CANNED HEAT
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Canned Heat is a blues-rock/boogie rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1965. It was launched by two blues enthusiasts, Alan Wilson and Bob Hite, who took the name from Tommy Johnson's 1928 "Canned Heat Blues", a song about an alcoholic who had desperately turned to drinking Sterno, generically called "canned heat". After appearances at Monterey and Woodstock, at the end of the 1960s the band acquired worldwide fame with a lineup consisting of Bob Hite, vocals, Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, guitar, harmonica and vocals, Henry Vestine (or Harvey Mandel) on lead guitar, Larry Taylor on bass, and Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra on drums. Two of their songs - "Going Up the Country" and "On the Road Again" - became international hits; both were re-workings of obscure blues. At the time all their albums were released for worldwide distribution. The eccentric Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, who had always suffered from depression, was said by some to have attempted suicide by driving his van off the road near Bob Hite's home in Topanga Canyon. On September 3, 1970, Wilson died at the age of 27, just weeks before the deaths of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. On April 5, 1981, having collapsed from a heroin overdose during a show at the Palomino in Los Angeles, Bob Hite was later found dead in de la Parra's Mar Vista home at the age of 38. The death of frontman Bob "The Bear" Hite was a devastating blow that most thought would end the career of Canned Heat; however Fito de la Parra kept the band alive and would lead it back into prosperity over the next few decades. This first incarnation of Canned Heat without Bob Hite was nicknamed the "Mouth Band" by Henry Vestine and was a huge hit in Australia, especially with the biker crowd. On October 20, 1997, a tired and cancer stricken Henry Vestine died in Paris, France following the final gig of a European tour. Canned Heat's popularity has endured in some European countries and Australia. In Belgium they have a particularly devoted following thanks in great part to Walter de Paduwa, aka Dr. Boogie, considered by the band as their "official historian". Other more recent deaths of band members included Bob Hite's brother, bassist Richard Hite, who died at the age of 50 on September 22nd, 2001 due to complications with cancer. Also former bassist Antonio De La Barreda died of a heart attack on February 19, 2009. From late 2008 to the Spring of 2010 did the lineup include Dale Spalding ,Barry Levenson, Greg Kage, and classic lineup hold-over and band leader Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra on drums. Harvey Mandel and Larry Taylor toured with Canned Heat during the summer of 2009 on the Heroes of Woodstock Tour to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. In 2010 Taylor and Mandel officially replaced Kage and Levenson. The current touring band thus consists of Dale Spalding, "Fito" de la Parra, Larry Taylor and Harvey Mandel.
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Let's Work Together / Same All Over
Change My Ways / Rich Woman
Australia
Liberty LYX-11.683
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Long Way From LA
Hill's Stomp
France
United Artists UA 50831
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Long Way From LA
Hill's Stomp
Germany
United Artists 35279
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Long Way From LA
Hill's Stomp
Japan
Liberty LR-2913
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Long Way From LA
Hill's Stomp
Sweden
United Artists UP 35279
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On The Road Again
Going Up The Country
Belgium
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On The Road Again
Going Up The Country
Belgium
United Artists 4C006-93731
Value: 15 €
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On The Road Again
Boogie Music
Belgium
Liberty BLG 5015
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On The Road Again
World In A Jug
Denmark
Liberty LIB 15090
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On The Road Again
Going Up The Country
France
Liberty LBF 15411
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On The Road Again
Boogie Music
France
Liberty LIF 56038
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On The Road Again
Going Up The Country
France
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On The Road Again
World In A Jug
Germany
Liberty 15090
Value: 10 €
On The Road Again
Boogie Music
Holland
Liberty 56038
Value: 10 €
On The Road Again
Boogie Music
Holland
Liberty LIB 56038
Value: 10 €
On The Road Again
Boogie Music
Italy
Liberty LIB 9029
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On The Road Again
Boogie Music
Japan
Liberty LR-2106
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On The Road Again
World In A Jug
Norway
Liberty LIB 15090
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On The Road Again
Going Up The Country
Portugal
Liberty 11C008-93731
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On The Road Again
Boogie Music
Spain
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On The Road Again
Boogie Music
Sweden
Liberty LIB 56038
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On The Road Again / Evil Is Going On
Rollin' And Tumblin' / Bullfrog Blues
Australia
Liberty LYX-11.564
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On The Road Again / Evil Woman
Boogie Music / Big Road Blues
Mexico
Liberty EL 65103
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On The Road Again / Let's Work Together
Going Up The Country / Wooly Bully
UK
United Artists REM 407
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On The Road Again / Rollin' And Tumblin'
Going Up The Country / Evil Woman
Japan
Liberty LP-4547
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One More River To Cross
Highway 401
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One More River To Cross
Highway 401
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Poor Moon
Sic'Em Pigs
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Poor Moon
Sic'Em Pigs
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Poor Moon
Sic'Em Pigs
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Liberty 15255
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Poor Moon
Sic'Em Pigs
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Poor Moon
Sic'Em Pigs
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Liberty LR-2368
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Poor Moon
Sic'Em Pigs
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Liberty LIB 56127
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Rock & Roll Music
Lookin' For My Rainbow
France
United Artists UP 35498
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Rock & Roll Music
Lookin' For My Rainbow
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United Artists 35498 A
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Rock & Roll Music
Lookin' For My Rainbow
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Liberty LLR-10312
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Rockin' With The King
I Don't Care What You Tell Me
France
United Artists UP 35348
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Rockin' With The King
I Don't Care What You Tell Me
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United Artists 35348
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Rockin' With The King
I Don't Care What You Tell Me
Japan
Liberty LLR-10039
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Rockin' With The King
Long Way From LA
Spain
United Artists HS 861
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