Canned Heat

Canned Heat
Canned Heat in 1970. L–R: Larry Taylor, Henry Vestine, Bob Hite, Alan Wilson, Adolfo de la Parra
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Blues[1] blues rock[2] boogie rock[1] country blues[2] psychedelic funk[3] rhythm and blues[2]
Years active	1965–present
Labels	Liberty Ruf United Artists Rhino
Members	Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra Dale Spalding Rick Reed Jimmy Vivino
Past members	See List of Canned Heat band members
Website	cannedheatmusic.com

Canned Heat is an American blues and rock band that was formed in Los Angeles in 1965.^[4] 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 Bob Hite, who took the name from Tommy Johnson's 1928 "Canned Heat Blues", a song about an alcoholic who had desperately turned to drinking Sterno, generically called "canned heat". After appearances at the Monterey and Woodstock festivals at the end of the 1960s, the band acquired worldwide fame with a lineup of Hite (vocals), Wilson (guitar, harmonica and vocals), Henry Vestine and later Harvey Mandel (lead guitar), Larry Taylor (bass), and Adolfo de la Parra (drums).

The music and attitude of Canned Heat attracted a large following and established the band as one of the popular acts of the hippie era. Canned Heat appeared at most major musical events at the end of the 1960s, performing blues standards along with their own material and occasionally indulging in lengthy "psychedelic" solos. Three of their songs—"Going Up the Country", "On the Road Again", and "Let's Work Together"—became international hits.

Since the early 1970s, following the early death of Wilson, numerous personnel changes have occurred. For much of the 1990s and 2000s and following Taylor's death in 2019, de la Parra has been the only member from the band's 1960s lineup. Walter Trout and Junior Watson are among the guitarists who played in later editions of the band.