John Mayall (1933–2024)
I wanted to find something with Mayall playing piI wanted to find something with Mayall playing piano, solo. I got close: here’s “Bear Wires,” with Bob Hite.
Alan Wilson, The Blind Owl
“Me, a writer of liner notes: something I never imagined when I began listening to Canned Heat more than forty years ago.”
Hooker ’n Heat
To my ears, it’s the best record John Lee Hooker made. It might be Canned Heat’s best too.
Forty years apart
Henry Thomas, "Bull Doze Blues." Canned Heat, "Going Up the Country."