![]() The first platter focuses on Hooker’s looser entries that vacillate from the relatively uninspired ramblings of “Send Me Your Pillow” and “Drifter” to the essential and guttural “Feelin’ Is Gone” or spirited “Bottle Up and Go.” The latter being among those with Wilson on piano. Hooker ‘n Heat (1971) is a low-key affair split between unaccompanied solo John Lee Hooker (guitar/vocals) tunes, collaborations between Hooker and Wilson (piano/guitar/harmonica), as well as five full-blown confabs between Hooker and Heat. Sadly, it would also be the final effort to include co-founder Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson, who passed away in September 1970. This marked the return of Henry “Sunflower” Vestine (guitar) and the incorporation of Antonio “Tony” de la Barreda (bass), a highly skilled constituent of Aldolfo de la Parra (drums). In the spring of the previous year, Larry “The Mole” Taylor (bass) and Harvey Mandel (guitar) simultaneously accepted invitations to join John Mayall’s concurrent incarnation of the Bluesbreakers. When this two-LP set was initially released in January 1971, Canned Heat was back to its R&B roots, sporting slightly revised personnel. Stock Images, ask for actual images if interested. ![]()
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