Best thing about Alan besides the respect he showed the old guys? He had his own sound. A gentleman and a scholar.

@jamalgoldstein6559

3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't have said it better

@theherbpuffer

3 жыл бұрын

Literally the best harp player ever right next to James cotton and the most unique voice

@jmacneal577

2 жыл бұрын

He's a literal angel.

@anthonymessineo8804

2 жыл бұрын

One of my mentors 🎼🎼👍😎

@jimmychipblues

Жыл бұрын

He helped his friend's phD on the blues

"I don't know how he follow me, but he do." Whole session is a gold mine... one of those special moments in history.

@leighfoulkes7297

8 жыл бұрын

+Vance Macdonald Yeah, I know what you mean, just wish Blind Owl would have lived for a follow up album (or hundred more).

@loucostello3111

5 жыл бұрын

Well said, Vance.

@westsidesmitty1

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, all the greater a compliment, because John Lee ''changed chords when he wanted to''- it was rarely a ''12 bar'' structure.

Alan Wilson is one of the greatest harmonica players ever. The tone and his melodies are sublime.

@theherbpuffer

3 жыл бұрын

He's arguably the best really, in the same conversation as Sonny Boy Williamson, James Cotton, Little Walker.

@clancykobane9102

8 ай бұрын

Yessir, and his timing and taste were too.

Two really skilled blues men in John Lee Hooker an Blind Owl. Was cool to hear Hooker mention Pig Pen of the Dead. How awesome it would have been to have all three together. Blind Owl and Pig Pen both members of the “27 Club” RIP

Blind Owl "i can't lose you" Almost prophetic. Beautiful none the less!

Man, what a compliment he gave Alan. The greats knew that alan had it ,they could hear it haha

@rhllnm

6 жыл бұрын

Alan Wilson is the man. Saw him in 1968, San Antonio, Texas.

@ethanhammond7615

5 жыл бұрын

@@rhllnm he was out of this world. Ive never heard anyone like him. I wish i was alive back then, i cant even imagine how great it would have been to see alan in concert. He was one of a kind. I was born in 2000. I missed all the good music by about 30 years lol.

@ethanhammond7615

5 жыл бұрын

@@rhllnm hell yes he is the man. Out of sight, that boy was phenomenal.

@lonedrone

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's THE biggest compliment. Hooker was a legend. Alan sure had it and there was no hiding it.

27 years old died but I know he’s blowing that harp praising the Lord in that heavenly blues band.

@FlyinggMushroom

Жыл бұрын

No sir, I believe he was of the devil

@Larry-jg5wf

Жыл бұрын

​@@FlyinggMushroomwow you must be really fucked in the head no he wasn't dumbass people like you should just mind your own business

@Robert-tj3qq

3 ай бұрын

WTF ☝️☝️☝️

@formansbasement2311

Ай бұрын

@@FlyinggMushroomflying mushroom why don’t you piss off 😂 you didn’t know Alan or anything about him

That is the greatest piece of harmonica playing I've ever heard.

@ethanhammond7615

6 жыл бұрын

I know dude alan was from another planet. How about at 2:48 when john stops singing , he lets alan gooooo i tell ya.

@evansgate

3 жыл бұрын

Yep his tone is unreal

Freaking Blind Owl was one of a kind. RIP

Allen Wilson is the best harmonica player ever he died to young imagine if he was still alive and playing he's legendary forever

TEARS TO MY EYES AND THATS NO LIE

No one can come close to this version. Perfection.

Best harmonica player ever was. Love him.

Thank you for this post. I saw this performed at Carnegie Hall, NYC. Greatest concert ever. This song prompted one of the most extended standing ovations I'd ever seen. Mr. Hooker reacted by getting off his chair and bow with Al Wilson...it was a magic moment when the music inspires the listeners.

@arbenvelovic6924

5 жыл бұрын

Alan Wilson passed away a year before the Carnegie Hall concert...

@michaelhilt5907

4 жыл бұрын

Bearwolf Ex you are one lucky man. What a great memory to cherish!

one of the greatest blues alblum you will ever hear

Oh, to be a fly on the wall during those sessions. A legendary bluesman and the best white blues band on the planet.

Hooker n Heat - best blues album ever recorded, in my opinion.

Two of the best Blind Owl and John Lee Hooker...

This is awesome. I've listened to this song a lot, but I never heard the banter before it. Great to hear Hooker mention Pig Pen from the Dead

@rockers7889

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I was happy to hear him mention pp

OMG this is the real deal. Two incredible geniuses one old one young connecting on a level only people at their level could!

It is pretty easy to hear Alan Wilson's harmonica playing, and hear how he started as a kid on Trombone. If you hear a really good Bone player, you can hear the same technique draw, and harmonics, along with vibrato!! Wilson was such a unique Harmonica player, and so different, from anyone before him or after him. A Genius

This is a good one. Glad I hunted around today. That harp sound is perfect. And Mr. Hooker is on it.

I almost can't stand how GOOOD this is.... love you always Al baby

Thank you 🙏 for this edit of burnin’ hell.

THE Great Alan Wilson!

i dig this kid's harmonica, ya know?

“I don’t know how he folla me, but he do”. I got chills when he said that.

It makes me smile too, at the same time my heart is breaking for what came next. Thanks so much for uploading this.

0:35 one of the greatest compliments in history

Hooker ‘n Heat I bought one half of the two record vinyl set sometime back in the 80’s. Like most great albums it was well worn with love.

Mesmerizing. Saw Canned Heat a few times when they came to to Cleveland, to play at a little club called La Cave. Always left buzzing.

Alan, those sounds; John Lee, those voicings. I'm crying over you two.

I asked Jason Ricci (harmonica genius) about playing harp with hill country style blues. He said to listen to Al. Wilson.

This is the greatest song I've ever heard, and I heard them do this in Carnegie Hall...front row.

His picture on the wall there.... RIP Blind Owl!

No one before or since can lay down the fury and anguish on the harp line Blind Owl...damn shame he isnt here today to understand the impact hes had on many people lives

As good as it gets!

I did not know who who Alan Wilson or Canned Heat was until this year. I was born in 1973. He's amazing. I'm guessing if I was a "hippie" back them Canned Heat would've been my favorite band. My current three favorite performers in no particular order. Jimi Hendrix Kurt Cobain and Alan Wilson.

Couldn't ask for more.

Alan Wilson is one of the best harmonica players that ever lived.I've been playing for 50 years and he and Little Walter were the most musical talented players ever.Tone,,they knew when to play,how to present it,they were melodic,I could go on.Listen to the solo Alan does in Boogie Chillin off this album.Probably the best harmonica solo of all time.Shout out to Paul Butterfield,but Alan and Walter were the sound

@cheveroletllnova2672

4 жыл бұрын

Can't forget Thee Big Walter Horton!

@tonym994

4 жыл бұрын

@@cheveroletllnova2672 ol' Shaky .he plays on Johnny Winter's debut record.

@stonehand49

4 жыл бұрын

JOE BLOW ..yes awesome harmonica. Check my friend Mark Fords harmonica.....Robben Ford's brother.

Excelente blues Alan 👍 Saludos a toda la banda bluesman Buenas rola

No one can duplicate that harp playing...that is unbelievable..

Alan's over drive harmonica gives this beautifully sparse production a slightly psychedelic atmosphere.

@jimfranks6559

2 жыл бұрын

First heard this on mushrooms, I was transformed, later got to know John Lee, what a presence he had

Two blues, Greats, in their lane. RIP & Love

Godbless people america Thank you for this blues unique From south France Véronique

This was the earliest, true blues record that I can remember. I had heard others before, but never as stripped down as John Lee here. I certainly hadn't heard anything pre-war, and this album was the jumping off point. By the time they moved from Burning Hell to Whiskey and Women, anything became possible.

Alan Wilson unique tone with harmonica in the Blues 🎸

Great Vid, thanks. Wilson had no boundaries, no preconceived restrictions, ... just pure convictions.

@benjoseph8387

7 жыл бұрын

Convictions? About what? Blues killed that poor boy is my serious bet...bad for such a sensitive soul to obsess on emotions.

@ethanhammond7615

6 жыл бұрын

Ben Joseph are you saying that i shouldnt play blues myself? I know people say that tge blues can ruin someone. Im 17 so tell me should i or not

HOOKER IS PERSON WITH DEFINITIONS " when a music met a right musician"

The duo is playing in the porch somewhere...and we are missing it!

no mistaking blind owl wilson fabulous

Best album in history.

Mr Wilson, left too soon. RIP, sir.

Back in those days, I can’t remember anyone having that fat, fuzzy, Walter type sound . What more he could have given, he could play in any decade, Alan Wilson blind owl

this whole album is a high watermark of awesome blues harmonica

Just a couple of greats gittin down!

His mouth and soul fits around the harp

And that's how its done.

just awesome!!!

Great music!

Im a Harp player myself , always loved Alan's playing, at one time I was invited by Muddy Waters to sit in and play at Margaritas Cantina in Santa Cruz CA .

@Springervillian

6 жыл бұрын

J Jukeboy what key is that harp

@ethanhammond7615

6 жыл бұрын

Springervillian good question

@Nonconformistwilderbeastman

6 жыл бұрын

J Jukeboy oh yeah Al's harmonica has lots of emotion and John's voice has lots of it to go along together it's downright amazing. Love it here right on the Mississippi River not far from the cross roads of 49 and 61 have a very blessed day

@camilo1455

3 жыл бұрын

@@Springervillian A, but sometimes he would re-tune 1 or 2 reeds.

I love this record...

Oh shit! John Lee Hooker & Blind Owl?!? Amazing!

À l'harmonica mais aussi à la guitare ou au piano personne ne peut et ne pourra jouer comme alan car il est le blues-boogie personnifié,

Still miss that guys every day.

@deadheadstolla

9 жыл бұрын

Kan me goed voorstellen. Alhoewel muziek keuzes altijd persoonlijk zijn, vind ik de muziek uit de jaren 60 en begin 70 het beste. Zoals van Grateful Dead, Steppenwolf, Jimi Hendrix, canned head, LedZeppelin, ten years after, the Who etc. Enjoy.

Two special artists

Absolute magic.

This song is F'n fantastic. But the ending leaves one wanting more.

@greybird33

5 жыл бұрын

And that may be one of the reasons this tune is so very good . . .

God bless Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson but the greatest harp player ever was the Blind Owl Alan Wilson

I love it ...............

Blind Owl ripped ass on the harmonica! Rite up there with the best blues harmonica players, ever! And he was a wite guy!

@mrhenning27

4 жыл бұрын

Color doesn't matter bud

If you know about Alan Wilson, that’s very cool. If not, start listening and learning.

Blind Owl was also an excellent guitarist!

Not only harmonica, hi was able to left his soul in his Les Paul

Ain’t no heaven… ain’t no burnin hell …AMEN.

I just love how there's an ad after every video you play....

alan wilson un guitarrista de la ostia un fuera de serie

its cool that they talk about pigpen a little bit

Ol'timey !!! Dig it !

John Lee never jammed with the cats before, but this what they recorded, taking no more than two or three takes.

funny thing john lee tested him in a bunch of songs, and alan played right along side him

Wow

Good ol John Lee. Makes up the songs as he goes and everyone thinks it's great! Hahahaha

It is damn the best when Heat and Hooker are together Robert Boggs

Diego Romero did not even know who Texas Slim was. But we made some blues together

The shortlived changin of the guard

his harmonica, guitar, and voice had the same plantiff sound

Damn they sound like an orchestra

"Later for the garbage". Chi Town lingo, to be sure.

wow!!! blind owl!!!

Who filmed this, whos the camera man? There gotta be a lot of rare materials out there of canned heat (alan Wilsons) playing!

@XX-fj2ky

6 жыл бұрын

tehpwn3dlife Not at all sure it’s from the LP sessions. The Sunflower was on lead guitar not Harvey Mandel (who’s on this video behind Alan). Alan died on Sept. 3rd 1970 before the album was released. RIP sweet Blind Owl!

Dont worry about that money, it will come rolling in!

Dis gun b gud

That is how you play distorted harp people.

The BEST Harmonica player is an always be is James Cotton this guy is second very good at the harmonic. James is the main sound of the band. Other harp players are highlighters of the music or back up.

🥹

Testament

le gospel des athées

Yes no heaven no hell nobody knows

Отчего сова так рано он умер . Молодой еще

@ramongomez4801

Жыл бұрын

Deprecion