Living the Blues is the third album by Canned Heat, a double album released in late 1968. It was one of the first double albums to place well on album charts. It features Canned Heat's signature song, "Going Up the Country", which would later be used in the Woodstock film. John Mayall appears on piano on "Walking by Myself" and "Bear Wires". Dr. John appears on "Boogie Music". The 20-minute trippy suite "Parthenogenesis" is dwarfed by the album-length "Refried Boogie", recorded live.

Living the Blues
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1, 1968
RecordedAugust–October 1968
StudioI.D. Sound Studios and "live" at the Kaleidoscope, Hollywood, California
Length88:03
LabelLiberty
ProducerSkip Taylor
Canned Heat chronology
Boogie with Canned Heat
(1968)
Living the Blues
(1968)
Hallelujah
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone(neutral)[citation needed]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[2]

Track listing

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Side one
  1. "Pony Blues" (Charlie Patton) – 3:48
  2. "My Mistake" (Alan Wilson) – 3:22
  3. "Sandy's Blues" (Bob Hite) – 6:46
  4. "Going Up the Country" (Alan Wilson; Henry Thomas) – 2:50
  5. "Walking by Myself" (Jimmy Rogers) – 2:29
  6. "Boogie Music" (L.T. Tatman III) – 3:00
  • "Tell Me Man Blues" (1929 recording by Henry Sims) – 0:15
Side two
  1. "One Kind Favor" (Lemon Jefferson) – 4:44
  2. "Parthenogenesis" (Canned Heat) – 19:57
  • I Nebulosity
  • II Rollin' and Tumblin'
  • III Five Owls
  • IV Bear Wires
  • V Snooky Flowers
  • VI Sunflower Power (RMS Is Truth)
  • VII Raga Kafi
  • VIII Icebag
  • IX Childhood's End
Side three
  1. "Refried Boogie (Part I)" (Canned Heat) (Recorded Live) – 20:10
Side four
  1. "Refried Boogie (Part II)" (Canned Heat) (Recorded Live) – 20:50

Personnel

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Canned Heat
Additional Personnel
Production
  • Rich Moore – engineer
  • Ivan Fisher – assistant engineer
  • Skip Taylor – producer
  • Canned Heat – producer

References

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  1. ^ Planer, Lindsay. Living the Blues at AllMusic
  2. ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.