Canned Heat - Hallelujah (28/9/19)

I promised you Canned Heat, and I never renege. Here's Hallelujah, the album they released just before Woodstock. They were the wacky, wiley, white boys playing blues every night on Sunset Boulevard.

Somebody narced on us and we wound up in jail? Sell some song rights for bail money.

Zappa kicked you out for smoking pot? Ok, come play with us!

Lease our own club and invite everybody to play? That's a great idea!

Mayall wasn't lying, "The Bear" and crew were pretty much the center of attention and hanging out with them was seemingly an instant career boost in the late 60s.

Bob Hite and Alan Wilson trade off vocal duties, and they couldn't be more different: Hite is pure rowdy roadhouse, but Wilson lives over in Grateful Dead territory. This is not a concept album, it's just good old fashioned workhorse blues-rock of it's day. There's some really raunchy guitar work, screaming harmonica, studio experimentation, and even some upright bass. They can be goofy, or play it dead straight, but it's fun either way. I think this is the only album i have on vinyl, but i'd love to find a few more.

I'll probably listen to more albums tonight, but i haven't decided which yet. 'Til then, cheers.

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