Canned Heat/John Lee Hooker: Carnegie Hall '71-2015 Cleopatra Green Vinyl 12" LP
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Sealed 2015 Cleopatra Limited Edition Green Vinyl Stereo Release of Blues/Rock Combo Canned Heat and Composer/Guitarist/Pioneering Boogie Blues Vocalist John Lee Hooker Entitled Carnegie Hall 1971, Liner Notes by Dave Thompson - "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. Canned Heat's breakthrough moment occurred with the release of their second album, establishing them with hippie ballroom audiences as the "kings of the boogie." As a way of paying homage to the musician they got the idea from in the first place, they later collaborated on an album with John Lee Hooker that was one of the elder bluesman's most successful outings with a young white (or black, for that matter) combo backing him up. After two big chart hits with "Goin' Up the Country" and an explosive version of Wilbert Harrison's "Let's Work Together," Wilson died under mysterious (probably drug-related) circumstances in 1970, and Hite carried on with various reconstituted versions of the band until his death just before a show in 1981, from a heart seizure. Still, the surviving members -- led by drummer Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra -- continued touring and recording, recruiting new vocalist Walter Trout; he was replaced in 1985 by James Thornbury, who fronted the band for the next decade. After Thornbury exited in 1995, Canned Heat tapped Robert Lucas to assume lead vocal duties; they soon recorded The Canned Heat Blues Band, which sadly was Vestine's last recording with the group -- he died in Paris in October 1997 in the wake of the band's recent tour. Boogie 2000 followed two years later." - Spectacular Personnel for the Band Features Legendary Composer John Lee Hooker, the Great Bob "the Bear" Hite and Dave Thompson on Vocals, the Amazing Henry Vestine on Guitar, Joel Scott Hill on Guitar & Vocals, Antonio De La Barreda on Bass and the Brilliant Adolfo "Fito" De La Parra on Drums! - Selections on Side 1 Are the Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller Standard Framed, the John Lee Hooker Penned Hey Babe & the Willie Dixon Classic Back Door Man at 8 Minutes 49 Seconds - Tracks for Side 2 Consist of Original Canned Heat Compositions Let's Work Together and Shake 'N' Boogie at 19 Minutes 52 Seconds - Sealed Copy, Stereo Recording, Product Code CL - California Residents Add 9.75% Sales Tax - International S & H Extra -
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