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"Going Up the Country" (also "Goin' Up the Country") is a song adapted and recorded by American blues rock band Canned Heat. Called a "rural hippie anthem", [3] it became one of the band's biggest hits and best-known songs. [4] As with their previous single, "On the Road Again", the song was adapted from a 1920s blues song and sung by Alan Wilson.
"On the Road Again" is a song recorded by the American blues rock group Canned Heat in 1967. A driving blues rock boogie, [3] it was adapted from earlier blues songs and includes mid-1960s psychedelic rock elements.
[15] [16] Except in jazz circles, it remained an obscure blues number until blues-rock group Canned Heat recorded "Going Up the Country". Though rearranged, the Canned Heat song is musically the same, down to a faithful rendition of Thomas's quill solos by Jim Horn. The lyrics also borrow from Blind Willie McTell's "Statesboro Blues" (1928).
Living the Blues is the third album by Canned Heat, a double album released in late 1968. It was one of the first double albums to place well on album charts. It features Canned Heat's signature song, "Going Up the Country", which would later be used in the Woodstock film.
Let's Work Together: The Best of Canned Heat is a compilation album by Canned Heat, released in 1989. [1] All of the songs are taken from the first five albums released on Liberty Records between 1966 and 1970, except for "Rockin' with the King", which is from the United Artists Records album Historical Figures and Ancient Heads (1971).
Canned Heat is the debut studio album by American blues and rock band Canned Heat, released shortly after their appearance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.The album consists of covers of traditional and popular blues songs.
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He played flute on the original studio recording of "Going Up the Country" by Canned Heat, reproduced in the film Woodstock. Horn played flute and saxophone on the Beach Boys ' album Pet Sounds , and played flute on the Rolling Stones ' album Goats Head Soup . [ 3 ]