Future Blues

by Canned Heat

Overview

The final Canned Heat album to feature co-founder Alan Wilson, Future Blues was also one of their best, surprisingly restrained as a studio creation by the band, the whole thing clocking in at under 36 minutes, as long as some single jams on their live discs. It was also one of their most stylistically diverse efforts. Most of what's here is very concise and accessible, even the one group-composed jam -- Alan Wilson's "Shake It and Break It" and his prophetically titled "My Time Ain't Long" (he would be dead the year this record was issued), which also sounds a lot like a follow-up to "Going up the Country" until its final, very heavy, and up-close guitar coda. Other songs are a little self-consciously heavy, especially their version of Arthur Crudup's "That's All Right, Mama." Dr. John appears, playing piano on the dark, ominous "London Blues," and arranges the horns on "Skat," which tries for a completely different kind of sound -- late-'40s-style jump blues -- than that for which the group was usually known. And the band also turns in a powerhouse heavy guitar version of Wilbert Harrison's "Let's Work Together." ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	08/09/2024
Label:	Made In Germany Musi
UPC:	0885513031419
Rank:	163044

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Canned Heat   Primary Artist
John Lee Hooker   Primary Artist
The Chipmunks   Primary Artist
Alan Wilson   Harmonica,Lead Vocals,Slide Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm),Vocals
Harvey Mandel   Guitar
Larry Taylor   Bass
Bob Hite   Vocals,Lead Vocals
Ernest Lane   Piano
Samuel Taylor   Bass
Dr. John   Piano
Adolfo de la Parra   Drums

Technical Credits

Harvey Mandel   Composer
Larry Taylor   Composer
Eddie Shuler   Composer
Vic Anesini   Mastering
Canned Heat   Composer,Producer
Bob Hite   Composer
Domingo "Sam" Samudio   Composer
Frank Ursoleo   Reissue Producer
Samuel Taylor   Composer
Chris Eselgroth   Design,Reissue Art Director
Dave Weichman   Engineer
Herb Greene   Photography
Fito De La Parra   Composer
Ron Wholin   Art Direction
Skip Taylor   Composer,Producer,Cover Photo,Cover Art Concept
Chris Morgan   Composer
Greg Russo   A&R,Liner Notes
Mark Skyer   Composer
Dr. John   Horn Arrangements
Wilbert Harrison   Composer
Frank Cook   Composer
Ross Bagdasarian   Composer
Adolfo de la Parra   Composer
Tommy Oliver   Mixing,Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Henry Vestine   Composer
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup   Composer
Alan Wilson   Composer