Canned Heat

From Los Angeles, California, USA.

Canned Heat I (1966 - 1968)
  • Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson - guitar/harmonica/vocals - b. July 4, 1943, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; d. September 3, 1970, Topanga, California, USA.
  • Bob "Bear" Hite - harmonica/vocals - b. February 26, 1945, Torrance, California, USA; d. April 5, 1981, Venice, California, USA.
  • Henry Vestine - guitar - b. December 24, 1944, Washington, D.C., USA; d. December 1997, Paris, France.
  • Larry Taylor - bass - b. Samuel Taylor, June 26, 1942, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
  • Frank Cook - drums
Album:
  1. "Canned Heat" (1967)
Canned Heat II (1968 - 1969)
  • Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson - guitar/harmonica/vocals
  • Bob "Bear" Hite - harmonica/vocals
  • Henry Vestine - guitar
  • Larry Taylor - bass
  • Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums - b. February 8, 1946, Mexico City, Mexico.
Albums:
  1. "Boogie with Canned Heat" (1968) - Single: "On the Road Again"
  2. "Living the Blues" (1968) - Single: "Going Up the Country"
Canned Heat III (1969 - 1970)
  • Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson - guitar/harmonica/vocals
  • Bob "Bear" Hite - harmonica/vocals
  • Larry Taylor - bass
  • Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums
  • Harvey Mandel - guitar - b. March 11, 1945, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Albums:
  1. "Hallelujah" (1969)
  2. "Vintage Heat" (1970)
  3. "Live in Europe" (1970)
  4. "Future Blues" (1970) - Single: "Let's Work Together"
  5. "Hooker 'n' Heat" (2-CDs) (1970) (with John Lee Hooker)
  6. "Best of Hooker 'n' Heat" (1971)
Larry Taylor and Harvey Mandel join John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
Canned Heat IV (1970 - 1972)
  • Bob "Bear" Hite - harmonica/vocals
  • Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums
  • Henry Vestine - guitar
  • Antonio de la Barreda - bass
  • Albums:
    1. "Live at the Topanga Corral" (1971)
    Canned Heat V(1972 - 1981)
    • Bob "Bear" Hite - harmonica/vocals
    • Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums
    • Henry Vestine - guitar
    • Richard Hite - bass
    Albums:
    1. "Historical Figures and Ancient Heads" (1972)
    2. "New Age" (1973)
    3. "One More River to Cross" (1974)
    4. "Human Condition" (1978)
    5. "King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents...Canned Heat" (live) (1995)
    Canned Heat VI (1981 - 1984)
    • Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums
    • Henry Vestine - guitar
    • Richard Hite - bass
    Album:
    1. "Hooker 'n' Heat Recorded Live at the Fox Venice Theatre" (1981)
    Canned Heat VII (1984 - 1994)
    • Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums
    • Henry Vestine - guitar
    • Richard Hite - bass
    • James Thornbury - guitar/harmonica/vocals
    Albums:
    1. "Reheated" (1990)
    2. "Burnin' Live" (1992)
    Canned Heat VIII (1994 - 1995)
    • Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums
    • Henry Vestine - guitar
    • James Thornbury - guitar/harmonica/vocals
    • Harvey Mandel - guitar
    • Larry Taylor - bass
    • Junior Watson - guitar/vocals
    • Ron Shumake - bass/vocals
    Album:
    1. "Internal Combustion" (1994)
    Canned Heat IX (1995 - 1997)
    • Henry Vestine - guitar
    • Robert Lucas - vocals
    • Others...
    Album:
    1. "Gamblin' Woman" (1996)
    2. "Boogie Up the Country" (1998)
    3. "Canned Heat Blues Band" (1998)
    4. "The Masters" (1999)
    5. "Boogie 2000" (1999)
    Canned Heat X (1998 - ? )
    • Robert Lucas - vocals
    • Others...
    Album:
    1. "Gamblin' Woman" (1996)
    2. "Boogie Up the Country" (1998)
    3. "Canned Heat Blues Band" (1998)
    4. "The Masters" (1999)
    5. "Boogie 2000" (1999)
    Compilations:
    1. "The Canned Heat Cookbook / Best Of" (1970)
    2. "The Very Best of Canned Heat" (1975)
    3. "The Best of Canned Heat" (1987)
    4. "Uncanned (The Best of Canned Heat)" (2-CDs) (1994)
    5. "Best of Canned Heat - On the Road Again" (1997)
    6. "Very Best of the Blues Years" (2000)