Wednesday, August 27, 2008

canned heat: going up the country


liberty 15 169.
a german pressing.


Drums, Organ, Guitar: Adolpho "Fito" De La Parra
Guitar: Henry "Sunflower" Vestine
Guitar, Bass: Larry "The Mole" Taylor
Guitar, Harmonica: Al "Blind Owl" Wilson
Trumpet, Harp, Guitar, Jug: Bob "The Bear" Hite

See here, muthaf@cker! Don't shoot the messenger.

Written by guitarist, Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, who died as the result of a barbiturate overdose on September 3rd, 1970.

Produced by Canned Heat and Skip Taylor.

CANNED HEAT: GOING UP THE COUNTRY from "Going Up The Country b/w One Kind Favor" 45 (Liberty)

PURCHASE (OR NOT) THE VERY BEST OF CANNED HEAT
REBECCA DAVIS WINTERS AND BLIND OWL BLUES + DISCOGRAPHY

2 comments:

Rebecca Davis Winters said...

Thanks for remembering Canned Heat and this great hit by Blind Owl Wilson.

ib said...

Hey, thank you for commenting Rebecca.

If you don't mind, I will include a link on the post to your site. I'd be interested to read your book.