Friday Music

Born in Los Angeles in 1965 this folk, rock, blues, hippie band has actually done a rather decent job of repurposing older tunes for the modern era.  Going Up the Country is a remake of Henry Thomas’ Bull Doze Blues (1927) and On the Road Again a remake of a 1953 Floyd Jones song by the same name.  Canned Heat garnered a large following throughout the 1960s and 70s performing blues standards and hippie psychedelic music.

The band's name is derived from another older blues tune - Tommy Johnson's 1928 Canned Heat Blues - a story about an alcoholic who turned to drinking Sterno out of desperation (from the original 1914 product name Sterno Canned Heat).  This is a fun and funky tune as long as you can avoid distraction by the braless women dancing behind the bars…