A channel to appreciate the short life and music of legendary blues singer/guitarist/harpist of Canned Heat, Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson 1943-1970. Stay tuned for all "Blind Owl" featured videos, audio, and interviews🎸☮️🦉
Alan was also more than a gifted musician. He loved all things nature, particularly the giant sequoia. Help Alan carry on his cause by donating to Save the Redwoods League, and establish a grove named in his honor here: secure.savetheredwoods.org/a/honor
Listen to Alan on Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3hH27Sh5oDTuxKdbFXZj43
I was told back in the day that alan was found beaten in the woods be hind the house. And that big bear always wanted to be the leader of the band and he was cremated and that no one from the band showed up at the funeral vary sad and then told he had a sister
OUR GENERATION GREW UP WAR WEARY HIPPIES THAT SAW RICH MEN PROFIT OFF BOTH SIDES OF THE WAR! OUR DEAD LOVED ONES MADE US HATE WARS , OF ANY KIND. I REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE IN VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND. LOVE IS THE ANSWER!!! NOT HATE AND WAR!
I'm going up the country Baby, don't you wanna go? I'm going up the country Baby, don't you wanna go? I'm going to some place Where I've never been before I'm going, I'm going Where the water tastes like wine I'm going where the water tastes like wine We can jump in the water Stay drunk all the time I'm gonna leave this city, got to get away I'm gonna leave this city, got to get away All this fussing and fighting, man, you know I sure can't stay Now baby, pack your leaving trunk, you know we've got to leave today Just exactly where we're going I cannot say But we might even leave the U.S.A. 'Cause there's a brand new game that I wanna play No use of you running or screaming and crying 'Cause you've got a home, man Long as I've got mine Traducir al español
Love the man, love his mind...trying to live his dream. Content, but so angry we cashed in the peace symbol for the Mercedes symbol. Blind, out of control consumerism, Mother Earth, what have we done? ☮
Although I loved Canned Heat as a teenager I never knew what happened to Alan Wilson. So sad to just have found out how he died. RIP Alan and thank you for the music that I will always listen to. What a genious you were. Nancy T
Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson,......... Known and christened so by his vision problems, as well as his roots in the blues. When you think of the customary words of wisdom, you cannot help but be reminded of the teaching that reminds us that some people need not use their eyes to see, their vision comes from their spirit. Alan was one of those lucky enough to see the truth and beauty of life and the wonder in what it offered. Musically and spiritually gifted, yet often misunderstood. A true scholar of earth and the concept of what mother earth gave us and the ability to express his feelings through his music. Listen to his music and you will hear his soul, shared by all that care to hear. Shooting stars shine brilliantly, but only for a brief moment,........... Then they are gone. May the light of his vision shine on forever.
