Canned Heat in 1970. From L-R; Larry Taylor, Henry Vestine, Bob Hite, Alan Wilson, Adolfo de la Parra
Background information
Origin
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Blues[1]
blues rock[2]
boogie rock[1]
country blues[2]
psychedelic funk[3]
rhythm and blues[2]
Years active
1965–present
Labels
Liberty
Ruf
United Artists
Rhino
Members
Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra
Dale Spalding
Rick Reed
Jimmy Vivino
Past members
See List of Canned Heat band members
Website
cannedheatmusic.com
Canned Heat is an American blues and rock band that was formed in Los Angeles in 1965.[4] The group has been noted for its efforts to promote interest in blues music and its original artists. 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 the Monterey and Woodstock festivals at the end of the 1960s, the band acquired worldwide fame with a lineup of Hite (vocals), Wilson (guitar, harmonica and vocals), Henry Vestine and later Harvey Mandel (lead guitar), Larry Taylor (bass), and Adolfo de la Parra (drums).
The music and attitude of Canned Heat attracted a large following and established the band as one of the popular acts of the hippie era. Canned Heat appeared at most major musical events at the end of the 1960s, performing blues standards along with their own material and occasionally indulging in lengthy "psychedelic" solos. Three of their songs — "Going Up the Country", "On the Road Again", and "Let's Work Together" — became international hits.
Since the early 1970s, following the early death of Wilson, numerous personnel changes have occurred. For much of the 1990s and 2000s and following Taylor's death in 2019, de la Parra has been the only member from the band's 1960s lineup. Walter Trout and Junior Watson are among the guitarists who played in later editions of the band.
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CannedHeat. He was with the group from its start in 1965 to July 1969. In later years he played in local bands but occasionally returned to Canned Heat...
best known for his work as the drummer of the American blues rock band CannedHeat, which he joined in 1967. Parra was born in Mexico City, and as played...
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as additional performances by Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, and CannedHeat not seen in the original version of the film. In 2009, the expanded 40th...
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concerts featured Jefferson Starship, Big Brother and the Holding Company, CannedHeat, Ten Years After and Tom Constanten. Some dates featured Melanie, Edgar...
bass guitarist, best known for his work as a member of CannedHeat. Before joining CannedHeat he had been a session bassist for The Monkees and Jerry...
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musician and rock'n'roll historian best known for his association with CannedHeat. Walter de Paduwa was active in the Belgian rock scene of the early 1970s...
guitarist and bassist, best known for his works with Poncho Sanchez and CannedHeat. Dale Spalding grew up in Downey, California, in a family of four children...
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