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For "Going Up the Country", Canned Heat's Wilson used Thomas' melody on the quills and his basic rhythm, but arranged it for a rock setting and rewrote the lyrics. In addition to the bass and drum rhythm section, Henry Vestine supplied a "light electric rhythm guitar" [5] and multi-instrumentalist Jim Horn reproduced Thomas' quill parts on the ...
Henry Thomas (1874 – 1930) was an American country blues singer, songster and musician. Although his recording career, in the late 1920s, was brief, Thomas influenced performers including Bob Dylan , Taj Mahal , the Lovin' Spoonful , the Grateful Dead , and Canned Heat .
In October, the band released their third album, Living the Blues, which included "Going Up the Country", their best-known song. Wilson's recreation of Henry Thomas' "Bull-Doze Blues" was almost a note-for-note copy of the original, including Thomas' instrumental break on the "quills" (pan-pipes) which Jim Horn duplicated on flute. Wilson ...
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.
Thomas's audition to play Elliott in E.T. has long since entered Hollywood legend for reportedly moving Spielberg to tears.And the surviving footage of Thomas's audition reveals the then-9-year ...
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Canned Heat took credit for the lyrics, and gave credit for the notes to Henry Thomas. Lots of bluesmen's tunes were being reworked in the 60's, and the artists were very vocal about giving credit to the original. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.72.88.128 00:00, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
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