Al Blind Owl Wilson

Al blind owl wilson.
Al blind owl wilson. As the band s primary musical arranger he drew upon his scholarly knowledge of blues roots music to create the mu. In 1964 the 20 year old musician had tracked down forgotten blues pioneer son house and at the request of producer john hammond sr taught the old man how to play like son house again. September 1970 in topanga kalifornien war ein us amerikanischer sänger mundharmonikaspieler gitarrist und komponist der vor allem als gründungsmitglied der band canned heat bekannt war. It was fahey who christened wilson blind owl due to his chronic myopia and academic leanings.
David hoffman 13 954 624 views. In later years it became alan s blues moniker with canned heat. Interview with al blind owl wilson of canned heat fame. 50 videos play all mix blind owl wilson sloppy drunk youtube bb king called this his best live performance duration.
Blind owl blues the book. As a student of the blues he was a respected researcher who was part of a team that re discovered several forgotten blues players. As an instrumentalist singer and lyricist he was a cornerstone of the band. Al wilson played harp and guitar for the great white american blues band canned heat from it s formation in 1965 to his untimely death in 1970.
Alan christie wilson july 4 1943 september 3 1970 was an american musician best known as the co founder leader and primary composer of the blues band canned heat he sang and played harmonica and guitar with the group live and on recordings. On the road again and going up the country. Eventually because of alan s roundish facial features combined with his scholarly nature the name became blind owl. Even better i was quite young then actually met alan in june or july.
This website is lovingly dedicated to alan christie wilson s desire to share his love of music and nature. Wilson was just as fervent about the blues as bob hite. Wilson was the lead singer for the group s two biggest u s. Juli 1943 in boston massachusetts.
Wilson wuchs in seiner heimatstadt boston auf studierte an der boston university musik und schloss dies. Because of his poor vision fahey began calling him blind al in the style of old time blind musicians such as blind lemon jefferson blind willie johnson blind blake and so on.