Canned Heat – The Ties That Bind

Boogie-woogie blues rockers Canned Heat serve up a gyrating platter of previously-unleashed material, all recorded during three separate studio sessions. The album’s final three cuts (“Reefer Blues”, “You Tease Me” and “Something’s Gotta Go”) are the final recorded output from Heat founder/guitarist Alan Wilson, who committed suicide a few weeks after these studio sessions were made.

The album kicks off with the good-time party ambience of “Saturday Night Fish Fry”. Track four, “Drunk”, is a reeling ‘n’ rocking slab of slide guitar magic. Then there’s the rhythm and blues grinder, “Harry’s Open Pit and Bar B Que”.

Canned Heat - The Ties That Bind

Label: Archive Recordings – ACH 80002

Format: CD, Album

Country: US

Released: 1997

Genre : Blues

Style: Boogie Rock

Track List:

1 Saturday Night Fish Fry 2:54

2 50.000 Boogies 4:22

3 I Hear You Knocking 2:20

4 Drunk 3:56

5 One Thing 2:23

6 Harry’s Open Pit And Bar B Que 2:18

7 I Idolize You 5:59

8 The Beggar 3:29

9 Choking To Death 3:34

10 Sad Ol’ Mountain Sorrow 4:54

11 Boogie & Blues 2:49

12 Reefer Blues 1:52

13 You Tease Me 4:53

14 Something’s Gotta Go 5:57

Recorded At – Criteria Recording Studios

Recorded At – Dirk Dalton Studios

Mastered At – Oasis Mastering

Bass – Richard Hite (tracks: 11), Tony de la Barreda (tracks: 12 to 14)

Drums, Congas, Producer – Fito de la Parra (tracks: 1 to 14)

Executive Producer – Barry Ehrmann

Guitar – Chris Morgan (6) (tracks: 11), Harvey Mandel (tracks: 11), Henry Vestine (tracks: 1 to 10)

Guitar, Harmonica – Al Wilson (2) (tracks: 12 to 14)

Guitar, Vocals – James Shane (tracks: 1 to 10)

Keyboards – Ed Beyer (tracks: 1 to 10)

Mastered By – Eddy Schreyer, Gene Grimaldi

Producer – Tom Dowd

Vocals – Bob Hite (tracks: 1 to 14)