Artist: Canned Heat | Album: Songs From The Road | Released: 2015 | Label: Ruf Records | Catalog # RUF 1218 | Genre: Blues, Rock | Country: USA | Duration: 01:18:31
A hard-luck blues band of the ’60s, Canned Heat was founded by blues historians and record collectors Alan Wilson and Bob Hite. They seemed to be on the right track and played all the right festivals (including Monterey and Woodstock, making it very prominently into the documentaries about both) but somehow never found a lasting audience.
Certainly their hearts were in the right place. Canned Heat’s debut album — released shortly after their appearance at Monterey — was every bit as deep into the roots of the blues as any other combo of the time mining similar turf, with the exception of the original Paul Butterfield band. Hite was nicknamed “The Bear” and stalked the stage in the time-honored tradition of Howlin’ Wolf and other large-proportioned bluesmen. Wilson was an extraordinary harmonica player, with a fat tone and great vibrato. His work on guitar, especially in open tunings (he played on Son House’s rediscovery recordings of the mid-’60s, incidentally) gave the band a depth and texture that most other rhythm players could only aspire to. Henry Vestine — another dyed-in-the-wool record collector — was the West Coast’s answer to Michael Bloomfield and capable of fretboard fireworks at a moment’s notice.
Tracklisting:
01. On The Road Again 5:09
02. Time Was 3:15
03. Don’t Know Where She Went (She Split) 4:33
04. Nighthawk 4:40
05. So Sad (The World’s In A Tangle) 6:49
06. Going Up The Country 3:13
07. Oaxaca 4:45
08. Chicken Shack Boogie 4:16
09. Future Blues 4:11
10. Cristo Redentor 8:21
11. Amphetamine Annie 6:14
12. Rollin’ And Tumblin’ 5:12
13. Let’s Work Together 4:21
14. Euro Boogie 13:33
Single download
Canned Heat – On The Road Again 5:09 
Canned Heat – Time Was 3:15
Canned Heat – Don’t Know Where She Went She Split
Canned Heat – Nighthawk 4:40
Canned Heat – So Sad The World’s In A Tangle
Canned Heat – Going Up The Country 3:13
Canned Heat – Oaxaca 4:45
Canned Heat – Chicken Shack Boogie 4:16
Canned Heat – Future Blues 4:11
Canned Heat – Cristo Redentor 8:21
Canned Heat – Amphetamine Annie 6:14
Canned Heat – Rollin’ And Tumblin’ 5:12
Canned Heat – Let’s Work Together 4:21
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