Best of Canned Heat
Canned Heat
Roy Rogers, Taj Mahal, John Lee Hooker, Walter Trout
St. Clair, 2007
1 CD
Catalogue #: 2542
EAN: 0777966625423
UPC: 777966625423
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Additional personnel include: John Lee Hooker, Taj Mahal, Walter Trout, Roy Rogers .
Tracklist
Canned Heat
One of the premier blues bands of the 1960s, Canned Heat's boogie-tinged take on the style reached a wide audience following its appearance at Woodstock. The band grew more popular after being prominently featured in the subsequent WOODSTOCK documentary film and on the companion album. Although they never achieved superstar status, Canned Heat's influence can be heard in a wide variety of bands--from ZZ Top to Phish--who place a shuffling, bluesy groove front and center.
Roy Rogers
The original multimedia cowboy star, Roy Rogers was a hugely popular public figure on records and radio, in films, and on television throughout the 1940s and '50s. He formed the cowboy singing group Sons of the Pioneers in the '30s, and they enjoyed major success with hits like "Tumblin' Tumbleweeds" and "Cool Water." A few years later, Rogers began appearing in films as a singing cowboy, and the die was cast. His recording, TV, and radio careers spun off from his film success and made him one of the most ubiquitous celebrities of his era.
Taj Mahal
From the beginning, singer/guitarist Taj Mahal had an interest in/gift for rural blues, and has since embraced everything from electric and psychedelic-tinged blues to reggae and calypso. A tireless performer, he's recorded in many settings, with his honest and impassioned singing providing the common thread through it all. He was a member of '60s band the Rising Sons (which also included Ry Cooder) before embarking on a successful solo career that spanned several decades.
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker is the most elemental of the electric blues giants. His spooky musical minimalism--plaintive yet powerful vocals coupled with guitar work alternately haunting and toe-tapping--has inspired countless artists, from contemporaries like Slim Harpo to acolytes the Rolling Stones. Few, however, can summon up the inexplicable erotic charge at the heart of Hooker's best performances. The patented "boogie" rhythm upon which seemingly every blues-rock and hard rock band of the 1970s wrought variations was virtually invented by Hooker. One of the most-recorded post-war bluesmen, Hooker released records on countless labels, working much of the time in Detroit and Chicago. He kept working well into his eighties, his style growing ever more refined and penetrating.
