Great musician, he "re-taught" Son House his old songs for a comeback in the sixties, blew John Lee Hooker away with his ability to play along with him.
One of my favorite blues cuts of all time is Wilson and Hooker doing "Burning Hell" on the Hooker and Heat album.
Nothing fancy about Wilson's playing, but it is just so on, adds to the drama of the song...it sounds like a horn from hell! ---------- Shane
Thanks for getting me interested in Canned Heat. I don't really know them.
Harmonicanick I never saw this video, thanks a lot. I'm a big John Lee Hooker fan, never listened to this album. Been listening to Boogie Chillen all day long on youtube got to find some money and buy this album.
Martin ---------- Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. Isaac Asimov
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Back sometime in the 60's a couple of friends and I did enough busking to get ourselves into a concert in Salt Lake City, Utah. The main and only act was Canned Heat, who had this really cool hit on the radio called "On the Road Again." I still remember that concert--the entire band was blasted on speed--"On The Road Again" lasted for over thirty minutes. There was a lot of illicit substance abuse happening in the concert, so I don't remember what all happened. It was summer and the whole band was sweating so hard we were getting wet four rows back.
There were no chairs in the place they played--we sat on the floor and the band was so loud I could hear the music through my assbones.
God, that was a CONCERT!
Needless to say--they've always been a big favorite of mine. . . ---------- ==================================== Always be yourself--unless you suck. . . -Joss Whedon
What's wrong with this picture? - Bob 'the Bear' Hite is blowing harp in the video - Not Alan Wilson - Huh?
Alan Wilson and this song where another major early inspiration for me. The second 'rock concert' I ever went to - these guys opened for Grand Funk Railroad. Alan was still alive and was wonderful. A few years later, and after he passed, the band played at a roadhouse outside of Buffal NY while I was in college there. Last song of the show I managed to get up front and waved my harp at Bob Hite - who motioned for me to hop up on stage ! Yikes. I barely played a note- but Bob passed me the pitcher of beer he was drinking out of and I was in my glory.
Never noticed the odd tuning on this tune - before - have to look into that further. here's an article I just found about it; http://www.harpsurgery.com/canned-heat-on-the-road-again/ ----------
Pretty sure they are lipsincing. You can hear the drone from the tambura on the original recording which no one is playing in the video. Since Alan played the second guitar part and the harp on the recording they probably needed something for the Bear to do. Since Alan was into Indian modal music this is totally his arrangement.
