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Rating: Los Angeles. The roar of the bear shakes the blues!
1967 was the year when singer Bob Hite, nicknamed "The Bear," along with guitarist Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, formed one of the greatest and most important blues bands in history: the Canned Heat.
What do you mean "Who are the Canned Heat?"
"Future Blues"... "On The Road Again"... "Livin' The Blues"... don't they ring a bell?
It was 1969 when "The Bear" and "Blind Owl" along with bassist Larry "Mole" Taylor, guitarist Henry "Sunflower" Vestine, and drummer Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra (replacement for Frank Cook) recorded their second album and also their first masterpiece.
"Boogie With Canned Heat" is pure 100% blues: unlike what often happened with '60s bands, these five bluesmen did not allow themselves to be influenced by psychedelia (at least not significantly), but strictly followed in the footsteps of old legends like John Lee Hooker or Muddy Waters.
"Evil Woman" (the first track of the album) is the group's introduction to the American public: Hite's powerful voice, accompanied by harmonica and a rhythmic crescendo of guitars and drums, are the right ingredients for a great blues-themed album. Historic "Amphetamine Anne", perhaps the only psychedelic drop in the entire work. "My Crime", "Fried Hockey Boogie", "Marie Laveau", and "An Owl Song" are pages of rock history, but the highlight undoubtedly remains "On The Road Again": in addition to being the group's biggest hit, it is also Hite's most intense interpretation, as he DOMINATES his voice in such a way that it blends with the harmonica, and consequently, transforms it into a true instrument.
"Livin' The Blues," "Hallelujah," "Future Blues," and all the albums up to 1970 are still valid examples of rock blues, but "Boogie" will always remain their most representative and original album.
The Canned Heat, like many other bands, were forgotten and only rediscovered almost forty years later. Therefore, I recommend that you do not limit yourself to listening only to greats like John Mayall or Eric Clapton, but if you haven't already, to expand your interests towards some pages of both blues history and rock in general, which are now little known to the majority of music connoisseurs.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Rollin' and Tumblin' (03:11)
I roll and I tumble, cried the whole night long
Yes I roll and I tumble, I cried the whole night long
I got up this morning, feeling that something going on wrong
Well now want you to love me baby, or please let me be
Yes love me baby, or please let me be
If you don't like my peaches please don't shake my tree
Well I want you to love me baby, and come on and say you'll be mine
I want you to love me baby, come and say you'll be mine
If you don't like my potatoes, please don't dig up my vine
02 Bullfrog Blues (02:20)
Well, did you ever wake up, with that Bullfrogs on your mind?
Well, did you ever wake up, with that Bullfrogs on your mind?
You gonna wake up laughin', laughin' just to keep from cryin'.
Well did you ever wake up with that one woman on your mind?
Well did you ever wake up with that one woman on your mind?
You gonna wake up laughin', laughin' just to keep from cryin'.
Well, ma mama got'em,
my daddy got'em,
my brother got'em,
my sister got'em.
Woke up this morning, grandma' n' grandpa' had'em too.
Well, you know 'bout that thing, they got the bullfrog blues.
06 Dust My Broom (03:18)
I'm gon' get up in the mornin',
I believe I'll dust my broom
I'm
gon' get up in the mornin',
I believe I'll dust my broom/>
Girlfriend, the black man you been lovin', girlfriend, can't get my room/>
I'm gon' write a letter, telephone every town I know
I'm gon'
write a letter, telephone every town I know
If I can't find her in West
Helena, she must be in East Monroe I know
I don't want no woman,
wants every downtown man she meet
I don't want no woman, wants every
downtown man she meet
She's a no good doney, they shouldn't 'low her on
the street
I believe, I believe I'll go back home
I believe,
I believe I'll go back home
You can mistreat me here, babe, but you can't
when I go home
And I'm gettin' up in the mornin', I believe I'll
dust my broom
I'm gettin' up in the mornin', I believe I'll dust my
broom
Girlfriend, the black man you been lovin', girlfriend, can't get my
room
I'm 'on' call up Chiney, see is my good gal over there/>
I'm 'on' call up Chiney, see is my good gal over there
If I can't find
her on Philippine's Island, she must be in Ethiopia somewhere
07 Help Me (03:12)
Help me darlin' I can't do it by myself
help me darlin' I can't do it by myself
you can help a woman and gonna get me somebody else
Walk with me darlin' I wanna talk to you some time
walk with me darlin' I wanna talk to you some time
Long walk with me darlin' long consolate weary mine
The sun gonna shine in my back door some day
sun gonna shine in my back door some day
Long the moon come along Lord take all my troubles away
Lord bring me my nature get you're all morning gown
Lord bring me my nature get you're all morning gown
......Lord soothes for money and you no wanna shake
the morning gown
12 Evil Woman (03:01)
Woman, when I saw you comin'
Should've started runnin'
Evil woman
Woman, I offered to you my soul
You ran it over hot coals
You evil woman
Woman, thought you were a blessin'
Then I caught you messin'
Evil woman
Woman, you ain't got no feelin'
You're just a dirty dealin'
Yeah
Evil woman, the Lord's gonna rack up
Evil woman, the Lord's gonna beckon you
Evil woman, can't you see where you're fallin'?
Evil woman, the Devil is a callin'
Evil woman, the Lord's gonna rack up
Evil woman, the Lord's gonna beckon you
Evil woman, can't you see where you're fallin'?
Evil woman, the Devil is a callin' you
Woman, when you whisper to me
All the hurt you do me
Evil woman
Woman, the way you went your way
Gettin' under my skin
You evil woman
Woman, when you laugh at my pain
When you step on my brain
Evil woman
Woman, if there were other choices
How I didn't hear the voices
Cryin'
Evil woman, the Lord's gonna rack up
Evil woman, the Lord's gonna beckon you
Evil woman, can't you see where you're fallin'?
Evil woman, the Devil is a callin'
Evil woman, the Lord's gonna rack up
Evil woman, the Lord's gonna beckon you
Evil woman, can't you see where you're fallin'?
Evil woman, the Devil is a callin' you
Woman, when you whisper to me
All the hurt you do me
Evil woman
Woman, the way you want your way
Gettin' under my skin
You evil woman
Woman, when you laugh at my pain
When you step on my brain
Evil woman
Woman, if there were other choices
How I didn't hear the voices
Cryin'
Evil woman, the Lord's gonna rack up
Evil woman, the Lord's gonna beckon you
Evil woman, can't you see where you're fallin'?
Evil woman, the Devil is a callin'
Evil woman, the Lord's gonna rack up
Evil woman, the Lord's gonna beckon you
Evil woman, can't you see where you're fallin'?
Evil woman, the Devil is a callin' you
Evil woman
Evil woman
Evil woman
...
13 My Crime (04:03)
I went to Denver
Late last fall
I went to do my job
Yeah I didn't break any law
We worked a hippie place
Like many in our land
They couldn't bust the place
And so they got the band
`Cause the police in Denver
No, they don't want none of them long hairs hanging around
And that's the reason why
They want to tear Canned Heat's reputation down
You people in Denver
Will know what I mean
Yeah, the things I'm gonna tell ya
Yeah, you've all heard and seen
You remember when a cop on the beat
Used to rob and steal
Today they're gone, but the others get it on
So you know just how I feel
`Cause the police in Denver
Lord, they don't want none of them long hairs hanging around
And that's the reason why
They try to tear Canned Heat's reputation down
Yeah, they try to tear it down, boy
They ain't gonna do it though
Let me tell you this just one more time
Just one more thing I wanna tell ya
Before I go
It's a shame the Man in Denver
Has to lie and mistreat people so
Now six months ain't no sentence
One year ain't no time
When I hear from one to ten
It worries my troubled mind
`Cause the police in Denver
Lord, don't want no long hairs around
And that's the reason why
They try to tear Canned Heat's reputation down
14 On the Road Again (05:01)
Well, I'm so tired of crying, but i'm out
on the road again.
- I'm on the road again.
Well, I'm so tired of crying, but I'm out
on the road again.
- I'm on the road again.
I ain't got no woman
Just to call my special friend.
You know the first time I traveled out
in the rain and snow,
- In the rain and snow.
You know the first time I traveled out
in the rain and snow,
- In the rain and snow.
I didn't have no payroll,
Not even no place to go.
And my dear mother left me when
I was quite young,
- When I was quite young.
And my dear mother left me when
I was quite young,
- When I was quite young.
She said "Lord, have mercy
On my wicked son."
Take a hint from me, mama, please
don't you cry no more,
- Don't you cry no more.
Take a hint from me, mama, please
don't you cry no more,
- Don't you cry no more.
'Cause it's soon one morning
Down the road I'm going.
But I aint going down that
long old lonesome road
All by myself.
But I aint going down that
long old lonesome road
All by myself.
I can't carry you, Baby,
Gonna carry somebody else.
18 Amphetamine Annie (03:35)
This is a song with a message
I want you to heed my warning
I wanna tell you all a story
About this chick I know
They call her "Amphetamine Annie"
She's always shovelling snow
I sat her down and told her
I told her crystal clear
"I don't mind you getting high
But there's one thing you should fear"
"Your mind might think its flying, baby
On those little pills
But you ought to know it's dying, 'cause
Speed kills"
But Annie kept on speeding
Her health was getting poor
She saw things in the window
She heard things at the door
Her mind was like a grinding mill
Her lips were cracked and sore
Her skin was turning yellow
I just couldn't take it no more
She thought her mind was flying
On those little pills
She didn't it was going down fast, 'cause
Speed kills
Well I sat her down and told her
I told her one more time
"The whole wide human race has taken
Far too much methedrine"
She said "I don't care what a Limey says,
I've got to get it on
I'm not here to just see no man
Who come from across the pond
She wouldn't heed my warning
Lord, she wouldn't hear what I said
Now she's in the graveyard, and she's
Awfully dead
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