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''Boogie with Canned Heat'' is the second studio album by American
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band
Canned Heat Canned Heat is an American blues rock band that was formed in Los Angeles in 1965. The group has been noted for its efforts to promote interest in blues music and its original artists. It was launched by two blues enthusiasts, Alan Wilson and ...
. Released in 1968, it contains mostly original material, unlike their debut album. It was the band's most commercially successful album, reaching number 16 in the US and number 5 in the UK. ''Boogie with Canned Heat'' includes the top 10 hit " On the Road Again", one of their best-known songs. "Amphetamine Annie", a warning about the dangers of amphetamine abuse, also received considerable
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. "Fried Hockey Boogie" was the first example of one of Canned Heat's
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s, or loose jams. When released on CD in 2005, six tracks originally released on singles were included as bonus tracks. In 2012, ''Boogie with Canned Heat'' was remastered and released on CD by Iconoclassics Records with the original 10 tracks, plus 6 bonus tracks.


Reception

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'' called the album an "impressive selection," and praised the "in-concert favourite" "Fried Hockey Boogie". ''
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'' wrote that "'An Owl Song' is perhaps Al Wilson's strongest vocal outing to date — his peculiarly high crooning mumble grooving along over a kicking, chugging rhythm section."


Track listing


Side one

#"Evil Woman" (
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)
– 2:59 #"My Crime" (
Canned Heat Canned Heat is an American blues rock band that was formed in Los Angeles in 1965. The group has been noted for its efforts to promote interest in blues music and its original artists. It was launched by two blues enthusiasts, Alan Wilson and ...
)
– 3:57 #" On the Road Again" (
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, Alan Wilson)
– 5:01 #"World in a Jug" (Canned Heat) – 3:29 #"Turpentine Moan" (Canned Heat) – 2:56 #"Whiskey Headed Woman No. 2" (
Bob Hite Robert Ernest Hite (February 26, 1943 – April 5, 1981) was an American musician who was the co-lead vocalist of the blues rock band Canned Heat from 1965 to his death in 1981. His nickname was "The Bear". Canned Heat Hite was introduced ...
)
– 2:57


Side two

#"Amphetamine Annie" (Canned Heat) – 3:36 #"An Owl Song" (Alan Wilson) – 2:43 #"Marie Laveau" (
Henry Vestine Henry Charles Vestine (December 25, 1944 – October 20, 1997), a.k.a. "The Sunflower", was an American guitarist primarily known as a member of the blues rock band Canned Heat. He was with the group from its start in 1965 to July 1969. In late ...
)
– 5:18 #"Fried Hockey Boogie" (
Larry Taylor Samuel Lawrence Taylor (June 26, 1942 – August 19, 2019) was an American bass guitarist, best known for his work as a member of the blues rock band Canned Heat. Before joining Canned Heat, he had been a session musician, session bassist for T ...
)
– 11:07


Bonus tracks from 2005 CD release

#"On the Road Again" (Single Version) – 3:22 #"Boogie Music" (Single Version) – 2:46 #"Goin' Up the Country" (Single Version) – 2:52 #"One Kind Favor" – 4:55 #"Christmas Blues" – 2:36 #"
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) – 2:49


Bonus tracks from 2012 CD release

#"On the Road Again lternate Take (Floyd Jones and Alan Wilson) #"Shake, Rattle and Roll" (Charles E. Calhoun) #"Whiskey and Wimmen'" (John Lee Hooker) #"Mean Old World" (Little Walter, T-Bone Walker, Marl Young) #"The Hunter" (Carl Wells, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Jr., Booker T. Jones, Donald Dunn) #"Fannie Mae" (Buster Brown, Clarence Lewis, Bobby Robinson)


Personnel

;Canned Heat *
Bob Hite Robert Ernest Hite (February 26, 1943 – April 5, 1981) was an American musician who was the co-lead vocalist of the blues rock band Canned Heat from 1965 to his death in 1981. His nickname was "The Bear". Canned Heat Hite was introduced ...
– lead vocals * Alan Wilson – slide guitar, lead vocals on "On the Road Again" and "An Owl Song", harmonica *
Henry Vestine Henry Charles Vestine (December 25, 1944 – October 20, 1997), a.k.a. "The Sunflower", was an American guitarist primarily known as a member of the blues rock band Canned Heat. He was with the group from its start in 1965 to July 1969. In late ...
– lead guitar *
Larry Taylor Samuel Lawrence Taylor (June 26, 1942 – August 19, 2019) was an American bass guitarist, best known for his work as a member of the blues rock band Canned Heat. Before joining Canned Heat, he had been a session musician, session bassist for T ...
– bass guitar *
Adolfo de la Parra Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra (born 8 February 1946) is a Mexican musician, best known as the drummer for the American blues rock band Canned Heat. Early life and career Parra was born in Mexico City and played in bands such as Los Sinners and Los ...
– drums ;Additional Personnel *
Dr. John Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. His music combined New Orleans blues, jazz, R&B, soul and funk. Active as a session mus ...
– horn arrangements, piano *
Sunnyland Slim Albert Luandrew (September 5, 1906March 17, 1995), "Blues pianist and singer Sunnyland Slim was born Albert Luandrew in Vance, Mississippi, September 5, 1906 (most sources say 1907, but the Social Security Death Index and 1920 census data give t ...
– piano on "Turpentine Moan" ;Production *Dino Lappas – engineer *Dallas Smith – producer


References

1968 albums Canned Heat albums Liberty Records albums Albums arranged by Dr. John {{blues-album-stub