Singer song writer Alan Wilson died 50 years ago. Please listen to "Going Up Country" and "On the Road Again". BTW-- an upside down American flag is a distress signal. A sign of the times.
the original, written and sung by wilbert harrison back in the early 60's is also a great version. harrison also wrote and sang the original song "kansas city."
WHOO, BABY "CANNED HEAT" with "LET'S WORK TOGETHER". DAMN RIGHT DANIEL. "RELEVANT".... A VERY GROOVY LIVE VERSION OF THIS GROUP AT "WOODSTOCK"... GROOVY CLASSIC ROCK AND ROLL....
Another great example of where Rock and Roll came from, my friend. It's the Blues !!! You're getting the connection with the blues chords in this song, I think. "Going Up the Country" and "On the Road Again" are great reimagined blues songs that are really great. Thanks for checking out this underrated band ! ✌❤🌻😷🎶
the original, written and sung by wilbert harrison back in the early 60's is also a great version. harrison also wrote and sang the original song "kansas city."
@@DiconDissectionalReactions Forgot to mention if you wanted to hear the big difference between Canned Heats lead singers - try Goin' Up The Country - Alan Wilson, lead guitar singing as opposed to Bob "Bear" Hite on Let's Work Together.
Probably the biggest songs on unity and harmony are “Get Together” by the Youngbloods, and “Reach Out of the Darkness “ by Friend and Lover. Harvey Mandel was early Guitar Magazine columnist.
Great reaction. I love that feel good rock and roll. Canned heat “ going up the country” is another great studio track. Thanks for all the fun and interesting content.
Canned Heat has always been one of my fav bands. I still rock out to their music and I'm now 76!! I feel like I'm in my 20's again. (at least for a bit)
One of the original founders, Allan "Blind Owl" Wilson on that fuzzy lead guitar. Also did lead vocals on many songs., eastern instruments (sitar etc..) 1943-1970 R.I.P.
I don't know how I missed this one six months ago but I'm glad I found it. Just watching your reaction - I honestly don't remember seeing you so into anything else you've reviewed and who can blame you, it's a fabulous track by the best blues/rock band of the sixties. You're listening to Bob Hite's great, bluesy voice. You should see him, a huge Bear of a man, a showman and epic frontman. You read about the song and kept saying, 'Interesting....interesting." Read about the band and you'll really get an education. Their reluctance to release this track as a single, and their subsequent release of it 'to get the writer some royalties' as you noted, wasn't just them being nice. These guys were huge fans of the old blues men of the 1920's and 30's, the band was formed to keep blues relevant and to introduce a new generation to it. They were well aware, having met several of their idols and tracked down others, that time and the record companies had not been good to them so they did what they could to get the old guys back on stage and into the recording studio. That slide guitar you like so much is Alan Wilson, I'll not say anything about him or I'll be here all night. I strongly suggest you Google him and listen to his vocals, harmonica, (on Canned Heat's cover of 9 Below Zero for example) tamboora and rythmn guitar on the songs others have mentioned in the comments. When you've done that try listening to his version of Mean Old World and get some idea of his vocal range.
Hey, greetings from GREECE! MUST check out some of the songs they did when Wilson was still alive like Shake it Break it - a blues cover song they did, Time Was. Then there are tunes like Dust my broom, Future Blues that are truly great. Thanks for sharing and for keeping good music alive!
The album title was Future Blues and was a recreation of the famous flag raising photo on Iwo Jima. IIRC Alan Wilson may have already passed when this was recorded. Check out their performance at Woodstock.
Original members Bob Hite, Al Wilson and Larry Taylor have passed. There have been multiple line-up changes, with drummer Fito de la Para the one constant.
Yet another member of the "27 club" Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, because he was so nearsighted, was the co-founder, leader, co-lead singer, and primary composer of the blues band Canned Heat. He sang and played harmonica and guitar with the group live and on recordings. Wilson was the lead singer for the group's two biggest U.S. hit singles: "On the Road Again" and "Going Up the Country". Since I first owned the 45 vinyl record of "Lets work together" in about 1970/1 it has been my absolute favourite song ever since. Being so long ago I believe this song and the Rolling Stones "Paint It Black" were just two of many my dad brought home from his Saturday morning job working in a relatives local music shop. "Let's Stick Together" is a blues-based rhythm and blues song written by Wilbert Harrison, released in 1962 by Fury Records. He further developed the song and in 1969, Sue Records issued it as a two-part single titled "Let's Work Together". Although Harrison's original song did not appear in the record charts, his reworked version entered the U.S. Top 40.
Daniel, in the same encouraging of civility mode, another truly great song: “Heroes” by David Baerwald. ‘Hey, for right now, let’s just be heroes.’ Please give it a chance, for all of us, who are in all of this together.
You give me hope for our country. I've worked elections, marched, written letters, still do adopt a highway clean ups, recycle obsessively...Lord knows I've tried...sorry that your generation is left with a mess, but I still maintain hope that I will see better times and things happen on our planet! Rock on my brilliant friend!
Wilbert Harrison (not Robert...where did that come from?) originated this song. Canned Heat for "Going Up the Country" and "On the Road Again," preferably the long version.
Glad you read that to us about holding off on a black artist's song. Shatner's music is worth a laugh; nothing else. Far better to hear the Brittish actor Richard Harris' song, MacArthur Park, than to hear a Shatner song. Jimmy Webb wrote it, and he had the knack for repeatedly being original.(Wrote a lot of songs for guitarist Glen Campbell. Glen C started out in the Wrecking Crew of studio musicians, and reached grand heights. Very talented guitarist, if you look at videos of him just playing.)
actually it was "let's stick together." and it soon updated to "work." i can't find the song ;et's stick together. all the versions i find are named "work together" and that's what he sings. oh well. who knows what's going on. i certainly don't. harrison also wrote and sang the original song "kansas city."
You should give a listen to the Wilbert Harrison version, which is very raw and uses harmonica instead of electric guitar. I love Canned Heat, but I prefer the Harrison version of this song. Harrison is also known for Kansas City, a twelve-bar blues written by Lieber and Stoller. My favorite Canned Heat song is Going Up the Country, which is based on an obscure song called Bull-Doze Blues from 1928 by blues singer Henry Thomas.
"Very distorted guitar". The unique guitar sound is Alan 'Blind Owl' Wilson playing slide guitar. Wilson was equally masterful playing slide guitar and harp (harmonica).
Great song...reminds me a bit of George Throgood...see Bad to the Bone or Move it on Over. Ps, when C19 first hit, I stocked up on canned meat. Haven’t touched it yet. Strictly survival food😁
A little old school here. The band named themselves after a song called 'Canned Heat Blues' by Tommy Johnson in 1928,which involved drinking the alcohol from a Sterno can, a fuel comprising denatured jellied alcohol typically used for heating food after removing the lid and igniting it with a match or lighter. Back in the 1920's and 30's poor people found you could drink the alcohol in it to get a buzz. I remember using it as a kid , typically when we went camping. I think it is still sold today.
great song. also listen to "going up the country" by canned heat, both the woodstock version and studio. thanks for taking the time to review great music
I love this one.I have it on my"soak in the tub playlist"you should watch it live.It will freak you out to see the body this voice is coming out of.They had 2 singers.Both died of an od, one on stage.Irs impossible to sit still while listening to the song
Basically, I played the Hooker and Heat album about 1,000x in my college dorm. Still have the vinyl. They're awesome. Played at the original Woodstock, too.
You know dethstroke9 that you've begun the process of peeling the worlds' biggest onion.. what the deadheads would call 'a long strange trip'... btw, what happened to the first 8 dethstrokes?
Canned Heat's best known song is probably Going Up the Country. It really took off after they played it at Woodstock. You mentioned Bryan Ferry did a cover of Let's Stick Together. I don't know if his group, Roxy Music, ever got popular in the U.S. outside northeast Ohio, but you gotta listen to their 1975 album, Siren. Love is the Drug was a hit, but the whole album is excellent. My favorite cut is Sentimental Fool. The mermaid on the album cover was Ferry's model girlfriend.
On the Road Again and Going Up the Country are must listens, very much worth the time. There are two other songs by Canned Heat that are not brought up as much so I will mention them. The mantra-like drone of: Poor Moon and slipping and sliding vocals of: Time Was are just as worthy, and show another side of C.H. Have a great rest of the weekend!
I can’t afford to be anyone’s patron right now, but I’d still like to recommend a great work-together song to you: “HEROES” by David Baerwald. “Even though we all know deep down in our hearts, that someday it will all fall apart, Hey, but right now, let’s just be heroes”.
Canned Heat is supposedly blues, but you're right, they're definitely more rock. One of their most famous songs is "On The Road Again", which if you don't recognize it when you hear it, would be kind of a big surprise. Obscure Reaction Request: "The Boogie Man Gonna Git You" by Catfish Hodge. Yes, it's long, but it's also so darned much fun you won't mind. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YLFW5c4HF3s.html
So, so many of the protest songs of my youth (1960s-70s) are every bit as relevant today as they were 50 or so years ago...my generation failed, and I pray yours is wiser. If you're a good representative of your generation, I do have hope!
That would be an excellent gateway. Daniel will absolutely love Jorma's guitar work (both acoustic and electric) as well as Jack's exemplary bass. Start with Funky #7 (electric Tuna) and Genesis (acoustic Tuna). I could add many more tracks to this.
Sorry, 2:45 you said something like "aged well yaaaaah" about the songs long lasting meaning. In 60 years we're no closer to this song's/dream fruition. Disturbed needs to rework this song. Yeah, it's still valid, isn't that really sad.
