Living the Blues
| Living the Blues | ||||
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| Studio album by Canned Heat | ||||
| Released | November 1, 1968 | |||
| Recorded | August-October 1968 at I.D. Sound Studios and "live" at The Kaleidoscope, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Blues, psychedelic blues | |||
| Length | 88:03 | |||
| Label | Liberty | |||
| Producer | Skip Taylor | |||
| Canned Heat chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Rolling Stone | (neutral)[2] |
Living the Blues is the third album by Canned Heat, a double album released in late 1968. It was one of the first double albums to place well on album charts. It features Canned Heat's signature song, "Going Up the Country", which would later be used in the Woodstock film. John Mayall appears on piano on "Walking by Myself" and "Bear Wires". Dr. John appears on "Boogie Music". The 20-minute trippy suite "Parthenogenesis" is dwarfed by the album-length "Refried Boogie", recorded live.
Track listing
Side One
- "Pony Blues" (Charlie Patton) – 3:48
- "My Mistake" (Alan Wilson) – 3:22
- "Sandy's Blues" (Bob Hite) – 6:46
- "Going Up the Country" (Wilson) – 2:50
- "Walking by Myself" (Jimmy Rogers) – 2:29
- "Boogie Music" (L.T. Tatman III) – 3:00
- "Tell Me Man Blues" (1929 recording by Henry Sims) – 0:15
Side Two
- "One Kind Favor" (Lemon Jefferson) – 4:44
- "Parthenogenesis" (Canned Heat) – 19:57
- I Nebulosity
- II Rollin' and Tumblin'
- III Five Owls
- IV Bear Wires
- V Snooky Flowers
- VI Sunflower Power (RMS Is Truth)
- VII Raga Kafi
- VIII Icebag
- IX Childhood's End
Side Three
- "Refried Boogie (Part I)" (Canned Heat) (Recorded Live) – 20:10
Side Four
- "Refried Boogie (Part II)" (Canned Heat) (Recorded Live) – 20:50
Personnel
- Canned Heat
- Bob Hite – vocals
- Alan Wilson – slide guitar, vocals, harmonica, jaw-harp (tracks 2.I, 2.II, 2.IX), chromatic harp (track 2.VIII)
- Henry Vestine – lead guitar
- Larry Taylor – bass, congas (track 2.V)
- Adolfo de la Parra – drums
- Additional Personnel
- Dr. John – horn arrangements, piano (track 6)
- Miles Grayson – horn arrangements (track 3)
- John Fahey – guitar (track 2.I)
- John Mayall – piano (tracks 5 & 2.IV)
- Jim Horn – flute (track 4)
- Joe Sample – piano (track 3)
- Production
- Rich Moore – Engineer
- Ivan Fisher – Assistant Engineer
- Skip Taylor – Producer
- Canned Heat – Producer
References
- ↑ Planer, Lindsay. Living the Blues at AllMusic
- ↑ Burks, John (December 7, 1968). "Records". Rolling Stone. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- Planer, Lindsay. "Living the Blues – Album Review". allmusic. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
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