Canned Heat
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Canned Heat turned to audience favourites after their Woodstock gig. In 1969 they had already added psychedelic elements to their blues influenced songs and their Boogie Rock kept the people dancing. The setlist is wisely chosen and features their greatest hits: "Going Up The Country", "Let's Work Together" and "On The Road Again" as the encore. The song "Woodstock Boogie" is basically an almost 15 minute jam. It can be found on the 1968 Boogie With Canned Heat album under the name "Fried Hockey Boogie".
In the movie you can see a man from the audience climbing on stage but instead of kicking him off Bob Hite shares a cigarette with him.
Only two days before the Woodstock gig guitarist Henry Vestine left the band because of a fight with bassist Larry Taylor. Harvey Mandel replaced Vestine. Further drummer Adolpho de la Parra complained that they couldn't rehearse for the festival, so he also left the band. But only for short: manager Skip Taylor gained access to de la Parra's locked room and managed to fly the band via helicopter to Woodstock. They arrived just in time [1].
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[edit] Musicians
- Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson - guitar, harmonica, vocals
- Bob "The Bear" Hite - vocals, harmonica
- Harvey "The Snake" Mandel - guitar
- Larry "The Mole" Taylor - bass
- Adolpho "Fito" de la Parra - drums
[edit] Setlist
- A Change Is Gonna Come
- Leaving This Town
- The Bear Talks
- Going Up The Country
- I'm Her Man
- Let's Work Together
- Too Many Drivers At The Wheel
- I Know My Baby
- Woodstock Boogie
- On The Road Again
[edit] Availability
Official realese:
- Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music
- Woodstock II
Other sources include film outtakes.
