Rare video of Canned Heat playing live their song "On The Road Again". This was in early 1970 of their European tour. The blind owl plays a wonderful harp part.
"It is time for Alan Wilson to be recognized as the genius he was, and his work must be appreciated for its immortal spellbinding beauty" John Fahey (1997)
At least Alan has a couple of hit singles that the next generations might happen to hear, to lead them further into his music. I'm afraid the great John Fahey'll be forgotten with my generation's passing.
@@lazur1 I’ll try and keep him alive to my best ability . I’m only 20 years old. Don’t worry, true music will never die friend. So long as we keep spreading it.
@@Way_loz If you knew him personally, you’d be appalled at how crazy he was.Ask Rebecca Davis Winters(Alan Wilson’s biographer) about Fahey sometime. But he was undeniably a considerable music talent.
to me Blind owl is the most haunting soulfull harp player ever. I've been playing for 31 years & I would never be able to get near what he did he IS the real deal !!! for me he is the tops !!!
The harmonica playing on this is amazing. Alan “The Blind Owl” Wilson was just incredible! It is just sad that he died so young. A kind and generous person and an environmentalist too. The world lost a wonderful person when he died. I don’t think he knew how special and important he was.
Neither Dylan nor Neil cpuld match Alan as a harmonica player.John Lee Hooker said Alan was the greatest harpman who ever lived.@@DanFernandesBenficaSaint
@@DanFernandesBenficaSaint I'm a life long Dylan fan but I'm sure even he knows he's not in the same league as Alan Wilson when it comes to playing harmonica. Wilson made sounds on that instrument that I've never heard anyone else make. He got notes out of it that it shouldn't have been able to produce and it touches your soul in a way that Dylan can touch you with words, but definitely not the harmonica.
You're right. These people feel like beeing different from others, not understood, and so alone. Greetings from a swiss Canned Heat fan. I usually speak french. I' m a swiss citizen, not an expat. Canned Heat fan since 1968.
It is indeed.If one really wants to understand how good Wilson was, consider the awe that other musicians held Alan in.Son House, John Fahey, even John Lee Hooker... Alan played a superb harp and a superb guitar-not to mention his singing and composition abilities.One of THE blues greats-Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson.
Alan Wilson had his own voice with the harp, a true innovator, sounds like no one else and true to the Blues idiom. And his singing comes from the tradition of singers like Skip James and Robert Williams with that mysterious falseto. And you can feel his blues come from deep within.
Alan Wilson is my second cousin (once removed). My great aunt Shirley even told me he was horribly depressed, and tried to commit suicide before. I can't really recall too much since I was 12 when I visited her in 2003, but one thing she definitely emphasized was that he was different. It'd be nice if I could've met him myself but I guess the 27 Club figured they wanted another member.
I’ve been reading a lot about him. Did his mom know he was hospitalized when he was alive? Or was that after he died? I know this is personal but there’s just so much confusion and contradictions about his life.
this is one woman who would have properly appreciated him morning, noon, and night. sensitive and kind spirit, with an almighty musical genius. signed, sealed, delivered, I'm his.
Alan had the chops and control and kept the quality coming. The Bear was shrewd and reminded me of Flower Power Frat guy. Also, Alan is so underrated as a harp player...check out "I'm Her Man".
Talk about raw footage, this is an incredible live view of an incredible group. Alan was to Canned Heat what Brian Jones was to the Rolling Stones - the heart and soul of the band. I like Bob "The Bear" Hite too but Wilson had the blues voice and was an extraordinary harmonica stylist. Canned Heat with Alan Wilson was the voice of the late 60s for me.
Amen. A kind gentle genius like AlanWilson comes along very seldom.Too bad the world was not kinder to Alan....But we all appreciate the music and image he left behind. I too say ......R.I.P. our beloved brother...
Alan Wilson on vocals and harmonica-another great multi-talented musician of the best rock/blues era that died at the young age of 27 due to substance abuse like Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. RIP to all of them.
I'm glad to see that there are still people who recognise his staggering talent. 40 years ago he saw things people seem not to realize even novadays(pollution). And I agree his talent was overlooked, however his grateness has no limits. He was a laid-back guy, felt no need to pretend or sell himself to fame and fortune. May his spirit wander freely in the reedwoods!
He had tremendous blues music knowledge.He wrote scholarly articles on blues music and literally retaught the aging Son House Son`s own music.One of Alan`s fondest fields was harmonica playing at which he was utterly superb.
Canned Heat was a wonderful combination of gifted people:Vestine,Taylor,Hite Fito, Mandel...But Alan Wilson is ensconced in the memory of this band. He was brilliant at music...gifted with words......enamored of nature...disdainful toward money...kindly...and sweet tempered. Again, the English language has a word that describes what we all feel toward Alan.....Love.
i have seen over a hundred concerts in my days... the heat turned me on as much as any show i've ever seen...man those were the good days!...glad to be able to "see" the boys again
To the generation that was MOST EVER GIFTED and so ever much endowed with SOUL. May "Bear" Bobby Hite rest in peace and may all his family know that he is loved beyond infinitely.
I´m looking forward to reading Rebecca´s book. I never heard Alan described as a saint before, but after having read Fito´s book I see Alan as a person with the heart in the right place. And he was no doubt a great musical talent. Canned Heat´s music suffered greatly when he died. It´s still an awesome band, but you can´t replace a guy like Alan.
This is the first blues tune I ever heard at age six. My folks purchased several cassette tapes which at the time was a new format from record and these were our first tapes. I was mesmerized by this song and continued to play it over and over. Needless to say, I wore this tape out within a few months.
I thought I'd seen every live version of OTRA ever recorded and now I find this. I think it's my new favourite, great vibe, best harmonica solo. The camera loves Larry Taylor.
theres 3 mesmerizing live events, this one, and two fillmore easts with 8miles high by byrds and whippin post by allman brothers. drop out folks, 2022 has nothin better to offer than these historic events.
On September 3, 1970, Wilson was found dead on a hillside behind bandmate Bob Hite's Topanga Canyon home; he was 27 years old. An autopsy identified his manner and cause of death as accidental acute barbiturate intoxication.[15] Wilson reportedly had attempted suicide a few months earlier, attempting to drive his car off a freeway in Los Angeles. He was briefly hospitalized for significant depression, and was released after a few weeks.[16] Although his death is sometimes reported as a suicide, this is not clearly established and he left no note.[17] Wilson's death came just two weeks before the death of Jimi Hendrix and four weeks before the death of Janis Joplin, two artists who also died at the same age. Along with his talent and intellect, Wilson had a reputation for social awkwardness and introversion which may have contributed to his depression. Retrospectively, some close to Wilson believe that he may have been on the autism spectrum.
Alan`s harp work on "Hooker & Heat" was awesome.Picture a great trial lawyer reacting instantaneously to events unfolding in the courtroom.This is how Alan reacted to music around him.Brilliant creative improvising on the spur of the moment. He did this in "Boogie Chillun # 2."JLH couldn`t believe it.But by then, Alan had done this for years with various blues music. Alan`s harp sound-his tone- was much thicker than Little Walter`s.Alan was a fabulous harp-man.
1994g0 I bow to your learned wisdom. Al does indeed sound llike Skip James. I had heard of him but not actually heard him until now. Thank you for the introduction! I also really liked Skip's guitar playing and look forward to discovering more.
the 'blind owl' did just fine thank you very much... he and 'the bear' are well recognized for the blues they infused into the music of the late 60's... "i can't carry you baby gonna carry somebody else". 'up the country' is still my favorite... "jump in the water... stay drunk all the time" :-)
Blind Owl was a one-man-wonder! This is, in my opinion, the greatest white-boy-blues ever! I am of the opinion that Charlie Patton is the living God - we are all going to go to him when we die!
altclut He was for and of the music,,a complete badass and blues fanatic,,,,we miss and think of him everyday,,I had the privledge to hear and meet the Heat,,,A long time ago in a galaxy not far away,,,,
Wilson was indeed a wonder.He knew so much about American blues music that his knowledge awed living bluesmen like Hooker and Skippy.Wish he could have met Leadbelly(who died in 1949). Wilson happened to get interested in blues music, and the rest is history.But he would have been awesome in any area of music.Country...classical....he would have excelled in any form of music.The man was a genius.
What a great tune .Lucky to see them around this time playing to about 100 people at dunstable town hall UK .They were supreme canned heat boogie still resonates in my mind
Why featuring? Well, his playing and vocals were featured here. 🤦🏻♂️ Not like he was a guest star, his stardom was showcased/featured/spotlighted. Got it?
@sexymonkeydecoy I do too, and so do several of my girlfriends. Evidently Wilson was repellent to women and we are baffled. We've sort of concluded that he had a vulnerability that was scoffed at during the sixties but is accepted now, and even treasured by some. As is often said of the Blind Owl: Genius, ahead of his time.
@sekhmetraptah Plus Alan`s wide ranging music knowledge and inventive mind caused the inclusion of the tembura on this rock classic.The tembura wraps this song in a garb of mysticism.India and the Mississippi Delta united through the genius of Alan Wilson.
Al (Blind Owl) Wilson was from Boston, Mass. He got together with John Fahey and this group was formed. We saw them for the first time in Merritt Island Florida in 1968 again in Cocoa Beach in 1971, they had returned from from a Doors tour, in which Morrison had OD'd. Or, am I imagining all this, and it will make my next (first) novel? Myself had returned from SEA, and skewed memories. We caught CH again in Bangor Maine years later, and I think Bob was still with the group. Great vid, thanks!
Wow, thanks for posting this, pure magic.. :-) Al Wilson died far too young.. I remember the late Lester Butler referred to Al Wilson as maybe his biggest influence, apart from cats like Little Walter.. Thanks to all other posters with the excellent background info and musical knowledge. Greetz from the Netherlands.. :-)
@seacow31 the word has a dual meaning to my knowledge payroll was actually voiced as fairo referring to the word bankroll, payroll or pocket change; and in other connotations, fairo is denoted as a main squeeze as in alan's an owl song or tommy's cool drink of water blues
Wow....42 years ago! Memories of cruising the California foothills in my Sunbeam Rapier with a 4-speed on the column and Canned Heat blaring from my 4-track!
i couldn't agree more, plus I've heard the same thing about Blind Owl and how he preferred to sleep outside....find the clip of Canned Heat on Playboy After Dark....one of the best clips of the Heat on RUclips!!!!
I think he would have eventually found someone. He did have some girlfriends but nothing that really lasted long. Unfortunately being in that band made it hard to meet the kind of woman who would understand him. It seems the girls he met that became his girlfriends were met when he wasn’t with the band.
That's Harvey Mandel on lead guitar. I saw him about 1971 headlining his own band at a blues tavern in Seattle. After his fist set, he went into the bathroom, when he came out he was totally "smacked out". He played the rest of the night with his eyes closed. Just a tidbit.
This song-On The Road Again-is a Wilson work of genius.The original Tommy Johnson version-called "Big Road Blues"-is guitar drenched with no harmonica and cetainly no tembura.The Foyd Jones version is basically a guitar song also. Wilson took this song to new levels-like Eric Clapton did to the blues classic "Spoonful." Alan was so talented and versatile it`s difficult to say what his greaest music area was.The tembura is an Eastern additon that lends a hypnotic quality to the song.
Canned Heat was one of the best white blues acts I ever heard. This is a great clip of Alan. After Alan passed, the band was never the same after that....
"It is time for Alan Wilson to be recognized as the genius he was, and his work must be appreciated for its immortal spellbinding beauty"
John Fahey (1997)
At least Alan has a couple of hit singles that the next generations might happen to hear, to lead them further into his music. I'm afraid the great John Fahey'll be forgotten with my generation's passing.
No doubt.
@@lazur1 I’ll try and keep him alive to my best ability . I’m only 20 years old. Don’t worry, true music will never die friend. So long as we keep spreading it.
23 years old, i will pass the music of john fahey to my kids
@@Way_loz If you knew him personally, you’d be appalled at how crazy he was.Ask Rebecca Davis Winters(Alan Wilson’s biographer) about Fahey sometime. But he was undeniably a considerable music talent.
to me Blind owl is the most haunting soulfull harp player ever. I've been playing for 31 years & I would never be able to get near what he did he IS the real deal !!! for me he is the tops !!!
Yes, his phrasing and tone are remarkable. His playing was/is fantastic to say the least.
The harmonica playing on this is amazing. Alan “The Blind Owl” Wilson was just incredible! It is just sad that he died so young. A kind and generous person and an environmentalist too. The world lost a wonderful person when he died. I don’t think he knew how special and important he was.
"He (Alan Wilson) was the greatest harmonica player who ever lived."
John Lee Hooker (1971)
Obviously never heard of Neil Young or Bob Dylan then 🙄
Neither Dylan nor Neil cpuld match Alan as a harmonica player.John Lee Hooker said Alan was the greatest harpman who ever lived.@@DanFernandesBenficaSaint
@@DanFernandesBenficaSaint I'm a life long Dylan fan but I'm sure even he knows he's not in the same league as Alan Wilson when it comes to playing harmonica. Wilson made sounds on that instrument that I've never heard anyone else make. He got notes out of it that it shouldn't have been able to produce and it touches your soul in a way that Dylan can touch you with words, but definitely not the harmonica.
@@1994g0 dumbass
This song is for all those who are too gentle for this world and means: don't give up!
Genius and depression often walk hand in hand.... Alan is alive with me when I play his music.
"Genius and madness are closely aligned" Schopenhauer.
You're right. These people feel like beeing different from others, not understood, and so alone.
Greetings from a swiss Canned Heat fan. I usually speak french.
I' m a swiss citizen, not an expat. Canned Heat fan since 1968.
Much agreed, Blind Owl is the most underrated musical genius I've ever had the pleasure of coming across. Cheers my friend.
No one can play like Alan Wilson.
It is indeed.If one really wants to understand how good Wilson was, consider the awe that other musicians held Alan in.Son House, John Fahey, even John Lee Hooker...
Alan played a superb harp and a superb guitar-not to mention his singing and composition abilities.One of THE blues greats-Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson.
I Hope Alan can feel the Love - Fifty years gone.
The Blind Owl was a tragic genius. May he forever rest in peace!
Alan Wilson had his own voice with the harp, a true innovator, sounds like no one else and true to the Blues idiom. And his singing comes from the tradition of singers like Skip James and Robert Williams with that mysterious falseto. And you can feel his blues come from deep within.
Alan Wilson is my second cousin (once removed). My great aunt Shirley even told me he was horribly depressed, and tried to commit suicide before. I can't really recall too much since I was 12 when I visited her in 2003, but one thing she definitely emphasized was that he was different. It'd be nice if I could've met him myself but I guess the 27
Club figured they wanted another member.
Did she live in Virginia?
I’ve been reading a lot about him. Did his mom know he was hospitalized when he was alive? Or was that after he died? I know this is personal but there’s just so much confusion and contradictions about his life.
I love watching Bob Hite in the background. Great stuff!
this is one woman who would have properly appreciated him morning, noon, and night. sensitive and kind spirit, with an almighty musical genius. signed, sealed, delivered, I'm his.
Hope you're ok after these 8 years. Regards.
RIP Owl
RIP Bear
Love the music till this day.
OMFG i cant beleive how heavy this band is .. I LOVE ALAN WILSON!
god damn. alan is amazing
I'm sure Wilson, in one way or another realizes just how much love he brings into the life of complete strangers, to this day. RIP buddy.
I don't know. Depression is a bitch
I would go back in time just so I could meet alan wilson!
Alan Wilson --- BRILLIANT!
Alan had the chops and control and kept the quality coming. The Bear was shrewd and reminded me of Flower Power Frat guy. Also, Alan is so underrated as a harp player...check out "I'm Her Man".
Talk about raw footage, this is an incredible live view of an incredible group. Alan was to Canned Heat what Brian Jones was to the Rolling Stones - the heart and soul of the band. I like Bob "The Bear" Hite too but Wilson had the blues voice and was an extraordinary harmonica stylist. Canned Heat with Alan Wilson was the voice of the late 60s for me.
Amen.
A kind gentle genius like AlanWilson comes along very seldom.Too bad the world was not kinder to Alan....But we all appreciate the music and image he left behind. I too say ......R.I.P. our beloved brother...
Alan Wilson on vocals and harmonica-another great multi-talented musician of the best rock/blues era that died at the young age of 27 due to substance abuse like Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. RIP to all of them.
Awesomely Awesome Love His Voice 😍 Love The Blues ❤️
this music is the shit! i love old fucking awesome stuff like this.
I'm glad to see that there are still people who recognise his staggering talent.
40 years ago he saw things people seem not to realize even novadays(pollution).
And I agree his talent was overlooked, however his grateness has no limits. He was a laid-back guy, felt no need to pretend or sell himself to fame and fortune.
May his spirit wander freely in the reedwoods!
"You hear that cat on the harmonica? That's a cat he is."
I don't know how he follows me but he do.
-John Lee Hooker
“That’s the Canned Heat”
A haunting owl at his best A peaceful genius
Wilson is in a zone where no one has gone before, or since from 1:22 to 2:22
Everyone on LSD has gone there many times.
DontTaseMeBro77 that run on the harp at 1:43 was BAD ASS!!
I love that Harp solo
He had tremendous blues music knowledge.He wrote scholarly articles on blues music and literally retaught the aging Son House Son`s own music.One of Alan`s fondest fields was harmonica playing at which he was utterly superb.
Canned Heat was a wonderful combination of gifted people:Vestine,Taylor,Hite Fito, Mandel...But Alan Wilson is ensconced in the memory of this band.
He was brilliant at music...gifted with words......enamored of nature...disdainful toward money...kindly...and sweet tempered.
Again, the English language has a word that describes what we all feel toward Alan.....Love.
i have seen over a hundred concerts in my days... the heat turned me on as much as any show i've ever seen...man those were the good days!...glad to be able to "see" the boys again
To the generation that was MOST EVER GIFTED and so ever much endowed with SOUL. May "Bear" Bobby Hite rest in peace and may all his family know that he is loved beyond infinitely.
I´m looking forward to reading Rebecca´s book. I never heard Alan described as a saint before, but after having read Fito´s book I see Alan as a person with the heart in the right place. And he was no doubt a great musical talent. Canned Heat´s music suffered greatly when he died. It´s still an awesome band, but you can´t replace a guy like Alan.
Heat were Alan, Bob and Henry, Fito did his best to carry on the legacy and keep working!
This is the first blues tune I ever heard at age six. My folks purchased several cassette tapes which at the time was a new format from record and these were our first tapes. I was mesmerized by this song and continued to play it over and over. Needless to say, I wore this tape out within a few months.
How nice tp hear a harmonica player who isn't wanking for ego. Alan Wilson is making MUSIC instead of showing off. I love him!
Wow, so glad I stumbled on this, amazing.
London Blues is brilliant, my favorite song of all time in fact. The way Wilson presents the lyrics in that song... unbelievable. Good call man.
just here for my daily watch. thanks a million for this piece of footage
This is the best I have heard from Blind Owl
This makes YT great. An actual vid of OTRA in a live version sung by the Blind owl. Never even been duplicated
2023 and still rocking who is agree with me ?
God bless you and your son.And God bless Alan Wilson.A gentle soul and a true musical genius, Alan Chritie Wilson stands with the Saints.
I thought I'd seen every live version of OTRA ever recorded and now I find this. I think it's my new favourite, great vibe, best harmonica solo. The camera loves Larry Taylor.
Best American Blues Band EVER
theres 3 mesmerizing live events, this one, and two fillmore easts with 8miles high by byrds and whippin post by allman brothers. drop out folks, 2022 has nothin better to offer than these historic events.
On September 3, 1970, Wilson was found dead on a hillside behind bandmate Bob Hite's Topanga Canyon home; he was 27 years old. An autopsy identified his manner and cause of death as accidental acute barbiturate intoxication.[15] Wilson reportedly had attempted suicide a few months earlier, attempting to drive his car off a freeway in Los Angeles. He was briefly hospitalized for significant depression, and was released after a few weeks.[16] Although his death is sometimes reported as a suicide, this is not clearly established and he left no note.[17] Wilson's death came just two weeks before the death of Jimi Hendrix and four weeks before the death of Janis Joplin, two artists who also died at the same age. Along with his talent and intellect, Wilson had a reputation for social awkwardness and introversion which may have contributed to his depression. Retrospectively, some close to Wilson believe that he may have been on the autism spectrum.
Alan`s harp work on "Hooker & Heat" was awesome.Picture a great trial lawyer reacting instantaneously to events unfolding in the courtroom.This is how Alan reacted to music around him.Brilliant creative improvising on the spur of the moment.
He did this in "Boogie Chillun # 2."JLH couldn`t believe it.But by then, Alan had done this for years with various blues music.
Alan`s harp sound-his tone- was much thicker than Little Walter`s.Alan was a fabulous harp-man.
1994g0 I bow to your learned wisdom. Al does indeed sound llike Skip James. I had heard of him but not actually heard him until now. Thank you for the introduction! I also really liked Skip's guitar playing and look forward to discovering more.
mind boggling minimalism
wilson without glasses seeing nothing even at the end looking out over everybody all he can do is hear & play and then a humble bow......
There ain't too many harp players who can play like the "Blind Owl", he is in a class by himself.
the 'blind owl' did just fine thank you very much... he and 'the bear' are well recognized for the blues they infused into the music of the late 60's... "i can't carry you baby gonna carry somebody else". 'up the country' is still my favorite... "jump in the water... stay drunk all the time" :-)
Love me some Canned Heat ! That Blind Owl was one Nasty Harp player, damn he cold blow !!!!
Blind Owl was a one-man-wonder! This is, in my opinion, the greatest white-boy-blues ever! I am of the opinion that Charlie Patton is the living God - we are all going to go to him when we die!
altclut He was for and of the music,,a complete badass and blues fanatic,,,,we miss and think of him everyday,,I had the privledge to hear and meet the Heat,,,A long time ago in a galaxy not far away,,,,
Wilson was indeed a wonder.He knew so much about American blues music that his knowledge awed living bluesmen like Hooker and Skippy.Wish he could have met Leadbelly(who died in 1949). Wilson happened to get interested in blues music, and the rest is history.But he would have been awesome in any area of music.Country...classical....he would have excelled in any form of music.The man was a genius.
God bless and keep Alan Wilson - big brain, big technique but mostly big heart.
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Oh I Love this song here!
Ive always loved his Harp Playing on this tune....great music!!
Fantastic Blues Band. One of the best blues songs of all time! Thank you so much for keeping it alive!
Great work by Alan on "H&H".John Lee said Alan was the greatest harp player he ever heard.
What a great tune .Lucky to see them around this time playing to about 100 people at dunstable town hall UK .They were supreme canned heat boogie still resonates in my mind
I agree. Alan wilson was so pure,so dam good.RIP
the blind owl, my all-time harmonica hero...
Why "featuring"????????????? Alan Wilson was a member of Canned Heat
"Hear that cat on the harmonica ? That's the Canned Heat" -John Lee Hooker
can you tell us, Jason, what position Al Wilson plays this in? :-))
2nd position (cross)
Its strange that Wilson play the Harmonica.
Normaly "The Bear" playing the Harmonica.
Why featuring? Well, his playing and vocals were featured here. 🤦🏻♂️
Not like he was a guest star, his stardom was showcased/featured/spotlighted.
Got it?
what a voice and what a man
Rip Blind Owl
sheer and uter groove
He is such a great harmonica player. i've been playing the harp for nearly 60 years and i dont even come close.
@sexymonkeydecoy I do too, and so do several of my girlfriends. Evidently Wilson was repellent to women and we are baffled. We've sort of concluded that he had a vulnerability that was scoffed at during the sixties but is accepted now, and even treasured by some. As is often said of the Blind Owl: Genius, ahead of his time.
Kudos to the great music genius Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson.Rest in peace my friend.We love you so much.
@sekhmetraptah Plus Alan`s wide ranging music knowledge and inventive mind caused the inclusion of the tembura on this rock classic.The tembura wraps this song in a garb of mysticism.India and the Mississippi Delta united through the genius of Alan Wilson.
Al (Blind Owl) Wilson was from Boston, Mass. He got together with John Fahey and this group was formed. We saw them for the first time in Merritt Island Florida in 1968 again in Cocoa Beach in 1971, they had returned from from a Doors tour, in which Morrison had OD'd. Or, am I imagining all this, and it will make my next (first) novel? Myself had returned from SEA, and skewed memories. We caught CH again in Bangor Maine years later, and I think Bob was still with the group. Great vid, thanks!
Wow, thanks for posting this, pure magic.. :-) Al Wilson died far too young.. I remember the late Lester Butler referred to Al Wilson as maybe his biggest influence, apart from cats like Little Walter.. Thanks to all other posters with the excellent background info and musical knowledge. Greetz from the Netherlands.. :-)
This band is tight! As tight as two coats of paint. Just fantastic.
@seacow31 the word has a dual meaning
to my knowledge payroll was actually voiced as fairo referring to the word bankroll, payroll or pocket change; and in other connotations, fairo is denoted as a main squeeze as in alan's an owl song or tommy's cool drink of water blues
great stuff,raw and rocky
I worship this song!
George Thorogood is a HUGE fan of this band and mentions them in interviews alot.
This is one of the "heavier" ones, to me anyways. I mean it ran around in my head all this time and it still does.You're doing good RUclips. Thanx.
Wonderfully wonderful!!!
The Brits loved this band. It was always great when they crossed the Atlantic. I love Blues and they're as good as any.
the music of this generation needs the BLUES
Wow....42 years ago! Memories of cruising the California foothills in my Sunbeam Rapier with a 4-speed on the column and Canned Heat blaring from my 4-track!
Indelibly carved into my soul
Legendary Song
RIP Alan „Blind Owl“ Christie Wilson
great energy there. way cool!
Haunting voice.
This song has been playing in my head for 40 years and that's a good thing. How do they make this a touching / haunting song?
CANNED HEAT FOREVER
i couldn't agree more, plus I've heard the same thing about Blind Owl and how he preferred to sleep outside....find the clip of Canned Heat on Playboy After Dark....one of the best clips of the Heat on RUclips!!!!
Too late my friend.Alan is dead..Nothing can be done now except ponder what might have been had Alan hooked up with a woman who loved him.
I think he would have eventually found someone. He did have some girlfriends but nothing that really lasted long. Unfortunately being in that band made it hard to meet the kind of woman who would understand him. It seems the girls he met that became his girlfriends were met when he wasn’t with the band.
This is one of my fav Canned Heat songs! RIP Alan.
That's Harvey Mandel on lead guitar. I saw him about 1971 headlining his own band at a blues tavern in Seattle. After his fist set, he went into the bathroom, when he came out he was totally "smacked out". He played the rest of the night with his eyes closed. Just a tidbit.
This song-On The Road Again-is a Wilson work of genius.The original Tommy Johnson version-called "Big Road Blues"-is guitar drenched with no harmonica and cetainly no tembura.The
Foyd Jones version is basically a guitar song also.
Wilson took this song to new levels-like Eric Clapton did to the blues classic "Spoonful."
Alan was so talented and versatile it`s difficult to say what his greaest music area was.The tembura is an Eastern additon that lends a hypnotic quality to the song.
originating sound was downloaded (in my brain) long ago...this reminder is perfection. love your post
i have this and more canned heat in my car and when i have a long drive ahead this is one of the first tapes/CD's i go for
Alan Wilson what a tragic loss. Another great blues player lost.
Canned Heat was one of the best white blues acts I ever heard. This is a great clip of Alan. After Alan passed, the band was never the same after that....
Music like this is hard to find these days--wonderful and sublime.