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I was about 80 feet away when they played this. The cameraman who shot these closeups was picked up in one arm by Bob "The Bear" Hite in one arm and with the microphone in the other hand kept on singing. I wish there was video of that somewhere. This was Saturday night. Canned Heat brought a lot of energy to a fairly stoned crowd. A great memory.
For two whole minutes a shy, unassuming slide guitarist named Alan Blind Owl Wilson had 400,000 people's complete, undivided attention as he played the blues. Magical
When I was a kid, I got to watch this on television, some time in the early 1980’s. It was broadcast on Maryland Public Television, during one of their donation pledge drives. My parents invited a bunch of their close friends to our house, and had watch party for the broadcast. It’s a great memory from my childhood, and really kicked off my lifetime love of music. It came full circle when I attended the festival in 1994, and got to see some amazing performances at that one.
That would be music, drugs, a war and sex, in no particular order. Then the damn drugs got more aggressive, as did the people. Now, there's no music scene.
Yup isn’t that fantastic. A crowd who enjoyed music. They were into it so much. Unlike today’s concert goers who film on their phones and watch it through that instead of watching it with their EYES!! You don’t see that kind of stuff anymore. Neither do you see great rock bands like canned heat and many others.
@@eastwest42286 most modern music is bad, not to sound like a boomer but I hate how people have lost so many braincells to listen to the shit pumped out by pop singers (then again most pop has been shit since the 80s)
RIP the four members of Canned Heat Larry “The Mole” Taylor (June 26, 1942 - August 19, 2019), aged 77 Bob “The Bear” Hite (February 26, 1943 - April 5, 1981), aged 38 Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson (July 4, 1943 - September 3, 1970), aged 27 Henry “The Sunflower” Vestine (December 25, 1944 - October 20, 1997), aged 52 You will be remembered as legends.
@@debbieanne7962G'Day Nice to hear from you .I've been visiting the Great Ocean Road and stay at Melbourne 15 days years back !(Brittany is West part of France ) At the moment i'mlistening Sue Foley "Pink's Blues ! i love Australia what a huge country !!! cheers André
@@ConcertGrande I've also been to France with a French friend. She lives in Barcelona, we drove 9 hours from there to Nice and I visited Eze. Caught the train to Monte Carlo Beautiful part of the world
@@debbieanne7962 G'day Nice of course but economic situation is very bad !!! i do like Apollo Bay ,Lorne etc... Very interested with Aboriginal civilisation and culture .regards André
@Andy Gadd Jim was having a hard time in that era. Full blown alcoholic, uncertainty of the outcome of the upcoming trial for indecent exposure, wanting to shed the rock star image and be taken seriously as a poet and filmmaker. Probably was depressed under all of these circumstances
@Andy Gadd absolutely. She was clearly lost without him and went into full blown heroin addiction. There was an actor friend of Jim and Pam’s who wrote a very interesting article about his time with them from around 1966 right up to Pam’s overdose death in 74. The guy did some acting in one of Andy Warhol’s films. Very interesting if you can locate it. Yeah, Jim was damn interesting and the Doors were a transcendent band. A few years ago I was in LA and visited some of Jim’s old haunts including the motel and the place where they had admin offices and recorded LA Woman. The entire aspect of the band and Jim have always interested me
Labor Day 1969 I saw them at the Texas International Pop Festival just outside of Lewisville. Texas. I was 17 at the time and my mom put out a missing person on me. I went early, stayed late, and enjoyed. That was just two weeks after Woodstock.
same here .weekend fights..motor bike crashes..then acid to realy f,,k it up strawberry fields...moody blues ..and looking back some butiful birds..but i was more interested in my norton dominator...those wer the days..ho and lets not forget asking for a pint of beer.that gave the game away under age..lol
I was on Chocolate Chip...brown little patty with dark spots on it? I'm 71 now and living in France with a much younger wife and our twelve year old daughter who, sadly, simply doesn't understand why I like this music so much. At this age, all they're into is techno. Horrid techno to boot. And I totally disagree that children have always loathed their parents' music. I recall loving Sinatra and Count Basie as well as Joplin, Hendrix, Heat, and the rest.
Orange barrel sunshine, my first trip 1972 San Mateo California! I did get to see Johnny Winter at Winterland. I think you guys actually louder than Led Zeppelin when I saw them a few years later at Oakland stadium.
I was just returning from a year across the “Big Pond” and being from CA I couldn’t make it. I envy anyone who was there. But, I have enjoyed the recordings both audio and visual for over fifty years. Must be some real memories.
I was a little kid in 69 but I remember watching the news and seeing reports on this concert . These were great times with no cell phones or internet just people coming together and being human beings ..Great days indeed !
yeah where did it all go wrong..maybe all this technocracy has killed the spirit in music and in humans..maybe mother nature will lend a hand via a coronal mass ejection and get rid of the lot
@@vivinm9640 My mom let us watch pretty much anything we wanted to watch on tv back in those days on the condition that we watched a few things that she wanted us to watch . Mom made us watch the national news at 6:00 pm our time and any other socially relevant programing ..me and my brothers had to watch the impeachment hearings for Nixon ..thats just how she was and she was very smart to do so . I remember Woodstock and the Manson stuff all in the news that year..I was 6 years old and I was the only 6 year old hippie on the block because of it ..lol
I was 10 in 69 and herd from Those that went. In reality it’s was one big disaster and overcrowded mess. Lack of toilets food water and prices sky high. Was not all that it was cracked up to be rain mud sickness etc.
I was only 11 years old back in 69. Too young to see the show live but I'm sure happy I can listen to it now on RU-vid. Good old days! A lot of great groups back then. Sadly a whole lot of them are now just memories. To the ones still alive then rock on! And to the ones no longer with us then R.I.P. You are all missed.
1969. There will never be another Year like it! The Music, the Movements and the Magic it brought. Oh my God, how fabulous it was to be young and a part of it all in that moment in time was just amazing beyond words. Your music, Canned Heat, is to this day immediately identifiable to this then teenager!
I was 13 in 1968 when I first heard the "On the road again" and I bought this single and played it again and again, they had a great success in Europe, especially in France !
@@jatoms100 yes.....shortly before Hendrix and Joplin....same basic cause of death. It's almost as if the establishment didn't want people being free and tried to take out the people they perceived as the main players of this movement
@@jatoms100 Wow. That sucks. At least he got to put on one of the greatest sets of the entire festival. They definitely left their mark, slinging straight-up Mississippi Delta Blues, inspired by John Lee Hooker, and RL Burnside. The sound on this is really dialed in, and really enhances the performance. Al Wilson’s vocals have such an interesting, nasally sound to it, and it’s uniqueness makes it instantly recognizable. He also has one of the better, “that’s not what I thought he’d look like”, going on. His physical appearance doesn’t match his vocals.
gasmaskboi..Man, you are SO correct ! AUDIO & VIDEO BOTH....".Hatsoff" to the technicians responsible !! WELL-DONE !!!! superb clarity for 1969 !! & To all my ole hippie friends ... Hold on to the memory... & E N J O Y !!
The Spirit of that concert will live in us forever . We just cant remanufacture these sounds and atmosphere. The level of talent then was soooo Hip . Thanks Upstate NY . 😊
oh no - the best I have ever heard and like fellow Fats Band member Dick Innes, a warm soul and student of blues culture - which like that of hippies is one of kindness beneath & above all
BROTHER OF 'THE VENTURES BAND' DRUMMER MEL TAYLOR, BASSIST LARRY OF CANNED HEAT WAS THE EPITOME OF WOODSTOCK. WATCH HIM ROCK IN THE ORIGINAL WOODSTOCK FOOTAGE... *`L|:.D
In the 70's I remember playing Canned Heat in the car on an 8 track, while doing other things. Best driving music out there. These days, Canned Heat is on my phone and I still listen to these boys in my big ass sedan.
I LOVE Canned Heat. It is just a damn shame and injustice that they aren't in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. I met and talked to Larry Taylor and Phito DeLaParra a few years ago at a Blues Festival. Good guys. Blues Power. AND DON'T FORGET TO BOOGIE!! BOOGIE!!
Just think about how so few of the people in the crowd had heard this style...and how iconic and ubiquitous it would become... To hear things for the first time...that was what made the late 60s and 70s so great...
So cool ... I got snuck into the drive-in to watch this movie when it first came out ... I was 8 and remember thinking that this was what i wanted to do when I got "old" like these guys ... now, I'm amazed by how young they actually were ... the guitar player had probably only been playing a couple of years - but what a tone out of that les paul! You could buy those for peanuts back then. So great to see young musicians just being themselves, completely unaffected by thoughts of "how will I look in the camera" ... it was about the band, the music and the audience - the cameras were a nevelty ....
I'm a huge gamer and when I hear old songs from bands like canned heat and creedence ect, makes me so happy that they're still being recognised and appreciated.
No it didn't. They were high as kites. They weren't all that good. In fact they're solidly mediocre. I like their music because it is SO BOILERPLATE GENERIC. It's like going to a beginner's class "Blues 101" for Freshman. You listen to this old stuff and it is SO BASIC. Maybe it sounds impressive to non-musicians, but it isn't impressive music. I like simple. I admire bands that can make good music out of basic stuff, like McGyver, but with guitars n' stuff. But "good" they weren't.
@@TheBsavage Its only seen as basic now because they helped create it. The concept of 0 as a number seems incredibly basic now, but revolutionized all of math, science and technology when it was popularized.
Whenever I watch and hear Blind Owl I'm often saddened that we lost this great artist so soon. Can't help but wonder about the music that never was made in the past 52 years. Robbed we were.
Its like u could literally feel their musical cords connecting to your soul and moving you. I wish I lived in this era and got to experience this. To those who did you are blessed. I'm in my 40s now and I'm discovering and gaining more appreciation for these old time classics. The music of the 60s and 70s is unmatched. The talent and song writing is so deep and soulful
I will remember that summer. It was so great that I was In the middle of an amazing trip and I don't really want the hassle of the drugs that were available. The dope here are the most dangerous drugs that have to be taken in. Love never felt so good 👍
Blind Owl you were alone when you passed , We hear you , we feel your pain You are beautiful ...we need to know research these beautiful children of ours, they sometimes do not communicate with us ...they have walls around them ... we need to become more passionate, and PATIENT , they need us, thousands out there, autism/aspergen/ADHD/insular/unaproachable/masses of complexes , you can break the barriers, its called 'trust' and unadulterated LOVE PRAYERS
Poor Alan Wilson. I really don't think he realized how fucking good he was. He was an introvert who didn't think he was good enough for anyone. RIP Bro. I wish I could back to 1969 and warn him
Alan Wilson was an introverted poet, musician, and nature lover. Little understood in his time, he took refuge in music. A legend of the blues, great admirer of John Lee. He left early, leaving us 2 great songs, and leaving us indebted to his great talent. Rest in peace great blind owl.
Growing up in the eighties loving Canned Heat/Woodstock it seemed like it was a million years earlier these times. Now in 2019 as an adult it seems like this was yesterday/timeless.
I will never grow tired of watching this clip. Alan Wilson feeling every note. the band completely into each other. Wonderful times. How could 2.5k people dislike this?
Did you smell pussy. I wasn't at woodstock but I used to follow the Dead around and there was a never ending supply of weed, acid, shrooms and pussy. Now I'm old and a bit fat. Id be afraid to trip. Might have a heart attack. still like the pinky though : )
"The initial groove of the song is based on a traditional boogie blues rhythm used by John Lee Hooker in "Boogie Chillen'" and by Slim Harpo in "Shake Your Hips". A failed lawsuit by the copyright holder of "Boogie Chillen'" resulted in the court ruling that the rhythm was in the public domain.[6]" from Wikipedia.Allen and the boys played it in 1967. ZZ Top played it in 1969!
I met a women in 1993. She told me a story. When she was 9, her brother returned home from his first tour in Vietnam. He took her to Woodstock. She showed me the patch on her denim. He decided to do a second tour. Told her, he needed to go be with his buddies. He was killed in action on his second tour. God Bless ALL who Served.
Military people did Gulf of Tonkin, My Lai (plus all the ones kept quiet), agent orange napalm, white phosporous, cluster bombs, bombing back to the stone age, mines still there, ear necklaces, playing card kill icons, and all for Halliburton. Yep, it's all the style of the Holy Bible God.
Al Wilson's opening on this is a jewel; it was Al, about five years before this, who taught Son House how to play 'Son House' when he was found in Rochester NY and was convinced that there was an audience waiting to hear him play. Also, gotta watch Bob Hite rocking out at 3:02 and the camera focuses on the deck moving under him!
I was way in the back near the top of the hill and didn’t get to see them up close but I heard everything and they are one of the things I remember best.
True Christians say that Rock music is from hell. So You will know ,you are going to see that concert. The Arena is crowded and it is very hot. But , You will meet many of Your friends there! And all of them are screaming of Joy...
Blind Owl and the Bear One of the GREATEST BANDS ...... PERIOD !!!! I DARE ANYONE to LISTEN and NOT JIGGLE WIGGLE or GET UP AND MOVE PURE CANNED GRAVY!
In brief moments and maybe just to myself - but these guys and the Doors sound very reminiscent of each other in a way. What a time it was man, i can only imagine, raw pure and chock full of emotion and energy
Saw them with Fever Tree in Houston, Texas back in 69 or 70, something like that at the Music Hall. I was backstage helping set up for the show. Mercy A long time ago. LOL
As a young man well after the time of Woodstock and the music revival of the 60’s, and as a student of music, it’s always amazed me the art from this time period. One must be a student of history and the history of music to be influenced the way the men and women of the 60’s and early 70’s were. Early to mid century blues obviously had a profound impact, as well as bluegrass, and folk roots. It shines through in the many greats of the time period, even bringing the old blues men into the limelight to finally get their due and recognition. When the English joined in on the revival, you could see the influences heavy within their music as well. The writing, poetry, and singer-songwriting was absolutely out of this world.
Blind owl was an ordinary guitar player but you can see in this video the expression in his face how fun he was having playing his instrument no extravaganza or flashiness, it is just brute talent that differs from others
In 1969 I was 3 years old.53 years have gone by since that magic event when thousands and thousands of young people gathered peacefully and shared an experience they would have never forgotten.Greetings from Italy....
