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Living the Blues
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Living the Blues is Canned Heat's third album, a double album released in late 1968. It was one of the first double albums to sell well: the record reached number 18 on the Billboard chart and stayed for seventeen weeks. The first side contains Going Up the Country, the group's best-known song, which was later used in the Woodstock film. Guests included John Mayall on piano and Dr. John on Boogie Music.
The rest of the album is long and experimental. Parthenogenesis is a psychedelic suite of almost twenty minutes, in nine parts. Refried Boogie, recorded live, takes up two whole sides and lasts longer than the suite. Here it becomes clear that the band was at home both in short blues songs and in long jams. The producers were Skip Taylor and the band themselves.
Listening
Track list
- 1Pony Blues3:48Apple Music ↗
- 2My Mistake3:22Apple Music ↗
- 3Sandy's Blues6:45Apple Music ↗
- 4Goin' Up the Country2:50Apple Music ↗
- 5Walking By Myself2:29Apple Music ↗
- 6Boogie Music3:20Apple Music ↗
- 7One Kind Favor4:44Apple Music ↗
- 8Parthenogeneis19:53Apple Music ↗
- 9Refried Boogie, Pt. 120:03Apple Music ↗
- 10Refried Boogie, Pt. 220:00Apple Music ↗
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