15 Facts About Canned Heat

Canned Heat is an American blues and rock band that was formed in Los Angeles in 1965.

Music and attitude of Canned Heat attracted a large following and established the band as one of the popular acts of the hippie era.

Canned Heat appeared at most major musical events at the end of the 1960s, performing blues standards along with their own material and occasionally indulging in lengthy 'psychedelic' solos.

Canned Heat was started within the community of blues collectors.

Canned Heat had contacted Brotman, touting a recording contract which had to be signed the next day, but Brotman was unable to make the signing on short notice.

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Canned Heat was a former member of the Moondogs and the brother of Ventures' drummer, Mel Taylor, and already had experience backing Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry in concert, and recording studio sessions for the Monkees.

Canned Heat began to garner their notoriety as "the bad boys of rock" for being jailed in Denver, Colorado after a police informant provided enough evidence for their arrest for drugs .

The next night after Mike Bloomfield and Harvey Mandel jammed with Canned Heat, both were offered Vestine's spot in the band's line-up and Mandel accepted.

Canned Heat had a big hit with "Let's Work Together" and was the band's only top forty hit to feature the vocals of Bob "The Bear" Hite.

Hooker and Canned Heat became good friends and Hooker had stated that Wilson was "the greatest harmonica player ever".

Hooker 'n Canned Heat reunited in 1978 and record a live album at the Fox Venice Theatre in Los Angeles, released in 1981 as, Hooker 'n Canned Heat, Live at the Fox Venice Theatre, under Rhino Records.

Canned Heat was talked out of it by Hite, and it was Scott Hill and de la Barreda who left the band instead.

Canned Heat had attempted to give it another try by hiring a large enthusiastic biker with the moniker "The Push" as their manager; hoping that the band's popularity with the biker community would give them renewed energy.

Canned Heat's popularity has endured in some European countries and Australia.

In July 2007, a documentary, Boogie with Canned Heat: The Canned Heat Story, was released, as was a biography of Wilson, Blind Owl Blues, by author Rebecca Davis Winters.