How many Canned Heat releases are on Riffiter?

52 releases are catalogued, spanning 1967 to 2024.

When was Canned Heat formed?

Canned Heat formed in 1965, in Los Angeles, USA.

What genre is Canned Heat?

Canned Heat is catalogued under Rock.

What is the most recent Canned Heat release on Riffiter?

One Last Boogie, released in 2024.

Artist

Canned Heat

Canned Heat is a rock artist from Los Angeles, USA formed in 1965. 52 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Rock · Los Angeles, USA · Best rock albums

52
Releases: 1967–2024
Active years: 1965
Formed

Tidal

Deezer

Discography

42

Singles & EPs

10

Collaborators

2

Upcoming shows

About

Canned Heat is an American blues/boogie rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1965. The group has been noted for its own interpretations of blues material as well as for efforts to promote the interest in this type of music and its original artists. It was launched by two blues enthusiasts, Alan Wilson and Bob Hite, who took the name from Tommy Johnson's 1928 "Canned Heat Blues", a song about an alcoholic who had desperately turned to drinking Sterno, generically called "canned heat". After appearances at Monterey and Woodstock, at the end of the 1960s the band acquired worldwide fame with a lineup consisting of Bob Hite, vocals, Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, guitar, harmonica and vocals, Henry Vestine (or Harvey Mandel) on lead guitar, Larry Taylor on bass, and Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra on drums. The music and attitude of Canned Heat afforded them 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 and they were able to deliver on stage electrifying performances of blues standards and their own material and occasionally to indulge into lengthier 'psychedelic' so…

Canned Heat in brief

How many Canned Heat releases are on Riffiter?: 52 releases are catalogued, spanning 1967 to 2024.
When was Canned Heat formed?: Canned Heat formed in 1965, in Los Angeles, USA.
What genre is Canned Heat?: Canned Heat is catalogued under Rock.
What is the most recent Canned Heat release on Riffiter?: One Last Boogie, released in 2024.