crome Syrcus, Clover)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 5, 1968 Long Beach Sports Arena, Long Beach, CA ("Electric
Carnival", with Buffalo Springfield, Smokestack Lightning, The Hook
& Country Joe And The Fish)^
CANNED HEAT RECORDING: May 6, 1968
CANNED HEAT RECORDINGS: May 9, 1968
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 10, 1968 Municipal Auditorium, Austin, TX (co-billing w/Sam & Dave)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 11, 1968 Vulcan Gas Company, Austin, TX (supported by Conqueroo & Shiva's Head Band)^
CANNED HEAT TV SHOW: May 12, 1968 US TV "Upbeat"
colour video footage of rehearsal
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 12, 1968 Music Hall, Cleveland, OH (with Cream)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
May 14-19, 1968 Generation Club, New York City, NY
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
May 17-19, 1968 Kinetic Playground, Electric Theater Co. Chicago, IL (with The Litter)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
May 24-25, 1968 Psychedelic Supermarket
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
June 4-6, 1968 Cafe Au Go Go, New York City, NY
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
June 7-8, 1968 Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA (with Bagatelle)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
June 11-13, 1968 La Cave, Cleveland, OH
The
press began, universally, acclaiming Canned Heat as blues innovators.
The influential jazz magazine, Downbeat, ran a glowing article about
the group in their June 13, 1968 issue, calling them “probably
the best band of its type in the world today, playing with a power and
conviction, and generating an excitement which has been matched by only
the finest of the Negro bands in this idiom, early postwar blues music.
One would, in fact, have to go back to the great innovators of the
genre… Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Elmore
James, Little Walter, and the like… to find groups comparable to
Canned Heat in mastery, ease and inventiveness.”
https://www.eventim.co.uk/artist/canned-heat/?affiliate=HEJ
Billboard June 13th 1968
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
June 14-15, 1968 National Guard Armory, St. Louis, MO
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
June 19, 1968 Music Hall, Houston, TX (with Vanilla Fudge)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
June 24, 1968 Ice Palace, Las Vegas, NV
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
June 25, 1968 Community Concourse, San Diego, CA (with Genetic Dryft)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
June 26, 1968 Kaleidoscope, Los Angeles, CA
Recording session
Canned
Heat were contracted to play at Kaleidoscope on June 26th 1968 (Larry Taylor's
26th birthday) - and since this date doesn't appear to have been
advertised, and they were paid only a minimal amount, this is the
likely date the band recorded the following tracks:-
Bullfrog Blues
Sweet Sixteen
I'd Rather Be The Devil
Dust My Broom
I Wish You Would
When Things Go Wrong (It Hurts Me Too)
This was apparently a test recording session, and resulted in no release by Liberty Records, but some of the tracks recorded that day eventually appeared on a rival label (Wand), released under the misleading title 'Live at Topanga Corral'. The
same tracks were much later re-released as 'Live at Kaleidoscope
1969' even though the recording was made in 1968, so the title should be 'Live at Kaleidoscope
1968'.
The Kaleidoscope club closed as a
live music venue in the Summer of 1968, and was re-named the
Aquarius Theater, which staged 'Hair' the musical in August/September 1968.
CANNED HEAT RECORDING: Hollywood Kaleidoscope (June 26, 1968?)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: Los Angeles, CA (Kaleidoscope, June 26, 1968?)
Recording session
Project Blues *
On The Road Again * (a 10" Liberty Records acetate is believed to exist of this track)
* these tracks included on 'Canned Heat The Boogie House Tapes Vol.3'' 2CD, Ruf 1146
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: Los Angeles, CA (Kaleidoscope, June 26, 1968?)
Recording session
You Know I Love You 6:49 *
First Time Around (I Love My Baby) 10:34 *
* later issued on 'Early L.A.', Various Artists, Together Records ST-T-1014
these tracks are included on 'Canned Heat 1967-1976: The Boogie House Tapes' 2CD, Ruf 1050
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS: June 28-30, 1968 Fillmore Auditorium,
San Francisco, CA (Supporting Ten Years After, Albert King with Dan
Hicks & His Hot Licks)
Alan Wilson, John Hartmann & Bob Hite outside Kaleidoscope
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
Thursday, July 4 - Friday, July 5, 1968: 'Dance-Concert', Kaleidoscope,
6230 Sunset Boulevard, Downtown Hollywood, Los Angeles County,
California ^
On the bill: Canned Heat, Sly & The Family Stone, Spontaneous Sound & Sons Of Champlin, plus film "The
Tomb Of Ligeia". Two shows a day, 9:00pm and 11:00pm.
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
Recording session - Canned Heat were recording a live album.
Charlie Kelly (road manager for Sons of Champlin): "The
headliner at the Kaleidoscope was Canned Heat, then Sly and the Family
Stone, and the Sons of Champlin. The Kaleidoscope had once been the
broadcast home of a fifties TV show, 'Queen for a Day.' In this show
women competed to tell about how bummed out their lives were, and the
biggest bummer got a bunch of prizes and one day of limo service. Like
Oprah, but with prizes for the biggest bummer. Originally designed to
show off the prizes ('A complete set of pool accessories...'), the
stage was an enormous disc that revolved, and the idea was that each
band could set up permanently and then be revolved into place, rather
than physically moving equipment. Each band played two sets,
alternating, and the audience stayed through all six sets. The sets
were fairly short, about 40 minutes, which was enough for five or six
of the Sons' long songs and one Canned Heat song. At only 15 minutes,
'Freedom' wasn't the longest song played on that show; the winner was
'Refried Boogie' by Canned Heat, which took an entire set. Because they
were recording a live track for an album, Canned Heat played the same
song each set, to the same audience that had heard it an hour and a
half earlier. Over the two night stand, they played it four times, and
no other song. 'Refried Boogie' is a one-chord song, which for the
purposes of a live performance featured lengthy unaccompanied solos by
each member of the band. Ten minutes of monstrously loud guitar jamming
on an E chord followed by ten minutes of bass jamming on an E chord
followed by ten minutes of harp solo followed by ten minutes of slide
guitar solo, and then, THE DRUM SOLO! After that, they play the head,
sing the one verse, and quit until the second set. The audience had to
hear it only twice a night. I HAD TO HEAR IT FOUR TIMES! Did I say that
Canned Heat guitarist Henry Vestine had what he claimed was the most
powerful guitar amplifier on the planet? This thing weighed a couple of
hundred pounds, it drove six huge speaker cabinets, and it had to have
a big fan behind it to keep it from melting through the stage."
- excerpt from 'The Sons of Champlin: The Classic Years 1963-1977' by Bruno Ceriotti
A recording was to be released entitled 'Refried Boogie', spanning two sides of their forthcoming double LP,
'Living The Blues'
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: Saturday, July 6 - Sunday, July 7, 1968: The
Palace, Pacific Coast Highway, San Diego, CA (w/ Glory [local band]) ^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
July 12, 1968 Cow Palace, Daly City, CA (Benefit for Harmony, with
Vanilla Fudge, Iron Butterfly, Creedence Clearwater Revival (who
replaced Phoenix), Kai Moore, Sweet Rush, West, Initial Shock, Sandy
Bull & The Wedge)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
July 17-21, 1968 Whisky-A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, CA (with Fraternity of Man)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: July 19, 1968 Kaleidoscope, Los Angeles, CA
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
Summer 1968 Thee Image, Miami, FL (with NRBQ & Blues Image)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
August 2-4, 1968 Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (with Iron Butterfly & Initial Shock)
CANNED HEAT TV SHOW:
August 3, 1968 Cleveland, OH (US TV "Upbeat", with The Boss Blues,
Buddy Cole, David and the Giants, Joe Harnel, New Colony Six, The
Rationals, The Temptations, These Visitors (broadcasting date)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
August 3, 1968 Orange County Fair Grounds, Costa Mesa, CA ("1st Annual
Newport Pop Festival", with Alice Cooper, Chambers Brothers, Charles
Lloyd Quartet, Lee Michaels, Frosty, Country Joe and The Fish, Electric
Flag, James Cotton Blues Band, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sonny &
Cher, Steppenwolf & Tiny Tim)^
CANNED HEAT RECORDING SESSION: August 6-7 1968 I.D. Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Going Up The Country
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
August 8, 1968 Kaleidoscope, Los Angeles, CA (Canned Heat. Preceeded by
the film "Cincinnati Kid" & followed by the film "Ipcress File".
This was the start of a four-day film festival)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
August 9-11, 1968 Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI (supported by (9th) The Rationals, (10th) The Jagged Edge, (11th) Children)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
August 14-15, 1968 Kinetic Playground, Electric Theater Co. Chicago, IL (with The Mothers Of
Invention. Canned Heat filled in for Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll and
The Trinity)
CANNED HEAT TV SHOW:
August 31, 1968 Larry Kane Show, Channel 13, KTRK Studios, Houston, TX^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
August 31, 1968 Catacombs, Houston, TX ("Houston Pop Festival", with
Mothers of Invention, Moving Sidewalks, Country Joe And The Fish,
Matchbox, Neal Ford and the Fanatics)^
In September, 1968, Canned Heat left for their first European tour, a
month of concert performances and media engagements that included TV
appearances on the British show Top of the Pops and the German program
Beat Club, where they capably lip-synched “On The Road
Again” as it rose to #1 in both countries and practically all of
Europe.
https://www.eventim.co.uk/artist/canned-heat/?affiliate=HEJ
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 3, 1968 Bold Knight, Sunnyvale, CA (with Weird Herald,
Phoenix, Orphan Egg, Freedom Highway, Bogus Thunder & The Steve Miller
Band)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 5, 1968 London, UK (UK TV "Top Of The Pops" lip-synching "On The Road Again")
Start of the European
tour.
In a creative reciprocal arrangement, Canned Heat borrowed John Mayall's van
and road crew for the English and European gigs, while Mayall in turn
used the Canned Heat crew in America
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 5, 1968 Revolution Club, London, England
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 6, 1968 Mothers, Erdington, England
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 7, 1968 Civic Hall, Dunstable, England
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 8, 1968 Toft's Club, Folkestone, England
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 9, 1968 Pavillion Club, Bath, England ^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 10, 1968 Disc Jockey, Derby, England + Late Night Line Up
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 12, 1968 Bremen, Germany (German TV "Beat Club" lip-synching "On The Road Again". Broadcast September 14th)
VIDEO: September 12, 1968 Bremen, Germany (German TV "Beat Club"
lip-synching "On The Road Again". Broadcast September 14th)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 13, 1968 Hamburg, W.Germany
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 14, 1968 Kongresshalle, Frankfurt, W.Germany (with The Doors & Jefferson Airplane)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 16, 1968 France
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 18-19, 1968 Belgium
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 21-22, 1968 Sweden
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 23-24, 1968 Falkoner Centret, Copenhagen, Denmark
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 25, 1968 Colston Hall, Bristol, England (2 shows 6.30 & 8.45.
Supporting Small Faces, with Tim Rose, The Gods & (compere) Dave
Lee Travis)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 26, 1968 Middle Earth, Roundhouse, London, England
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 27, 1968 Richmond Athletic Club, Richmond, London, England (with Writing On The Wall)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 28, 1968 Middle Earth, Roundhouse, London, England (with Chicken
Shack, Writing On The Wall, who both filled in for Spooky Tooth)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 29, 1968 Civic Hall, Barnsley, England, (with The Small Faces)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 30, 1968 Marquee, London, England, (with Keef Hartley)
End of European tour
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 3, 1968 Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (supported by Gordon Lightfoot & Cold Blood)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: October 4, 1968 Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (supported by Gordon Lightfoot & Cold Blood)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: October 5, 1968 Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (supported by Gordon Lightfoot & Cold Blood)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 6, 1968 California State University, Chico, CA
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: October ?, 1968 Bank, Torrance, CA
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October ??, 1968 San Antonio, TX
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 11-12, 1968 Bank, Torrance, CA (CANCELLED, with Spirit)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 11, 1968 San Bernadino, CA (w/Country Joe & the Fish)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 12, 1968 Community Concourse, LA, CA (w/ Gnarly Beast, Marshmellow Rug)^
CANNED STUDIO SESSION: October 15, 1968 I.D. Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Christmas Blues (alternate take) *
* This track can be found on Canned Heat's 'Uncanned! The Best of Canned Heat' 2CD, EMI Records 724382916529, released 1994
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: October 19, 1968 Santa Rosa Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, CA (with Bronze Hog)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: Sunday October 20, 1968 UC Berkeley Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA ("Cal
S.U.P.E.R.B. presents during All - Cal Weekend Cal Rock Concert", with
Linn County (filling in for Santana), Mad River, Grateful Dead,
Stonehenge plus (cancelled) Special Jam with the Buddy Miles Express)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 25-26, 1968 Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, WA (with Byron Pope Ensemble, & lights by the Retina Circus Light Company)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 27, 1968 Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton, CA ("San
Francisco International Pop Festival", with Creedence Clearwater
Revival, Womb, Spyders, Loading Zone, Deep Purple, Grassroots, Chambers
Brothers, Procol Harum)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 31, 1968 Halloween, Winterland, San Francisco, CA (with John Mayall & Sir Douglas Quintet + 2)^
Canned Heat – Living The Blues
Liberty LST-27200
released 1st November 1968
Side One
"Pony Blues" (Charlie Patton) – 3:48
"My Mistake" (Alan Wilson) – 3:22
"Sandy's Blues" (Bob Hite) – 6:46
"Going Up the Country" (Wilson) – 2:50
"Walking by Myself" (Jimmy Rogers) – 2:29
"Boogie Music" (L.T. Tatman III) – 3:00
"Tell Me Man Blues" (1929 recording by Henry Sims) – 0:15
Side Two
"One Kind Favor" (Lemon Jefferson) – 4:44
"Parthenogenesis" (Canned Heat) – 19:57
I Nebulosity
II Rollin' and Tumblin'
III Five Owls
IV Bear Wires
V Snooky Flowers
VI Sunflower Power
VII Raga Kafi
VIII Icebag
IX Childhood's End
Side Three
"Refried Boogie (Part I)" (Canned Heat) (Recorded Live) – 20:10
Side Four
"Refried Boogie (Part II)" (Canned Heat) (Recorded Live) – 20:50
Record Company – Liberty Records
Copyright (c) – Liberty Records, Inc.
Recorded At – I.D. Sound
Recorded At – The Kaleidoscope, Hollywood
Mastered At – Artisan Sound Recorders
Credits
Art Direction – Woody Woodward
Bass – Larry "The Mole" Taylor*
Drums – Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra*
Engineer – Richard "Get Yourself Together" Moore*
Engineer [Assistance From] – Ivan Fisher
Graphics, Effects [Photographic Effects] – Jima Abbott
Guitar – Henry "Sunflower" Vestine*
Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica [Harp], Jew's Harp [Jaw Harp] – Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson*
Photography By – Peter Bernuth
Producer – Canned Heat, Skip Taylor
Vocals – Bob "The Bear" Hite*
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
November 2, 1968 Thee Image, Miami, FL
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
November 5, 1968 Hilton Convention Hall, Cape Kennedy FL (The Group, and Crystal Pain - Lighting: Psychedelic Power and Light Company)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
November 8, 1968 Tyndall Northside Armory, Indianapolis, IN (with Iron Butterfly & Fraternity Of Man)/
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
November 9, 1968 Kinetic Playground, Electric Theater Co. Chicago, IL (supported by Rhinocerous)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
November 13, 1968 U.C.L.A. Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA (with Patience Valentine)
NME (New Musical Express) UK Nov 16th 1968
Canned Heat’s version of The Chipmunk Song (Christmas
Don’t Be Late) / Christmas Blues
Liberty 56077
released November 14th 1968
Canned Heat’s
version of “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be
Late)” wasn’t exactly the same as the Chipmunks’
similarly titled chart-topper in 1958. It was a bluesy number
containing humorous dialogue between Canned Heat singer Bob Hite and
the voices of the Chipmunks: Simon, Theodore and Alvin, who were all
named after record executives at Liberty.
https://unrememberedhistory.com/tag/the-chipmunk-song-christmas-dont-be-late/
The Chipmunks are Alvin, Theodore & Simon (after Liberty executives; Alvin Bennett, Theodore 'Ted' Keep, and Simon Waronker)
Alvin
S. "Al" Bennett (September 21, 1926 – March 15, 1989), from
Joiner, Arkansas, was a record company executive who worked at Dot
Records, then Liberty Records. He was president of Liberty until 1968.
At that time he founded Cream Records, which absorbed Hi Records in
1977. Bennett is also known for lending his name to the character of
Alvin from The Chipmunks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Bennett
Alvin and the
Chipmunks, originally David Seville and the Chipmunks or
simply the Chipmunks, are an American animated virtual band created by
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. for a novelty record in 1958. The group consists
of three singing animated anthropomorphic chipmunks: Alvin, the
mischievous troublemaker, who quickly became the star of the group;
Simon, the tall, bespectacled intellectual; and Theodore, the chubby,
impressionable sweetheart. The trio is managed by their human adoptive
father, David (Dave) Seville. In reality, "David Seville" was
Bagdasarian's stage name, and the Chipmunks themselves are named after
the executives of their original record label. The characters became a
success, and the singing Chipmunks and their manager were given life in
several animated cartoon productions, using redrawn, anthropomorphic
chipmunks, and eventually films.
The voices of the
group were all performed by Bagdasarian, who sped up the playback to
create high-pitched voices. This oft-used process was not entirely new
to Bagdasarian, who had also used it for two previous novelty songs,
including "Witch Doctor", but it was so unusual and well-executed it
earned the record two Grammy Awards for engineering. Bagdasarian,
performing as the Chipmunks, released a long line of albums and
singles, with "The Chipmunk Song" becoming a number-one single in the
United States. After Bagdasarian's death in 1972, the characters'
voices were performed by his son Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and the latter's
wife Janice Karman in the subsequent incarnations of the 1980s and
1990s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_and_the_Chipmunks
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
November 15, 1968 Bank, Torrance, CA (with Linn County & Flamin’ Groovies)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
November 16, 1968 Honolulu International Center Arena, Honolulu, HI (with New Buffalo Springfield & The Turtles)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
November 22-23, 1968 Fillmore East, New York City, NY (with Iron Butterfly & Youngbloods)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
November 24, 1968 Rock Pile, Toronto, Ontario
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
November 29, 1968 Kinetic Playground, Electric Theater Co. Chicago, IL (supported by Tim
Buckley & Terry Reid)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
November 30, 1968 Kinetic Playground, Electric Theater Co. Chicago, IL ({Mike Bloomfield sits in}Tim
Buckley & Terry Reid)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 1, 1968 Music Hall, Cleveland, OH (with Velvet Underground & The Apple Pie Motherhood Band)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: December 6, 1968 Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI (Supported by Hamilton Face)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 7, 1968 Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI (Supported by Teegarden & Van Winkle)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 8, 1968 Kiel Opera House,St. Louis, MO (+ Rotary Connection)^
CANNED HEAT RECORD RELEASE:
Canned Heat
A: Going Up The Country
B: One Kind Favor
Liberty USA 56077 22 Nov 1968 7"
released December 7th 1968 45rpm
BB Nov 30, 1968
CB Dec 7, 1968
a) LB 2652
b) LB 2653
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 13, 1968 Fresno Convention Center, CA (Mad River & Shag)^
'I
saw him [Blind Owl] one night when the Bear was ill and didn't show up
for a gig in 1968... [Fresno, late 1968] He sang lead, played
bottleneck and harp, like nobody else could and apologised at the end
of the show and said "we will be back next time with Bob and put on a
better show for you."
Everyone gave him a standing ovation for several minutes. He was so damn good, nobody cared that the Bear was not there.
I went to the concert a fan of the Bear's vocals (Bullfrog Blues, Amphetamine Annie, Evil Woman, etc.). I left a fan of Alan's music and vocals.'
- Robert Doubleday
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 21, 1968 Anaheim Convention Center Exhibition Hall, Anaheim,
CA ("Sam Riddle presents.... Boss City Christmas Dance", with Pogo,
Southern Comfort and five other bands)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
December 22-23, 1968 L.A. Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA - "L.A. Pop
Festival - A Christmas Happening" (with Chambers Brothers, The Grassroots, Steve Miller Blues Band & The Love
Exchange)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 26, 1968 Cow Palace, Daily City, CA ("KYA Presents The San
Francisco Holiday Rock Festival", with Santana, Steppenwolf, Blue
Cheer, The New Buffalo Springfield, The Spencer Davis Group, Three Dog
Night, The Electric Prunes, Tender Loving Care, Flaming Groovies)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 29, 1968 Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA (with Iron Butterfly, Derek, Bob Seger System & The Goodies)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 30, 1968 Gulfstream Park Racing and Casino, Broward County, FL
("Miami Pop Festival", with Jose Feliciano, The Turtles, Iron
Butterfly, The Grass Roots, Jr. Walker and The All Stars, Ian and
Sylvia, Charles Lloyd Quartet, Sweet Inspirations, Sweetwater, The Joe
Tex Revue)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 31, 1968 Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA - 'At Midnight Superboogie 1969' - ("Scenic
Sounds Present A New Years Eve Extravaganza", with Pogo, Lee Michaels,
Black Pearl, Love Army, 'special guests set by' Sweetwater. Bob Hite rode a painted purple
dayglo elephant to the stage)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
unknown date, 1968 The Back Door, Ventura, CA (with Tim Buley Blues Band)
1969
Canned Heat - Terraplane Blues (acetate disc)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
January ?, 1969 Houston, TX
(After the concert, a record collector
friend of Bob Hite mentioned casually that the legendary black blues
guitarist Albert Collins was at that time playing in a little place
called Ponderosa Club down in the black neighborhood of the city, so
they went to see the concert, at the end of which and after a little
chat, they invited him to go with them to Los Angeles to revive his
career and record a new album)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: January 12, 1969
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: January 18, 1969 WEWS-TV, Cleveland, OH (US TV "Upbeat" performing
"Going Up The Country", with The Box Tops, Bobby Darin, Jerry Jeff
Walker, Jerry Butler, Sonny Geraci, the Good Rats, The Mauds, Mother
Earth, The New Colony Six, Peppermint Rainbow, Sugar and Spice, The
Unifics & The Vogues (broadcasting date)
CANNED HEAT VIDEO SESSION: January 20, 1969 Los Angeles, CA US TV ("Playboy After Dark", with
Buddy Greco, Shari Lewis, Colvin & Wilder, Max Lerner, Johnny Janis (broadcast May 16, 1969)
Hugh Hefner: You've come up with an unusual name - Canned Heat - where does that.. em.. Where did you get the name..?
Bob Hite: Canned
Heat came from the title of an old phonograph record, made in 1929, by
Tommy Johnson. They used to drink 'Canned Heat'
(laughter)
Hugh Hefner: Back in prohibition days?
Bob Hite:
That's back when you couldn't get booze, you couldn't get any
options... strain it down though a loaf of bread, and drink it up.. You
get a buzz!!!
Video recordings
Audio recording: 1969 Playboy After Dark
Turpentine Moan *
* this track is included on 'The Boogie House Tapes Vol 3' 2CD, Ruf 1146
On the Road Again *
* this track is included on 'Canned Heat 1967-1976: The Boogie House Tapes' 2CD, Ruf 1050
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: January 24, 1969 Theater For The
Performing Arts, San Antonio, TX (with Crimson & Clover, Tommy James and the Shondells)^
CANNED HEAT STUDIO SESSION: 'Same All Over' (1/24-25/69 I.D. Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA)
CANNED HEAT: January 29, 1969 I.D. Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA - 45
(recorded January 29, 1969, released February 1969)
Time Was
Low Down (And High Up)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: February 1, 1969 Swing Auditorium,
San Bernardino, CA (with Creedence Clearwater Revival, Lee Michaels
& C.K. Strong)
CANNED HEAT RECORD RELEASE
A: Time Was
B: Low Down (And High Up)
Liberty USA 56097
5 Feb 1969 7"
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 7, 1969 Fillmore East, New York City, NY (2 shows each night, supported by The Pentangle & Rhinoceros)^
Ain't That Lovin' You Baby aka I Love My Baby 7:40
Bullfrog Blues 5:20
Sugar Mama> Bass solo> Sugar Mama 12:53
Killin' Floor 6:13
On The Road Again 10:17
Crowd Noise> Bear Talking 1:56
The Boogie 24:07
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 8, 1969 Fillmore East, New York City, NY (2 shows each night, supported by Pentangle & Rhinoceros)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 9, 1969 Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI (with Spirit, The Brooklyn Bridge (who cancelled) & Bubble Puppy)
- Ron Stender was a roadie for Canned Heat 1969-71 -
Ironwood Daily Globe February 20th 1969 p10
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 15, 1969 Memorial Theater, McKeesport, PA (+ Mind Garage, The Moon, with Terry Lee of WMCK)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 16, 1969 Alexandria Roller Rink, Alexandria, PA (with B.B. King)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 19, 1969 Pasadena Civic Auditorium, CA (with B.B. King)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
February 21-22, 1969 Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA (with American Dream)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 23, 1969 Mosque, Richmond, Virginia (with The Zombies, and The Buffalo Springfield, The Outsiders)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 25, 1969 Rhode Island Auditorium, Providence, RI (CANCELLED.
with Tommy James & The Shondells & Brooklyn Bridge. The show
was cancelled due to a snowstorm!)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 28, 1969 Independence Hall, Baton Rouge, LA (2 shows, 7pm & 10pm)^
CANNED HEAT
VIDEO SESSION: February 1969 Beat Club (TV), Bremen, Germany
(Broadcast February 22, 1969)
Going Up the Country
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
March 16, 1969 Alexandria Roller Rink 807, North Asaph Street, Alexandria, Virginia^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
March 16, 1969 Civic Center, Baltimore, MD (with The Jeff Beck Group, B.B. King & King Solomon's Mind)^
CANNED HEAT RECORDING SESSION: March 20. 1969 I.D. Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Big Fat (The Fat Man)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
March 27-29, 1969 Boston Arena, Boston, MA ("Boston Pop Festival")
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
March 30, 1969 KRNT Theater, Iowa ^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
March 30-April 1, 1969 Lockhart Park, Ft. Lauderdale, FL ("WSRF
Surf-Radio Presents First Annual Fort Lauderdale Easter-Rock Festival",
with Creedence Clearwater Revival, Strawberry Alarm Clock, MC5
(cancelled), Steve Miller Blues Band, Grass Roots, 3 Dog Night, Chuck
Berry, Sweetwater, Morning Glory, Buffalo Springfield, Fruit Of The
Loom, Tiny Tim, Pacific Gas & Electric, Super Session, Blood, Sweat
& Tears (cancelled), Chambers Brothers (cancelled), Richie Havens
(cancelled), Traffic (cancelled), Jeff Beck Group (cancelled), and many
other groups)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 2, 1969 Angels Stadium, Palm Springs, CA ("Palm Springs Pop
Festival", with Ike & Tina Turner, Buddy Miles Express, Black
Pearl, Southwind, San Andreas Boogie & Savoy Brown. Eric Burdon
sang with Canned Heat at Bob Hite's invitation)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 4, 1969 Center Arena, Seattle, WA (with The Grass Roots)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 5, 1969 Agrodome, Vancouver, BC (w/ The Box Tops?)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 10, 1969 UC Santa Barbara Robertson Gym, Santa Barbara, CA (with Poco & Ace Of Cups - Dry Paint)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 11, 1969 Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA (with Creedence Clearwater Revival & Cold Blood)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 12, 1969 California Polytechnic State University Men's Gym, San Luis Obispo, CA
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 18, 1969 Hunter College, New York City, NY (with Ten Years After) (no show stuck in Washington)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 19, 1969 Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 24, 1969 Lake Lansing, Haslett, MI (with The MC5 & The Woolies)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
April 25-26, 1969 Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI (supported by Family & (25th) The Red, White & Blues Band, (26th) Caste)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 3, 1969 Kinetic Playground, Electric Theater Co. Chicago, IL (with Aum & Albert King)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 4, 1969 Minneapolis Labor Temple, Minneapolis, MN (with The Serfs)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 10, 1969 Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 11, 1969 Aztec Bowl, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
(supported by Grateful Dead, Santana, Lee Michaels & Tarantula)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 16, 1969 McDonald Gym, Lamar College, Beaumont, Texas^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 23, 1969 University of Montana Adams Field House, Missoula, MT (with Initial Shock)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 25, 1969 Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA ("Santa Clara
Pop Festival", with Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Steve Miller, Spirit,
Poco, Chambers Bros., Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry & Jefferson
Airplane)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 30, 1969 Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA ("Ash Grove Benefit Concert", with Albert Collins & Lightnin' Hopkins)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
June 6, 1969 The Fourth Annual Memphis Country Blues Festival (w/ Johnny Winter, Claude Mabel)^
but... did Canned Heat show up?
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
June 20-21, 1969 Action House, Island Park, NY (with Howl & Senaca)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
June 23-25, 1969 The Ark, Boston, MA (with Kaleidoscope. The last show
on June 25th finished with a 40 minute jam with members of Kaleidoscope)
Please Don’t Bother Me (Alan Wilson) *
Get off My Back *
* this track is included on 'The Boogie House Tapes Vol 2: 1969-1999' 2CD, Ruf 1103
Mi Huautla *
Catfish Blues *
On The Road Again *
* these tracks are included on 'The Boogie House Tapes Vol 3' 2CD, Ruf 1146
01) [01:17] Introduction
02) [05:06] I Found Love
03) [01:43] Banter / Tuning I
04) [13:34] Catfish Blues
05) [01:44] Banter / Tuning II
06) [04:33] Bullfrog Blues
07) [01:29] Banter / Tuning III
08) [06:39] Gonna Find a New Woman
09) [04:29] Killing Floor
10) [01:48] Banter / Tuning IV
11) [05:33] Bring It On Home
12) [03:53] Banter / Tuning V
13) [35:36] Kaleidoheat Boogie (with drum solo)
https://www.guitars101.com/forums/f145/canned-heat-1969-06-25-boston-ma-sbd-flac-173543.ht
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS: June 27-28 1969 Kinetic Playground, Electric Theater Co. Chicago, IL (with Black Pearl & Soup)^
CANNED HEAT RECORDING SESSION: July 2nd 1969 Liberty Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Poor Moon
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
July 4, 1969 Atlanta International Raceway, Fulton County, GA ("1st
Annual Atlanta International Pop Festival", with Sweetwater, Ten Wheel
Drive, Pacific, Gas & Electric, Dave Brubeck, Ian & Sylvia,
Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Delaney, Bonnie & Friends, Johnny
Rivers, Johnny Winter, Al Kooper & Creedence Clearwater Revival)^
01. 'Going up the Country'
02. 'Bring it on Home'
03. 'Number 9 Train' (writtten by Tarheel Slim)
04. 'When You're 26' - Alan 'Blind Owl' Wilson's 26th birthday song - he was born July 4, 1943
05. 'Fried Hockey Boogie'
https://mega.nz/folder/jItWHaYB#C3nXLzVZc9ZgRQPDhyD3Aw/folder/yJ8lBarb
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
July 7, 1969 Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY (with Savoy Brown)
Canned Heat
Hallelujah
- released July 8th 1969
Same All Over
Change My Ways
Canned Heat
Sic'em Pigs
I'm Her Man
Time Was
Do Not Enter
Big Fat (The Fat Man)
Huautla
Get Off My Back
Down In The Gutter, But Free
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
July 11, 1969 Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA (supported by BB King & Fats Domino)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
July 12, 1969 Convention Center, Anaheim, CA (with Kaleidoscope & Steve Miller Blues Band)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
July 13, 1969 HIC Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii (with Lee Michaels)^
Canned Heat
A: Poor Moon
B: Sic 'Em Pigs
Liberty USA 56127 released 15 Jul 1969 7"
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
July 26, 1969 Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, UT (with The Turtles)
Bob Hite: Henry (Vestine) split in the middle of a gig at the
Fillmore West. Him and Larry (Taylor) weren't getting along at all, and
Henry was kind of uptight about the kind of music we were playing and
decided that he wanted to play something else, so we just split.
He didn't say "I quit" or anything like that. It's just that we had a
gig the next night and our manager got us all together and said "Well
man the Canned Heat's got a gig at the Fillmore West tonight, and
whoever's in Canned Heat be there," and he didn't show up.
- Special from MARTIN WEBB in Vancouver, NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS Friday March 7, 1970
Henry Vestine doesn't show up for Canned Heat's appearance at Fillmore West
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
July 29, 1969 Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (supported by
Preservation Hall Jazz Band & South Wind)^
Mike Bloomfield sits in for Henry Vestine on lead guitar for 1st set.
But Canned Heat has no lead guitarist for the 2nd set!
Bob Hite: So Harvey [Mandel] was laying there and getting stoned in the dressing room, so
I just saw this cat over there and said "Hey man, do you know how to play a
telecaster?" and he said "Sure," so I said "Do you want to play?" and he
said "Yes." So he went out and played with us ..
- Special from MARTIN WEBB in Vancouver, NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS Friday March 7, 1970
Oh Baby
My Time Ain´t Long
Sugar Mama
Shake it & Break it
I´m Her Man
Rock Me Baby
Future Blues
A Change Is Gonna Come
Mike
Bloomfield is offered a permanent post with Canned Heat but declines as
he has just broken with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and is weary of
touring.
Harvey Mandel is offered Henry Vestine's spot in the band's line-up and accepts.
(It
is suggested that Alan Wilson wishes to join Henry in some new
endeavour but after a couple of days is persuaded by Skip Taylor against it - Henry then forms a group called Sun)
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
CANNED HEAT [#3]
(JUL 29, 1969 - MAY 1970)
1) Bob Hite
2) Al Wilson
3) Larry Taylor
4) Adolfo de la Parra
5) Harvey Mandel (aka The Snake) lead guitar
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: July 30, 1969 Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (w/ Preservation Hall Jazz Band, & South Wind)^
You Don't Have to Go *
My Time Ain't Long
Sugar Mama
Shake It and Break It
I'm Her Man *
Rock Me Baby
Future Blues
Leaving This Town
* these tracks are included on 'The Boogie House Tapes Vol 3' 2CD, Ruf 1146
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: July 31, 1969 Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (w/ Preservation Hall Jazz Band, & South Wind)^
Oh Baby
My Time Ain´t Long
Sugar Mama
Shake it and Break it
I´m Her Man
Rock Me Baby
Future Blues
A Change Is Gonna Come
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: August 1, 1969 Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA
or
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: August 1, 1969 Fillmore East, New York City, NY (with Santana, Three Dog Night & Sha Na Na)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: August 2, 1969 Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA
or
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: August 2, 1969 Fillmore East, New York City, NY (with Santana, Three Dog Night & Sha Na Na)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
August 3, 1969 Atlantic City Race Track, Atlantic City, NJ ("Atlantic
City Pop Festival" with Mothers Of Invention, Janis Joplin, Moody
Blues, Three Dog Night, Sir Douglas Quintet, Joe Cocker, Little Richard,
Buddy Rich Big Band, Dr. John The Night Tripper. Janis Joplin's sax
player Cornelius 'Snooky' Flowers guested with Canned Heat)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: August 3, 1969 Fillmore East, San Francisco, CA ?
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
August 6, 1969 Freeport Stadium, Freeport, NY (with Ten Years After,
Cat Mother, The All-Night Newsboys, Orpheus & Back River Circus)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
August 8, 1969 Music Circus, Lambertville, NJ
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
August 9, 1969 Bridgeport Musical Theatre, Bridgeport, CT
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
August 13, 1969 Mesker Amphitheater, Evansville, IN ("Evansville Pop
Festival", with Illinois Speed Press, Butterfield Blues Band, Elvin
Bishop, Silverheels, Jamie Lyons, Cat Mother & The All Night
Newsboys & The Litter)
Bob Hite: 'We said [to Harvey Mandel], 'Go home and get your
suitcase packed because we're going to New York at six o'clock in the
morning.'
He
got his clothes and came back and we flew to New York. We were all dead
tired and we'd heard all the reports about the roads being closed
around Woodstock. Traffic jams everywhere and nobody could move, so we
decided we didn't want to go.
Our
manager was with us and he said, 'Alright you guys, we won't go. Go to
your rooms and rest. Thirty-five minutes later I get a phone call,
'We're going, I've chartered a plane.' They ferried us off to Snake
Navel, uh, some little airport, someplace in New York. We took off and
then landed in the middle of the mountains and there was nobody there
except two little, strange looking kids with yarmulkes. They were the
only people there.
Finally,
up comes the ABC news department, and about ten minutes later here
comes a helicopter. They all jammed out to the helicopter with all
their news equipment and were going to get on it. Our manager said,
'This helicopter's for us. We're one of the acts, we're performing, and
we have to get there.' They said, 'No, we're taking this.' There was a
little argument and it got physical. We yanked ABC off the helicopter
and needless to say, we got there.
And
still we didn't know what this was all about because the biggest job
we'd played till that time was the Fillmore and the Fillmore held a
couple of thousand people. And that was the biggest audience anybody
had ever played for.
We're
in this helicopter and the pilot says, 'There it is' and he points. We
looked and there was just a mountain of people. It was hard to believe.
We landed and this was after all the rain and the mud and they'd had a
pretty rough couple of days. We went on at just the right time. We got
on and played our first tune and I thought the place was going to come
unglued. I mean the response was deafening.
We
played the gig and had a real good time and then couldn't get out. We
ended up ripping off one of the trucks they used for equipment and
somebody left their limo there with the keys in it, so we took that.
That was Woodstock. We didn't get to see much of it.
http://travelingboy.com/tim/travel-tim-march08.html
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: August 16, 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair, Max Yasgur Farm, Bethel, New York
Fito de la Parra:
'We were wailing and cooking through a boogie when I
noticed a guy's head and shoulders slowly rising over the tall plywood
fence that separated us from the crowd.
Suddenly he stood up, and now he was above us, and
jumped, swooping down on the stage like Batman. He hurtled into The
Bear and then came crashing into my drums.
What the hell? Are we under attack?
A security guard tried to grab the guy, a short,
wiry kid about 19, wearing blue love beads. Bear instantly recognised
the big, leather vest the kid was carrying. It was Bob's favorite piece
of clothing, a primitive-looking piece of thong-stitched rawhide that
looked like it should be wrapped around Vulcan in his forge, which was
sort of how The Bear saw himself.
He had been moping around ever since he sobered up enough to recall
that in a spasm of crazy euphoria brought on by the boogie and beer and
pots and pills, he had thrown the vest into the crowd at a gig we
played in some rowdy Texas blues club a month earlier.
"Bear," the kid is screaming. "Bear! I brought your vest back!"
The kid had wound up with it that night in the Texas
audience. So when he heard we were going to be at Woodstock, he
hitchhiked all the way to New York and wormed his way through that
massive crowd and past the security guards to deliver it to him on
stage.
The Bear, flying on acid, is still singing. Seeing
his funky vest, he is like a little kid reunited with a lost puppy. He
pushes the security guard away from the kid, who fishes a cigarette out
of the pocket of Bear's yellow T-shirt.
I am banging away on my drums, still trying to
figure out what the hell is going on, but the audience has picked up on
it. All of a sudden, one of them is up here with the musicians, and
he's being treated like a royal guest, a lost lost pal. They're on
their feet cheering.
The enthusiasm of the crowd washed over us on the
stage, waves of grungy, bare-chested, tie-dyed, granny-glassed,
weed-ripped, crotch-bursting, rain-soaked, incredulous enthusiasm.
Bear looked over at me. "Man, we could start a revolution right now, this minute, if we wanted to," he said.
- 'Canned Heat: Living the Blues', Fito de la Parra, 2010, pp14-16
Alan's Intro *
I'm Her Man
Going Up the Country
A Change Is Gonna Come / Turpentine Moan / Leaving This Town
Too Many Drivers (Big Bill Broonzy cover)
Rollin' Blues (John Lee Hooker cover)
Woodstock Boogie
Encore:
On the Road Again
* this track is included on 'The Boogie House Tapes Vol 3' 2CD, Ruf 1146
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
August 22-23, 1969 Paradise Valley Resort, Squamish, BC ("Vancouver Pop
Festival", with Tarantula (22-23), Flying Burrito Brothers (22-23),
Grass Roots (22-23), Merryweather (22-23), Motherlode (22), Strawberry
Alarm Clock (22-23), Alice Cooper (22-23), Taj Mahal (22), Chrome
Syrcus (22-23), Lee Michaels (22), Chicago (C.T.A.) (22-23), Little
Richard (22-23), Love (22-23), Smith (23), Sonny Terry & Brownie
McGee (23), Rotary Connection (23), Sound by Deyong (22-23), Lights by
Retina Circus (22-23)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: August 29, 1969 Oklahoma City, OK, Civic Center Music Hall (with Ten Years After)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
August 30, 1969 Dallas International Motor Speedway, Lewisville, TX
(Texas International Pop Festival, with Janis Joplin, Chicago Transit
Authority, James Cotton Blues Band, B.B. King, Herbie Mann, Rotary
Connection & Sam & Dave)
(Love At The Texas International Pop Festival)
Bullfrog Blues *
Rollin and Tumblin Jam
Blind Owl blues
Pulling Hair Blues *
* these tracks are included on 'Canned Heat 1967-1976: The Boogie House Tapes' 2CD, Ruf 1050
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
August 31, 1969: Airline Highway Park and Fairgrounds, Prairieville, LA "New Orleans Pop Festival"
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
Sep 1, 1969 Prairieville, LA, USA - Airline
Highway Park and Fairgrounds, New Orleans Pop Festival (with Creedence
Clearwater Revival, Country Joe McDonald and the Fish, Janis Joplin,
Grateful Dead, Iron Butterfly
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
Sep 20, 1969 Showcase Concert Theatre, Detroit (w/ Steppenwolf)^
Canned Heat - Got to Change My Ways (acetate)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
Fall 1969 Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS (with Bob Seger System)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 26, 1969 Providence College Alumni Hall, Providence, RI
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October ?, 1969 War Memorial, Syracuse, NY ("The 100th Happening
Syracuse University Centennial Homecoming Pop Festival", with Al Kooper
and His Orchestra, Napanaw's Pottery Shop)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 4, 1969 Miami Jai-Alai Fronton, Miami FL^
CANNED HEAT TV SHOW: October 9, 1969 'The Merv Griffin Show'
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 11, 1969 Baldwin Gym, DREW University, Madison, NJ (supported by John Mayall)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 31, 1969 Eastown Theatre, Detroit, MI (with Spirit & Blodwyn Pig)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
November 1, 1969 Civic Center Convention Hall, Philadephia, PA (3rd
Quaker City Rock Festival, with The Youngbloods, Chicago Transit
Authority & Santana)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
November 8, 1969 Kinsmen Field House, Edmonton, AB (with Troyka)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
November 9, 1969 Agrodome, Vancouver, BC (supported by Moody Blues)
CANNED HEAT RECORDING SESSION: 13th November 1969
Future Blues
CANNED HEAT VIDEO SESSION: November 20, 1969 Los Angeles, CA US TV "Playboy After Dark" performing
"Future Blues" & "My Time Ain't Long", (with Sonny & Cher, Vic
Damone, Larry Storch, Dick Shawn. Broadcast on January 27, 1970)
Interview
My Time Ain't Long * +
Instrumental
Canned
Heat appeared on a November 1969 episode of Playboy After Dark. Hite
was invited to talk with Hugh Hefner after the performance, along with
other guests Sonny and Cher, Vic Damone, Dick Shawn and Larry Storch. A
20-year-old Lindsay Wagner, playing the part of one of Hefner's party
guests, sat on Hite's lap and played a party game. When asked by Hefner
what kind of animal Hite would be if he were an animal, Wagner claimed
he'd be a bear. Hite told her she got it right, that people called him
"The Bear." It was also on this episode that Hite informed Hugh Hefner
that he had over 15,000 78s.
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Bob_Hite
Canned Heat
Spoonful (Willie Dixon) – 2:30
Big Road Blues (Canned Heat) – 2:08
45rpm 7"
released November 1969
Janus USA J-110
+
Canned Heat
Vintage LP on PYE
Side One
1. "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) – 2:30
2. "Big Road Blues" (Canned Heat) – 2:08
3. "Rollin' and Tumblin" (Muddy Waters) – 2:17 without harmonica
4. "Got My Mojo Working" (M. Morgenfield) – 2:44
5. "Pretty Thing" (Dixon) – 2:01
Side Two
1. "Louise" (Chester Burnett) – 3:07
2. "Dimples" (John Lee Hooker) – 2:21
3. "Can't Hold on Much Longer" (W. Jacobs) – 2:32
4. "Straight Ahead" (Canned Heat) – 2:35
5. "Rollin' and Tumblin" (Waters) – 2:07 with (Alan Wilson on) harmonica
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
November 30, 1969 Palm Beach International Raceway, Jupiter, FL ("First
Annual Palm Beach International Music Festival", with The Byrds, The
Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Steppenwolf, Rotary Connection, and
more)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
Dec 3rd 1969 recording 'Let's Work Together (Let's Stick Together)'
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 4th 1969 recording 'Shake It and Break It' (Alan Wilson)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 6, 1969 Academy of Music, New York City, NY (with B.B. King
& James Gang. Canned Heat cancelled and Vanilla Fudge filled in for
them)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 12-14, 1969 Family Dog on the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA (with Bob McPharlin, Rhythm Dukes with Jerry Miller)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 15-18, 1969 Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 20, 1969 'Boss City', KHJ Channel 9 TV Show, KHJ Studios, Los Angeles, CA (broadcast date)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 21, 1969 Balboa Stadium, San Diego, CA (with 'Crosby Stills Nash & Young with Reeves and Taylor')^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 26, 1969 Phanter Hall, Fort Worth, TX
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: - Bubble Puppy - Pather Hall - Fort Worth TX - December 26th 1969^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 27-29, 1969 Miami-Hollywood Speedway, Pembroke Pines, FL
("Miami Rock Festival - Last Rock Festival of the 60's", with Santana,
Crow, Smith, Vanilla Fudge, Grateful Dead, Butterfield Blues Band, B.B.
King, Hugh Masakela, Tony Joe White, Biff Rose, Amboy Dukes, Turtles,
Motherlode, The Band, Johnny Winter, Cold Blood & Sweetwater)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: unknown date, 1969 Sarasota Armory, Sarasota, FL (with Spirit)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: 1969 Boston Tea Party
Bring It On Home
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: 1969 Arc, Boston
Huautla
Catfish Blues
1970
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: January 6-7, 1970 L'Olympia, Paris, France
(Underground Music Festival, with Triangle, Taste, Manfred Mann &
Renaissance)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
January 11, 1970 Konserthuset, Goteborg, Sweden
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
January 12, 1970 Konserthaus, Stockholm, Sweden
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
January 13, 1970 Falkoner Centret, Copenhagen, Denmark
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
January 21, 1970 City Hall, Newcastle, England (with Renaissance)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
January 22, 1970 Philarmonic Hall, Liverpool, England (with Renaissance)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
January 23, 1970 Dome, Brighton, England (with Renaissance)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
January 24, 1970 Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England (with Renaissance)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
January 25, 1970 Fairfield Hall, Croydon, England (with Renaissance)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: January 25, 1970 Fairfield Hall, Croydon, England (p7)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
January 26, 1970 Town Hall, Birmingham, England (with Renaissance)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
January 29, 1970 Manchester College Of Commerce, Manchester, England
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
January 30, 1970 Royal Albert Hall, London, England (with Renaissance. The
show was recorded and some songs taken from that were released the same
year on their album: "Canned Heat '70 Concert - Live In Europe")
CANNED HEAT VIDEO SESSION: January 31, 1970 Beat Club, TV Show, Bremen, West Germany with Spirit,
Humble Pie, Renaissance, Free, John Mayall, Colosseum, Juicy Lucy
(broadcast date) Canned Heat performed:
Let's Work Together
Move On
Down The Road *
Future Blues
* this track is included on 'Canned Heat 1967-1976: The Boogie House Tapes' 2CD, Ruf 1050
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 1, 1970 Circus Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 4, 1970 Beethovensaal, Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: Februay 7, 1970 Casino de Montreux, Switzerland (w/ Zoo)^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 12, 1970 Space Electronic, Florence, Italy
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February ?, 1970 Cinema Teatro Nazionale, Milan, Italy
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 28, 1970 Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, WA
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
March 6-7, 1970 Warehouse, New Orleans, LO (with Bloodrock)^
Canned Heat
recording March 6th 1970
Sugar Bee
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
March 20, 1970 Met Sports Center, Bloomington, MN ("The Met Center Rock
Festival (aka 1st Met Pop Festival)", with The Stooges, SRC, Litter,
Brownsville Station, The Amboy Dukes, Grand Funk Railroad, Buddy Miles,
Sweetwater (canceled), Rotary Connection (canceled)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
March 25, 1970 Varsity Arena, Toronto, ON (with MC5 & The Faces)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
March 27-29, 1970 Bithlo, Orange County, FL ("Winter's End Festival". Canned Heat cancelled)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
March 27-29, 1970 The Floyd L. Reynolds farm, near Lubbock, TX ("The
Southwest '70 Peace Festival", with Barry McGuire, The Byrds
(cancelled), Blue Moutain Eagle, Muddy Waters, The Flock, Truth, Joe
Kelly Blues Band, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, Sundance, Johnny
Winter, Zephyr, Freddie King, Bloodrock, Bangor Flying Circus, The
Frantics, Beast & Sweetwater)
CANNED HEAT REHEARSAL SESSION: Spring 1970
You Tease Me (A de la Parra) *
* this track is included on 'The Boogie House Tapes Vol 2: 1969-1999' 2CD Ruf 1103
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 10, 1970 Downtown National Guard Armory, 851 Market Street, Jacksonville, FL
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 11, 1970 Pirate's World, Dania, FL
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 16, 1970 Electric Circus, New York City, NY
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
April 19, 1970 Sports Arena, Atlanta, GA
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
ca. Spring 1970 (between February and July): unknown old small venue, Beretania Street (?), Honolulu, HI
BLIND OWL RECORDINGS:
'Recorded by Alan Wilson on acoustic guitar in hospital, shortly before his passing.'
Saturday Blues * aka Black Mama Part 1
Blind Melon * aka Blind Lemon
Sloppy Drunk *
Death Bed Blues *
* these tracks are included on 'The Boogie House Tapes Vol 2: 1969-1999' 2CD, Ruf 1103
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 2, 1970 West Side Armory, Kingston, PA (with Rhinoceros & The Citations)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 8, 1970 Freedom Palace, 3140 Main, Kansas City, MO (with Ice & Appletree [2 shows])^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 9, 1970 Freedom Palace, Kansas City, MO
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Henry Vestine returns to Canned Heat
In
May, 1970, both Harvey Mandel and Larry Taylor defected from Canned
Heat to join John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. With Taylor gone, Henry
Vestine returned on guitar, accompanied by bassist Antonio de la
Barreda. De la Barreda had played with Fito de la Parra for five years
in Mexico City and was previously a member of the group Jerome. The new
lineup immediately went into the studio to record with John Lee Hooker
on sessions that would yield the double album Hooker ‘N Heat. The
format for the sessions called for Hooker to perform a few songs by
himself, followed by some duets with Alan Wilson playing piano or
guitar and finally, Hooker with some sympathetic backing by the group
sans Bob Hite, who co-produced the album along with Skip Taylor.
https://www.eventim.co.uk/artist/canned-heat/?affiliate=HEJ
CANNED HEAT [#4]
(MAY 1970 - SEPT 3, 1970)
1) Bob Hite
2) Al Wilson
3)
Adolfo de la Parra
4) Henry Vestine
5) Antonio de la Barreda (aka Tony
Olav) bass
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 15, 1970 Convention Hall, Fresno, CA (with Sweetwater & Blue Mountain Eagle)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 16, 1970 Spartan Stadium, San Jose, CA ("All College Music
Festival", with Country Joe, Ike & Tina Turner Review, Albert King,
Les McCann, Southern Comfort & South Bay Experimental Flash)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 22, 1970 Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey, CA (with Love,
Gypsy & Lion. Canned Heat cancelled and were replaced by Delaney
& Bonnie & Friends)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 22, 1970 SUNY Gym, Stony Brook, NY
LIVE SHOW:
May 24, 1970 farm, Newton Falls, OH ("Piper Rock Festival", with Alice
Cooper, The Byrds (cancelled), Kenny Rogers & The First Edition,
Cold Blood, Glass Harp, Marble Cake, Pig Iron, The Rascals (cancelled)
& Smith. Canned Heat don't appear, but band members Bob Hite and
Alan Wilson sit in with Pig Iron.
CANNED HEAT BROADCAST: May 25, 1970 Beat Club (TV), Bremen, Germany
Move On Down The Road
JOHN LEE HOOKER & CANNED HEAT RECORDING SESSION: May 25, 1970
Messin’ With The Hook take 1
Look At What You’ve Done take 2 (slower tempo)
The Feeling Is Gone
take
1
Send Me Your Pillow Baby
take
1
Sittin’ And Thinkin’
take
1
Meet Me On The Bottom
take
1
Meet Me On The Bottom take 2
Alimony Blues take 1
Drifting Blues take 1
It’s Alright takes 1, 2
tuning,
It's Alright false start takes 3, 4
It’s Alright take 5
false starts
You Talk Too Much
talking about double money
Burning Hell
Bottle Up And Go
The World Today aka I Wonder Why
I Got My Eyes On You
Whiskey And Wimmen’
Just You And Me
Let’s Make It takes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Let’s Make It take 6 (LP version is cut)
JOHN LEE HOOKER & CANNED HEAT RECORDING SESSION: May 26, 1970
Come Back Baby aka Talk It Over
I Feel Good
Pea Vine Special takes 1, 2, 3 (take 3 on LP)
Boogie Chillen No. 2
CANNED HEAT STUDIO SESSION: May 27, 1970 Liberty Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Canned Heat
Future Blues / Going Up The Country
Label: Liberty – 56180
Format: Vinyl, 7", Single, Promo
Country: US
Released: 29 May 1970
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: May 29, 1970 Keyn &
Great Plains Peace Festival, Cessna Stadium, Wichita State University
(w/ Truth, Heaven and Earth, Rick Harrison)^
CANNED HEAT BROADCAST: May 30, 1970 Beat Club (TV), Bremen, Germany
(broadcast May 30, 1970)
Future Blues
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
May 30, 1970 Dave Lewis's Farm, Heyworth, IL ("Kickapoo Creek Outdoor
Rock Concert - Incident at Kickapoo Creek", with Country Joe and The
Fish, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Devil's Kitchen, B.B. King, Amboy
Dukes, REO Speedwagon, Joe Kelly Blues Band, Delaney & Bonnie &
Friends, The Finchley Boys and many others)
Introduction / Tuneup
Reefer Blues *
Future Blues
"New" Refried Boogie
* this track is included on 'Canned Heat 1967-1976: The Boogie House Tapes' 2CD, Ruf 1050
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: Kickapoo Park, Carmel CA
Too Many Drives *
Future Blues *
So Sad *
* these tracks are included on 'The Boogie House Tapes Vol 3' 2CD, Ruf 1146
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: June 19-21, 1970 Mantorp Park, Mantorp, SWE ("Festival of the Midnight
Sun", with Alexis Korner, Blond, Blue Mink, Blues Quality, Burning Red
Ivanhoe, Charlie's Flight, Cochise, Dream Police, High Tide, Edison
Lighthouse, Emile Ford, Opus II, Juicy Lucy, Magazine Story, Cornelis
Vreeswijk & Made In Sweden, Maniacs, Mecki Mark Men, November,
Paradise, Pugh Rogefeldt, Hawkwind, Skaggmanslaget, Skin Allet, The
Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, The Move, The Radna Krishna Temple, The
Tremeloes, The Web, Wild Angels, White Plains, The Gun, Chuck Berry,
The Byrds (canceled), Deep Feeling & Dr. John)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW: June 26, 1970 Kralingen Forest Park, Rotterdam, NED ("The Holland Pop
Festival '70" This three-day festival (26-28) was sponsored by
'Coca-Cola'. The whole festival was filmed and a movie titled 'Stamping
Ground' was released in theatres on the same year, including Canned
Heat's footage of their performance of 'Human Condition' and 'So Sad')
So Sad
Canned Heat '70 Concert (Live In Europe)
(recorded early 1970...
...released June 1970 in Britain)
That's All Right Mama
Bring It On Home
Pulling Hair Blues
Back Out On The Road/On The Road Again
London Blues
Let's Work Together
Goodbye For Now
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
June 27, 1970 Bath & West Showgrounds, Shepton Mallet, England ("Bath
Festival Of Blues And Progressive Music 70", with Steppenwolf, John
Mayall, Johnny Winter, Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, It's
A Beautiful Day, Keef Hartley, Maynard Ferguson Big Band)
Roll Me Over Baby
Reefer Blues
Somethings Gotta Go
Pulling Hair Blues ('Country Blues Jam') - while Henry fixes string
Human Condition
Future Blues
Dollar Bill
- slow blues, by Al
So Sad (World In A Tangle)
Let's Work Together
We Like To Boogie
Shake Rattle and Roll
You Never Miss Your Water (Til The Well Runs Dry)
- audio tape is thought to exist
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
July 3, 1970 London, England (UK TV "Late Night Line Up". No performance.
John Peel interviewed two members of Canned Heat and also Frank Zappa)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
July 6-11, 1970 Steel Pier, Atlantic City, NJ
Released: August 3, 1970
Canned Heat – Future Blues
Studio: Village Recorders in Los Angeles, CA
Liberty – LST-11002
Country: US
A1 Sugar Bee Written-By – Eddie Shuler 2:39
A2 Shake It And Break It Written-By – Alan Wilson* 2:34
A3 That's All Right, Mama Written-By – Arthur "BigBoy" Crudup* 4:18
A4 My Time Ain't Long Written-By – Alan Wilson* 3:48
A5 Skat Piano, Arranged By [Horns] – Dr. John Written-By – Alan Wilson* 2:42
A6 Let's Work Together Engineer – David Weichman* Written-By – Wilbert Harrison 2:49
B1 London Blues Piano – Dr. John Written-By – Alan Wilson* 5:32
B2 So Sad (The World's In A Tangle) Written-By
– Alan Wilson*, Robert Hite, Jr.*, Adolfo de la Parra*, Harvey
Mandel, Samuel L. Taylor* 7:57
B3 Future Blues Piano – Ernest Lane Written-By
– Alan Wilson*, Robert Hite, Jr.*, Adolfo de la Parra*, Harvey
Mandel, Samuel L. Taylor* 3:02
Pressed By – Research Craft
Credits
Art Direction – Ron Wolin
Artwork [Kanned Korn Komix] – Bo Schnepf*
Author [Kanned Korn Komix] – Neal Aberman
Bass – Samuel Larry Taylor*
Drums – Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra*
Lead Guitar – Harvey Mandel
Liner Notes – Alan C. Wilson*
Photography By [Back Cover] – Herb Kravitz
Photography By [Front Cover] – Skip Taylor
Photography By [Inside] – Herb Green*
Producer – Canned Heat, Skip Taylor
Recorded By, Mixed By – Tommy Oliver
Vocals – Bob Hite
Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica – Alan Wilson*
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
August 11, 1970 Cumberland County Arena, Fayetteville, NC
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
August 14, 1970 The Hump, Marco Polo Resort Hotel Hump Room, Miami, FL (Tony Strand and the Upper Hand, The Peach; and Jim
Morrison joins the band as guest on the songs: "Back Door Man", "Rock
Me", "Fever" & "I'm A Man")^
On
August 1970, Canned Heat played the Marco Polo Resort’s Hump Club
in Miami, Florida. Jim Morrison was in attendance, celebrating the end
of his infamous court appearance for supposedly exposing himself on
stage. Morrison and his old friends jammed on four songs, including
Howlin’ Wolf’s Back Door Man, which The Doors had covered
on their first album. Afterwards, Morrison and Wilson sat together at a
table and held an earnest discussion about the blues. The singer
respected Wilson, maybe recognising a kindred troubled soul.
https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-twisted-tale-of-blind-owl-and-the-bear
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
August 22, 1970 Forum, Inglewood, CA (with Iron Butterfly & Herbie
Hancock)
CANNED HEAT REHEARSAL: Summer 1970 Veterans Auditorium, Hollywood
'Last rehearsal with Alan Wilson'
Something's Gotta Go (A de la Parra) *
* this track is included on 'The Boogie House Tapes Vol 2: 1969-1999' 2CD, Ruf 1103
On September 3, 1970, Wilson was found dead on a hillside behind bandmate Bob Hite's Topanga Canyon home; he was 27 years old.
An autopsy identified his manner and cause of death as accidental acute barbiturate intoxication.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Wilson_(musician)
Bob Hite: "We were
touring without him in Germany when we heard that he was dead. We
carried on with the tour and some people thought we were callous in
that, but we think it's what he would have wanted us to do. He just
couldn't communicate. He used to wear dark glasses all the time too,
because the light hurt his eyes."
- Disc & Music Echo Magazine 16th October 1971
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CANNED HEAT [#5]
(SEPT 4, 1970 - c.SEPT 10, 1970)
1) Bob (The Bear) Hite - vocals, harp
2) Adolfo (Fito) de la Parra - drums
3) Henry (Sunflower) Vestine - guitar
4) Antonio (Tony) de la Barreda (aka: Tony Olav) - bass
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 4, 1970 Deutschndhalle, Berlin, Germany ("Super Concerto '70",
with The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Murphy Blend, Procol Harum, Ten Years
After & Cat Mother)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 5, 1970 Isle of Fehmarn, Germany ("Open Air Love and Peace
Festival", with The Faces, Mungo Jerry, Sly & The Family Stone,
Cluster, Keef Hartley Band, Fat Matress, Ginger Baker's Airforce,
Aardvark, Frumpy & Peter Brotzman
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September ?, 1970 KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September ?, 1970 Paris, France
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 10, 1970 VPRO Piknik, Kasteel Groeneveld, Baarn, Nederlands (with Sly and The Family Stone & Daddy Longlegs)
Recorded 10th September 1970 - Kasteel Groeneveld, Baarn
Killing Floor (Howlin’ Wolf cover)
I Know My Baby
Boogie All Night Long
Future Blues
Holland Boogie
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CANNED HEAT [#6]
(c.SEPT 11, 1970 - 1972)
1) Bob Hite
2) Adolfo de la Parra
3) Henry Vestine
4) Tony de la Barreda
5) Joel Scott Hill vocals, rhythm guitar
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 11, 1970 Hyde Park Speaker's Corner, London, England (free concert, with Eric Burdon & John Sebastian)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 12th Hyde Park
Going Up the Country
Future Blues
Let's Work Together (Wilbert Harrison cover)
Fried Hockey Boogie
Canned Heat
finished off the day with a great set which featured 'Future Blues','
Lets Work Together " and "Refried Hockey Boogie " .
Former guitarist Al Wilson had only just been cremated the day before,
so this show was in a way a memorial to him. Henry Vestine played so
hard he blew up his amp. The heat had the power pulled on them as they
overran the curfew, but everyone had fun despite the rotten weather.
http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/Hyde-park-9-12-70.html
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 13, 1970 Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England (with Groundhogs)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 15-19, 1970 Venice, ITY (cancelled)
CANNED HEAT RECORDING SESSION:
September 18, 1970, Paris, with Memphis Slim –
Canned Heat went
into the studio at the request of French music producer Phillipe Rault
to record with Memphis Slim.
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 22, 1970 Town Hall, Birmingham, England (with Groundhogs)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 23, 1970 De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England (with Groundhogs)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 24, 1970 City Hall, Sheffield, England (with Groundhogs)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 26, 1970 Central Hall, Chaltham, England (with Groundhogs)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
September 27, 1970 Empire, Liverpool, England (with Groundhogs)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 2, 1970 Fyns Forum, Odense, Denmark (with Skid Row)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 3, 1970 KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark (with Skid Row)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 8, 1970 Niedersachsenhalle, Hannover, Germany
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 10, 1970 Stadtcasino, Basel, Switzerland (with Lambert and Nuttycombe)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October ??, 1970 Le Golf Drouot, Paris, France
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October ??, 1970 Olympia, Paris, France
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 16, 1970 London, England
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 28, 1970 Miami Dade Junior College North Campus, Miami, FL
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
October 31, 1970 University of Miami, Coral Glabes, FL (with Black Sabbath)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
November 5-8, 1970 Grand Old Flag, Glendale, CA ("Grand Opening", with Jericho & The Earth Disciples)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
November 25-29, 1970 Whisky-A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, CA (Supported by The Earth Disciples)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 5, 1970 Newark State College, Union, NJ^
Going Up The Country
Framed
Let's Work Together
That's All Right
On the Road Again
Big City Girl
Refried Boogie
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
December 9, 1970 The Boston Tea Party, Boston, MA (2 shows 7.00 & 10.00)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
December 11-12, 1970 Fillmore East, New York City, NY (with Allman Brothers Band, Dreams & Toe Fat)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
December 18-20, 1970 Winterland, San Francisco, CA (supported by Youngbloods, Blues Image & The Earth Disciples)
CANNED HEAT TV SHOW:
Late 1970 or Early 1971 'Something Else', TV Show, Los Angeles, CA with
The Dillards, Dorothy Morrison, Iron Mountain Depot, John Hartford
(host) The band perform: 'Scat' and 'Let's Work Together'.
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
Late 1970 or Early 1971 (approximate date): St. John's High School, Shrewsbury, MA
A: Special Radio Spot Commercial
United Artists USA
SP-43 Jan 1971 Promo Only
7"
Canned Heat
A: Wooly Bully
B: My Time Ain't Long
Liberty USA 56217
released 8 Jan 1971 7"
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
January 9, 1971 Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA (with Southwind)
JOHN LEE HOOKER & CANNED HEAT RECORD RELEASE
Hooker 'n' Heat 2LP
released January 15, 1971
Side one
1. "Messin' with the Hook" 3:23
2. "The Feelin' Is Gone" 4:32
3. "Send Me Your Pillow" 4:48
4. "Sittin' Here Thinkin" 4:07
5. "Meet Me in the Bottom" 3:34
Side two
1. "Alimonia Blues" 4:31
2. "Drifter" (Charles Brown, Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams) 4:57
3. "You Talk Too Much" 3:16
4. "Burning Hell" (John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman) 5:28
5. "Bottle Up and Go" (Tommy McClennan) 2:27
Side three
1. "The World Today" 7:47
2. "I Got My Eyes on You" 4:26
3. "Whiskey and Wimmen" 4:37
4. "Just You and Me" 7:42
Side four
1. "Let's Make It" 4:06
2. "Peavine" 5:07
3. "Boogie Chillen' No. 2" (John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman) 11:33
Personnel
John Lee Hooker — vocals, guitars
Alan Wilson — harmonica; piano on "Bottle Up and Go" and "The World Today"; rhythm guitar on "I Got My Eyes on You" and "Peavine"
Henry Vestine — electric guitar on "Whiskey and Wimmen", "Just You and Me", "Let's Make It", and "Boogie Chillen' No. 2"
Antonio de la Barreda — bass
Adolfo de la Parra — drums
Hooker
'n Heat is a double album released by blues musician John Lee Hooker
and blues-rock band Canned Heat in early 1971. It was the last studio
album to feature harmonica player, guitarist and songwriter Alan
Wilson, who died in September 1970 from a drug overdose. The photo on
the album cover was taken after Wilson's death, but his picture can be
seen in a frame on the wall behind John Lee Hooker. Guitarist Henry
Vestine was also missing from the photo session. The person standing in
front of the window, filling in for Henry, is the band's manager, Skip
Taylor.[2] Careful examination of the photo reveals that Henry's face
was later added by the art department.[3] Although featured on the
cover, vocalist Bob Hite does not sing on the album.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooker_%27n_Heat
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
January 23, 1971 Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, TX (with It's A Beautiful Day & Southwind)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
January 29, 1971 Eastown Theatre, Detroit, MI (with MC5 & The Third Power)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
January 31, 1971 Convention Hall, San Diego, CA
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 12, 1971 Fillmore North, Toronto, ON (with Taj Mahal)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 13, 1971 St. John's University Alumni Hall, Queens, NY (with Red Eye)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOWS:
February 20-21, 1971 Warehouse, New Orleans, LO^
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
February 26, 1971 Upsala College Viking Memorial Hall, East Orange, NJ (with The Byrds & Factory)
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW:
March 26, 1971 Eastown Theatre, Detroit, MI (with Dada)
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW: March 27, 1971 Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW: March 28, 1971 Community College, Seldon, New York
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW: April 4-9, 1971 Mexico
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW: April 10, 1971 University of Denver, Denver, Colo.
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW: April 12-13, 1971 Whiskey A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, Calif
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW:
April 15, 1971 Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY
Framed 6:10 *
Let's Work Together 4:17 *
Hey Babe 5:46 *
Shake 'n' Boogie 19:52 *
Back Door Man 8:47 *
* tracks appear on 'Canned Heat With John Lee Hooker 'Carnegie Hall 1971' Cleopatra CLP 2103, 2015
Hey Babe *
I Feel Good *
* these tracks are included on 'The Boogie House Tapes Vol 3' 2CD, Ruf 1146
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW: April 16, 1971 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (with Edgar Winter)
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW:
April 17, 1971 Woffard College, Spartenbury, So. Carolina
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW:
April 18, 1971 The Depot, Minneapolis, MN
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW:
April 19, 1971 Snoopy's, Madison, Wisc.
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW:
April 20, 1971 Your Uncle's Place, La Cross, Wisc.
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW: April 21, 1971 Oriental Theatre, Milwaukee, WI (& The Hound Dog Band)
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW:
April 22, 1971 The Arena, Green Bay, Wisc.
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW: April 23, 1971 Illinois State University, Normal, Ill.
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW: April 24, 1971 Xavier University, Cincinatti, Ohio
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW: April 25, 1971 Agoura Club, Columbus, Ohio
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW: April 26, 1971 Whittenburg University, Springfield, Ohio
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW: May 2, 1971 Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, Calif.
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW: May 4-5 1971 Boston, Mass
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW: May 13, 1971 Tennessee Tech. Univ. Cookville Tenn.
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW: May 16, 1971 The Auditorium, Atlantic, Ga.
CANNED HEAT & JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE SHOW: May 28, 1971 Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, Wash.
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
June 24-27, 1971 Cypress Pointe Plantation, McCrea, LO ("Celebration Of Life")
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
June 30, 1971 Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA (United Artists 99 cent
concert with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Sugarloaf, War & (MC) Wolfman
Jack)
Hill's Stomp
Let's Work Together
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
July ?, 1971 Amsterdam, NED (free concert)
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
July 14-15, 1971 Beach House, Venice, CA
Feel Alright *
* these tracks are included on 'The Boogie House Tapes Vol 3' 2CD, Ruf 1146
CANNED HEAT LIVE SHOW:
July 17, 1971 The Park, North Baltimore, OH (with Edgar Winter's White Trash)
CANNED HEAT STUDIO SESSION: July 20-21, 1971 Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA - 45
Long Way From L.A.
Hill's Stomp
Caterpillar Crawl *
D. Drone *
These Boots Are Made For..(Studio jokes) *
Cherokee Dance *
* these tracks are included on 'Canned Heat 1967-1976: The Boogie House Tapes' 2CD, Ruf 1050
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Canned Heat – Live At Topanga Corral
Label: Wand– WDS 693
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo-Monic
Country: US
Released: 1971
A1 Bullfrog Blues 7:21
A2 Sweet Sixteen – R. King*, J. Josea* 10:57
A3 I'd Rather Be The Devil – A. Leigh 5:10
B1 Dust My Broom – Elmore James 5:46
B2 Wish You Would – Billy Boy Arnold 8:03
B3 When Things Go Wrong – A. Leigh 9:08
This album contains 46:37 of original boogie music!
Recorded At – The Kaleidoscope, Hollywood
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Producer – Michael O'Bryant, Richard Moore
Recorded live at The Topanga Corral, Topanga Canyon, California c.June 26th 1968
re-released as 'Canned Heat:Live At The Kaleidoscope 1969' CD Varèse Sarabande 3020661782
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Canned Heat
'Uncanned! The Best of Canned Heat' 2CD
EMI Records 7243 8 29165 2 9
released May 17,1994
"On the Road Again" (Alternate Take) (Floyd Jones, Alan Wilson) – 7:05
"Nine Below Zero" (Sonny Boy Williamson II) – 4:08
"TV Mama" (Lou Willie Turner) – 6:21
"Rollin' and Tumblin" (McKinley Morganfield) – 3:05
"Bullfrog Blues" (Hite, Jr., Wilson, Taylor, Vestine, Cook) – 2:17
"Evil Is Going On" (Willie Dixon) – 2:20
"Goin' Down Slow" (St. Louis Jimmy Oden) – 3:43
"Dust My Broom" (Robert Johnson, Elmore James) – 3:14
"Help Me" (Sonny Boy Williamson II, R. Bass) – 3:07
"The Story of My Life" (E. Jones) – 3:38
"The Hunter" (Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson, Jr., Booker T. Jones, Carl Wells) – 3:37
"Whiskey and Wimmen'" (John Lee Hooker) – 3:59
"Shake, Rattle and Roll" (Charles Calhoun) – 2:42
"Mean Old World" (Walter Jacobs) – 3:26
"Fannie Mae" (Brown, Robinson, Lewis) – 3:06
"Gotta Boogie (The World Boogie)" (Canned Heat) – 9:55
"My Crime" (Canned Heat) – 3:57
"On the Road Again" (Floyd Jones, Alan Wilson) – 4:59
Disc two
"Evil Woman" (Larry Weiss) – 2:59
"Amphetamine Annie" (Canned Heat) – 3:56
"An Owl Song" (Alan Wilson) – 2:43
"Terraplane Blues" (Robert Johnson) – 3:21
"Christmas Blues (Alternate Take)" (de la Parra, Vestine, Wilson, Hite, Jr.) – 7:34
"Going Up the Country" (Alan Wilson) – 2:50
"Time Was" (Alan Wilson) – 3:36
"Low Down (And High Up)" (Hite, Jr., Wilson, Vestine, Taylor, de la Parra) – 2:50
"Same All Over" (Canned Heat) – 2:49
"Big Fat (The Fat Man)" (Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew, adapted by Robert Hite, Jr.) – 1:58
"It's All Right" (John Lee Hooker) – 5:35
"Poor Moon" (Alan Wilson) – 3:24
"Sugar Bee" (Eddie Shuler) – 2:36
"Shake It and Break It" (Alan Wilson) – 2:31
"Future Blues" (Hite, Jr., Wilson, Mandel, Taylor, de la Parra) – 2:58
"Let's Work Together (Let's Stick Together)" (Wilbert Harrison) – 3:11
"Wooly Bully" (Domingo Samudio) – 2:30
"Human Condition" (Canned Heat) – 5:24
"Long Way from L.A." (Jud Baker) – 3:04
"Hill's Stomp" (Joel Scott Hill) – 3:01
"Rockin' with the King" (Skip Taylor, Richard Wayne Penniman) – 3:15
"Harley Davidson Blues" (James Shane) – 2:33
"Rock & Roll Music" (Richard J. Hite, Jr.) – 2:27
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References & Information
'Canned Heat: Living the Blues', Fito de la Parra, 2010 ISBN 978-0967644905
~ Canned Heat ~
CANNED HEAT http://www.chromeoxide.com/canned.htm
Canned Heat Concerts Wiki https://concerts.fandom.com/wiki/Canned_Heat
The Kaleidoscope 1968 Performance List http://rockprosopography101.blogspot.com/2010/04/6230-sunset-boulevard-hollywood-ca.html
CANNED HEAT FAMILY TREE - SHOWS LIST http://rockprosopography102.blogspot.com/2010/03/canned-heat-performance-list-work-in.html
Canned Heat's Concert History https://www.concertarchives.org/bands/canned-heat--2
Canned Heat biography https://www.eventim.co.uk/artist/canned-heat/?affiliate=HEJ
Canned Heat Woodstock https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/canned-heat-woodstock.522511/
Woodstock Wiki (Canned Heat) https://woodstock.fandom.com/wiki/Canned_Heat
Canned Heat: the badass blues band that death couldn’t kill https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-twisted-tale-of-blind-owl-and-the-bear
Canned Heat - the Liberty Records Years https://dereksmusicblog.com/2016/12/11/canned-heat-the-liberty-records-years/
Tape Library https://libraries.olemiss.edu/cedar-archives/finding_aids/MUM00584.html
CANNED HEAT - LOS ANGELES 1967 http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=4019
CANNED HEAT - ASH GROVE, LOS ANGELES 1967 http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=4269
CANNED HEAT Los Angeles 1967 https://www.guitars101.com/forums/f90/canned-heat-los-angeles-1967-a-663827.html
Canned Heat Classic Posters https://www.classicposters.com/performer/canned-heat
~ Bob 'The Bear' Hite (Vocals, Harmonica) ~
The Story Of Canned Heat’s ‘Big Bear’ Bob Hite https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/the-story-of-a-big-bear/
The Bear by Tim Mattox http://travelingboy.com/tim/travel-tim-march08.html
Bob Hite https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Bob_Hite
~ 'Blind Owl' Alan Wilson (Vocals, Harmonica, Guitar) ~
'Blind Owl Blues: The Mysterious Life and Death of Blues Legend Alan Wilson' Paperback – by Rebecca Davis Winters, 2007 1st edition (illustrated) ISBN: 978-0615146171
'Blind Owl Blues: The Mysterious Life and Death of Blues Legend Alan Wilson' Paperback
– by Rebecca Davis 28 Mar 2013 2nd edition ISBN: 978-0615792989
Blind Owl biography http://alanwilsoncannedheat.com/woodstock-alan-bio.php
Blind Owl’s Blues And The Story Of Canned Heat https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/blind-owls-blues-story-canned-heat/
Interviews http://www.blindowl.net/interviews.html
Interviews http://alanwilsoncannedheat.com/woodstock-interviews.php
'Just Those Five Notes: An interview by Pete Welding' http://www.blindowl.net/just_those_five_notes.html
Discography http://alanwilsoncannedheat.com/woodstock-discography.php
Facebook - Alan Wilson (Blind Owl) https://www.facebook.com/groups/alanwilson/?ref=bookmarks
~ Henry Vestine (Guitarist) ~
Henry Charles Vestine: A Short Biography By Jon Silvermoon http://www.vipersnet.com/henry/
HIAL KING & HIS NEWPORTS: Death Valley (M.B.K. Records) 1960 -- California https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTzfD5aoFZw
~ Henry Vestine with Mothers of Invention ~
Photos http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/notes/MOI_Pictures_1965-1966.html
Henry with MOI 'Motherly Love' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZi6jgEsWuQ
Henry with MOI 'Plastic People' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eTPuZ-a3m0
Henry with MOI 'I Ain't Got No Heart' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNj9hlfPyIg
Henry with MOI 'Anyway the Wind Blows' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B4_sbqowcI
~ Larry Taylor (Bass player) ~
A Conversation with Larry Taylor http://bluesjunctionproductions.com/a_conversation_with_larry_taylor
~ Frank Cook aka Frank Clayman-Cook (former Drummer) ~
Former Rocker Leads off Drug-Alcohol Summit https://elvaq.com/news/2009/10/14/former-rocker-leads-off-drugalcohol-summit/
VOLCANO(FRANK COOK)-12-15-12-DRUM JAMMING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCCDXuGUqUM
~ Fito De le Parra (Drummer) ~
An Interview with Fito de la Parra of Canned Heat: Living the Blues http://blues.gr/profiles/blogs/an-interview-with-fito-de-la-parra-of-canned-heat-living-the
~ Skip Taylor (Manager) ~
Gary James' Interview With Skip Taylor http://www.classicbands.com/SkipTaylorInterview.html
Interview with Skip Taylor NOVEMBER 10, 2016 https://thevinylpress.com/interview-with-skip-taylor
~ Ash Grove Club ~ https://ashgrovemusic.net/history/performers/
