Perhaps the most undeservedly nearly forgotten band of their era and without a doubt the most widely talented and seriously devoted Boogie band of ALL TIME! They deserve a full length docudrama AND a spectacular documentary!
If Canned Heat broke up after Henry quit the first time, & Alan died, they'd have similar memorial status to Hendrix, Joplin, The Doors, et al, but touring & recording with *_so many_* different members, changed that.
Always loved them ever since I got their Boogie with Canned Heat album back in ‘68. They played a little makeshift venue near me in London called The Richmond Athletic Club in September ‘68 and totally blew us away… they were amazing! It was so sad when Al Wilson died, a beautiful gentle soul who was a genius musician.
C'mon man, that band stopped really being Canned Heat when Al Wilson died, and quit being Canned Heat altogether when Bob Hite died. Whatever came next could call itself Canned Heat, but it wasn't the real Canned Heat. Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking the other original guys in the the band, I'm just saying Wilson and Hite were the guys that separated that band from the pack, especially Wilson.
That's kind of what I thought when I saw the thumb nail. I was like, who the Hell are these guys. In their original line-up, they were pretty easy to identify, after that I don't know who you're talking about.
Couldn’t agree more, the band died in 1970 of the age 27 curse. It’s a shame that all of the people around Alan Wilson didn’t help him with his depression and anxiety. 1970/71, at age 27: Brian Jones, Wilson, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, & Jim Morrison. Enough to change the course of Rock and Blues music.
Even though Fito’s a better drummer than Frank Cook, Cook’s on their first released LP, which is my favorite by far, and played at Monterey , which put them on the map,(& Henry quit (the first time), before Alan died), so my favorite version of the Heat was gone long before Woodstock.
@@alejandrohernandez6181 Fito's very much alive, & as the surviving member from their heyday, (tho not an original member), owns the name "Canned Heat".
You must've seen 'em early in the year: Harvey Mandel joined in 1969, when Henry quit. After sitting in for the absent Henry, Harvey's 2nd full show was Woodstock!
@@mikefannon6994 ua-cam.com/video/sJ1g9Hq_GyM/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared At the end of the video you'll find the names. Good old Canned Heat sound💙⚡ Keep in mind that during the years about 46 musicians have been in the band.
Alan Wilson was actually not only a very skilled and soulful slide guitar player, but his harmonica playing was just as legendary, to the point that John Lee Hooker was quoted saying that Blind Owl’s bluesy lines were some of the best he’d ever heard. Bassist Larry Taylor actually played for not only John Mayall, but also with Jerry Lee Lewis and the Monkees as well as many other artists as he was quite the accomplished session musician. Fito de la Parra had actually played for both Etta James and Big Joe Turner before replacing Frank Cook! Canned Heat were an incredibly great group and who carried the goblet of the blues and boogie from their influences before them. They were extremely gifted both individually and as a unit! Long live Canned Heat and in the words of Bob Hite, the Bear, “Don’t y’all forget to boogie!”
And he was a genius musicologist, too. His knowledge of American blues was off the charts, and his knowledge of Pre-1940 American popular music was equally impressive.
Alan analyzed old blues to the Nth degree.While others heard old-timer's performances as awkward, spur-or-the -moment choices, Wilson counted it out & found consistent patterns. Thus, artists like John Lee Hooker could play their solo-style, as only Wilson could follow. When Hooker used his own band, he needed to play tunes "straight" for his band to not get lost. In an interview, Wilson mentions that even Canned Heat wasn't comfortable playing blues as idiosyncratically as he wanted.
I am not a history of band conocer, not at all. I just want to say that Blind Owl Alan Wilson to me was the heart of Canned Heat, His soft voice is what I like best about the band. Of course I always liked the Boogie Beat so there is that. - Peter age 73
I remember them, esp Alan Wilson, from late 1960's too, when my semi-beatnik aunt took me on the road with her to the music festivals. Canned heat was my favorite band 🙂 . - Irene 63 years old.
Huge fan. What attracted me most was Alan Wilson's singing voice, very unique. I loved their simple blues style, but they always had motion and movement to the music, made you want to dance. So disappointed when the Owl died. They were still good, but not the same.
There was a small bar in Topanga, Ca. called The Corral that the Heat would play at. Tiny spot for hippies. Great band. I also saw them playing the grand opening of a shopping center in the parking lot of all places. What happened was , people were not paying attention and listening. Pissed me off. But...they said screw it and simply jammed out the few tunes they did. Extended jams. And it was great!!! Saw them for the last time with John Lee Hooker and it might have been the best I'd ever seen them.
Every one of we Blues- Rock musicians have gotten stuck playing a " shopping center" gig for little to no money, I believe it is part of the " dues paying" thang....
No one cares you saw the soulless rendition of “Canned Heat,” in 2017. Lmao! Most mention seeing them in their prime in the late 60’s not recently. Noob
Fond memory of a mis-spent youth...I distinctly remember Canned Heat performing at the NCO Club at the US Army's Presidio Of Monterey back in 1980. Liked the band before then, and hadn't thought of them in a while, as they were off the radio scene, and had been for some time. Sat at a table with a friend who was a music fan, with a degree in music from Morehouse College. We were chatting as the band played a few toss-off tunes...nothing I'd heard before. Bob "The Bear" Hite was fronting, drifting to tables around the platform, bumming lights from people, and sips of beer, but I didn't pay much attention. I remembered him dimly from TV broadcasts on LA stations, which had a number of rock-n-roll themed programs back in the mid-late '60's...but didn't put 2 and 2 together. Then, *PING* they broke out playing "On The Road Again", following up with "Goin' Up Country", and the light switched on for both my friend and I. "It's those guys! It's really those guys!", we both said in unison. The then went into a few other songs we both remembered rather well. It was the closest I've ever come to seeing a band from my youth ever play live. Performing at a military venue after living through the '60's was a bit of culture shock for me, but it was a great night. Still remember it fondly.
Always a very cool blues/boogie band. Naturally the defective AI machine got the wrong Roy Rogers, so the king of the cowboys pops up among the photos.
Hardly mentioned is the longest standing member whom been behind on the drum seat before Woodstock Fito ! His fabulous drumming has driven this outfit for decades into 1971 he gave me a lesson in rudiments of drumming while hite commented “ Hey Fito what ya doing with these English shits “ that was in Newcastle upon Tyne
I hung out with him in 1980 here in Cincinnati. I was working At a campus radio station at the University of Cincinnati. I did over the phone interview with Bob Hite and asked if I could get on the guest lips which he did. I partied with Canned Heat in the dressing room at Bogart's where they played.
I booked Canned Heat for a gig in Portsmouth, U.K, in 2002, but only Fito De La Para remained from the original band, but they were still excellent!!!!!!!
As of Larry passing, Fito's the closest thing to a living original. The entire "Monterey"/Summer of '67/"Canned Heat"LP version of Canned Heat is deceased.
Great job! They really made some great hippie music. 60’s would’ve have been the same without them. Yes drugs took a lot people back then but so glad they continued to play. Keep on Trucking…
Saw them in early 90s in Tasmania, of all places. I was local fetch and carry man for those gigs. They smoked Peter Jackson cigs and drank VB (Victoria Bitter beer) Aussie staples. Great guys, friendly and professional. After the show my hands hurt and i realised it was because id clapped so hard.
I just subscribed to your channel. Will be binging all weekend. Just a suggestion please do a vlog about Bay City Rollers, they were really talentd, but got screwed over by their manager Tam Paton, and so many others in the music business.
What a shame that musical artists could not control their drug use back then. Saw Canned Heat, Bubble Puppy, and Spirit at the Masonic Temple Auditorium in Detroit in 1968. One of the best concerts I ever went to.
I saw the formation play in Bournemouth in early 70’s right after Alan Wilson’s passing. Different direction with Joe Scott hill and Antonio de la Baredas in that they were more rock and very little blues - more like a very tight club band and that unique beat, frankly Stunning! I was sitting first aisle level (no raised stage) a few feet in front of Henri Vestine and will always remember it. He was pale as a ghost and this was the last year he would play that incredible guitar style and switch to bass. I met fito de la Para a couple of years ago and he told me that Vestine always looked pale because he was on drugs 24/7. The album Live in Turku captures some of that magical night
Henry on bass? I can''t find any evidence of that, certainly not w/the Heat. Are you referring to one moment at one show? He certainly didn't have the personality to be a bass player!
Derek the drummer was working as a nurse and is a convicted paedophile. Les died last year, Alan died a few years ago after contracting a virus in South America. Ian Mitchell died and Stuart ( Woody ) and Eric are still playing.
The first time I herd canned heat. I identify with these guys. Back on road again, always made everything better to be traveling on long trip. You can even feel erie about it. Like what could happen on the way
Monterey's their best gig; 1st LP's their best, Fito wasn't in the band yet. Fito's a more powerful drummer, his energy worked for big venues, but it made them a rock band. When Henry wasn't at Woodstock, it was over. Alan didn't like Mandel's playing, which influenced his input.Tho still alive, his heart wasn't in it. 1970, before Henry re-joined, 3 of 5 original/Monterey members were gone.
I recorded an album with Junior Watson who was only mentioned briefly in this video. Junior is a great guitarist and singer in his own right and deserves more credit.
Wilson’s problem with women was mainly due to his somewhat ‘casual’ attitude towards personal hygiene… Like many highly intelligent people, he had difficulty with social skills.
"Amphetamine Annie" and "World in a Jug" were shit hot too. These guys opened up the world of blues and R&R to me. I was 13-year-old hippie-wanna-be...lol
Bro, your story sounds like mine! I was 13when I first heard Canned Heat in autumn 1968. Both tunes you mentioned are favorites of mine. The " Boogie With Canned Heat" and " Living the Blues" LPs had amazing electric Blues adaptations of old Delta Blues songs, " Pony Blues", "One Kind Favor", " Evil Woman", " World in a Jug", MAN, I still love those two albums and " Live at Topanga Corral" , a monster of a live performance..as I grew a bit older, I was inspired to learn Harmonica by the Blind Owl and drums by Fito de la Parra. Still play to this day.....
@@thomasboogie734 Yeah, I too was inspired to follow the 'Pied Piper', as it were, by picking up the bass then moving on to the guitar. I was blessed with a decent voice, so I got with it and played in bands for a long time. I put the guitar down about 5 years ago, my health is shot. But I wouldn't have missed a single second of that time. We were lucky to grow up when we did brother. Peace!
The sang Going up the country at Monterey are you sure they did bullfrog blues? I know they performed that at Woodstock but didn't know they did it at Monterey
Between quitting & deaths, this is a common story: '80, John Lennon dies.'72, Peter Green leaves Fleetwood Mac.'70, Alan Wilson dies.'69, Brian Jones dies. '68, Cream breaks up.'66 Mike Bloomfield quits Butterfield Band. Thus, most of the music I listen to is from '72 at the latest.
Bad luck to be in CH. Besides the entire Monterey/FirstLP band now deceased, many of their replacements are also gone, for a total of at least 20. Aside from Fito, at least 4 complete lineups are deceased: 1/Alan Wilson, Bob Hite, Henry Vestine, Larry Taylor. 2/ Bob Hite, Richard Hite, Gene Taylor, Chris Morgan. 3/Bob Hite, Larry Taylor, Mike Mann, Ronnie Barron. 4/Bob Hite, Larry Taylor, Mike Mann, Jay Spell.
People die, life goes on. It’s easy to say the band wasn’t the same after losing key members, but Canned Heat always put on a good show, regardless of the lineup. The Robert Lukas years were great.
I'm listed on Junior Watson's discography:, The Mighty Flyers - Undercover - 1988 (Special Delivery SPD 1020) The Mighty Mojo Prophets - The Mighty Mojo Prophets - 2011 (Rip Cat Records 1102) Charlie Musselwhite - In My Time - 1993 (Alligator ALCD 4818) Charlie Musselwhite - Rough News - 1997 (Point Blank/Virgin 42856) Dan E Bungee - Jamm'in With Junior - 2002 (East Coast Left Coast Sessions) John Németh featuring Junior Watson - Come And Get It - 2004[3] John Németh - Magic Touch - 2007 (Blind Pig 5109)[3] Rod Piazza - Harpburn - 1986 (Murray Brothers, 1008; Black Top 1087) Snooky Pryor - In This
Oops. That is a photo of the C & W singer and TV star Roy Rogers that you used. There is another Roy Rogers who is a blues guitarist/singer and I am pretty sure that is the Roy Rogers you meant to reference. And he did not have a horse named Trigger!
Why no info on wives & children of Heat members? Fito's been married at least once, & has at least one child, a son, who'd be almost 60 now. Hite was married twice, w/step children from the first marriage, & a daughter from the second marriage, who'd be 45 now(2023). Somebody speak up!
Hot take here but i like harvey mandel more than henry vestine but both are equally amazing in their own right playing along side the legendary Alan the blind owl wilson
Harvey’s a better technician than Henry, But Henry fit the band better. Alan made the band special. His dislike for Harvey's playing affected his input, & was the end of Canned Heat's best work.
@@lazur1 we saw bear getting the mail at a house on topanga beach, the end of topanga canyon. private beach. i’m pretty sure they had other places. the guitar player was reported to have passed in a sleeping bag, backyard. i think the creek was there. bear passed in a van. i miss those days. happy to still be here. i grew up there
@@theitineranthistorian2024 Bob's the only member who owned a Topanga home; only one, & not near water. (At least one of Isley Bros live in T, & Bob was friendly with them. Lowell George had a place there too. Lowell'd gotten fat, but not like Bob:^) There was a ravine between the house & the road, w/a drawbridge he put down for visitors. By '77, Heat big bucks were long-gone, & Topanga real estate blew up, so in '78, he sold, moved to the valley, & made enough to live on, at least for the 3yrs he lived.
@@lazur1 i remember feeling sad when my local “stars” moved on. my parents yanked me out of the valley down to the beach in orange co. 1969, woah, culture shock. long time ago
@@lazur1 we were hitching through topanga’66-‘69. my brother saw jim morrison outside the moonfire inn, middle of topanga, drunk in the parking lot. spirit drove a panel truck picking up kids playing their music for appreciation. good times
John lee hooker is not harvey mandel, harvey mandel is the guitarist that got henry vestines spot, john lee hooker is one of the big boogie artist that they all had similar interest in, after the album with harvey they randomly met with John lee hooker and made hooker n heat. This doc definitely needs a redo and needs to be mainly focused on the group and albums before the hooker n heat album, the least info is on the bands early days and prime, the alan wilson era of canned heat needs to be the big part, then let the bear era be near the end and then the Fito era finish it off. I wish i could make a full doc/movie but i am not skilled enough in that department, i just have the idea
You didn't mention Harvey Mandel joining, just him leaving. Also, you always refer to Harvey Mandel as Mandel...don't you even know his name. What a farce this video is.
The only way to get a full retrospective is to judiciously take what you can from a variety of sources. For all it's faults, there's enough here to be included. It seems some viewers expect every photo to correlate to what's being said at the time. This is rarely if ever the case, & wouldn't fairly be considered a mistake, unless the audio stated; "This is a photo of __".
I agree. Also, it's an assumption that Alan Wilson committed suicide, rather than overdosed. I'm going to check out the real deal over on Pop Goes the 60's and see if he's got anything about Canned Heat. Also, I just checked out another video with a deep dive biography of Alan Wilson, with a lot more depth about the rest of the bad, as well. It's a young lady, and the video is about 4 years old. Go check. It's very good.
yea . so they did not play at Woodstock ..but they used there song in movie..going up to the country ,,I am 74 and grew up with their great music..``In theology, divine providence, or simply providence, is God's intervention in the Universe. The term Divine Providence (usually capitalized) is also used as a title of God. A distinction is usually made between "general providence", which refers to God's continuous upholding of the existence and natural order of the Universe, and "special providence", which refers to God's extraordinary intervent.``Here is used word GOD ..or a supreme being ? NO! there is no supreme being (maybe there were or are --human like creatures from other worlds = that have powers and knowledge great than ours..but for now they have not come forward ....... Can we live a good moral life --good and bad ..with out a Hell or Heaven and NO supreme being ???? I think so ..we need to stop taking message from some old writings as truths ..and stop fighting among ourselves..and us birth control and adopt poor ,lonely needy children to raise as our own and love them.. Overpopulation is number one problem..it has crowded out 70% of animal and plants species..done by humans..too many are ruining this green little planet..STOP breeding and adopt..which is hard or imp
They were nothing more then a cover band , . mostly stealing music from great bleus artists from the 20's and 30's .. good riddance ..and they never gave any credit to the artists whose music they stole ..
Why "FriedHockyBoogie"'s credited to Larry: Canned Heat gave up writer's credit in return for being released from a horrible recording contract, but Larry didn't sign the release, because he'd already left the band. Thus, he kept getting credited/paid, while guys in the band got nothing. This added up to a large sum. Furthermore, Larry had a standing invitation to re-join Canned Heat whenever he wanted, & he did, 3 times. Truly a case of "have your cake & eat it too".
Perhaps the most undeservedly nearly forgotten band of their era and without a doubt the most widely talented and seriously devoted Boogie band of ALL TIME!
They deserve a full length docudrama AND a spectacular documentary!
I agree someone smart and educated needs to get on it, not just a rich money maker
"nearly forgotten"???
If Canned Heat broke up after Henry quit the first time, & Alan died, they'd have similar memorial status to Hendrix, Joplin, The Doors, et al, but touring & recording with *_so many_* different members, changed that.
"Blind Owl" Alan Wilson is the genius behind the band and of their evolutionary musical innovations. He too died far too young.
You know, there's been rumours that he was an undiagnosed autistic.
His Harmonica playing was smooth.
Canned Heat! 😊 You tube is shining a light in the dark recceses of my memory. I forget how many good bands there were during the 60s and 70s
Rock on!
Always loved them ever since I got their Boogie with Canned Heat album back in ‘68. They played a little makeshift venue near me in London called The Richmond Athletic Club in September ‘68 and totally blew us away… they were amazing! It was so sad when Al Wilson died, a beautiful gentle soul who was a genius musician.
C'mon man, that band stopped really being Canned Heat when Al Wilson died, and quit being Canned Heat altogether when Bob Hite died. Whatever came next could call itself Canned Heat, but it wasn't the real Canned Heat. Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking the other original guys in the the band, I'm just saying Wilson and Hite were the guys that separated that band from the pack, especially Wilson.
That's kind of what I thought when I saw the thumb nail. I was like, who the Hell are these guys. In their original line-up, they were pretty easy to identify, after that I don't know who you're talking about.
Couldn’t agree more, the band died in 1970 of the age 27 curse. It’s a shame that all of the people around Alan Wilson didn’t help him with his depression and anxiety. 1970/71, at age 27: Brian Jones, Wilson, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, & Jim Morrison. Enough to change the course of Rock and Blues music.
Even though Fito’s a better drummer than Frank Cook, Cook’s on their first released LP, which is my favorite by far, and played at Monterey , which put them on the map,(& Henry quit (the first time), before Alan died), so my favorite version of the Heat was gone long before Woodstock.
Is De la Para still alive.?
@@alejandrohernandez6181 Fito's very much alive, & as the surviving member from their heyday, (tho not an original member), owns the name "Canned Heat".
Saw Canned Heat twice in 1969 Bob Hite, de la Parra, Al Wilson, Henry Vestine, and Al Willson.
Great boogie band!
I still listen to their lps often.
You must've seen 'em early in the year: Harvey Mandel joined in 1969, when Henry quit. After sitting in for the absent Henry, Harvey's 2nd full show was Woodstock!
Canned Heat are back with a new record♥️👍
I think only de la Parra is alive from original band. Do you know who plays on the record, or is it old tapes?
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At the end of the video you'll find the names.
Good old Canned Heat sound💙⚡
Keep in mind that during the years about 46 musicians have been in the band.
Lucky you to have been alive during that period and still kicking
Alan Wilson was actually not only a very skilled and soulful slide guitar player, but his harmonica playing was just as legendary, to the point that John Lee Hooker was quoted saying that Blind Owl’s bluesy lines were some of the best he’d ever heard. Bassist Larry Taylor actually played for not only John Mayall, but also with Jerry Lee Lewis and the Monkees as well as many other artists as he was quite the accomplished session musician. Fito de la Parra had actually played for both Etta James and Big Joe Turner before replacing Frank Cook! Canned Heat were an incredibly great group and who carried the goblet of the blues and boogie from their influences before them. They were extremely gifted both individually and as a unit! Long live Canned Heat and in the words of Bob Hite, the Bear, “Don’t y’all forget to boogie!”
Well said.
@@worldline7147 thank you!
And he was a genius musicologist, too. His knowledge of American blues was off the charts, and his knowledge of Pre-1940 American popular music was equally impressive.
@@rayjr62 spot on!
Alan analyzed old blues to the Nth degree.While others heard old-timer's performances as awkward, spur-or-the -moment choices, Wilson counted it out & found consistent patterns. Thus, artists like John Lee Hooker could play their solo-style, as only Wilson could follow. When Hooker used his own band, he needed to play tunes "straight" for his band to not get lost. In an interview, Wilson mentions that even Canned Heat wasn't comfortable playing blues as idiosyncratically as he wanted.
My first concert at age ten was Canned Heat in 1970. What a time to be alive.
Greetings from a swiss Canned Heat fan.
Switzerland, Europe, in the old world.
I am not a history of band conocer, not at all. I just want to say that Blind Owl Alan Wilson to me was the heart of Canned Heat, His soft voice is what I like best about the band. Of course I always liked the Boogie Beat so there is that. - Peter age 73
I remember them, esp Alan Wilson, from late 1960's too, when my semi-beatnik aunt took me on the road with her to the music festivals.
Canned heat was my favorite band 🙂 .
- Irene 63 years old.
The Blind 🦉 has been inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame as a Legendary Artist
Loved these guys. I grew up with them. Still think their music will livevon forever even if they can't.
Huge fan. What attracted me most was Alan Wilson's singing voice, very unique. I loved their simple blues style, but they always had motion and movement to the music, made you want to dance. So disappointed when the Owl died. They were still good, but not the same.
This guys were a major influence .
So cool
Finally someone’s done a video on this brilliant band!
I saw Canned Heat live in Tampa, Fl, in the early 70s. They opened up for Hot Tuna. What a night, everyone was up and dancing.
Henry Thomas - Going Up The Country (1928)
Thank you, didn't know that.
@@camielhank4642 Yeah, it certainly surprised me. Always thought it was theirs. His version is pretty close to Canned Heats version, too.
A boss of mine, a retired Orange County Sherrifs Department Officer, had so many interactions with the band, they became sort of friends.
Lol
Funny they had many songs about how they didn't like pigs and problems with police.
Alan Wilson 😔
Canned Heat and Jon Lee Hooker ?
I didn't know , I check it out now 🎸🎶
There was a small bar in Topanga, Ca. called The Corral that the Heat would play at. Tiny spot for hippies. Great band. I also saw them playing the grand opening of a shopping center in the parking lot of all places. What happened was , people were not paying attention and listening. Pissed me off. But...they said screw it and simply jammed out the few tunes they did. Extended jams. And it was great!!! Saw them for the last time with John Lee Hooker and it might have been the best I'd ever seen them.
Every one of we Blues- Rock musicians have gotten stuck playing a " shopping center" gig for little to no money, I believe it is part of the " dues paying" thang....
I saw those guys perform in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. If I remember right, it was 2017, the 50th anniversary of the "summer of love."
No one cares you saw the soulless rendition of “Canned Heat,” in 2017. Lmao! Most mention seeing them in their prime in the late 60’s not recently. Noob
Fond memory of a mis-spent youth...I distinctly remember Canned Heat performing at the NCO Club at the US Army's Presidio Of Monterey back in 1980. Liked the band before then, and hadn't thought of them in a while, as they were off the radio scene, and had been for some time. Sat at a table with a friend who was a music fan, with a degree in music from Morehouse College. We were chatting as the band played a few toss-off tunes...nothing I'd heard before. Bob "The Bear" Hite was fronting, drifting to tables around the platform, bumming lights from people, and sips of beer, but I didn't pay much attention. I remembered him dimly from TV broadcasts on LA stations, which had a number of rock-n-roll themed programs back in the mid-late '60's...but didn't put 2 and 2 together. Then, *PING* they broke out playing "On The Road Again", following up with "Goin' Up Country", and the light switched on for both my friend and I. "It's those guys! It's really those guys!", we both said in unison. The then went into a few other songs we both remembered rather well. It was the closest I've ever come to seeing a band from my youth ever play live. Performing at a military venue after living through the '60's was a bit of culture shock for me, but it was a great night. Still remember it fondly.
Always a very cool blues/boogie band. Naturally the defective AI machine got the wrong Roy Rogers, so the king of the cowboys pops up among the photos.
Hardly mentioned is the longest standing member whom been behind on the drum seat before Woodstock Fito ! His fabulous drumming has driven this outfit for decades into 1971 he gave me a lesson in rudiments of drumming while hite commented “ Hey Fito what ya doing with these English shits “ that was in Newcastle upon Tyne
I hung out with him in 1980 here in Cincinnati. I was working At a campus radio station at the University of Cincinnati. I did over the phone interview with Bob Hite and asked if I could get on the guest lips which he did. I partied with Canned Heat in the dressing room at Bogart's where they played.
I booked Canned Heat for a gig in Portsmouth, U.K, in 2002, but only Fito De La Para remained from the original band, but they were still excellent!!!!!!!
Funny thing is, Even Fito wasn’t on their first release , or the Monterey show that got them national attention.
As of Larry passing, Fito's the closest thing to a living original. The entire "Monterey"/Summer of '67/"Canned Heat"LP version of Canned Heat is deceased.
Yes, 1st lp drummer Frank Cook left and started Pacific Gas & Electric/
P,G & E. The song The Hunter made the radio.....
Great job! They really made some great hippie music. 60’s would’ve have been the same without them. Yes drugs took a lot people back then but so glad they continued to play. Keep on Trucking…
I think you want a picture of Roy Rogers the guitar player/John Lee Hooker sideman, not the Roy Rogers the cowboy.
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Yeah, I caught that too.
Saw them in early 90s in Tasmania, of all places. I was local fetch and carry man for those gigs. They smoked Peter Jackson cigs and drank VB (Victoria Bitter beer) Aussie staples. Great guys, friendly and professional. After the show my hands hurt and i realised it was because id clapped so hard.
I just subscribed to your channel. Will be binging all weekend. Just a suggestion please do a vlog about Bay City Rollers, they were really talentd, but got screwed over by their manager Tam Paton, and so many others in the music business.
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What a shame that musical artists could not control their drug use back then. Saw Canned Heat, Bubble Puppy, and Spirit at the Masonic Temple Auditorium in Detroit in 1968. One of the best concerts I ever went to.
I saw the formation play in Bournemouth in early 70’s right after Alan Wilson’s passing. Different direction with Joe Scott hill and Antonio de la Baredas in that they were more rock and very little blues - more like a very tight club band and that unique beat, frankly Stunning! I was sitting first aisle level (no raised stage) a few feet in front of Henri Vestine and will always remember it. He was pale as a ghost and this was the last year he would play that incredible guitar style and switch to bass. I met fito de la Para a couple of years ago and he told me that Vestine always looked pale because he was on drugs 24/7. The album Live in Turku captures some of that magical night
Henry on bass? I can''t find any evidence of that, certainly not w/the Heat. Are you referring to one moment at one show? He certainly didn't have the personality to be a bass player!
Say what you will about the group’s lineup over the years but the Canned Heat Blues Band album is a masterpiece! No weak cuts at all.
Great job on this- you should do one on the Bay City Rollers
Great suggestion!
Derek the drummer was working as a nurse and is a convicted paedophile. Les died last year, Alan died a few years ago after contracting a virus in South America. Ian Mitchell died and Stuart ( Woody ) and Eric are still playing.
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The first time I herd canned heat. I identify with these guys. Back on road again, always made everything better to be traveling on long trip. You can even feel erie about it. Like what could happen on the way
In the early days they were considered a Boogie band, and very good at that.
I seen them in 99 at the Boot Hill saloon in Daytona they were really really good
This is about as sad as it gets ! I am sorry !!! What a bummer !!!!!
Thanks! Very informative!
You're welcome!
saw them in Copenhagen Denmark in 70...13 year,,,blew my mind
Bob Hites' house sits abandoned in Topanga Canyon up to today. Stripped of all wood, just masonry, heavily painted with graffiti, survives.
Not Roy Rogers the cowboy but Roy Rogers the Slid Blues Guitarist I think.
Yeah, SERIOUS mistake. Such an obvious oversight makes me wonder what other mistakes this guy makes in his research.
Alan Wilson was led singer
I'm sorry but it wasn't canned heat without Bob and Alen.
I agree. No Canned Heat, especially without Alan.
After Hite died the band didn't matter anymore.
Sad, but true😢
I would say after Alan Wilson the albums progressively got worse
Monterey's their best gig; 1st LP's their best, Fito wasn't in the band yet. Fito's a more powerful drummer, his energy worked for big venues, but it made them a rock band. When Henry wasn't at Woodstock, it was over. Alan didn't like Mandel's playing, which influenced his input.Tho still alive, his heart wasn't in it. 1970, before Henry re-joined, 3 of 5 original/Monterey members were gone.
@@lazur1 my friend the late Don Judy always said his favorite album was their first one
I recorded an album with Junior Watson who was only mentioned briefly in this video. Junior is a great guitarist and singer in his own right and deserves more credit.
Junior Watson is amazing!
Wilson’s problem with women was mainly due to his somewhat ‘casual’ attitude towards personal hygiene… Like many highly intelligent people, he had difficulty with social skills.
love them but note that Up the Country from copied note for note from an old blues guy … even the solos
I was lucky enough to see Canned Heat live at the Filmore East in NYC in the late 60s.
Saw them in 1970 in what was basically a large garage in St Petersburg fl. Took LSD for the first time that night. Great party!!
"Amphetamine Annie" and "World in a Jug" were shit hot too. These guys opened up the world of blues and R&R to me. I was 13-year-old hippie-wanna-be...lol
Bro, your story sounds like mine! I was 13when I first heard Canned Heat in autumn 1968. Both tunes you mentioned are favorites of mine. The " Boogie With Canned Heat" and " Living the Blues" LPs had amazing electric Blues adaptations of old Delta Blues songs, " Pony Blues", "One Kind Favor", " Evil Woman", " World in a Jug", MAN, I still love those two albums and " Live at Topanga Corral" , a monster of a live performance..as I grew a bit older, I was inspired to learn Harmonica by the Blind Owl and drums by Fito de la Parra. Still play to this day.....
@@thomasboogie734 Yeah, I too was inspired to follow the 'Pied Piper', as it were, by picking up the bass then moving on to the guitar. I was blessed with a decent voice, so I got with it and played in bands for a long time. I put the guitar down about 5 years ago, my health is shot. But I wouldn't have missed a single second of that time. We were lucky to grow up when we did brother. Peace!
I got lucky with a decent singing voice as well, sang from behind my drums, recorded a CD of Blues covers, haven't played onstage in a while though
Great band.
The sang Going up the country at Monterey are you sure they did bullfrog blues? I know they performed that at Woodstock but didn't know they did it at Monterey
It’s a shame another good band fell to drugs & disagreements .
Very interesting video!
Glad you think so!
Between quitting & deaths, this is a common story: '80, John Lennon dies.'72, Peter Green leaves Fleetwood Mac.'70, Alan Wilson dies.'69, Brian Jones dies. '68, Cream breaks up.'66 Mike Bloomfield quits Butterfield Band. Thus, most of the music I listen to is from '72 at the latest.
Bad luck to be in CH. Besides the entire Monterey/FirstLP band now deceased, many of their replacements are also gone, for a total of at least 20. Aside from Fito, at least 4 complete lineups are deceased: 1/Alan Wilson, Bob Hite, Henry Vestine, Larry Taylor. 2/ Bob Hite, Richard Hite, Gene Taylor, Chris Morgan. 3/Bob Hite, Larry Taylor, Mike Mann, Ronnie Barron. 4/Bob Hite, Larry Taylor, Mike Mann, Jay Spell.
Going to have to give them a listen. Really not too familiar with their catalog.
The early Canned Heat was Great for sure and its sad all those early members either died or left the band I still listen to them all the time
Saw "Canned Heat" in a biker bar in Carbon Canyon, 1998.
People die, life goes on. It’s easy to say the band wasn’t the same after losing key members, but Canned Heat always put on a good show, regardless of the lineup. The Robert Lukas years were great.
Junior Watson with Canned Heat:
Canned Heat - Reheated - 1988 (SPV 858805; Chameleon/Elektra 89022)
Canned Heat - Burnin' [live] - 1991 (SPV 848857)
Canned Heat - Live in Australia - 1993 (Aim 1003)
Canned Heat - Internal Combustion - 1994 (Aim 1044)
Canned Heat - Canned Heat Blues Band - 1997 (Rowyno 5020; Ruf 1040)
I'm listed on Junior Watson's discography:,
The Mighty Flyers - Undercover - 1988 (Special Delivery SPD 1020)
The Mighty Mojo Prophets - The Mighty Mojo Prophets - 2011 (Rip Cat Records 1102)
Charlie Musselwhite - In My Time - 1993 (Alligator ALCD 4818)
Charlie Musselwhite - Rough News - 1997 (Point Blank/Virgin 42856)
Dan E Bungee - Jamm'in With Junior - 2002 (East Coast Left Coast Sessions)
John Németh featuring Junior Watson - Come And Get It - 2004[3]
John Németh - Magic Touch - 2007 (Blind Pig 5109)[3]
Rod Piazza - Harpburn - 1986 (Murray Brothers, 1008; Black Top 1087)
Snooky Pryor - In This
In the complete Heat members, Chris Morgan's listed as dying in 2024, with no related info anywhere. Does anyone know more?
Thee best!!!!¡😮😮😮
"Let's work together ??? Sounds like the band had a lot of trouble "working together" 😎
Is this a robot voice narrating this video!?
I was hoping to hear about their association with David Sevil of chipmunk fame
Oops. That is a photo of the C & W singer and TV star Roy Rogers that you used. There is another Roy Rogers who is a blues guitarist/singer and I am pretty sure that is the Roy Rogers you meant to reference. And he did not have a horse named Trigger!
They became Canned Cool.
Boxed Stale
Why no info on wives & children of Heat members? Fito's been married at least once, & has at least one child, a son, who'd be almost 60 now. Hite was married twice, w/step children from the first marriage, & a daughter from the second marriage, who'd be 45 now(2023). Somebody speak up!
They couldn't find a can opener and they're all still stuck in there?
What Happened to Amon Düül II
They were filled with Hot Tuna.
Whats odd the owl had two or three reds it the cellafaine He had them in . I dont call that a Suiaside . Or an overdose !
You would think, after not having any origianl members they would have changed the name to smoething else.
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Hot take here but i like harvey mandel more than henry vestine but both are equally amazing in their own right playing along side the legendary Alan the blind owl wilson
Harvey’s a better technician than Henry, But Henry fit the band better. Alan made the band special. His dislike for Harvey's playing affected his input, & was the end of Canned Heat's best work.
got to see canned heat, valley music theater, sfv, ca. iron butterfly and hook opening up, ‘67 ? they had a house at topanga beach.
Bear’s house in Topanga canyon. Not a beach in sight.
@@lazur1 we saw bear getting the mail at a house on topanga beach, the end of topanga canyon. private beach. i’m pretty sure they had other places. the guitar player was reported to have passed in a sleeping bag, backyard. i think the creek was there. bear passed in a van. i miss those days. happy to still be here. i grew up there
@@theitineranthistorian2024 Bob's the only member who owned a Topanga home; only one, & not near water. (At least one of Isley Bros live in T, & Bob was friendly with them. Lowell George had a place there too. Lowell'd gotten fat, but not like Bob:^) There was a ravine between the house & the road, w/a drawbridge he put down for visitors. By '77, Heat big bucks were long-gone, & Topanga real estate blew up, so in '78, he sold, moved to the valley, & made enough to live on, at least for the 3yrs he lived.
@@lazur1 i remember feeling sad when my local “stars” moved on. my parents yanked me out of the valley down to the beach in orange co. 1969, woah, culture shock. long time ago
@@lazur1 we were hitching through topanga’66-‘69. my brother saw jim morrison outside the moonfire inn, middle of topanga, drunk in the parking lot. spirit drove a panel truck picking up kids playing their music for appreciation. good times
Shame at 7:05 there's no mention of guitarist Michael Mann/THE GREAT HOLLYWOOD FATS (nicknamed by THE GREAT FREDDIE KING)standing on the far left.....
They changed their name to Sterno
Wrong Roy Rogers (1911-1998) is pictured at 9:06. Roy Rodgers (1950-) of Delta Rhythm Kings fame played on Friends in The Can
That ain't Canned Heat,lol.
Where Hite,Al,Mandell,Sunflower,Fito........?
Bob Hite more commonly known as bigfoot
I always thought this was a great band they never got much credit
Most of them passed away
roy rodgers the cowboy ?
Wrong photo. Should be Roy Rogers the great old-school-style slide guitarist.
They’re dead?
The entire Monterey'67 band is dead.
John lee hooker is not harvey mandel, harvey mandel is the guitarist that got henry vestines spot, john lee hooker is one of the big boogie artist that they all had similar interest in, after the album with harvey they randomly met with John lee hooker and made hooker n heat. This doc definitely needs a redo and needs to be mainly focused on the group and albums before the hooker n heat album, the least info is on the bands early days and prime, the alan wilson era of canned heat needs to be the big part, then let the bear era be near the end and then the Fito era finish it off. I wish i could make a full doc/movie but i am not skilled enough in that department, i just have the idea
Hooker N Heat was made before Harvey was with Canned Heat.
Harvey Mandel's lp Baby Batter👍
Wish you would Point Out WHO you Talk.n bout when you throw out Names, a Lot of us Don't know Which ones yr Talking about
You didn't mention Harvey Mandel joining, just him leaving. Also, you always refer to Harvey Mandel as Mandel...don't you even know his name. What a farce this video is.
Dude take it easy, he tried his best
The only way to get a full retrospective is to judiciously take what you can from a variety of sources. For all it's faults, there's enough here to be included. It seems some viewers expect every photo to correlate to what's being said at the time. This is rarely if ever the case, & wouldn't fairly be considered a mistake, unless the audio stated; "This is a photo of __".
I agree. Also, it's an assumption that Alan Wilson committed suicide, rather than overdosed. I'm going to check out the real deal over on Pop Goes the 60's and see if he's got anything about Canned Heat. Also, I just checked out another video with a deep dive biography of Alan Wilson, with a lot more depth about the rest of the bad, as well. It's a young lady, and the video is about 4 years old. Go check. It's very good.
Expired shelf life?
Wish the content was more accurate.
Fitio de la parra
Imagine if Ringo called his act, "The Beatles'. Give it up, Fito. At least stop trying to sing like Alan.
yea . so they did not play at Woodstock ..but they used there song in movie..going up to the country ,,I am 74 and grew up with their great music..``In theology, divine providence, or simply providence, is God's intervention in the Universe. The term Divine Providence (usually capitalized) is also used as a title of God. A distinction is usually made between "general providence", which refers to God's continuous upholding of the existence and natural order of the Universe, and "special providence", which refers to God's extraordinary intervent.``Here is used word GOD ..or a supreme being ? NO! there is no supreme being (maybe there were or are --human like creatures from other worlds = that have powers and knowledge great than ours..but for now they have not come forward ....... Can we live a good moral life --good and bad ..with out a Hell or Heaven and NO supreme being ???? I think so ..we need to stop taking message from some old writings as truths ..and stop fighting among ourselves..and us birth control and adopt poor ,lonely needy children to raise as our own and love them.. Overpopulation is number one problem..it has crowded out 70% of animal and plants species..done by humans..too many are ruining this green little planet..STOP breeding and adopt..which is hard or imp
They were nothing more then a cover band , . mostly stealing music from great bleus artists from the 20's and 30's .. good riddance ..and they never gave any credit to the artists whose music they stole ..
Why "FriedHockyBoogie"'s credited to Larry: Canned Heat gave up writer's credit in return for being released from a horrible recording contract, but Larry didn't sign the release, because he'd already left the band. Thus, he kept getting credited/paid, while guys in the band got nothing. This added up to a large sum. Furthermore, Larry had a standing invitation to re-join Canned Heat whenever he wanted, & he did, 3 times. Truly a case of "have your cake & eat it too".
The lead singer joined the muppets and the rest is history.
5th comment
They evaporated like a fart.
They did what a lot of 60’s band did ! Steal old Black guys music and call it their own ! Glad some of it got called out and their estates got payed!
They got canned.
Don't know, don't care