The Bear, John Mayall

[siddleydiddley]

Just great to hear this again after so long- my brother had a load of 45s out of a juke box- you had to put the centre back in to play em, this was our favourite- Long live the blues!!

[pandasue1]

Thank you so much

[pandasue1]

This is great one by John I had this on an 8 TRACK!

[HEARTHEANGELSVOICES]

WOW - NEVER KNEW THIS WAS RECORDED IN TREE DAYS. ARE YOU POSITIVE? I COULD HAVE SWORN THIS WAS RECORDED BEFORE TREES INHABITED THE EARTH. ANYWAY I HEAR CANNED HEAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS TUNE. DID THE HEAT RIP MAYALL OFF WITH "ON THE ROAD AGAIN" ?

[joycejnn]

@HEARTHEANGELSVOICES No.On the Road again was based on a song by the old Blues guy Floyd Jones

[DKD81]

Thanks for the upload, ced! I have this song on vinyl "The last of the British blues", but had never heard this version. I believe I like this version better. Bookmarked.

[JoneseyBonesey]

The Man is still on tour...saw him a couple of years ago.

Rock On!

Oh yeah! ... Is tree days something like Arbor Day only more of them?

lol

[909chuck]

Correct. Bob Hite of Canned Heat was a traditional blues freak with many tens of thousands of old 78s. Nice of Mayall to do a great tune for him. The Laurel Canyon album was one of my wise buys back then. I haven't regretted it since. Keep the blues alive,attend a concert or three, better still, come to one of the Fests, like Chicago. See you there.

[MattJ1320]

This song GROOVES...f'n awesome!

[bigboondi]

Who remembers listening to this while wagging school, and going surfing as a teenage kid? I certainly do ! and apparently this bloke is as old as my dad, and was a Korean War Vet to boot... how cool this music is..

[bigtone1348]

It was 1969. I rode a tandem with my buddy Jon. I was 15 years old & just left school. This song is the soundtrack of that year for me.

[lazur1]

Bob The Bear Hite, founder of Canned Heat, had a house in Topanga Canyon that was literally full of blues: -Filled- w/ one of, (if not -the-), the largest blues record collections, every wall, from floor to ceiling. (Together w/ Heat members A.Wilson, H.Vestine, & brother Richard, definitely the largest.) Whenever possible, Bob spent his days & nights playing those records, telling stories about the ones he knew, sometimes even finding one he hadn't heard himself within his huge library.

[eldorado61guy]

Thumbs up if you came here because of Frank Zappa.

[fidomusic]

I saw this line up at Fairfield Halls, Croydon in 1968 and they were great!

[hendra59]

The bear and canned heat are one family, long live mayall and green

[latenightpilgrim]

OMG so good to hear this after such a long time..ive bin livin with the bear in a big house full of blues........so so cool or what...

[ced17113]

@latenightpilgrim Thank you, I used to play in my house full of blues most of these tunes I was choosing for you...

[animascat]

@latenightpilgrim goin back through the years. hear any record you choose. damn right that's cool. must have been a trip, smokin, drinkin wine and listening to grooves with canned heat.

[Grayscaleband]

@latenightpilgrim Gets cooler. This song was written by Mayall for Bob "The Bear" Hite. The guy from Canned Heat (another dope band).

[roby62gtr]

Wonderful Mick Taylor's performance

Great song!

[crushedz]

Spiritual.

[rogkeista]

Mick, I love you. You're a hero and I will remain forever grateful for the glorious guitar playing you have given the world. Your playing on this album is beautiful.

[RensStella]

It just doesn't get any better than this! a true classic *****

[sf108com]

A collection of beautiful arts!

[kettuantti]

One of the great blues songs ever... And listen to that innocent Mick..

[PPOIRI000]

Best Mayall album after the "Eric Clapton" one where Clapton played his best electric guitar EVER, to this day.

[rubbersoul816]

I, being one of the biggest Clapton fans alive, like this album better - this track is nuts!

[madeinbrisbane]

I can remember listening to this at our flat in Bardon, Brisbane back in 1971. (at 19 years old). My God it brings back memeories. (This is my son's log in)

[decouhelem]

wonderfull i  remember i have bought the 33 tours aux puces de st ouen à Paris Je l'écoute encore parfois! super

[theIowspark]

IT doesn't get any better than this.

[Eliseflise]

my dad always used to play this song when I was a kid, I'm so glad i finally found it!

[G7death]

the heart for this song blues forever!

[lesburst]

A great album I have on vinyl.

This song is about Bob 'The Bear! Hite, from Canned Heat, who was an avid collector of records.

[gimsi]

Five stars for the guitar alone.

[Karmanoirci]

génial.

[supensurea]

I can't believe that hardly anyone has watched this. It should be compulsory viewing for the guitar playing alone!

[ZEPPLIN1947]

the bear was lead singer with canned heat what a voice he had

[mrnailz360]

I think this song is fucking great!

But could someone tell me is that Mick Taylor on lead guitar cos it sounds like his style and i know he was with the Bluesbreakers for a bit?

[ced17113]

Yeah man! Mick plays lead guitar on the bear, I love this song myself...

[penfloyd]

This was from one of John Mayalls best albums...Blues from Laurel Canyon (1968) and

Mick Taylor played on most tracks.....

Superb Guitarist indeed.

[wolfamon]

as my granpa used to say: blues is good 4 ya

[Julimondschein]

I agree - it's an early concept album and I still love it ! How about "first time alone", pleeease, my disk record has a scratch on it ...

[ced17113]

I got it too, I'll make it later on

[Julimondschein]

Thanx alot, Ced, take your time, I can wait !

[gazono2]

@Julimondschein Have been looking for "First Time Alone" for years now..still can't find it...has anybody out there got it..cos someone nicked my "Blues from Laurel Canyon" album in 1971 and I'm still waiting for the bastard to return it..no such luck !

[musiclouis47]

@Julimondschein that's my favourite too!the sound is so low on it!but i think the best was on another album the death of jb lenoir...

[Julimondschein]

@musiclouis47 thanks for the the comment, you made me listen to that album and to jb lenoir - then I took an instant trip through the blues cosmos. Good in bad times like these ...

[penfloyd]

I,ve always rated this album (Laurel Canyon) as Mayalls best...

[bluescj]

Agreed....also Hard Road and Bare Wires...'live on John.....'

[fanfanchatblanc]

J'ai suivi la route au rythme de "The bear blues" et Joh Mayall m'a guidée vers les ours.. tes huiles.. tes photos qui me renvoient une vision d'un jardin sympa où il ferait bon déguster un chivas ou autre.. un p'tit coin de paradis pour les foldingues des n'ours.. N'oursinette est canon .. n'ours magnifique et bébé n'ours adorable.. Belle image de mam n'ours..géniale avec ses babies bears .. Merci Cédric pour cette balade dans ton univers ..Bisous rou.dou.doux. Fanfanphare