Noted for its efforts to promote interest in blues music and its original artists, Canned Heat was launched by two blues enthusiasts Alan Wilson and Bob Hite, who took the name from Tommy Johnson's 1928 "Canned Heat Blues", a song about an alcoholic who had desperately turned to drinking Sterno, generically called "canned heat".
Canned Heat - Going Up The Country
Come see Lost Riders play the blues. Listen to some Blues we wrote here, or stream on your favorite service. We have hats, shirts, and more in the Lost Riders Store, and more Influences, Inspirations, and Favorites every Tuesday and Thursday!