Living the Blues
by Canned Heat
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 November 1968
- Label: Liberty
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:28:13
- Community rating: 3.62/5 from 2 ratings
Artists on this release: Skip Taylor, Henry "Son" Simms, Henry Vestine, Charley Patton, Alan Wilson, Larry Taylor, Bob Hite, Joe Sample
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Boasting the massive, era-defining hit 'Going Up the Country', this ambitious double album captures the California band operating at the zenith of the blues revival. The release juxtaposes tightly structured studio boogie tracks with 'Parthenogenesis', an expansive, side-long psychedelic jam that boldly experiments with studio effects and tape manipulation.
Genres
Descriptors: improvisation, rhythmic
Tracklist
- Pony Blues (3:47)
- My Mistake (3:21)
- Sandy's Blues (6:45)
- Goin' Up The Country (2:49)
- Walking By Myself (2:29)
- Boogie Music (3:20)
- One Kind Favor (4:44)
- Parthenogenesis (19:52)
- Refried Boogie - Pt. 1 (20:02)
- Refried Boogie - Pt. 2 (20:59)
Credits
- Al Wilson - written-by
- Miles Grayson - arranged by [horns]
- Joe Sample - piano
- Bob Hite - written-by, vocal
- Jimmy Rogers - written-by
- Dr. John - arranged by [horns], piano
- Charley Patton - guitar
- Henry "Son" Simms - violin