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Canned Heat is an American blues rock band founded by Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson and Bob “The Bear” Hite in 1965, the bands classic line-up consisted of Wilson on slide guitar, vocals and harmonica, Hite on vocals and harmonica, Henry “The Sunflower” Vestine on lead guitar, Larry “The Mole” Taylor on bass and Adolfo “Fito” de ...
See List of Canned Heat band members. Website. cannedheatmusic.com. Canned Heat is an American blues and rock band that was formed in Los Angeles in 1965. [4] The group has been noted for its efforts to promote interest in blues music and its original artists.
Alan Christie Wilson (July 4, 1943 – September 3, 1970), nicknamed " Blind Owl ", was an American musician, best known as the co-founder, leader, co-lead singer, and primary composer of the blues band Canned Heat. He sang and played harmonica and guitar with the group, live and on recordings.
Now, more than fifty years and forty albums later – despite the untimely deaths of original members Bob Hite, Alan Wilson & Larry “The Mole” Taylor – Canned Heat is still going strong. Legendary original drummer Adolfo “Fito” de la Parra and bassist Rick Reed are now joined by Dale Spalding on harmonica, guitar and lead vocals, and ...
Canned Heat is an American rock band formed in 1965 by Alan Wilson and Bob Hite, famous for performing at the Woodstock festival. The band name is inspired by the 1928 song by Tommy Johnson ...
Canned Heat rose to fame because their knowledge and love of blues music was both wide and deep. Emerging in 1966, Canned Heat was founded by blues historians and record collectors Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson and Bob “The Bear” Hite.
It’s not like that any more. In truth, the Canned Heat of 1981 aren’t the band they used to be. They haven’t been since September 1970, when Alan ‘Blind Owl’ Wilson – guitarist, co-founder and the band’s beating musical heart – died in mysterious circumstances near their lead singer’s house.
Former Members: Mark Andes. Junior Watson. Associated Artists: John Lee Hooker. Dr. John. _________________________________________. Canned Heat is a blues-rock/boogie rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California, USA, in 1965. The group has been noted for its own interpretations of blues material as well as for efforts to promote the ...
Canned Heat. One of the premier blues bands of the 1960s, influential on groove-laden rockers ranging from ZZ Top to Phish. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1960s - 2020s. Formed. 1965 in Los Angeles, CA. Genre.
Canned Heat were one of the greatest American bands of the 60s and 70s – and certainly the most doomed. Frontmen Al ‘Blind Owl’ Wilson and Bob ‘The Bear’ Hite both died tragically young, and the band fell apart in a miasma of drugs, alcohol and mismanagement.