burning hell.wmv 

Best thing about Alan besides the respect he showed the old guys? He had his own sound. A gentleman and a scholar.

Alan Wilson is one of the greatest harmonica players ever. The tone and his melodies are sublime.

"I don't know how he follow me, but he do." Whole session is a gold mine... one of those special moments in history.

THE Great Alan Wilson!

Two really skilled blues men in John Lee Hooker an Blind Owl. Was cool to hear Hooker mention Pig Pen of the Dead. How awesome it would have been to have all three together. Blind Owl and Pig Pen both members of the “27 Club” RIP

27 years old died but I know he’s blowing that harp praising the Lord in that heavenly blues band.

Blind Owl "i can't lose you" Almost prophetic. Beautiful none the less!

Freaking Blind Owl was one of a kind. RIP

Man, what a compliment he gave Alan. The greats knew that alan had it ,they could hear it haha

Allen Wilson is the best harmonica player ever he died to young imagine if he was still alive and playing he's legendary forever

That is the greatest piece of harmonica playing I've ever heard.

Best harmonica player ever was. Love him.

Hooker n Heat - best blues album ever recorded, in my opinion.

TEARS TO MY EYES AND THATS NO LIE

Oh, to be a fly on the wall during those sessions. A legendary bluesman and the best white blues band on the planet.

It is pretty easy to hear Alan Wilson's harmonica playing, and hear how he started as a kid on Trombone. If you hear a really good Bone player, you can hear the same technique draw, and harmonics, along with vibrato!! Wilson was such a unique Harmonica player, and so different, from anyone before him or after him. A Genius

one of the greatest blues alblum you will ever hear

No one can come close to this version. Perfection.

i dig this kid's harmonica, ya know?

0:35 one of the greatest compliments in history

Two of the best Blind Owl and John Lee Hooker...

I asked Jason Ricci (harmonica genius) about playing harp with hill country style blues. He said to listen to Al. Wilson.

“I don’t know how he folla me, but he do”. I got chills when he said that.

OMG this is the real deal. Two incredible geniuses one old one young connecting on a level only people at their level could!

Thank you for this post. I saw this performed at Carnegie Hall, NYC. Greatest concert ever. This song prompted one of the most extended standing ovations I'd ever seen. Mr. Hooker reacted by getting off his chair and bow with Al Wilson...it was a magic moment when the music inspires the listeners.

No one before or since can lay down the fury and anguish on the harp line Blind Owl...damn shame he isnt here today to understand the impact hes had on many people lives

Mesmerizing. Saw Canned Heat a few times when they came to to Cleveland, to play at a little club called La Cave. Always left buzzing.

His picture on the wall there.... RIP Blind Owl!

Thank you 🙏 for this edit of burnin’ hell.

I almost can't stand how GOOOD this is.... love you always Al baby

No one can duplicate that harp playing...that is unbelievable..

I did not know who who Alan Wilson or Canned Heat was until this year. I was born in 1973. He's amazing. I'm guessing if I was a "hippie" back them Canned Heat would've been my favorite band. My current three favorite performers in no particular order. Jimi Hendrix Kurt Cobain and Alan Wilson.

This is awesome. I've listened to this song a lot, but I never heard the banter before it. Great to hear Hooker mention Pig Pen from the Dead

Alan's over drive harmonica gives this beautifully sparse production a slightly psychedelic atmosphere.

This is a good one. Glad I hunted around today. That harp sound is perfect. And Mr. Hooker is on it.

This is the greatest song I've ever heard, and I heard them do this in Carnegie Hall...front row.

It makes me smile too, at the same time my heart is breaking for what came next. Thanks so much for uploading this.

Alan, those sounds; John Lee, those voicings. I'm crying over you two.

Hooker ‘n Heat I bought one half of the two record vinyl set sometime back in the 80’s. Like most great albums it was well worn with love.

Alan Wilson is one of the best harmonica players that ever lived.I've been playing for 50 years and he and Little Walter were the most musical talented players ever.Tone,,they knew when to play,how to present it,they were melodic,I could go on.Listen to the solo Alan does in Boogie Chillin off this album.Probably the best harmonica solo of all time.Shout out to Paul Butterfield,but Alan and Walter were the sound

Back in those days, I can’t remember anyone having that fat, fuzzy, Walter type sound . What more he could have given, he could play in any decade, Alan Wilson blind owl

This was the earliest, true blues record that I can remember. I had heard others before, but never as stripped down as John Lee here. I certainly hadn't heard anything pre-war, and this album was the jumping off point. By the time they moved from Burning Hell to Whiskey and Women, anything became possible.

À l'harmonica mais aussi à la guitare ou au piano personne ne peut et ne pourra jouer comme alan car il est le blues-boogie personnifié,

The duo is playing in the porch somewhere...and we are missing it!

this whole album is a high watermark of awesome blues harmonica

Two blues, Greats, in their lane. RIP & Love

HOOKER IS PERSON WITH DEFINITIONS " when a music met a right musician"

And that's how its done.

Mr Wilson, left too soon. RIP, sir.

Godbless people america Thank you for this blues unique From south France Véronique

Couldn't ask for more.

no mistaking blind owl wilson fabulous

Excelente blues Alan 👍 Saludos a toda la banda bluesman Buenas rola

If you know about Alan Wilson, that’s very cool. If not, start listening and learning.

This song is F'n fantastic. But the ending leaves one wanting more.

Best album in history.

Alan Wilson unique tone with harmonica in the Blues 🎸

Just a couple of greats gittin down!

His mouth and soul fits around the harp

Im a Harp player myself , always loved Alan's playing, at one time I was invited by Muddy Waters to sit in and play at Margaritas Cantina in Santa Cruz CA .

Not only harmonica, hi was able to left his soul in his Les Paul

Blind Owl ripped ass on the harmonica! Rite up there with the best blues harmonica players, ever! And he was a wite guy!

Great Vid, thanks. Wilson had no boundaries, no preconceived restrictions, ... just pure convictions.

its cool that they talk about pigpen a little bit

Ain’t no heaven… ain’t no burnin hell …AMEN.

God bless Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson but the greatest harp player ever was the Blind Owl Alan Wilson

I just love how there's an ad after every video you play....

funny thing john lee tested him in a bunch of songs, and alan played right along side him

Blind Owl was also an excellent guitarist!

Absolute magic.

John Lee never jammed with the cats before, but this what they recorded, taking no more than two or three takes.

I love it ...............

Good ol John Lee. Makes up the songs as he goes and everyone thinks it's great! Hahahaha

alan wilson un guitarrista de la ostia un fuera de serie

just awesome!!!

Oh shit! John Lee Hooker & Blind Owl?!? Amazing!

Great music!

Two special artists

Still miss that guys every day.

It is damn the best when Heat and Hooker are together Robert Boggs

I love this record...

The shortlived changin of the guard

Wow

"Later for the garbage". Chi Town lingo, to be sure.

Diego Romero did not even know who Texas Slim was. But we made some blues together

his harmonica, guitar, and voice had the same plantiff sound

Ol'timey !!! Dig it !

Damn they sound like an orchestra

That is how you play distorted harp people.

Dont worry about that money, it will come rolling in!

🥹

wow!!! blind owl!!!

The BEST Harmonica player is an always be is James Cotton this guy is second very good at the harmonic. James is the main sound of the band. Other harp players are highlighters of the music or back up.

Who filmed this, whos the camera man? There gotta be a lot of rare materials out there of canned heat (alan Wilsons) playing!

le gospel des athées

Dis gun b gud

Yes no heaven no hell nobody knows

Testament

Stoner.... "Nothing but the best laid up for the garbage....natral facts...but, .er ahh..."

He doesn't mean Pig Pen from The Grateful Dead does he?