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Released
  
November 1, 1968

Label
  
Liberty

Living the Blues (1968)
  
Hallelujah (1969)

Artist
  
Canned Heat

Genres
  
Blues, Psychedelic rock

6/10
AllMusic

Length
  
88:03

Producer
  
Skip Taylor

Originally published
  
1 November 1968

Release date
  
1 November 1968

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Recorded
  
August-October 1968 at I.D. Sound Studios and "live" at The Kaleidoscope, Hollywood, California

Authors
  
Adolfo de la Parra, Adolfo De La

Similar
  
Canned Heat albums, Blues albums

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Living the Blues is the third album by Canned Heat, a double album released in 1968. It was one of the first double albums to place well on album charts. It features Canned Heat's signature song, "Going Up the Country", which would later be used in the Woodstock film. John Mayall appears on piano on "Walking by Myself" and "Bear Wires". Dr. John appears on "Boogie Music". The 20-minute trippy suite "Parthenogenesis" is dwarfed by the album-length "Refried Boogie", recorded live.

Contents

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Side One

  1. "Pony Blues" (Charlie Patton) – 3:48
  2. "My Mistake" (Alan Wilson) – 3:22
  3. "Sandy's Blues" (Bob Hite) – 6:46
  4. "Going Up the Country" (Wilson) – 2:50
  5. "Walking by Myself" (Jimmy Rogers) – 2:29
  6. "Boogie Music" (L.T. Tatman III) – 3:00
  • "Tell Me Man Blues" (1929 recording by Henry Sims) – 0:15

    • Side Two

    1. "One Kind Favor" (Lemon Jefferson) – 4:44
    2. "Parthenogenesis" (Canned Heat) – 19:57
  • I Nebulosity
  • II Rollin' and Tumblin'
  • III Five Owls
  • IV Bear Wires
  • V Snooky Flowers
  • VI Sunflower Power (RMS Is Truth)
  • VII Raga Kafi
  • VIII Icebag
  • IX Childhood's End

    • Side Three

    1. "Refried Boogie (Part I)" (Canned Heat) (Recorded Live) – 20:10

    Side Four

    1. "Refried Boogie (Part II)" (Canned Heat) (Recorded Live) – 20:50

    Personnel

    Canned Heat
  • Bob Hite – vocals
  • Alan Wilson – slide guitar, vocals, harmonica, jaw-harp (tracks 2.I, 2.II, 2.IX), chromatic harp (track 2.VIII)
  • Henry Vestine – lead guitar
  • Larry Taylor – bass, congas (track 2.V)
  • Adolfo de la Parra – drums
    • Additional Personnel
  • Dr. John – horn arrangements, piano (track 6)
  • Miles Grayson – horn arrangements (track 3)
  • John Fahey – guitar (track 2.I)
  • John Mayall – piano (tracks 5 & 2.IV)
  • Jim Horn – flute (track 4)
  • Joe Sample – piano (track 3)
    • Production
  • Rich Moore – Engineer
  • Ivan Fisher – Assistant Engineer
  • Skip Taylor – Producer
  • Canned Heat – Producer

    • Songs

    1Pony Blues3:49
    2My Mistake3:21
    3Sandy's Blues6:48

    References

    Living the Blues Wikipedia
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