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CANNED HEAT
Los Angeles, California, USA
* 1966

Line-Up (1999):

Robert Lucas - voc,hca
Greg Cage - bg
Larry Taylor - bas
Fito de la Parra - ds

Former Members:

Bob "The Bear" Hite (voc, 1966-cca 1974, cca 6/80-4/81)

Henry Vestine (g, 1966-69, cca 7/71-9/75, cca 6/80-cca 1984, do 1997); Harvey Mandel (g, 1969-70, 6/76-?); Chris Morgan (g, 9/75-cca 1978); Stan Webb (g, 1976); Walter Trout (g, cca 1979); Mike Halby (g, cca 6/80); James Thornbury (g,voc,hca, 1988-?); Junior Watson (g, 1988-cca 1997)

Al "Blind Owl" Wilson (voc,g,hca, 1966-9/70); Joel Scott-Hill (g, 9/70-cca 7/71)

Stuart Brotman (bg, 1966); Mark Andes (bg,voc, 1966); Tony De La Barreda (bg, 6/70-cca 7/71); James Shane (bg,g,voc, 1973-9/75); Richard Hite (bg,voc, 1973-cca 1978)

Ed Beyer (kb, 1973-9/75); Gene Taylor (g,kb, 9/75-cca 1978); Jay Spell (kb, cca 6/80)

Frank Cook (ds, 1966-1/68)

Clifford Solomon (sax, cca 2/74); Jock Ellis (tr, cca 2/74)

Raul M. Rodriguez (cca 1981); F.M. Haley (cca 1981)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Canned Heat	10/1967	Liberty			76
2.	Boogie With Canned Heat	2/1968	Liberty		5	16
3.	Living The Blues (2LP)	12/1968	Liberty			18
4.	Hallelujah	8/1969	Liberty			37
5.	Canned Heat Cook Book	23.01.1970	Liberty		8	86
6.	Vintage Heat	23.01.1970	Janus
7.	Canned Heat '70 Concert (in the USA 7/71)	6/1970	Liberty		15
8.	Future Blues	9/1970	Liberty		27	59
9.	Hooker'n Heat & John Lee Hooker (2LP)	3/1971	Liberty			73
10.	Canned Heat Concert	1972
11.	Portrait Vol. 1 & 2	1972
12.	Rockin' With The King & Little Richard	1972
13.	Historical Figures And Ancient Heads	4/1972	United Artists			87
14.	The New Age	23.02.1973	United Artists
15.	Rollin' And Tumblin'	1973
16.	Collage	1973
17.	Masters Of Rock	1973
18.	One More River To Cross	01.03.1974	Atlantic
19.	Original Canned Heat	1974
20.	History Of Canned Heat	1975
21.	Memphis Heat & Memphis Slim	7/1975	Barclay
22.	The Best Of Canned Heat	11/1975	Sunset
23.	The Very Best Of Canned Heat	1976
24.	Live At Topanga Corral	11/1976	Scepter
25.	The Human Condition	12/1978	Tacoma
26.	Kings Of The Boogie	1981	Destiny
27.	Dog House Blues	1982
28.	The Heat Bros '84	1984	A.L.A.
29.	Infinite Boogie (2LP)	1987	Rhino
30.	The Boogie Assault	12/1987	Bedrock
31.	Hooker'n Heat Vol. 2 & John Lee Hooker	2/1988	Rhino
32.	70: Live In Europe	10/1988	Beat Goes On
33.	Let's Work Together (The Best Of Canned Heat)	9/1989	Liberty
34.	Reheated	1991	Dali
35.	Straight Ahead	2/1992	Thunderbolt
36.	The Big Heat (3CD box set)	11/1992	EMI
37.	Big Road Blues	4/1993	Pulsar
38.	Burnin'	8/1993	Topic
39.	Uncanned (2CD)	8/1994	EMI
40.	Pearls Of The Past	2/1995	B.A.M.
41.	Internal Combustion	7/1995	Aim
42.	Gamlin' Woman	7/1996	Mausoleum
43.	Canned Heat Blues Band credited to: Canned Heat Blues Band	24.11.1997	Viceroy
44.	Masters	1999	Eagle
45.	The Boogie House Tapes (unreleased tracks 1967-69)	27.06.2000	Ruf
46.	Cookbook: Their Greatest Hits	26.02.2002	Fuel 2000
47.	Don't Forget to Boogie: Vintage Heat	04.06.2002	Varese
48.	Blues Twinpack	11.06.2002	Dressed To Kill
49.	Friends in the Can	03.06.2003	Varese
50.	Greatest Hits Live	18.11.2003	King Biscuit
51.	Canned Heat 1969-1999: The Boogie House Tapes	22.06.2004	Ruf
52.	Best of Canned Heat	11.01.2005	Liquid 8
53.	Then and Now: 40 Years of Boogie	15.02.2005	Fuel 2000
54.	Very Best Of Canned Heat	24.05.2005	Capitol
55.	Dimples	19.07.2005	Fruit Tree
56.	Back to Back Hits & Quicksilver Messenger Service	24.01.2006	EMI
57.	Canned Heat	13.06.2006	St. Clair
58.	Vintage	20.06.2006	Fabulous
59.	Canned, Labeled & Shelved	11.07.2006	Music Avenue
60.	Instrumentals 1967-1996	25.07.2006	Ruf
61.	Eternal Boogie	08.08.2006	Music Avenue
62.	Very Best of Canned Heat, Vol. 2	21.11.2006	Friday Music
63.	Boogie Assault: Live in Australia	23.01.2007	Akarna
64.	Live at Turku Rock Festival	20.02.2007	Friday Music
65.	Human Condition Revisited / I Used to Be Mad! (But Now I'm Half Crazy) & Henry Vestine, kompilace	13.03.2007	Blue Label
66.	Anthology	15.05.2007	Cleopatra
67.	Under the Dutch Skies 1970-74	22.05.2007
68.	Live at the Topanga Corral	18.09.2007	Lilith
69.	Christmas Album	25.09.2007	Fuel 2000
70.	Canned Heat Live: Woodstock 10th Anniversary	01.04.2008
71.	If You Can't Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Kitchen	14.10.2008	Blues Boulevard
72.	Boogie House Tapes, Vol. 3: Recorded Electrically	18.11.2008	Ruf
73.	Woodstock Homecoming	27.04.2010	Fuel 2000
74.	Live At Montreux 1973	23.08.2011	Eagle
75.	The Hits, the Blues	08.05.2012	IMV/Blueline
76.	Cookbook: The Best Of Canned Heat	31.07.2012	Friday Music
77.	A Spoonful Of Canned Heat	05.03.2013	The Store For Music
78.	Live Heat '72	16.07.2013	Relayer
79.	Live Heat 86 Reno Nevada	07.04.2015	Relayer
80.	Carnegie Hall 1971 & John Lee Hooker	14.04.2015	Cleopatra
81.	Stockholm 1973	12.05.2015	Cleopatra
82.	Illinois Blues 1973	07.08.2015	Cleopatra
83.	Songs From the Road	14.08.2015	Ruf
84.	Live in Concert 1979: Parr Meadows, Long Island	20.11.2015	Echoes
85.	Live at WCBN, Boston 1972	05.08.2016	Livewire
86.	Sneakin' Around	21.10.2016	Laser Media

Henry Vestine:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Guitar Gangsters	1992
2.	I Used To Be Mad	01.10.2002	Aim

Junior Watson:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Long Overdue	1993

Harvey Mandel:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Cristo Redentor	1968	Philips
2.	Righteous	1969	Philips
3.	Games Guitars Play	1970
4.	Electronic Progress (Same As D.)	1971
5.	Baby Batter	1971
6.	Gett Off In Chicago	1/1972	London
7.	The Snake	1972
8.	Shangrenade	1973
9.	Feel The Sound Of Harvey Mandel	1974
10.	The Best Of Harvey Mandel	1975
11.	Cristo Redentor ... Plus Selected Sessions	10.06.2003	Raven
12.	Snake Box	20.01.2015	Purple Pyramid
13.	Snake Pit	18.11.2016	Tompkins Square
14.	Snake Attack	10.02.2017	Rockbeat
15.	Dragons at Play	23.03.2017	Independent

Gene Taylor:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Gene Taylor	04.11.2003	Pacific Blues
1.	The Return Of The Formerly Brothers & Amos Garrett & Doug Sahm, prod. Holger Peterson	1989	Rykodisc
2.	Let Me Ride Your Automobile & CC Jerome's Jat Setters & Nick Curran	12.10.2010	El Toro
2.	Live In Japan & Amos Garrett & Doug Sahm, prod. Holger Peterson	1991	Mobile Fidelity

Larry Taylor:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Port A To Port B	06.08.2002	Boat Folk
2.	The New Chicago Sounds Of Larry Taylor and the Soul Blues Healers	13.02.2017	AV

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Rollin' And Tumblin' / Bullfrog Blues	7/1967	Liberty		115
2.	Evil Woman / The World Is A Judge	3/1968	Liberty
3.	On The Road Again / Boogie Music	5/1968	Liberty		16
4.	On The Road Again / The World In A Jug	7/1968	Liberty	8
5.	Going Up The Country / One Kind Favour	11/1968	Liberty	19	11
6.	Time Was / Low Down	2/1969	Liberty		67
7.	Poor Man / Sic 'Em Pigs	8/1969	Liberty		119
8.	Change My Ways / Get Off My Back	12/1969	Liberty
9.	Let's Work Together / I'm Her Man (v USA 10/70)	1/1970	Liberty	2	26
10.	Sugar Bee / Shake It And Break It	6/1970	Liberty	49
11.	Spoonful / Big Road Blues	6/1970	Janus
12.	Future Blues / Skat	9/1970	Liberty
13.	Christmas Blues / Do Not Enter	12/1970	Liberty
14.	Wooly Bully / My Time Ain't Long	1/1971	Liberty		105
15.	Let's Make It / Whiskey And Wimmen & John Lee Hooker	3/1971	United Artists
16.	Long Way From L.A. / Hill's Stomp	17.09.1971	United Artists
17.	Rockin' With The King / I Don't Care What You Tell Me	3/1972	United Artists		88
18.	Cherokee Dance / Sneakin' Around	7/1972	United Artists
19.	Keep It Clean / You Can Run, But You Sure Can't Hide	6/1973	United Artists
20.	Looking For My Rainbow / Rock And Roll Music	9/1973	United Artists
21.	Harley Davidson Blues	11/1973	United Artists
22.	That Good Old Rock'n'Roll	1973
23.	One More River To Cross / Highway 401	01.03.1974	Atlantic
24.	The Harder They Come / Rock'n'Roll Show	1975	Atlantic
25.	On The Road Again	26.09.1975	United Artists
26.	On The Road Again EP (On The Road Again / Going Up The Country / Let's Work Together / Wooly Bully)	19.11.1976	United Artists
27.	On The Road Again / Let's Work Together	5/1984	EMI
28.	Let's Work Together / Goin' Up The Country 12" + Rollin' And Tumblin' CD + Amphetamine Annie	8/1989	Liberty

Various:

Harvey Mandel:

appeared on the LP:

Graham Bond: Love Is The Law (1968, Pulsar)
Barry Goldberg: Two Jews Blues (1969, One Way)
John Mayall: Back To The Roots (4/71, Polydor)

Larry Taylor:

appeared on the LP:

John Mayall: Empty Rooms (3/70, Polydor)
John Mayall: Back To The Roots (4/71, Polydor)
John Mayall: Memories (11/71, Polydor)
John Mayall: Jazz-Blues Fusion (5/72, Polydor)
John Mayall: Moving On (2/73, Polydor)
John Mayall: The Latest Edition (9/74, Polydor)
John Mayall: Lots Of People (4/77, ABC)
Tom Waits: Heartattack And Vine (10/80, Asylum)
Albert King: The Lost Session (1986, Stax)
John Hammond: Wicked Grin (13.3.01, Pointblank/Virgin)
Kelly Joe Phelps: Sky Like a Broken Clock (10.7.01, Rykodisc)
Bruce Cockburn: You've Never Seen Everything (10.6.03, Rounder)
Tom Waits: Real Gone (5.10.04, Anti-Records)

Press References:

Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1998	5	05.02.1998	27	Forum kritikum	album review
1999	17	06.05.1999	17	Live	gig review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1970	0	24.01.1970	5		interview
1970	0	24.01.1970	23		album review
1971	0	03.04.1971	25	Choice	album review
1971	0	18.09.1971	21	New Singles	single review
1973	27	07.07.1973	27	Albums	album review
1974	9	02.03.1974	14	New Singles	single review
1974	9	02.03.1974	25	Caught In The Act	gig review
1975	41	11.10.1975	16	Singles	single review
1976	21	22.05.1976	20	Caught In The Act	gig review
1976	23	05.06.1976	20	Albums	album review
1976	23	05.06.1976	32	Blues	interview
1976	48	27.11.1976	48	Singles Extra	single review
1980	18	21.06.1980	3	News
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1973	0	17.02.1973	40	This Is America
1973	0	05.05.1973	20	Albums	album review
1974	0	26.01.1974	2	News Desk
1974	0	26.01.1974	17	Albums	album review
1974	0	02.03.1974	37	Front Row Reviews	gig review
1975	0	13.09.1975	3	News Desk
1975	0	20.09.1975	2	News Desk
1975	0	13.12.1975	20	Platters	album review
1976	0	26.06.1976	2	News Desk
1976	0	27.11.1976	21	Singles	single review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1992	1	08.01.1992	27	Profily	profile
1994	7	11.04.1994	7	Galerie
1999	4		58	Zapomenutí nezapomen	profile, discography
1999	6		95	Live	gig review
2000	9		117	Recenze - Blues Bar	album review