Sunday, May 26, 2002 6:11:43 AM
Rock 'n' Roll Artists A-Z...Re: Canned Heat
http://www.cannedheatmusic.com/
From Los Angeles, California, USA.
Musical trends may come and go, but those that truly resonate are timeless. Such is the case for the blues and its offspring, rock 'n roll and boogie music. And just as basic roots music has not only survived but prospered, so have some of its practitioners.
Right from the start CANNED HEAT has been at the forefront of popularizing blues music, as evidenced by such Top Ten hits as "On The Road Again", "Goin' Up The Country" and "Let's Work Together". Founded in the mid-'60s, over the years the family that is CANNED HEAT has included such legendary musicians as Bob "The Bear" Hite, Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine, Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra, Larry "The Mole" Taylor, Harvey "The Snake" Mandel, Junior Watson and Robert Lucas. They can boast of collaborations with Little Richard, John Mayall, and blues great John Lee Hooker (Hooker 'N Heat, 1970) and Hooker's 1990 Grammy Award-winning classic, The Healer.
Since 1967 CANNED HEAT has toured extensively all over the world, performed at numerous festivals including the original Woodstock, Monterey Pop, Newport Pop, the Sturgis Motorcycle Run U.S.A. and many other music and biker Festivals. They have performed at world-renowned venues such as the Olympia in Paris, both Fillmore Auditoriums, The Kaleidoscope, Carnegie Hall (with John Lee Hooker), Madison Square Garden and the Royal Albert Hall. They and/or their music have been featured on television (In Concert, Midnight Special, David Frost, Merv Griffin, Playboy After Dark, etc.), and in films like "Woodstock", "1969" (Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland), "Flashback" (Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland), "Forrest Gump" (Tom Hanks), etc. Their music is currently being heard and felt in various television commercials ("On The Road Again" for Miller Beer, "Goin' Up The Country" for Pepsi, Chevrolet and McDonald's, "Let's Work Together" for Lloyd's Bank, England's Electric Company and Target Stores, "Christmas Blues" for Heineken with other songs for 7-Up and Levi's).
The group has weathered assorted musical trends and the untimely deaths of founding members Alan Wilson and Bob Hite as well as that of longtime guitarist, Henry Vestine. Now, more than thirty years later and with thirty-three albums to their credit, CANNED HEAT is still going strong.
Anchored throughout by the steady hand of drummer/band leader Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra (a member since 1967), CANNED HEAT is well on track to carry the boogie-blues it made famous, straight into the 21st century.
Fito's book "LIVING THE BLUES" is just out and available through this website and other book outlets. It is the complete and outrageous CANNED HEAT story of "Music, Drugs, Death, Sex and Survival" along with over 100 captivating pictures from their past.
CANNED HEAT looks forward to an exciting beginning of the new millennium, entertaining and playing Boogie/Blues music for new and old generations.
Canned Heat I (1966 - 1968)
Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson - guitar/harmonica/vocals - born July 4, 1943, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; died September 3, 1970, Topanga, California, USA.
Bob "Bear" Hite - harmonica/vocals - born February 26, 1945, Torrance, California, USA; died April 5, 1981, Venice, California, USA.
Henry Vestine - guitar - born December 24, 1944, Washington, D.C., USA; died December 1997, Paris, France.
Larry Taylor - bass - b. Samuel Taylor, June 26, 1942, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Frank Cook - drums
Album:
"Canned Heat" (1967)
Canned Heat II (1968 - 1969)
Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson - guitar/harmonica/vocals
Bob "Bear" Hite - harmonica/vocals
Henry Vestine - guitar
Larry Taylor - bass
Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums - b. February 8, 1946, Mexico City, Mexico.
Albums:
"Boogie with Canned Heat" (1968) - Single: "On the Road Again"
"Living the Blues" (1968) - Single: "Going Up the Country"
Canned Heat III (1969 - 1970)
Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson - guitar/harmonica/vocals
Bob "Bear" Hite - harmonica/vocals
Larry Taylor - bass
Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums
Harvey Mandel - guitar - b. March 11, 1945, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Albums:
"Hallelujah" (1969)
"Vintage Heat" (1970)
"Live in Europe" (1970)
"Future Blues" (1970) - Single: "Let's Work Together"
"Hooker 'n' Heat" (2-CDs) (1970) (with John Lee Hooker)
"Best of Hooker 'n' Heat" (1971)
Larry Taylor and Harvey Mandel join John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
Canned Heat IV (1970 - 1972)
Bob "Bear" Hite - harmonica/vocals
Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums
Henry Vestine - guitar
Antonio de la Barreda - bass
Albums:
"Live at the Topanga Corral" (1971)
Canned Heat V (1972 - 1981)
Bob "Bear" Hite - harmonica/vocals
Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums
Henry Vestine - guitar
Richard Hite - bass
Albums:
"Historical Figures and Ancient Heads" (1972)
"New Age" (1973)
"One More River to Cross" (1974)
"Human Condition" (1978)
"Hooker 'n' Heat Recorded Live at the Fox Venice Theatre" (1981)
"King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents...Canned Heat" (live) (1995)
Canned Heat VI (1981 - 1984)
Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums
Walter Trout - guitar/vocals
Mike "The Mouth" Halbey - guitar/vocals
Paul "Ernie" Rodriguez - bass/vocals
Rick "Cherry Red" Kellogg - harmonica/vocals
Album:
"Live in OZ" (2001) - This Canned Heat CD, "Live in OZ: Featuring Walter Trout" (published by Mystic Records), was originally recorded as "Boogie Assault: Live In Australia" in 1981. After the untimely death of vocalist and harp-player Bob Hite in April 1981, Canned Heat was reassembled for it's 1981 debut in Australia. In addition to Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra (drums), the new lineup included Mike "The Mouth" Halbey (guitar/vocals), Paul "Ernie" Rodriguez (bass/vocals), Rick "Cherry Red" Kellogg (harmonica/vocals), and Walter Trout (lead guitar/vocals). "Live in OZ" contains a good cross-section of Canned Heat material, including the singles "On The Road Again", "Goin' Up The Country", and "Let's Work Together". Other songs included are "Amphetamine Annie", "Kings Of The Boogie", "Refried Hockey Boogie" (nearly 23 minutes long, and featuring solos from everyone, including Trout's homage to Australia's "Waltzing Matilda"), the bluesy "Hell's On Down The Line", "Chicken Shack Boogie", and the ultra-bluesy "So Long". The entire band cooks in grand "Heat" fashion, and "Live in OZ" is a testament that this version of Canned Heat could boogie with the best of them...and it is inconceivable that Canned Heat could have found a better guitarist than Walter Trout, whose fiery lead guitar work throughout is simply stunning. "Hats-off" to Mystic Records for making this classic 1981 Canned Heat concert available.
Canned Heat VII (1984 - 1994)
Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums
Henry Vestine - guitar
Richard Hite - bass
James Thornbury - guitar/harmonica/vocals
Albums:
"Reheated" (1990)
"Burnin' Live" (1992)
Canned Heat VIII (1994 - 1995)
Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums
Henry Vestine - guitar
James Thornbury - guitar/harmonica/vocals
Harvey Mandel - guitar
Larry Taylor - bass
Junior Watson - guitar/vocals
Ron Shumake - bass/vocals
Album:
"Internal Combustion" (1994)
Canned Heat IX (1995 - 1997)
Henry Vestine - guitar
Robert Lucas - vocals
Others...
Album:
"Gamblin' Woman" (1996)
"Boogie Up the Country" (1998)
"Canned Heat Blues Band" (1998)
"The Masters" (1999)
"Boogie 2000" (1999)
Canned Heat X(1998 - ? )
Robert Lucas - vocals
Others...
Album:
"Gamblin' Woman" (1996)
"Boogie Up the Country" (1998)
"Canned Heat Blues Band" (1998)
"The Masters" (1999)
"Boogie 2000" (1999)
Compilations:
"The Canned Heat Cookbook / Best Of" (1970)
"The Very Best of Canned Heat" (1975)
"The Best of Canned Heat" (1987)
"Uncanned (The Best of Canned Heat)" (2-CDs) (1994)
"Best of Canned Heat - On the Road Again" (1997)
"Very Best of the Blues Years" (2000)
]
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http://www.cannedheatmusic.com/
From Los Angeles, California, USA.
Musical trends may come and go, but those that truly resonate are timeless. Such is the case for the blues and its offspring, rock 'n roll and boogie music. And just as basic roots music has not only survived but prospered, so have some of its practitioners.
Right from the start CANNED HEAT has been at the forefront of popularizing blues music, as evidenced by such Top Ten hits as "On The Road Again", "Goin' Up The Country" and "Let's Work Together". Founded in the mid-'60s, over the years the family that is CANNED HEAT has included such legendary musicians as Bob "The Bear" Hite, Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine, Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra, Larry "The Mole" Taylor, Harvey "The Snake" Mandel, Junior Watson and Robert Lucas. They can boast of collaborations with Little Richard, John Mayall, and blues great John Lee Hooker (Hooker 'N Heat, 1970) and Hooker's 1990 Grammy Award-winning classic, The Healer.
Since 1967 CANNED HEAT has toured extensively all over the world, performed at numerous festivals including the original Woodstock, Monterey Pop, Newport Pop, the Sturgis Motorcycle Run U.S.A. and many other music and biker Festivals. They have performed at world-renowned venues such as the Olympia in Paris, both Fillmore Auditoriums, The Kaleidoscope, Carnegie Hall (with John Lee Hooker), Madison Square Garden and the Royal Albert Hall. They and/or their music have been featured on television (In Concert, Midnight Special, David Frost, Merv Griffin, Playboy After Dark, etc.), and in films like "Woodstock", "1969" (Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland), "Flashback" (Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland), "Forrest Gump" (Tom Hanks), etc. Their music is currently being heard and felt in various television commercials ("On The Road Again" for Miller Beer, "Goin' Up The Country" for Pepsi, Chevrolet and McDonald's, "Let's Work Together" for Lloyd's Bank, England's Electric Company and Target Stores, "Christmas Blues" for Heineken with other songs for 7-Up and Levi's).
The group has weathered assorted musical trends and the untimely deaths of founding members Alan Wilson and Bob Hite as well as that of longtime guitarist, Henry Vestine. Now, more than thirty years later and with thirty-three albums to their credit, CANNED HEAT is still going strong.
Anchored throughout by the steady hand of drummer/band leader Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra (a member since 1967), CANNED HEAT is well on track to carry the boogie-blues it made famous, straight into the 21st century.
Fito's book "LIVING THE BLUES" is just out and available through this website and other book outlets. It is the complete and outrageous CANNED HEAT story of "Music, Drugs, Death, Sex and Survival" along with over 100 captivating pictures from their past.
CANNED HEAT looks forward to an exciting beginning of the new millennium, entertaining and playing Boogie/Blues music for new and old generations.
Canned Heat I (1966 - 1968)
Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson - guitar/harmonica/vocals - born July 4, 1943, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; died September 3, 1970, Topanga, California, USA.
Bob "Bear" Hite - harmonica/vocals - born February 26, 1945, Torrance, California, USA; died April 5, 1981, Venice, California, USA.
Henry Vestine - guitar - born December 24, 1944, Washington, D.C., USA; died December 1997, Paris, France.
Larry Taylor - bass - b. Samuel Taylor, June 26, 1942, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Frank Cook - drums
Album:
"Canned Heat" (1967)
Canned Heat II (1968 - 1969)
Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson - guitar/harmonica/vocals
Bob "Bear" Hite - harmonica/vocals
Henry Vestine - guitar
Larry Taylor - bass
Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums - b. February 8, 1946, Mexico City, Mexico.
Albums:
"Boogie with Canned Heat" (1968) - Single: "On the Road Again"
"Living the Blues" (1968) - Single: "Going Up the Country"
Canned Heat III (1969 - 1970)
Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson - guitar/harmonica/vocals
Bob "Bear" Hite - harmonica/vocals
Larry Taylor - bass
Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums
Harvey Mandel - guitar - b. March 11, 1945, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Albums:
"Hallelujah" (1969)
"Vintage Heat" (1970)
"Live in Europe" (1970)
"Future Blues" (1970) - Single: "Let's Work Together"
"Hooker 'n' Heat" (2-CDs) (1970) (with John Lee Hooker)
"Best of Hooker 'n' Heat" (1971)
Larry Taylor and Harvey Mandel join John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
Canned Heat IV (1970 - 1972)
Bob "Bear" Hite - harmonica/vocals
Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums
Henry Vestine - guitar
Antonio de la Barreda - bass
Albums:
"Live at the Topanga Corral" (1971)
Canned Heat V (1972 - 1981)
Bob "Bear" Hite - harmonica/vocals
Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums
Henry Vestine - guitar
Richard Hite - bass
Albums:
"Historical Figures and Ancient Heads" (1972)
"New Age" (1973)
"One More River to Cross" (1974)
"Human Condition" (1978)
"Hooker 'n' Heat Recorded Live at the Fox Venice Theatre" (1981)
"King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents...Canned Heat" (live) (1995)
Canned Heat VI (1981 - 1984)
Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums
Walter Trout - guitar/vocals
Mike "The Mouth" Halbey - guitar/vocals
Paul "Ernie" Rodriguez - bass/vocals
Rick "Cherry Red" Kellogg - harmonica/vocals
Album:
"Live in OZ" (2001) - This Canned Heat CD, "Live in OZ: Featuring Walter Trout" (published by Mystic Records), was originally recorded as "Boogie Assault: Live In Australia" in 1981. After the untimely death of vocalist and harp-player Bob Hite in April 1981, Canned Heat was reassembled for it's 1981 debut in Australia. In addition to Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra (drums), the new lineup included Mike "The Mouth" Halbey (guitar/vocals), Paul "Ernie" Rodriguez (bass/vocals), Rick "Cherry Red" Kellogg (harmonica/vocals), and Walter Trout (lead guitar/vocals). "Live in OZ" contains a good cross-section of Canned Heat material, including the singles "On The Road Again", "Goin' Up The Country", and "Let's Work Together". Other songs included are "Amphetamine Annie", "Kings Of The Boogie", "Refried Hockey Boogie" (nearly 23 minutes long, and featuring solos from everyone, including Trout's homage to Australia's "Waltzing Matilda"), the bluesy "Hell's On Down The Line", "Chicken Shack Boogie", and the ultra-bluesy "So Long". The entire band cooks in grand "Heat" fashion, and "Live in OZ" is a testament that this version of Canned Heat could boogie with the best of them...and it is inconceivable that Canned Heat could have found a better guitarist than Walter Trout, whose fiery lead guitar work throughout is simply stunning. "Hats-off" to Mystic Records for making this classic 1981 Canned Heat concert available.
Canned Heat VII (1984 - 1994)
Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums
Henry Vestine - guitar
Richard Hite - bass
James Thornbury - guitar/harmonica/vocals
Albums:
"Reheated" (1990)
"Burnin' Live" (1992)
Canned Heat VIII (1994 - 1995)
Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums
Henry Vestine - guitar
James Thornbury - guitar/harmonica/vocals
Harvey Mandel - guitar
Larry Taylor - bass
Junior Watson - guitar/vocals
Ron Shumake - bass/vocals
Album:
"Internal Combustion" (1994)
Canned Heat IX (1995 - 1997)
Henry Vestine - guitar
Robert Lucas - vocals
Others...
Album:
"Gamblin' Woman" (1996)
"Boogie Up the Country" (1998)
"Canned Heat Blues Band" (1998)
"The Masters" (1999)
"Boogie 2000" (1999)
Canned Heat X(1998 - ? )
Robert Lucas - vocals
Others...
Album:
"Gamblin' Woman" (1996)
"Boogie Up the Country" (1998)
"Canned Heat Blues Band" (1998)
"The Masters" (1999)
"Boogie 2000" (1999)
Compilations:
"The Canned Heat Cookbook / Best Of" (1970)
"The Very Best of Canned Heat" (1975)
"The Best of Canned Heat" (1987)
"Uncanned (The Best of Canned Heat)" (2-CDs) (1994)
"Best of Canned Heat - On the Road Again" (1997)
"Very Best of the Blues Years" (2000)
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