Canned Heat (Official Thread)

[elfranco]

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Canned Heat 1967
Boogie with Canned Heat 1968
Living the Blues 1968
Hallelujah 1969
Future Blues 1970
Vintage 1970
Canned Heat '70 Concert Live In Europe 1970
Hooker 'N Heat 1970
Live At Topanga Corral 1971
Historical Figures and Ancient Heads 1971
The New Age 1973
One More River to Cross 1973
Memphis Heat 1974
Gates On Heat 1974
Human Condition 1978
Captured live 1980
Hooker'n'Heat, Live at the Fox Venice Theatre 1981
Kings of the Boogie (Dog House Blues) 1981
The Heat Brothers '84 1984*
Infinite Boogie 1986
Boogie Up The Country 1987
Reheated 1988
Burnin' live 1991
Boogie Assault ; reissues Live in Oz 1991
Canned Heat Live 1993
Internal Combustion 1994
King Biscuit Flower Hour 1995
Live at Turku Festival 1995
Canned Heat Blues Band 1996
The Ties That Bind 1997 (but recorded in 1975) RCA Mexico/Archive Recordings
House of Blue Lights 1998
Boogie 2000 1999
The Boogie House Tapes 2000
Friends in the Can 2003
The USA Sessions 2003
The Boogie House Tapes Volume 2 2004
Under Dutch Skies 2007
Christmas Album 2007


I have a compilation by them. I never hear them anywhere. They wer ahead of the curve and Goin' Up The Country was pretty over played when it was out. It was a popular title. On The Road Again more than reveals their inner workings and people should do some digging into them.

 

[LG]

Re: Anyone Mention Canned heat?

I never really got into Canned Heat, the song you mentioned is the only tune of theirs I remember.

 

[Magic]

Re: Anyone Mention Canned heat?

You have to love the name of this song, and it is pretty humorous, too

Bullfrog Blues

 

[Truckin]

Re: Anyone Mention Canned heat?

I was a big Canned Heat fan. My brother-in-law had the album Canned Heat Cookbook and that's where I first heard them. I miss Bob "The Bear" Hite and Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson.

 

[Džedaj]

Re: Anyone Mention Canned heat?

They're one of my favorite blues bands ever. Going up the country is awesome hippie song, I love it, and other songs like On the Road Again, Dust My Broom, Bullfrom Eyes, Let's Work Together and Amphetamine Annie are just superb. Btw Blind Owl was great guitarist.

 

[LG]

Re: Anyone Mention Canned heat?

Seein' we have a bunch of knowledgeable Canned Heat fans, recommend for me the very best album this band recorded, not a greatest hits compilation though.

 

[Groovy Man]

Re: Anyone Mention Canned heat?



I love Canned Heat. Woodstock Veterans. There music is right up my alley. Hippy Blues Boogie Rock. They were more than a two hit wonder. From what I understand they had a big following in the 60's and early 70's. I've been a big fan for a long time - I had them on vinyl back in the day, now have them on CD.

I miss Bob "The Bear" Hite and Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson.

Indeed, they were Canned Heat. Great singer and great guitarist. R.I.P.

Seein' we have a bunch of knowledgeable Canned Heat fans, recommend for me the very best album this band recorded, not a greatest hits compilation though.

Lord Grendel, I highly recommend ''Boogie With Canned Heat''. If you get the version with the bonus tracks, it's even better!

 

[LG]

Re: Anyone Mention Canned heat?

Thanks Groovy Man, I'll keep an eye open for that one.

 

[Groovy Man]

Re: Anyone Mention Canned heat?

Let's Work Together

Going Up The Country - Live @ Woodstock, August 1969

 

[Foxhound]

Re: Anyone Mention Canned heat?

Let me bring the youngsters and all those who've had sheltered middle class upbringings up to speed on how this band got its name:

Canned Heat - Slang term for Sterno, a commercial jellied alcohol used to heat food, typically placed beneath metal pans on a banquet or buffet line. Strained through cloth (or sometimes even white bread), it can be drunk to get intoxicated. Early Mississippi Delta bluesman Tommy Johnson is said to have drank "canned heat," and wrote his song "Canned Heat Blues" about the nasty stuff. The 1960s blues-rock band Canned Heat took their name from the Tommy Johnson song.

Just keeping it real.