That’s my Uncle :D (My grandma is Janye Wilson who is the sister of Alan Wilson)

@dancingtrout6719

2 ай бұрын

The Blind Owl had Hidden Sight ,, Conserve the world

@johnwatkins343

21 күн бұрын

What really happened to Alan I was told he was found beaten up ? Back in the day guess weal never know did you see the body also told that he was cremated and big bear always wanted to be the leader and no one from the band showed up? Is this true ?

@dancingtrout6719

21 күн бұрын

@@johnwatkins343 who told you he was beat up

Alan was an incredible talent and a great human being. Rest In Peace.

Thanks so much for this wonderful tribute. Alan was a gift.

The Blind Owl truly understood the Blues .

@dancingtrout6719

21 күн бұрын

his name Al wil SON HOUSE... Right .. CHUCKLE

Back in the day in the late 60's when I was in high school me and my friends climbed through a window at a concert venue -- The Blue Law -- in Torrance California to try and sneak into a concert. I was an athlete so I boosted my friends up to the window so they could climb in. Then I jumped up and pulled myself up and through the window. When I dropped down on the other side I turned around and there were my friends standing with some guys whom I immediately recognized as the Canned Heat band. We'd snuck into their prep room at the venue. The band was super cool and casual and they even smoked some doobies with us. Then they opened a door and let us out into the concert area.

@KayEl58

Жыл бұрын

Great story. It sounds quite typical of them.

@gerrylavelle8433

Жыл бұрын

@@KayEl58 They thought it was a trip that high school surfer dudes were sneaking into a concert to experience Canned Heat -- and we just happened to drop in from a high window into their prep room.

@zachham1949

4 ай бұрын

After a quick search, concert history for the 'Heat indeed shows them playing at The Blue Law in Torrance, CA. on December 15, 16, and 17, 1967. Sound correct? Two other bands apparently played (a band named The Hook and another band named Love) on all 3 dates. Do you know what I'd give to be able to relive your experience from that night? What an amazing and pivotal time and place in history you found yourself in after jumping in that window....! (You do realize this, don't you?) Any other details you can remember?

@alukuhito

Ай бұрын

I would freak out if I saw Blind Owl.

Canned Heat one of the best bands ever. Often never given enough credit. Rest in peace Alan. One of the forgotten members of the 27 club.

@msoiseth3419

5 ай бұрын

He was indeed one of the forgotten members of the 27 club. He was an interesting character in music history.

Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson,......... Known and christened so by his vision problems, as well as his roots in the blues. When you think of the customary words of wisdom, you cannot help but be reminded of the teaching that reminds us that some people need not use their eyes to see, their vision comes from their spirit. Alan was one of those lucky enough to see the truth and beauty of life and the wonder in what it offered. Musically and spiritually gifted, yet often misunderstood. A true scholar of earth and the concept of what mother earth gave us and the ability to express his feelings through his music. Listen to his music and you will hear his soul, shared by all that care to hear. Shooting stars shine brilliantly, but only for a brief moment,........... Then they are gone. May the light of his vision shine on forever.

@jonprosise7162

2 ай бұрын

That’s the blues

True autist genius will again be valued. His insight was brilliant and globalists cannot allow it.

Alan was an underated guitarist, he had an amazing tone when he played.

Oh wow. I wasn't expecting him to have died so young. I'll never look at a tree the same again. Alan certainly had a purpose on this earth. RIP sweet young man.🌲

Alan was a blues purest. Never knew he was into the nature thing

He will never be forgotten!! RIP

Music and Nature have long been quiet soul mates. Thank you, Blind Owl, for bringing them even closer together.

Those black and white photos of smiling men amongst the slaughtered Redwoods is PAINFUL TO LOOK AT...YOUR SPIRIT LIVES WITH THE REDWOODS AL...PEACE AND LIVE!

This is a wonderful video with everything fitting together perfectly! His environmental efforts are as important as his music. He was really a genius on so many levels.

Love the man, love his mind...trying to live his dream. Content, but so angry we cashed in the peace symbol for the Mercedes symbol. Blind, out of control consumerism, Mother Earth, what have we done? ☮

Although I loved Canned Heat as a teenager I never knew what happened to Alan Wilson. So sad to just have found out how he died. RIP Alan and thank you for the music that I will always listen to. What a genious you were. Nancy T

excellent ,thank you

Canned Heat one of the best blues rock bands ever Hooker in Heat With John Lee Hooker !!! Double album the Blind Owl on harp !!!

If you really loved Alan's music you wouldn't talk over it.

The drummer should donate a lot! He has been using Alan’s music for 40 years or more.

@rockville34

Жыл бұрын

He has carried the band since Day One and still is. Read his book about the band.

@edmundedmondedmontonedmunb7071

Жыл бұрын

That’s bullshit as Fito has said, in his own words, his book is a bunch of lies. The book shows what or how Fito gives a shit about the Woodstock spirit, he was there for the money and the girls. He didn’t care about Alan, just that he wrote and made hits, and money for the band. Really don’t believe what the fake book says.

@randyjimmiejamesbowles

Жыл бұрын

He has kept alive, and has kept Canned Heat alive. Something no one else was able to do. He's in his late 70s, and is literally giving his life for Canned Heat and for music. Find someone else to pick on.

@randyjimmiejamesbowles

Жыл бұрын

Where's ya face, you big brave robot Anyone or anything can hide behind and avatar and lob insults.

@edmundedmondedmontonedmunb7071

Жыл бұрын

You better pick other asshole, you really don’t know this Demond. The only genius was Alan nit this “user” …keep alive hohohoho

Good job

Thank you for this,

WOODSTOCK, SAN FRANCISCO, and the movement !

Great video

GOD BLESS ALAN WILSON, !GOD BLESS OUR PLANET!I LOVE YOU ALAN, ,I LOVE MOTHER NATURE MORE THAN EVERYTHING! GEORGE ROMANIA

Thank you so much!!

❤

Canned Heat played the USAF base I was stationed at in 1973. Sadly Alan has died earlier. We also got Dobie Grey but it was at the airmans club which was a big soul club and white males weren't welcome. Alan was depressed because girls weren't attracted to him but living in the woods he seldom bathed plus he was very shy.

@kmg3733

Жыл бұрын

He did have some girlfriends. Also, friends of his say girls were attracted to him but he was somewhat shy. Also don’t think he liked the road lifestyle. I think he would have eventually met someone. According to some his depression the months before he died was with the band.

@anthonyfoutch3152

Жыл бұрын

@@kmg3733 At Eglin AFB they got a flatbed trailer for a stage. I was working security. The Bear kept jumping up and down and I swear he was so big he was bending the stage. I was afraid he was going through.

I was told back in the day that alan was found beaten in the woods be hind the house. And that big bear always wanted to be the leader of the band and he was cremated and that no one from the band showed up at the funeral vary sad and then told he had a sister

Good video!

Alan Wilson was the preeminant musical genius of the 20th century.

The biography of Alan called "Blind Owl Blues" by Rebecca Davis is a good read. Alan was an interesting person.

A friend, sibling of a band member, told me that Alan was deeply depressed about the future. According to this friend, Alan didn't overdose on drugs. He chose to kill himself. He couldn't bear to witness the destruction of the world of nature he loved.

@kmg3733

Жыл бұрын

The report said accidental od. From what I’ve read he was depressed about the environment but also the band. But there’s no evidence that it was a suicide. There are a lot of contradictions in what’s out there about him.

You forgot: ''Let's Work Together 1970''

@theyrekrnations8990

10 ай бұрын

Harmonica guy sang it

@irvingr.fatback886

2 ай бұрын

@@theyrekrnations8990bob hite

Pretty owl sitting in the great tall redwoods

💎

Pendant qu il chantait moi, je plantais des pins résineux !!!! J avais 16 ans !!!

The planet is just fine but we are screwed !

Yet another member of the 27 club.

To bad Redwood Trees aren't resistant to chainsaws.

OUR GENERATION GREW UP WAR WEARY HIPPIES THAT SAW RICH MEN PROFIT OFF BOTH SIDES OF THE WAR! OUR DEAD LOVED ONES MADE US HATE WARS , OF ANY KIND. I REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE IN VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND. LOVE IS THE ANSWER!!! NOT HATE AND WAR!

Alan aNd Pete Ham (BADFINGER) another forgotten 27 club member

Thanks for the video. The USA needs less Taylor Swifts and Lil Waynes and more Blind Owls.

"rising levels of pollution would effect plant life on earth", then goes on to show steam cooling towers which spew water, not pollution... lol

Loved his external environment yet polluted his internal with drugs...whacked idea. Pockets filled with leaves... Peyote? 😎

@davejones5745

Жыл бұрын

No. He really was into trees

@thomasmagee5644

7 ай бұрын

Peyote don't have leaves,ya big kabloona!

we lost him too soon