This video begins with Alan Wilson captivating almost half a million people for two whole minutes using nothing but his guitar. Of course the lack of crowd noise on the recording means nothing but it's hard not to believe the whole place was absolutely pin-drop quiet until the boogie started.
one of the things I love about these videos is seeing how these guys were not performers, they just played the music and shared it with us. They felt the music like we did. This was authentic stuff, not orchestrated entertainment.
Funny - see the video shots of the stage floor at about the 3 minute mark and again at 4:25. : ) Sign of the times and so different than today. Love it!
So late in life...at age 64 I'm just now finding out how magnificent this band really is. Without Alan Wilson, there is no comparison. Wilson was among the greatest and so few knew who he was. Fascinating performer, grossly underrated, sorely missed and taken WAY too soon. When I find myself having a bad day, turning on Canned Heat performing live is medicine for the soul. How can you NOT be happy after watching this video! Thank you very much for posting this video.
wilson's style of play is so awesome in the fact it's not hitting a bunch of notes, but hitting each one perfect. a truly magnificent guitar player and highly underrated.
And Bear had the moves! Still love Canned Heat!! And so did my Mom she was in her late 30s and loved Canned Heat! I can still see her dancing to them! MY MOM COULD BOOGIE!!
Certainly not forgotten by me and many others. He was the first of those to die at 27. Within about a month of him passing both Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix were gone also. I remember one time seeing them at the Fillmore and the Allman Brothers with Duane Allman opened for Canned Heat. Shows how big they were in concert.
This is proper music. Everyone just jamming the fuck out of their instruments. It's a seriously beautiful. This is when music was so fucking good. 👌👌👌👌
I saw Canned Heat two weeks before Woodstock sitting in the second row at the Fillmore East as well as at Woodstock. One of the greatest concert bands of the era. Between Alan Wilson on rhythm guitar and Larry Taylor on bass with Bob the bear Hite singing they were just amazing.
Had small Woodstock here in Seneca,S.C 70's Charlie B's outside concert about 3 of them if I'm not mistaken ZZ Top Foghat Goose Creek Symphony James Gang Etc
I'm born in 1985 and I'm loving to hear old music. One night i woke up in a dream and canned Heat were playing on the radio "meet me in The bottom" with John Lee Hooker and I was so excited about that song. The next day I was searching for this band and what I found was that Video, what makes me more excited. Then I found another Song from them and I remebered hearing it, at the age of maybe 8, with my best friend in that days from his fathers record collection and it was our favorite song. How wonderful music is : D
@@SpaxzMan : We all know that was Janis and Grace ....now only who da heck was the dude who made his way onto the stage , first saying HELLO to give the "Bear" a great big hug while lifting the pack of smokes from his t-shirt...?/? The dude was trippin' big time sweating it out for a much needed puff of nicotine cigarette ..))) lol
I was genuinely wondering if that was Janis there! (It was a bit hard to see but the clothing and hair was making me think it was) no idea why but its so strange seeing all these greats in one place hanging out like actual people, not something you see too often with modern musicians at least!
Still one of my favourite bands. I never tire of listening to Canned Heat. I wish I could time travel back in time to witness this magical moment in music history. It is fantastic that it available to watch in my life time.
When I look at Woodstock footage, it reminds me of what we all left behind when we needed to get jobs to earn a living. We didn't realize what we had.....
What a fantastic blues group, one of the best to come out of the USA, to say they were underrated would be an understatement and there will NEVER be another Woodstock.
These performances have gave me so much nostalgia to when I would watch them with my uncle, they never get old. I gotta see a band perform just like this before im gone!
Woodstock really was a blues festival more than anything. With one or two exceptions, and the blues acts were the best, the tightest and the smoothest. These guys don't get enough credit, they were one kickass blues act.
@@andrefecteau What does culture have to do with soul and musical abilities? I have no clue what garbage you're trying to spew but I listen to what I like, not what's "mainstream" or "counter culture".
@@stevenglansberg4448 how do you know? You clearly have not studied nor understand culture...you are a tool and don't even realize it..thus you are easily monetized by what you think you aren't...
Tellement bien filmé ces heureux moments_Ici, de la grandiose art- performance : Sweet Soul Music ! _ Précieux souvenir pour The Mole, génie du Blues, The Bear aussi, et Fito. Pris isolément, un parmi plein d'autres moments de l'Événement pouvant faire jubiler_____!
Yeah. The full version of this live performance clocks in at 29 minutes and has absolutely killer bass and drum solos! Explains why it was pitch black when they finished!
I’m 71 and still have their COOKBOOK album I bought at a grocery store in 1969 for $1.00. In fact, I’m playing it right now. And don’t forget to boogie….
Has that ZZ Top La Grange vibe. You know, back in the day I ignored this band since I was more into the harder rock music. I have now come to appreciate the Blues and also these original rock/blues based bands that came out of that era including this band, plus Janis, Rory Gallagher, Johnny Winter, etc. Genius musicianship.
I was 16 working at a burger restaurant along route 7 Danbury Ct "Val's Hamburgers" summer 69. I remember a VW bus pulled into the parking lot. Sprayed on the side was "Woodstock or Bust". Side note. Its unreal what those old VW buses are worth now.
Awesome era of the best original musicians ever. stayin' alive in those times with no parameters on anything wickedly good was really something else. The 27 Club.
Watching this for the 30th time or so and I can't help but wonder how much wonderful music never got made for our pleasure. This genius virtuoso Alan Wilson left us way too soon. Another one at 27.
Never knew this until today but blind owl Wilson was from the town right next to mine, never knew these blues legends came from the northeast, always figured the blues were a southern thing but canned heat proved it didn’t matter where you came from the blues is a feeling that anyone can feel and god damn did they feel the blues in their soul these boys
They listened to the Mississippi Delta blues masters. Same thing for the British Invasion; they loved our blues forefathers, thank goodness for them all!🔷
qué forma tan chingona de expresar tu sentimiento hacia esta musica hermosa, felicidades hermano, saludos desde la Ciudad de Mexico hermanados por el Blues Booguie...
People sometimes forget how unique you had to be if you were playing music like that in America when they did. Noboby played like that - except old black guitar players, and a few really hip white guys like Johnny Winter, Alan Wilson, and Ry Cooder. These guys are legends.
I can't get enough of this, when the music dies down and he goes into the slide at 5:12, then it cuts to the silhouettes dancing at dusk...I would give anything to have been there!
A majority of it was actually not filmed. This entire boogie went on for about 28 minutes, that’s why it randomly cuts to darkness at some points. They often ran out of film at some points during Woodstock because they weren’t expecting so many people to be there. Would have loved to see fito de la parra’s drum solo filmed.
@@andrefecteau it was the shit back in the day. I remember making the sad mistake of putting it on my bicycle chain (Stingray, of course). I might as well have put honey on it. Snake oil? Maybe. I never used it again! LOL!
I read in a book today that Greg and Duane Allman banged around with canned heat when they were the allman joys in 1967. I’d do anything to hear anything they did together.
In the day , I didn’t appreciate most of the music of the time. I knew it was great, but I thought that it would get only better. Now we have singers who can’t sing that are promoted by the INDUSTRY. There are many musicians out here with just as much talent as those of the sixties, but they will not be promoted unless they bow to the Industry. SAADDD.
Amazing footage ...Al Wilson playing a 50's Gold Top Les Paul , new guy Harvey Mandel playing a cool black Stratocaster ..BTW , I was at this "gig" , 8/15 /69 or 8/16/69..
This video is witness to the durability of Larry Taylor, the bassist getting into it. 53 years later, he is still performing, playing stand up bass in Kim Wilson's band!
We love you Dr. Funkenstein, your funk is the best! Haha Pfunk is my favorite of all time. Especially Funkadelic's first 4 albums. If only we had footage or bootleg live recordings of the original lineup, with Eddie, Billy, Tawl, and Tiki on drums. Shame we dont have much of anything from the Eddie Hazel acid era.
I only got to see Canned Heat once, as a matter of fact it was my first concert ever. Sunflower was with them them as well. The Bear and I shot peace signs at each other. I'll never forget! And I'll tell you what. I was never the same! I'm a Bluesaholic.
Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson!! He died too young, at least he played in the BEST era... Monterey Pop festival & Woodstock!! That's something I would pay to have on my music resume! Lol 🎸🎵🎶🎶🎶🎵✌️😁
iirc the band’s management had a beef with the director or producer of the film, thus leaving their performance out of theaters. this is likely from the Director’s Cut, as is their performance of “A Change Is Gonna Come”
28 years old, grew up in Belgium, 100% Rap listener. And yet, these nerds have been giving me a crazy vibe since I was 16 when I discovered them with "On the road again". Fucking hell, you guys must have lived the best years of your life back then. #TooMuchBoogie
Canned Heat used to play at our local club on a fairly regular basis when I was in high school in the late 70’s. All the local kids would go and dance and groove to the boogie jams of Canned Heat at the Topanga Corral. I had no idea what what a lucky little fucker I was not get to listen to this timeless music by legends!
The biggest unification of loving beautiful people , smoking weed 'a natural herb' and loving each other ..... is what YOUTH WANTS not to be used for gun fodder by corrupt egotistic politicians ........thousands innocents died during that stinking War in Vietnam.......These musicians the cream of the crop showed the World what REAL LIVING MEANS .... Talent like we have never seen since WHY? sad .....
Can still change ! look at Social Enterprise and how it is challenging greedy capitalism - never lose hope I am 65 and still hold same principles of be kind to people and animals , respect mother nature ❤️
The way this starts up at the magical Blue Hour.... the lone guitarist...just so tranquil...everyone takes up their positions,&.........here we go!!!!! This actually makes me so happy, my heart hurts! 🙏🏻💔🙏🏽
Glad to see this has 4.2M views. SOOOO worthy! Man, these guys were light years ahead of most white blues artists at the time. Among the white blues guitarists, Johnny Winter - who also shared the stage at Woodstock - is in this league. No wonder Canned Heat did a joint LP with John Lee Hooker and Johnny Winter did three LPs with the likes of Muddy Waters. I was too young for Woodstock, but did see the live debut of the Hard Again LP in NYC in spring 1977 with Muddy, Johnny, James Cotton (harp) and Pinetop Perkins (piano). Sad to say there are none of the originals from this era left. However, thank goodness we have these clips captured on film to enjoy their greatness long into the future. For those who are interested, here is an audio link to the Muddy/Johnny show here: ua-cam.com/video/b0rvt1th5UI/v-deo.html. Select cuts from that and the Hard Again tour in spring 1977 are also available as a double LP Breakin' it up, breaking' it down.
My father was at Woodstock and he had Woodstock recorded and always would watch him sliding down the hill on Rain mudslide 😉✌🏻RIP PEACE POP I Always have you and Joey close to my heart ❤💙💯❤💯❤👍✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
A few times in my life I have seen something that is so out of the realm and reality you just lose your mind trying to reconcile the facts. The fact is...the Canned Heat is the shit. That goofy looking Billy Corgin guitar player can lay it down. Likely a 1956 Goldtop and chops galore. What a killer band. Super under rated. The Canned Heat is awesome.
That was the dance in my day boogie let's boogie we did man wow so young saw alot of bands at the band shell 10 min from my house so cool an free never paid a dime
This video begins with Alan Wilson captivating almost half a million people for two whole minutes using nothing but his guitar. Of course the lack of crowd noise on the recording means nothing but it's hard not to believe the whole place was absolutely pin-drop quiet until the boogie started.
God I didn't think of that the silences, even Bob was patient, I love everything this video captures, the sun gone down almost ect
Wish I had been there. Not born at the right time.
One of my all time favorite bands .
Probably not even a quarter of that people heard anything lol
Was still at school at the time of this whole weekend
Right time, right place, right look, right style, and many have spent the last 50 years trying hard to copy it, but will never succeed
Of course you’re talking about John Lee Hooker
But canned heat copied him…they did great
😊
Once upon a time in a magical place the Bear loved the Owl and they played together beautifully.
Don’t forget the Mole
Yeahhhhh, pure magic!!!!
You got that right brother!🤟
Ain't that it that's something heavenly hallelujah
Well said brother !!😲👍😉
How can you not love a guy that has an STP sticker on his guitar .....
I said the same thing.
I remember those stickers as a child lol. Laying around. Probably my older Brothers lol.
62 here. 🇨🇦 Definitely recognize STP
Still wear my original 80s’ STP cap thanks grand pap RIP
That's a 50s Les Paul goldtop with p90 pickups... rare and expensive to get nowadays, I'd take one even with the STP sticker on it.
one of the things I love about these videos is seeing how these guys were not performers, they just played the music and shared it with us. They felt the music like we did. This was authentic stuff, not orchestrated entertainment.
Exactly no gimmicks just into their music a great example of less is more when heart & soul is in it
Just a little cooler than watching the garbage “ entertainers “ today
Well said and exactly!!
Thanks, you said so well, the magic, the soul connection, never rehearsed just shared.
Funny - see the video shots of the stage floor at about the 3 minute mark and again at 4:25. : ) Sign of the times and so different than today. Love it!
So late in life...at age 64 I'm just now finding out how magnificent this band really is. Without Alan Wilson, there is no comparison. Wilson was among the greatest and so few knew who he was. Fascinating performer, grossly underrated, sorely missed and taken WAY too soon. When I find myself having a bad day, turning on Canned Heat performing live is medicine for the soul. How can you NOT be happy after watching this video! Thank you very much for posting this video.
Wilson was a killer harp player. It's a shame Henry Vestine missed this one. I really dug his ratty style of lead guitar.
Boogie has curative properties!
I couldn't say it better...
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Yessir!
I could listen and listen to it millions times without getting bored. Alan Wilson... simply such a charismatic frontman. I am addicted to it!!!!
I am Alan Wilson I had to go undercover ThankYou so much for appreciating me🤗😍
I thought Bob Hite was more of the front man. Of course they were the creators of the group.
Canned Heat war ihrer Zeit vorraus
Loved Blind Owl, but The Bear was the man !
@@tedlawyer9980 I think that is what the poster meant despite getting the name wrong
wilson's style of play is so awesome in the fact it's not hitting a bunch of notes, but hitting each one perfect. a truly magnificent guitar player and highly underrated.
Spot on, his taste was impeccable
totally!!!!!
Good tribute. It broke my heart when I heard of his death and I still look back on him with gratitude.
Highly talented 👌 left us far to early RIP❤️
Raw and in your face, nothing pretentious about Canned Heat....
RIP Alan Wilson, forgotten member of the 27 Club. And The Bear, hugely underrated singer. Great performance
So true
Bless..
And Bear had the moves! Still love Canned Heat!! And so did my Mom she was in her late 30s and loved Canned Heat! I can still see her dancing to them! MY MOM COULD BOOGIE!!
Certainly not forgotten by me and many others. He was the first of those to die at 27. Within about a month of him passing both Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix were gone also. I remember one time seeing them at the Fillmore and the Allman Brothers with Duane Allman opened for Canned Heat. Shows how big they were in concert.
Truth
Nothing flashy , no gimmicks , just great music
Just the way it should be! 👍
Amen!
It's great to respond the accessibility is mind candy
Less is MORE🎉
This is proper music. Everyone just jamming the fuck out of their instruments.
It's a seriously beautiful.
This is when music was so fucking good.
👌👌👌👌
My 11 month old can’t get enough of this song. He will stop everything he’s doing to rush towards the TV & watch Alan Wilson slide away
That’s a wonderful story..in this day and time..
Your raising him well.
Maybe is Alan Wilson come back ❤
@@LisaImhoff-v8q I built a slide guitar for him, so I can only hope that he doesn’t forget to boogie
I saw Canned Heat two weeks before Woodstock sitting in the second row at the Fillmore East as well as at Woodstock. One of the greatest concert bands of the era. Between Alan Wilson on rhythm guitar and Larry Taylor on bass with Bob the bear Hite singing they were just amazing.
We’re you one of the lucky ones that didn’t need a ticket to get in?
to cool man,you lucky dude,much respect.
Much respects sir.
Lucky you!✌
I’m so very happy for you, great memory! I’m jelly too. ☮️🎶
Easily one of the best performances at Woodstock!
No Sly and the Family Stone!
Had small Woodstock here in Seneca,S.C 70's Charlie B's outside concert about 3 of them if I'm not mistaken ZZ Top Foghat Goose Creek Symphony James Gang Etc
Ever
For sure.
Wish I’d been there, boogie on down🔥🎶
I'm born in 1985 and I'm loving to hear old music. One night i woke up in a dream and canned Heat were playing on the radio "meet me in The bottom" with John Lee Hooker and I was so excited about that song. The next day I was searching for this band and what I found was that Video, what makes me more excited. Then I found another Song from them and I remebered hearing it, at the age of maybe 8, with my best friend in that days from his fathers record collection and it was our favorite song. How wonderful music is : D
Kids? You aint never gonna hear music like this again!!!!
Ain't that the truth.
As a what was a kid I agree. Totally
That's a sure thing. Has to hurt
Old videos like this, is what makes UA-cam great 🔥
Alan's opening speaks volumes, that guitar is communicating better than words.
Sometimes that’s all it takes
I understand guitar far better than words it seems. My generation had the best music (70 in 2 weeks).
Annie
@@blondelebanese9922 ...yes🐝🌈🌻✌️
Good to see Grace and Janice back stage having a good time with Canned Heat too! What a great performance.
Sure is 👍
@@SpaxzMan : We all know that was Janis and Grace ....now only who da heck was the dude who made his way onto the stage , first saying HELLO to give the "Bear" a great big hug while lifting the pack of smokes from his t-shirt...?/? The dude was trippin' big time sweating it out for a much needed puff of nicotine cigarette ..))) lol
@@scarborosasquatchstation1403 Some random dude on some good acid :p
I was genuinely wondering if that was Janis there! (It was a bit hard to see but the clothing and hair was making me think it was)
no idea why but its so strange seeing all these greats in one place hanging out like actual people, not something you see too often with modern musicians at least!
Still one of my favourite bands. I never tire of listening to Canned Heat. I wish I could time travel back in time to witness this magical moment in music history. It is fantastic that it available to watch in my life time.
I saw them numerous times in Miami Beach at a place called THEE IMAGE, $1.00 admission, back in ‘68-‘69
When I look at Woodstock footage, it reminds me of what we all left behind when we needed to get jobs to earn a living. We didn't realize what we had.....
The brother standing up dancing flipping his hat and token is priceless love it.
oh, yes.
Me too :)
This is fucking great :)
He’s gone !
i loved that! great fan moment.
@@kenmcfarland4287 If you weren't gone, you weren't at Woodstock
My Uncle Mark introduced me to the Canned Heat in 1972, I was 13 and my life changed right then
My first 8 track. 13 in '71
Please give me the recipe.
Your uncle Mark sounds like a groovy dude.
Thank God for u tube and for whom so ever filmed this great performancemay they rest in peace who is no longer with us.
Tell me why at 80 yrs. old I'm still over the top in love with their .. ❤️🎶🎵🎶❤️💥👌
Because great music is great forever 🎶☮💜
Because you are awesome and love great music!
That's the boogie my brother!!! I'm 33 an LOVE IT!!!
Because it is still the best music around. It is real music and not digital.
83 here and still lovin’ Canned Heat!
What a fantastic blues group, one of the best to come out of the USA, to say they were underrated would be an understatement and there will NEVER be another Woodstock.
I just can't stop my foot from stomping.
One of the best for sure…can’t count out Paul Butterfield Blues Band though
These performances have gave me so much nostalgia to when I would watch them with my uncle, they never get old. I gotta see a band perform just like this before im gone!
My Uncle was there.
Alan Wilson was a musical genius
Totally agree. Blind Owl. Legend. He’s part of the 27 Club. The entire band smokes!!
Damn right!
He was brilliant...another member of the 27 Club :(
No shit.
He sure gets a great sound from those P90s. Awesome stuff.
Underrated? By who? U? He was magnificent
Aaaaaa man..... So flippin wonderful..... Classic and wonderful and just beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Absolute fucking classic. I’m back in ‘69. This is how you time travel dudes.
Woodstock really was a blues festival more than anything. With one or two exceptions, and the blues acts were the best, the tightest and the smoothest. These guys don't get enough credit, they were one kickass blues act.
@Bob Cail white men aren't soul..just like they aren't rappers
@@andrefecteau eminem isn't a rapper? Canned heat had no soul? Really? Stop stereotyping people because of their skin color. What year is it?
@@stevenglansberg4448 it's what I said it is...you have no understanding of counter culture, it always becomes "mainstream" culture
@@andrefecteau What does culture have to do with soul and musical abilities? I have no clue what garbage you're trying to spew but I listen to what I like, not what's "mainstream" or "counter culture".
@@stevenglansberg4448 how do you know? You clearly have not studied nor understand culture...you are a tool and don't even realize it..thus you are easily monetized by what you think you aren't...
Ich höre es mir immer wieder an und bekomme jedesmal wieder eine Gänsehaut. So etwas wir es leider nie wieder geben. Einfach genial. 👍😊
His intro absolutely brilliant - so much sound on so little equipment - greatest music time of all time
I was there at Woodstock and Canned Heat had a great energy. Just down home blues. Luckily this was before its started raining that night.
Ditto great time, dont eat the Brown Acid lol at 73 won of my best weekend
Absolutely brilliant.Cant stop watching ,no one to match this today.
love how this performance starts in the light of the evening and slowly darkens into night
in the ending...classic!
Tellement bien filmé ces heureux moments_Ici, de la grandiose art- performance : Sweet Soul Music ! _ Précieux souvenir pour The Mole, génie du Blues, The Bear aussi, et Fito. Pris isolément, un parmi plein d'autres moments de l'Événement pouvant faire jubiler_____!
I like how the sky reflects off Alan's slide
Yeah. The full version of this live performance clocks in at 29 minutes and has absolutely killer bass and drum solos! Explains why it was pitch black when they finished!
YES!!!!!
yes its amazing isnt it , they actually call this time night time,
Love it when they all start bopping
I love the fact that Alan starts out without glasses and then In the end puts them on. Blind Owl forever ❤️❤️❤️
What a phenomenal band! I never knew how fantastic they were until I watched this video. Just wow.
I'm 65 years old, and still love this.
So do I and I am 73.
64 and can’t get; 🎵Too Much Boogie🎵🎉
I’m 71 and still have their COOKBOOK album I bought at a grocery store in 1969 for $1.00. In fact, I’m playing it right now.
And don’t forget to boogie….
Ich auch nicht❤
We are talking GREATNESS right here. They sure can jam.
Yes can’t they just ! Great musicians 👌
It's a sin they left this jam off the official film.
@@gms9655 They should have definitely been on it! Of the Woodstock performance I've listened to, Canned Heat and Johnny Winter are my faves.
Has that ZZ Top La Grange vibe. You know, back in the day I ignored this band since I was more into the harder rock music. I have now come to appreciate the Blues and also these original rock/blues based bands that came out of that era including this band, plus Janis, Rory Gallagher, Johnny Winter, etc. Genius musicianship.
Welcome to the boogie side of life, just whats needed 😊👍
almond brothers band live fillmore east, add that to the list
It's all John Lee Hooker man
bang on La Grange. was thinking the same thing. reckon Billy Gibbons said yes let’s do that
With you on that brother...😎
Alan Wilson is a fret master. He doesn’t play a bunch of notes at a time he just plays the ones he plays correctly.
And with the maximum of soul and feeling, with such a great touch and tone.
He was the real deal
I was 16 working at a burger restaurant along route 7 Danbury Ct "Val's Hamburgers" summer 69. I remember a VW bus pulled into the parking lot. Sprayed on the side was "Woodstock or Bust". Side note. Its unreal what those old VW buses are worth now.
Awesome era of the best original musicians ever. stayin' alive in those times with no parameters on anything wickedly good was really something else. The 27 Club.
Watching this for the 30th time or so and I can't help but wonder how much wonderful music never got made for our pleasure. This genius virtuoso Alan Wilson left us way too soon. Another one at 27.
Tq great
Same here. But then again, I lost count and never bothered counting...
Wow, didn't know that.
Never knew this until today but blind owl Wilson was from the town right next to mine, never knew these blues legends came from the northeast, always figured the blues were a southern thing but canned heat proved it didn’t matter where you came from the blues is a feeling that anyone can feel and god damn did they feel the blues in their soul these boys
They listened to the Mississippi Delta blues masters. Same thing for the British Invasion; they loved our blues forefathers, thank goodness for them all!🔷
qué forma tan chingona de expresar tu sentimiento hacia esta musica hermosa, felicidades hermano, saludos desde la Ciudad de Mexico hermanados por el Blues Booguie...
People sometimes forget how unique you had to be if you were playing music like that in America when they did. Noboby played like that - except old black guitar players, and a few really hip white guys like Johnny Winter, Alan Wilson, and Ry Cooder. These guys are legends.
What about Fleetwood Mac, the Rolling Stones, Cream, the Yardbirds, the Bluesbreakers and all the other bands in the British blues boom?
Three giants.
Them too.
I can't get enough of this, when the music dies down and he goes into the slide at 5:12, then it cuts to the silhouettes dancing at dusk...I would give anything to have been there!
Because at 80 you still got the boogy and your cool as hell kathleen.Kathleen. ✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
Thank God this was filmed!
si yes uhu❤❤❤
Amen to that
@@mikesummers6880 💜🩵💜
A majority of it was actually not filmed. This entire boogie went on for about 28 minutes, that’s why it randomly cuts to darkness at some points. They often ran out of film at some points during Woodstock because they weren’t expecting so many people to be there.
Would have loved to see fito de la parra’s drum solo filmed.
@@Niktheman74478 Interesting to know. Thank you for sharing that.
Grateful that my mom and dad shared this music with me ! I was only 3 but the music stuck in my head :) !!
I was thirteen in 1969 and had an STP sticker on everything!
And a Trush muffler on my 69 barracuda.
@@sunnavailable what motor? go get one again and be young
funny...Richard Petty fan? that shit is snake oil
I’m down with that.
@@andrefecteau it was the shit back in the day. I remember making the sad mistake of putting it on my bicycle chain (Stingray, of course). I might as well have put honey on it. Snake oil? Maybe. I never used it again! LOL!
I read in a book today that Greg and Duane Allman banged around with canned heat when they were the allman joys in 1967. I’d do anything to hear anything they did together.
Quel rythme !! La VRAIE MUSIQUE !! ❤❤
Real music played by real musicians. I'd call it refreshing, but it's waaaaaaaaaay more awesome than that!!! Boogie on forever.
In the day , I didn’t appreciate most of the music of the time. I knew it was great, but I thought that it would get only better. Now we have singers who can’t sing that are promoted by the INDUSTRY. There are many musicians out here with just as much talent as those of the sixties, but they will not be promoted unless they bow to the Industry. SAADDD.
Heavenly intro, RIP Owl and Bear, what a performance!
@Patrick Morris thank you , just viewed it on you tube ,it is a fine track, with a 60s flavour
A masterpiece of the best boogie/blues group forever !!!!!!!
I'm 54, I just discovered Canned Heat. I can't stop watching this video. Just mesmerizing.
I saw Canned Heat in 1967 at a place in Miami called 'Thee Image" Been hooked ever since.
Amazing footage ...Al Wilson playing a 50's Gold Top Les Paul , new guy Harvey Mandel playing a cool black Stratocaster ..BTW , I was at this "gig" , 8/15 /69 or 8/16/69..
This video is witness to the durability of Larry Taylor, the bassist getting into it. 53 years later, he is still performing, playing stand up bass in Kim Wilson's band!
LArry Taylor is death
RIP
Now, Larry comes from New York, LA, Memphis and he claims know of other places…can ya hear me Mole can ya hear me? Get it on for the people….. RIP
Manchmal denke ich, ich wurde 20 Jahre zu spät geboren. Was gab es für tolle Musik vor meiner Zeit (Jahrgang 1970)
As far as music goes, we didn't realize how lucky we were to live during that time
When a musician can feel the vibrations from the strings and turn it into facial expressions. Buy that man a beer 😎
Or another guitar😵💫
That guitar sounds spot on STP sticker I surprised he liked that kind of drug
When music was really, really great ; an era never to be repeated 👍
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"Blind Owl" and "The Bear",
I'm sure are Jamming in the WOODSTOCK in the Sky !
You know it!! ✌🏼
Indeedy hope they're doin this if I get up there
I just know they are eezyCLsmooth
Too much BOOGIE is never enough
OMG! I can’t tell you how many times I jam to this in 2020 . And I’m not even from the sixties
That makes 2 of us pa
Amen
What someone not from the sixties, listening to this. Crazy, where the heck are you from?
@@ianthomas2289 Belgium 🇧🇪
We love you Dr. Funkenstein, your funk is the best! Haha
Pfunk is my favorite of all time. Especially Funkadelic's first 4 albums. If only we had footage or bootleg live recordings of the original lineup, with Eddie, Billy, Tawl, and Tiki on drums. Shame we dont have much of anything from the Eddie Hazel acid era.
This music is so infectious and yet it's the cure for everything and everyone 🙏❤️🏴🇬🇧 KEEP ROCKIN KEEP IT CANNED HEAT 👍😎👍Jul twenty four
I only got to see Canned Heat once, as a matter of fact it was my first concert ever. Sunflower was with them them as well. The Bear and I shot peace signs at each other. I'll never forget! And I'll tell you what. I was never the same! I'm a Bluesaholic.
You got to love this guy with his pack of Marlboros in his pocket and stomping out the jams...
Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson!! He died too young, at least he played in the BEST era... Monterey Pop festival & Woodstock!! That's something I would pay to have on my music resume! Lol
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I've seen lots of Woodstock performances before but not this one. Great work!
iirc the band’s management had a beef with the director or producer of the film, thus leaving their performance out of theaters.
this is likely from the Director’s Cut, as is their performance of “A Change Is Gonna Come”
28 years old, grew up in Belgium, 100% Rap listener. And yet, these nerds have been giving me a crazy vibe since I was 16 when I discovered them with "On the road again". Fucking hell, you guys must have lived the best years of your life back then. #TooMuchBoogie
Never too late to join the party, bro..
Yep!! We gotta keep on boogieing ☮️
Canned Heat used to play at our local club on a fairly regular basis when I was in high school in the late 70’s. All the local kids would go and dance and groove to the boogie jams of Canned Heat at the Topanga Corral. I had no idea what what a lucky little fucker I was not get to listen to this timeless music by legends!
I heard on the grapevine, that they liked a little bit of Speed, aka ((Amphetamine)) to go with there whisky,, 🙂
If someone told me I could go back in time and see this live, but they had to kill me after the set was over, I would do it in a heartbeat.
Lmao
what else is going on in your life??
Agreed
Get the dvd less fatal
@@margaretroberts8222 lol true
Alan was such a fantastic guitarist and even more so as a blues artist. He had SOUL
British invasion? hell no! LA talent at his best! I'm 65! keep going! Alan still live in my soul!
And one of the best harmonica players ever. Fantastic tone!
Sure was!!!
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The more I listen to this song the more I'm thinking it's one best songs I've ever heard with the quitar opening maybe the best.
You know there are so many talented and great bands and singers! I don’t know how anyone could possibly keep up with them all!!!
I know i never even heard of this band until right now. This music is great
3 glorious days and nights of love ❤️, peace ☮️ and rock n blues…never before never after…. Woodstock is legendary!!!!
I don't know this band or what im watching but im blown away! Big thumbs up!
Welcome to the 'good ole days' :)
Watch Alan's face on slide..feeling each and every note.
The record Canned Heat did with John Lee Hooker is just WOW!!
Yes, one of my favourite albums of all time
I've got to do myself a favor and pick up that one too! I've heard and/or owned all the albums up to that one.
Bob's beard should be in the rock and roll hall of fame...
THE Best
The whole band should be in!!
And James Beard's beard from ZZ Top -oh, wait, he is the only one without a beard.
Those were the times worth living. The strong believe we could change the world with love. So sad now.
The biggest unification of loving beautiful people , smoking weed 'a natural herb' and loving each other ..... is what YOUTH WANTS not to be used for gun fodder by corrupt egotistic politicians ........thousands innocents died during that stinking War in Vietnam.......These musicians the cream of the crop showed the World what REAL LIVING MEANS .... Talent like we have never seen since WHY? sad .....
Can still change ! look at Social Enterprise and how it is challenging greedy capitalism - never lose hope
I am 65 and still hold same principles of be kind to people and animals , respect mother nature ❤️
If you were alive back then to experience this incredible music, consider yourself one of the luckiest people on the planet!
Larry The Mole Taylor is my inspiration on bass. This performance was what made me take up the bass 20 years ago.
I wanna time travel n go back to 1969 Woodstock n watch Canned Heat perform..RIP Allan n Bear ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🦋🎶🎶🎶
What an awesome riff 👍 what a groovy event Woodstock was 🌼✌️🌻 peace out ....
similar songs with identical riff: spirit in the sky, zz la grange top.
The way this starts up at the magical Blue Hour.... the lone guitarist...just so tranquil...everyone takes up their positions,&.........here we go!!!!!
This actually makes me so happy, my heart hurts!
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Glad to see this has 4.2M views. SOOOO worthy! Man, these guys were light years ahead of most white blues artists at the time. Among the white blues guitarists, Johnny Winter - who also shared the stage at Woodstock - is in this league. No wonder Canned Heat did a joint LP with John Lee Hooker and Johnny Winter did three LPs with the likes of Muddy Waters. I was too young for Woodstock, but did see the live debut of the Hard Again LP in NYC in spring 1977 with Muddy, Johnny, James Cotton (harp) and Pinetop Perkins (piano). Sad to say there are none of the originals from this era left. However, thank goodness we have these clips captured on film to enjoy their greatness long into the future. For those who are interested, here is an audio link to the Muddy/Johnny show here: ua-cam.com/video/b0rvt1th5UI/v-deo.html. Select cuts from that and the Hard Again tour in spring 1977 are also available as a double LP Breakin' it up, breaking' it down.
My father was at Woodstock and he had Woodstock recorded and always would watch him sliding down the hill on Rain mudslide 😉✌🏻RIP PEACE POP I Always have you and Joey close to my heart ❤💙💯❤💯❤👍✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
Proud to say that when l celebrated my 1st birthday on Earth Saturday August 16, 1969, Canned Heat gave this incredible performance.
What a time to be alive.
A few times in my life I have seen something that is so out of the realm and reality you just lose your mind trying to reconcile the facts. The fact is...the Canned Heat is the shit. That goofy looking Billy Corgin guitar player can lay it down. Likely a 1956 Goldtop and chops galore. What a killer band. Super under rated. The Canned Heat is awesome.
His name was Alan Wilson.
Absolutely love this band! Great music! I can listen to them all day
A.W. King of the Blues....Woodstock...Aug 1969...
That was the dance in my day boogie let's boogie we did man wow so young saw alot of bands at the band shell 10 min from my house so cool an free never paid a dime
His voice. On the road again. Brilliant.
Nothing will ever beat Canned Heat with this line up!