Canned Heat - Human Condition, live in Kralingen 1970

[expoonation]

"...with his Mississippi Saxophone!"

[luckypenny212]

ever notice that his voice in this song sounds similar to when he sang 'straight ahead' ? I love all of his singing. I wish there were more songs to listen to!

[JimiHendrixFeyenoord]

In my Hometown! me so happy :D going to see the remaining members today at the Bluesrock festival in Tegelen!

[luckypenny212]

i was looking at this video and wanted to know is so different about it..its not an obvious difference, but those of us who love Blind Owl will know..its all in the eyes.

[420BOYStv]

rest in peace blind owl!

[mitchellanthonydillo]

is it just me or is the neck on that bass really really thin

[MsKimmerlimmer]

Bob was such a dork, and a drugy, I think Alan would of be better without him.... Alan was and always will be canned heat...

[DiamondSoul]

@MsKimmerlimmer

Yes he was a "drugy" but so was Al. Perhaps even more than Bob.

[JA37SWE]

It just striked me: is Bob's t-shirt the same yellow one with a single breast pocket that he wore at Woodstock almost a year earlier?

[mitchellanthonydillo]

@JA37SWE yeh it looks the same except it has a blue tie dye pattern on the front arms, so either bobs sweat has made it mouldy under the arms or its just a different shirt

[pornotool]

Ok, I thought so, because no date coincided with the formation.

This pirate has very good songs, catfish blues, I found love, killing floor, and I suppose you have heard, but with sound bad.

A greeting and a lot of rock and roll

[pornotool]

Of course, there are images and sound of the performance of CH in Fehmarn Festival, 2 or 3 days after the death of Alan. I would like to see and hear them someday.

Greetings and keep up videos of this bunch of hairy, it makes me very happy.

(Sorry, dont speak English, use an online translator, I am Spanish)

[ISB]

@pornotool No problem, I don't speak English either, I'm Serbian. ;-)

Yes, that "Boston, 29 june 1970" bootleg's date is definitely wrong; on 28 june they played Kralingen, Holland; on 30 june Alan was in London, playing a session in one club, so of course they weren't in America for one day and back to Europe! Cheers.

[pornotool]

Hi, I have seen actually acting in bath at 6:00 am. These guys than hard, they took their job seriously. I hope that history will recognize as one of the most important bands in rock history. Another coincidence, or rather a mistake: I have an album by Canned Heat called Jammin 'with Kaleidoscope. And he says: Live in Boston, June 29. 1970. But I think it is wrong the year should be 1969, because Larry and Henry are playing together and not interpret any issue of Future Blues.

[pornotool]

Sorry ISB, but, Do not correspond the date of June 28 to Bath festival?

[ISB]

@pornotool Bath was at six o'clock in the morning (they were late, should've been 27 june in the evening); Kralingen was late afternoon. Pretty exhausting schedule!

[steviemacful]

wow,excellent footage of Alan ! very very talented , I have never heard a voice that even rezembles his and his harmonica need Isay more ? RIP ALAN WILSON

[sekhmetraptah]

i bet holland is beautiful and laid back

[stonerbudkap]

With all due respect to Fito but in 1970 he resembled the caveman from them Geico commercials.

[sekhmetraptah]

@stonerbudkap

Shh! Do you hear that? Thats the sound of no-one caring about what you think Tito looks like

[dobrotnik]

Did Larry play bass on this recording? Because it seems to me that there is some other guy playing it. Also on the guitar is Vestine again...

[ISB]

@dobrotnik

Antonio de la Barreda played bass here, in april '70 Harvey & Larry left, Vestine returned and this fella joined the band. He died recently.

Drago mi je da ti se dopao moj video, imam jos gomilu sa Alanom, a ima tu jos jedan tvoj zemljak koji stalno visi na mojim snimcima, heh... pozdrav iz Novog Sada.

[dobrotnik]

@ISB O, lepo je, da vidim, da poznajo Canned Heat tudi drugod po bivši Jugoslaviji! A v Sloveniji ima malo ljudi koji ij znaju... A u Srbiji je isto? Ili bolje?:)

[putdownan8dude]

@ISB la barreda was fito's friend and bandmate from mexico where they played together for four or five years. he replaced taylor who effed off to join a new blues baND john mayall was assembling. taylor and vestine never got along well.

[fuefedahoidda]

on bass is an old friend of fito

[TheMusicalBox72]

poor alan ... i love him so much ... rest in peace , my friend ..

don't forget to boogie woogie !!

[davefrom2001]

@stonerbudkap

1:36 @__@

[davefrom2001]

this is GOOD

[MrGemenskap]

I love this song it's my fav canned heat song. Such a great band

[Frankkkkkoow]

after woodstock, there was kralingen :D .

gotta love this. Everything fits.

[jazmaan]

Man do I love the Heat! Nice to see the Sunflower in there too! And of course my man, Mr. Wilson!

[buttamivia]

there I was....great.......

[stonerbudkap]

He really meant what he sung.

[expoonation]

Alan's voice is so strangely beautiful.. I can never put my finger on it.. Truly unique fellow..

[Frankie3112Nld]

Kralingen Rotterdam!

Super!In those days these massive open air concerts were one big picknick.Lovely!

New generations can learn a lot from this....

[rpgct1]

With my discovery of this video, I'm officially a Canned Heat addict! Love the Blind Owl and the Bear, gone but never forgotten. Don't forget to boogie!

[stoffel0001]

Does anyone knows wich amp Alan Wilson use with his les paul?

greetz

[BandageWithBlood]

3:00 'til end. <3

This is great, I love Canned Heat more and more with each video I watch.

R.I.P.

Bob Hite / Alan Wilson

[deKadt15]

the Netherlands!

[DiamondSoul]

Even though I didn't know Alan personally, I still miss him every god damned day.

[SultansReturn]

Obviously these guys have been around forever but I just discovered them and I fucking love these guys. How great is that jamming in front of all those people, passing around a joint playing your music, fucking great. May Bill Hite Rest in Peace. Heart attack @ 38 and a scumbag like Dick Chenney still walks around after 38 of them, nice going God.

[diahni]

Yeah, but God gave us free will, remember?

The good die young!

[wanteddeadoralive454]

@SultansReturn right on man righ tfuck on. .RIP Al Bill

[amapunker76]

DaNg BoB,Its not a wounder your not here,you were over weight smoked like a chimmy,but you were great!

[jenzeppelin]

this song keeps me going... though i weep for alan...

[0MissRose0]

"I'm already in tune!" at the very end of the clip.

[trench]

ALAN!! i love the way his voice enters the song

[themiln]

Yeah Baby this is one of my favourite live performances! Peace!

[pilesovinyl]

Great clip. What a shame that there flame burned out so quick. Their boogie lives on however..........

[INDIVIDUALHOUSE]

Unfortunately,Alan did not fail his third suicide on 3th of september 1970,two weeks before Jimi Hendrix's death.

[xojbabyxo]

awesome dude..wish i was in that crowd....goood music.

[2340277]

All of us want to be there. Really sad I missed it.

[hamhamgo]

great!

[SAINTARGENTUM777]

Alan Wilson

May Whatever God There Is Bless You

You Are Amazing As Far As I Can See Blind Owl

[g5uk]

Beautiful words,,,Thank you

[stoakley94]

check out Henry Vestine and the guitar..COOL

[WillyBee1947]

May the Blind Owl's tortured soul find peace in eternal sleep.

[DiamondSoul]

It's so nice to see others who realize Alan's greatness. The man was a genius. :)

[tundradog]

Why don't people like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recognize how important Canned Heat were and what major influences they were on countless other bands,just the fact that they helped re-launch the awareness of men like John Lee Hooker should alone be enough to merit an induction..They along with The Paul Butterfield Band is a sad injustice.....

[Discfiend69]

Hey! You've got it brother and that's alright because they're in OUR rock and roll hall of Love.

[s121s]

This rules!!I hope Al , Henry ,and Bob know how much love we have for them.And the mole too.

[revkev]

I saw Canned Heat with and without Blind Owl.

Alan Wilson was (IMHO) a clinically depressed individual, who never seemed quite comfortable in his skin (like many geniuses). If he were in his prime today, he would be on Prozac, or Zoloft, or Paxil, etc.

Doing all those psychedelics back then didn't help him either.

[ISB]

You've nailed it, revkev.

[geeyouknit345]

from what i heard one of the main reason he was depressed was because he wasnt as good with girls as the rest of the band

[DiamondSoul]

I don't know why people are giving you the thumbs down, you are very correct.

Bob Hite himself said in an interview that Alan had a tough time with women.

Also, Alan refused to sing anything that does not relate to his life. So check out the song London Blues before you thumbs down this valuable poster.

[diahni]

nah, he was hard wired for depression, unfortunately.

[cheeezdooodle]

That has got to be one of the most original voices in rock n roll-awesome!

Where was this concert? The audience is so peaceful..

[ISB]

Listen to the first 7 seconds of Bob's introduction.

[DirkjeA]

@cheeezdooodle This was at a 3 days festival in Rotterdam Holland during the 1970 tees. Second great festival next to Woodstock.

[ateamrodney]

is that larry taylor on bass?

[ISB]

Sadly, no. Both him and the great Harvey Mandel (the very best CH line-up, july 1969 - april 1970) left the band couple of months before this gig, Henry came back, and this is Antonio 'Tony' de la Barreda on bass.

[memedpre]

Al Wilson IMHO is the most charismatic artist of the 70's. Blek le rat

[middletonk]

they were all right baked

[genericgeorge]

I think The Bear would have done a much beter job on this. It really needs bark.

[doobiesz]

i find this video strikingly sad. The way Alan looks as he's playing... seems like he just is not there. Also doesnt help that hes singing a song about depression and suicide.

[ISB]

You've nailed it.

[Uggybow]

Maybe it seems so because he was partially blind(hence the blind owl nickname)? But you're right he does seem really depressed(others seem to have a great time). I think the bear mentioned in one interview that Al told him he just didn't know what his problems were any more at that time...

[pubstud]

Alan does look very spaced out on this one. I read recently that he was getting seriously into heroin towards the end, so perhaps he was very stoned on the day of this appearance.

[Uggybow]

On wich cd is this song?!

[ISB]

One of the compilation ones.

[Uggybow]

I've got the discpgraphy, but it isn't on any of the cd's Wilson featured on. And he's singing this song here. So was it released on any cd while Wilson was still alive? Sorry, I should be more specific!

[ISB]

don't confuse it with the album of the same name from 1978; the studio version with Alan on vocals is, as I remember, on "the very best of..." cd, BUT which one, well gimme some time and I'll PM you the link (youtube comment section doesn't allow posting of links)... i sto uopste pricamo na engleskom, alo bre? Secas se onog, "pricaj srpski da te ceo svet razume", heh heh ;-)

[Uggybow]

Može hehe.

Znači dok je Wilson bio živ nisu je stavili na nijedan cd, šteta!

Puno hvala na odgovoru ISB!

Pozdrav!

[ISB]

"Znači dok je Wilson bio živ nisu je stavili na nijedan cd, šteta!"

Nisu, ustvari to je bila poslednja pesma koju je snimio sa njima, 30. VII 1970, oko mesec dana pre nego sto se ubio...

... ma imam bre studijsku verziju u mp3 formatu ali nisam hteo na engleskom da ti napisem da ne pocnu da mi dosadjuju i mole razni ovde, ako hoces da cujes, shibni mi svoj email na PM.

[Mazraf]

you can also find this song and this version on the boogie house tapes vol. 1

[jtfaley]

there's some(including me) that like to think his overdose was accidental

[reptilicus]

Allen Wilson was legally blind, depressed,

an avid botanist and a conservationist. He would sadly be dead of a self inflicted barbiturate and whiskey suicide behind Bob Hite's house shortly after this performance.

This is a GREAT tune only he could sing.

[si65classics]

fantastic footage, perfect performance, wicked windmills - thanks for uploading

[foutupourfoutu]

So Sad. I feel so sad watching this. Look at his face at 1:39. It seems that he's gonna cry.

Jimi, Otis, Robert, Brian, Janis, Jim and Alan died at 27

WHY THE F*** ALL TALENTED GENIUSES ALWAYS DIE YOUNG???

[foutupourfoutu]

maybe jimi otis brian janis jim alan were the spiritual sons of robert, some kind of geniuses malediction

[jazmaan]

Blind Owl and Jimi, two geniuses who died in 1970. I'm curious about Alan Wilson's ethnicity. He looks part Chinese or something. I saw him live at the Ash Grove and at the Shrine Auditorium 1968-69 when the Bear came riding in through the crowd and up to the stage on a baby elephant. And they were both wearing matching diapers that said 69 on their butts!

[ISB]

heh heh...

[nothwind]

where is this place....?

[ISB]

Holland.

[Bientje92]

Rotterdam (kralingen)

[dawnofthewaldos]

Wish the movement on 3 12 be legal

[Karidunk]

It is a boy. Sorry to disappoint you.

[garrybod]

Wish all the girls still danced like this

(3'27 )- those were the days........

[ramonesacidpillsh]

CHECK OUT THOSE WINDMILLS

[ISB]

Hello folks, it's me, your uploader. Yup, "GJNCA" is right, Alan was legally blind. As Fito the drummer said in his book: "Without the glasses, Alan literally could not recognize the people he played with at two feet, that's how blind the 'Blind Owl' was."

[dylanfan1969]

He's got that lost look in his eyes, that same look Cobain had in that MTV Concert Nirvana held in '93. It's definitely a chemical imbalance that makes people self medicate therefore magnifying the problem.

[5kunk157h35h17]

It was 94! ;D

The reason depends on the person.

By the way, Kurt looked mure fucked up than this guy, far more fucked up...

[imbaman1337]

yea so lost, compared to (for an example) the tv on the road again video.

[RetroCool73]

Drugs play a part, but unlike most rock star drugs deaths, you have to say that the concerns that weighted on the troubled minds of both Blind Owl & Cobain were genuine as were their repective non-drug-related health issues. Rightly or wrongly they were both ultimately true to themselves. Alan is the forgotten man of the 60's era, Kurt was the reluctant superstar but both were true maverick musicians who couldn't pretend. Honesty often comes at a price...

[deKadt15]

The Great Country Netherlands aka Holland!! Love to see that great musicians from the 60's adore my beloved country!

[diahni]

ME too!

[johnafter909]

I've read that Al Wilson, a gifted teenage blues aficianado and musician, was somehow enlisted to reteach blues guys like Son House their own licks. More than a few had stopped playing for years before being rediscovered as "folk blues" artists.

[johnafter909]

Unconventional sounding vocalist but a powerhouse musician. A gifted young suicide.

[8150rpm]

blind owl that was delightful

[gR8FuLpOnTiAc]

AWESOME!

[xapeco13]

EXCELENTE!!!

[Flokaty1]

I Love it!

Ala Wilson is the greatest

[hicksdan]

one of the best voices of rock and roll

[NilezII]

Nice toe-tappin tune!

[Arenow]

Alan died, but his music lives on (and shines on us).

[PinkChampain]

Al had the Blues.....RIP

[MistressPenworthy]

Vaya con dios Alan Wilson

[FB1801]

Too much dope Al... Great musicien RIP Al

[davemetzevenos]

canned heat rocks r.i.p alan wilson

[chinzypop]

Great video, puff,puff pass

[nickkalisz]

that's an interesting jazz bass with 3 pick ups

[no1crazyman69]

I've been in his shoes and I'm here to talk about it. May Alan R.I.P.

[eatbass1]

I think this is a sad video.....Wilson looks like he just aint there anymore......The rest of the band looks like they are having a blast.....To bad.

[ISB]

Agreed about Wilson, "eatbass1"... of course, he always looked "bit weird" (and I probably have all available footage of him, as I already wrote couple of times on various CH vids here), but I remember being really scared when I was watching this for the first time... his gaze into... nothing.

[AspiringSanta]

This is one of my favourite songs ;P

[eatbass1]

Agree with you there....

[rael6468]

fantastic..

R.I.P. Alan Wilson

[rclark14]

Canned Heat is brilliant - don't forget to boogie !!!

[henkah]

Great Canned Heat at the Holland Popfestival Kralingen Rotterdam, quite rare!

[MacArsenault]

I love the Blues!

[hihats]

I see Henry Sunflower Vestine is back on board here...

[airstreamed]

Al Wilson was a great Blues man, end of story.

I played with Canned Heat recently and they were brilliant, see my video on you tube of me playing flute with them at the broad beach blues festival in Australia on going up the country...joanna sullivan

[telestrummer]

No thanks, I think I'll pass on that. I'd rather watch this, thanks mate.

[rexis921]

this is great...

[mikeyaxeman]

Great to see footage of Alan Wilson here in my own country!

Sad thing he died short after that.

[MuNkYBizNess]

Cool footage, my fave CH songs are 'Time Was' and 'Going Up Country'. What an awesome band they were.

[fkngrvnmj]

Thanks for info along with video.

[bantrybay3]

too bad most of canned heat drugged itself to death. by the way, anyone know where the bear is buried?

[attractocat]

I was in L.A. when he "asmahth" himself to death around '74.5. My guess would be L.A. county. I think the band was from there. I would like to know when Mark Andes played bass for Canned Heat.

[toushcard0u]

Anybody know where i can get the guitar tabs for this?? cant find them anywhere and this is a rockin song.

[Bopalena]

Bear is buried in Northern California. and Southern California. And Neveda. And Oregon. He was a big man!

[telestrummer]

Don't use tabs man, just play what comes out, Canned Heat did.

[boerni1976]

I just realize that alan wilson at this time looks exactly like the young Walter Becker from Steely Dan!

In memory of the bear and blind owl and sunflower

[fatcatbuzz]

Pass the shit this way, man.

[jonnytbird]

Every time I hear Blind Owl sing I always think of Kermit The Frog on drugs!

[fatcatbuzz]

He does sound like Kermit the Frog on drugs.

[jasonpchesney]

Very nice! All hail the Blind Owl! Thank you so much for posting!

[antisava]

hey...this guy looks just like me...

and I aint ugly I tells ya...my mom told me that

[ISB]

I can confirm that, haw haw!

[iwyarmy]

Okey i Live Canned Heat but there's one Thing I Wanna Say canned heat is only wierd people:

Alan Wilson is ugly

The Bear Is Fat

The Drummer Having His HiHat On The Right Side Of The Drums

The Other Guitar player is a little behind you never seing him on the stage and the basplayer always headbaning:,, R.I.P. Alan Wilson

[woodoven]

"i'm already in tune"-- haha

[Bukfan1]

Beautiful clip with the Owl and the rest of the Heat. Liked the joint bit. It was´nt legal ( actually tolerated, not legal per se)untill 1979. But those were the hippie days and nobody cared. Thanks for posting this! m a BIG Heat fan way back from 1968...

[DangerousBastard]

R.I.P. Alan Wilson

Looks like everybody's having a good time, passing the doob. Thats the way it should always be! lol

[darren1041]

Now I know...cause I'm in human condition...thats what got me down..

[darren1041]

Great stuff...could use a little more.

[lazur1]

As requested: The guy with the joint is their manager, Skip Taylor,(no relation to larry), former wunderkind booker with the Ed Sullivan Show, and the reason a funky blues band got such a good PR push in the biz. Alan Wilson: The real deal. His death was one more reason,(along with Peter Green's breakdown and Clapton's deterioration), why my most intense interest in music ends in 1970.

[claudesword]

this is great.. theres quite a lot of stamping ground floating around youtube..family, floyd etc! if u have this movie, can u put the byrds on..ol' blue i believe! good stuff!!

[goatboy420]

ISB, my man with the Blind Owl hook up! Cracking band, as always, just a shame they didn't film it any better.

Oh, and I'm sure that was just a regular cigarette the band were passing round! (Nudge nudge, wink wink!!!)

Looks like the Stomping Ground footage to me.