Canned Heat on the Road Again
| "On the Road Again" | ||||
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| Single by Canned Heat | ||||
| from the album Boogie with Canned Heat | ||||
| B-side | "Boogie Music" | |||
| Released | April 24, 1968 (1968-04-24) | |||
| Recorded | September 6, 1967 | |||
| Studio | Liberty, Los Angeles | |||
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| Label | Liberty | |||
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| Producer(south) | Cal Carter | |||
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| "On The Route Over again" (Remastered 2005) on YouTube | ||||
"On the Road Again" is a song recorded by the American blues-rock group Canned Rut in 1967. A driving dejection-rock boogie,[2] it was adapted from before blues songs and includes mid-1960s psychedelic rock elements. Unlike nearly of Canned Heat's songs from the period which were sung by Bob Hite, 2nd guitarist and harmonica player Alan Wilson provides the distinctive falsetto vocal. "On the Route Again" first appeared on their 2d album, Boogie with Canned Heat, in January 1968; when an edited version was released as a single in Apr 1968, "On the Road Again" became Canned Heat'southward first record chart hit and ane of their all-time-known songs.
Earlier songs [edit]
With his record company's encouragement, Chicago blues musician Floyd Jones recorded a vocal titled "On the Road Once more" in 1953.[three] It was a remake of his successful 1951 song "Dark Route".[4] Both songs are based on Mississippi Delta bluesman Tommy Johnson'south 1928 song "Large Road Blues"[v] (Canned Heat took their name from Johnson'due south 1928 vocal "Canned Heat Blues"[6]). Johnson'southward lyrics include: "Well I ain't goin' down that big route by myself ... If I don't carry you gonna deport somebody else". Jones "reshaped Tommy Johnson's verses into an eerie evocation of the Delta".[seven] In "Nighttime Road" he added:
Whoaa well my mother died and left me
Ohh when I was quite young, when I was quite young ...
Said Lord have mercy ooo, on my wicked son
And in "On the Road Once again" he added
Whoaa I had to travel, whoaa in the rain and snow in the rain and snowfall
My baby had quit me ooo (2×)
Take no place to get
Both songs share a "hypnotic one-chord drone piece"-system that one-time Floyd Jones musical partner Howlin' Wolf used for his songs "Crying at Daybreak" and the related "Smokestack Lightning".[7] [8]
Recording and composition [edit]
"On the Road Again" was amid the beginning songs Canned Heat recorded as demos in April 1967 at the RCA Studios in Chicago[ix] with original drummer Frank Cook. At over 7 minutes in length, it has the basic elements of the later album version, but is ii minutes longer with more harmonica and guitar soloing.[b]
During the recording for their 2d album, Canned Heat recorded "On the Road Once more" with new drummer Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra. The session took place September half-dozen, 1967, at the Liberty Records studio in Los Angeles. Alan Wilson used verses from Floyd Jones' "On the Route Again" and "Dark Road" and added some lines of his own:
Well I'm then tired of cryin' but I'm out on the road again, I'm on the route again (2×)
I ain't got no woman just to call my special friend
For the instrumental accessory, Canned Rut uses a "basic E/Thousand/A blues chord pattern"[10] or "one-chord boogie riff" adapted from John Lee Hooker's 1949 striking "Boogie Chillen'".[eleven] Expanding on Jones' hypnotic drone, Wilson used an Eastern string musical instrument chosen a tambura to give the song a psychedelic ambience. Although Bob Hite was the grouping's master vocalist, "On the Road" features Wilson as the singer, "utilizing his best Skip James-inspired falsetto vocal".[10] [c] Wilson also provides the harmonica parts.[d]
The basic riff is used again past Canned Heat on "Fried Hockey Boogie", an 11-minute boogie by Larry Taylor which showcases the band's musicality with a series of virtuoso solo performances past members.
Personnel [edit]
- Alan Wilson – vocal, harmonica, electric guitar, tambura
- Henry Vestine – electrical guitar
- Larry Taylor – bass guitar
- Adolfo de la Parra – drums
Releases and charts [edit]
"On the Road Again" is included on Canned Heat's second album, Boogie with Canned Heat, released January 21, 1968, by Liberty Records. After receiving strong response from airplay on American "underground" FM radio, Liberty issued the song as a single on April 24, 1968.[xiii] To brand the song more Tiptop-40 AM radio-friendly, Liberty edited it from the original length of 4:55 to a 3:33 unmarried version. It became Canned Heat'southward first unmarried to appear in the record charts.[ten] [e]
| Chart (1968–1969) | Summit position |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth of australia Become-Set Top forty[15] | 9 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[xvi] | 5 |
| Canada RPM Peak Singles[17] | viii |
| France (SNEP)[18] | 7 |
| Ireland (Irish gaelic Singles Chart)[19] | 14 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Peak 40)[20] | 5 |
| Netherlands (Single Elevation 100)[21] | 3 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] | three |
| U.K. (Official Singles Nautical chart)[23] | eight |
| U.S. (Billboard Hot 100)[24] | 16 |
| Due west Frg (Official German Charts)[25] | xiii |
On the singles, Floyd Jones and Alan Wilson are listed as the composers, while the album credits Jim Oden/James Burke Oden (also known as St. Louis Jimmy Oden).[f] "On the Road Once more" appears on several Canned Oestrus compilation albums, including Let's Work Together: The All-time of Canned Heat (1989) and Uncanned! The Best of Canned Rut (1994). Besides, it is featured on the soundtrack to Wim Wenders 1974 picture show Alice in the Cities.
Influence [edit]
Although songs inspired by John Lee Hooker's "Detroit-era boogie"[2] had been recorded over the years by a diverseness of blues musicians, Canned Heat's "On the Road Again" popularized the guitar-boogie or E/G/A riff in the rock world.[8] As a consequence, "information technology's been a standard rock and roll design ever since".[8] Canned Heat used information technology frequently as the starting bespeak for several of their extended jam songs, including the 40 minute live opus "Refried Boogie (Part I & Ii)" from their tardily 1968 Living the Blues album. When Hooker recorded an updated version of "Boogie Chillen'", titled "Boogie Chillen No. 2", with the group in 1970 for Hooker 'n Heat, it had come total circle.[26]
Notes [edit]
Footnotes
- ^ a b "On the Road Over again, Canned Rut: This song... is psychedelic blues-rock that benefits from studio overdubbing applied science."[1]
- ^ Bob Hite prefaces the recording with "OK ... light and greasy, don't permit it go down".[9]
- ^ 1 author described Wilson's vocal mode as "reminiscent of Skip James at his near ectoplasmic".[12]
- ^ Wilson'southward harmonica solo has a note that is not playable without an overblow; he re-tuned his harmonica'southward six hole up a half step.
- ^ Canned Estrus'southward kickoff unmarried, "Rollin' and Tumblin'", appeared in Billboard's Bubbles Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number 115 in July 1967.[14]
- ^ St. Louis Jimmy Oden was a role-possessor of J.O.B. Records, the label that issued Floyd Jones' singles.
Citations
- ^ Evans 2005, p. 180.
- ^ a b Gioia 2008, pp. 262–263.
- ^ J.O.B. Records 1013
- ^ J.O.B. 1001
- ^ Victor Records 21409
- ^ Koda 1996, p. 142.
- ^ a b Rowe 1991, p. two.
- ^ a b c Palmer 1981, p. 231.
- ^ a b Russo 1994, p. 5.
- ^ a b c Greenwald, Matthew. "Canned Heat: On the Road Again – Song review". AllMusic . Retrieved Nov 20, 2013.
- ^ Palmer 1981, p. 244.
- ^ Murray 2002, p. 382.
- ^ Russo 1994, p. 9.
- ^ Russo 1994, p. 21.
- ^ "On the Road Over again in Australian Chart". Poparchives.com.au. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "Canned Heat – On the Road Again" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- ^ "On the route again in Canadian Tiptop Singles Chart". Library and Athenaeum Canada. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "On the road once more in French Chart" (in French). Dominic DURAND / InfoDisc. July 17, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013. You accept to use the index at the peak of the page and search "Canned Heat"
- ^ "On the road again in Irish Nautical chart". IRMA. Retrieved July 17, 2013. 2nd result when searching "On the Road Again"
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Canned Heat" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
- ^ "Canned Heat – On the Route Again" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ^ "Canned Heat – On the Road Over again". Swiss Singles Chart.
- ^ "Canned Heat – Singles". Official Charts . Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ Russo 1994, p. 22.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Canned Heat – On The Road Over again". GfK Amusement charts. Retrieved February 18, 2019. To see peak chart position, click "TITEL VON Canned Heat"
- ^ Murray 2002, p. 395.
References
- Evans, David (2005). The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Blues. Penguin. ISBN978-0-399-53072-2.
- Gioia, Ted (2008). Delta Blues. W. Due west. Norton. ISBN978-0-393-33750-1.
- Koda, Cub (1996). Erlewine, Michael (ed.). All Music Guide to the Blues. Miller Freeman Books. ISBN0-87930-424-three.
- Murray, Charles Shaar (2002). Boogie Human being: The Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth Century. Macmillan. ISBN978-0-312-27006-3.
- Palmer, Robert (1981). Deep Dejection. Penguin Books. ISBN0-fourteen-006223-8.
- Rowe, Mike (1991). Blues Is Killing Me (Album notes). Various artists. Paula Records. PCD-19.
- Russo, Greg (1994). Uncanned! The Best of Canned Estrus (CD compilation booklet). Canned Rut. EMI/Freedom. 7243 8 29165 2 9.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Road_Again_(Canned_Heat_song)
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