Canned Heats unique blend of modern electric blues, rock and boogie has earned them a loyal following and influenced many aspiring guitarists and bands during the past 35 years. Their Top-40 country-blues-rock songs, "On The Road Again," "Lets Work Together," and "Going Up The Country," became rock anthems throughout the world with the later being adopted as the unofficial theme song for the film Woodstock.

Right from the start, Canned Heat has been at the forefront of popularizing blues music. Their second album, "Boogie With Canned Heat," included the worldwide hit "On The Road Again" and a twelve minute version of "Fried Hockey Boogie" that established them with hippie ballroom audiences as the "kings of the boogie!" Their third album, "Living The Blues," included a 19-minute tour de force, "Parthenogenesis" which displayed the quintet at their most experimental along with their incarnation of Henry Thomas "Bulldozer Blues" where singer, Wilson, retained the tune of the original song, rewrote the lyric and came up with "Goin Up The Country," whose simple message caught the "back-to-nature" attitude of the late 60s and went to #1 in 25 countries around the world.

The band can boast of collaborations with John Mayall and Little Richard and later with blues icon, John Lee Hooker, the musician that they initially got much of their musical inspiration from in the first place. This union first produced the spirited and revered album, "Hooker n Heat" and then Hookers 1990 Grammy Award-winning classic, "The Healer." The band is also credited with bringing a number of other forgotten bluesmen to the forefront of modern blues including Sunnyland Slim, who they found driving a taxi in Chicago, Skip James, who they found in a hospital in Tunica, Mississippi and took to the Newport Festival, Memphis Slim and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown with whom they recorded in France and Albert Collins. They brought Collins to California where they had their manager negotiate a recording agreement for Albert that started him on his way to becoming a well known musician throughout the world.

On September 3rd, 1970, the band was shattered by the suicide of Alan Wilson. His death sparked reconstruction within the group and member changes continued throughout the next two decades. On April 5th, 1981, at the Palamino in Los Angeles, gargantuan vocalist, Bob Hite, collapsed and died of a heart attack and on October 20th, 1997, Henry Vestine died in Paris, France following the final gig of a European tour.

Despite these untimely deaths and assorted musical trends, Canned Heat has survived under the leadership of Fito de la Parra since the late 70s. Since 1967, the band has toured extensively all over the world, performing at numerous festivals including Monterey Pop, Newport Pop, the Sturgis Motorcycle Run U.S.A., and the original Woodstock. They have performed at world-renowned venues such as Paris Olympia, both Fillmore Auditoriums, The Kaleidoscope, Carnegie Hall (with John Lee Hooker), Madison Square Garden and even Royal Albert Hall and have played more biker festivals than any other band in the world.

They and/or their music have been featured on television (In Concert, David Frost, Merv Griffin, Midnight Special, Playboy After Dark, etc.), and in films ("Woodstock," "Flashback," and "Forrest Gump" etc.). Their legend has recently been heard and felt in various television commercials ("On The Road Again" for Miller Beer, "Goin Up The Country" for Pepsi, Chevrolet and McDonalds, "Lets Work Together" for Lloyds Bank, Englands Electric Company and for Target Stores along with other songs for 7-Up, Levis and Heineken Beer).

Now, more than thirty six years later and with thirty-six albums to their credit, Canned Heat is still going strong. Anchored throughout by the steady hand of drummer/band leader Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra (a member since 1967), Canned Heat is well on track to carry the boogie-blues it made famous, well into the 21st century. With one of their strongest lineups ever, now together since the end of 1999, Fito on drums, Greg Kage on bass and vocals, Dallas Hodge on guitar and vocals, John Paulus on guitar and vocals and Stanley Behrens on harmonica, flute, saxophone and vocals. They have just completed recording their new CD entitled "Friends In The Can." This record brings together a number of Canned Heats musical friends from the past and present to join them in this musical collaboration and celebration of 36 years of Canned Heat music.

New CD "Friends in the can"
The latest studio album features the current Canned Heat line-up plus special guests:
Mr. John Lee Hooker, Taj Mahal, Walter Trout, Corey Stevens, Robert Lucas, Larry Taylor, Henry Vestine, Harvey Mandel, Roy Rogers and Mike Finnegan.

Released in Europe: March 2003 / North America: June 2003

The german 1st edition CD from Ruf Records (www.rufrecords.de) comes in a square tin can, which surely will become an collectors item soon.

13 TRACKS: Same Old Games / Bad Trouble / Black Coffee / Getaway / It Dont Matter / Lets Work Together / 1,2,3 Here We Go Again / That Fat Cat / Home To You / Never Get Out of These Blues Alive / Little Wheel
incl. 2 BONUS TRACKS: Lets Work Together / Getaway

Line up:
Stan Behrens (flute, saxophone, harmonica, vocals)
Greg Kage (bass, vocals)
Dallas Hodge (vocals, guitar)
Fito de la Parra (drums, vocals)
J.P. John Paulus (guitar, slide-guitar)

Official website:
www.cannedheatmusic.com