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Today in counterculture history (09/03) 1
#22181753 - 09/03/15 05:42 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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- 1970: Alan Wilson of Canned Heat dies, becoming a member of the "27 club"
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Alan Christie Wilson (July 4, 1943 – September 3, 1970) was a co-founder, leader, and primary composer for the American blues band Canned Heat. He played guitar, harmonica, sang, and wrote several songs for the band.
Canned Heat
With Canned Heat, Wilson performed at two prominent concerts of the 1960s era, the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and Woodstock in 1969. Although Canned Heat's live performance was cut from the original theatrical release of the Woodstock film, they were featured in the 25th anniversary "Director's Cut." The studio version of "Going Up The Country" was featured in the Woodstock film. Wilson also wrote and sang the notable "On the Road Again." In an interview with Down Beat magazine he remarked that, "... on "On The Road Again" [second LP] I appear in six different capacities – three tamboura parts, harmonica, vocal, and guitar, all recorded at different times." On the double album Hooker 'N Heat (1970), John Lee Hooker is heard wondering how Wilson is capable of following Hooker's guitar playing so well. Hooker was known to be a difficult performer to accompany, partly because of his disregard of song form. Yet Wilson seemed to have no trouble at all following him on this album. Hooker concludes that "you [Wilson] musta been listenin' to my records all your life". Hooker is also known to have stated "Wilson is the greatest harmonica player ever."
Death
On September 3, 1970, Wilson was found dead on a hillside behind band mate Bob Hite's Topanga Canyon home; he was 27 years old. An autopsy identified his manner and cause of death as accidental acute barbiturate intoxication. Wilson reportedly had attempted suicide a few months earlier, attempting to drive his car off a freeway in Los Angeles. He was briefly hospitalized for significant depression, and was released after a few weeks. Although his death is sometimes reported as a suicide, this is not clearly established and he left no note. Wilson's death came just two weeks before the death of Jimi Hendrix and four weeks before the death of Janis Joplin. Along with his talent and intellect, Wilson had a reputation for social awkwardness and introversion which may have contributed to his depression. Retrospectively, some close to Wilson believe that he may have been on the autism spectrum.
Wilson was a passionate conservationist who loved reading books on botany and ecology. He often slept outdoors to be closer to nature. In 1969, he wrote and recorded a song, "Poor Moon", which expressed concern over potential pollution of the moon. He wrote an essay called 'Grim Harvest', about the coastal redwood forests of California, which was printed as the liner notes to the Future Blues album by Canned Heat. Wilson was interested in preserving the natural world, particularly the redwood trees. When he died, so too did the Music Mountain organization he had initiated dedicated to this purpose. In order to support his dream, Wilson's family has purchased a "grove naming" in his memory through the Save the Redwoods League of California. The money donated to create this memorial will be used by the League to support redwood reforestation, research, education, and land acquisition of both new and old growth redwoods.
Stephen Stills' song "Blues Man" from the album Manassas is dedicated to Wilson, along with Jimi Hendrix and Duane Allman.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/)
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Re: Today in counterculture history (09/03) [Re: Learyfan]
#23607270 - 09/03/16 09:00 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: Today in counterculture history (09/03) [Re: Learyfan]
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Annual bump.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (09/03) [Re: Learyfan] 1
#24600428 - 09/03/17 11:41 AM (6 years, 4 months ago) |
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damn didn't know he was in club 27
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Re: Today in counterculture history (09/03) [Re: Connoisseur]
#25432660 - 09/03/18 10:23 AM (5 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yep. 
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Re: Today in counterculture history (09/03) [Re: Learyfan]
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Re: Today in counterculture history (09/03) [Re: Learyfan]
#26914921 - 09/03/20 04:09 AM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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50th anniversary of Alan Wilson's death today.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (09/03) [Re: Learyfan]
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