Blind Owl Wilson ‘Blind Owl Wilson’
2016 US Mississippi Records MRP-082
Compilation of the late Alan ‘Blind Owl’ Wilson / Canned Heat tracks.
Not hard to find, just not a common one to see compared to most Canned Heat stuff, so picked it up. I kinda dig the art too.
Canned Heat, headlined by Blind Owl, super charged the resurgence of Blues in the 60s as a Rock form directly referencing blues artists. Their best known ‘Going Up The Country’ and ‘On The Road Again’ are featured along with a stellar group of strong tracks. Hard to pick only 11 tracks, but this one’s a great set.
Blind Owl died in 1970, two weeks after Hendrix, followed within a year by Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison, all four dying at the age of 27.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nBhpiUFSYWI