Alan Wilson: Woodstock, the Environment, & the California Redwoods

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Күн бұрын

Alan Wilson was a gifted musician, and rock legend of the late 1960's, having played at both the Monterey Pop Festival and Woodstock with his band Canned Heat. He sang their 2 biggest hits of the decade, "On the Road Again," and "Going up the Country," which became the "unofficial Woodstock anthem." Wilson is remembered as a pioneer of blues-rock during its crucial development period of the 1960s.
Wilson was also a compassionate environmentalist and loved all trees and plants. He was highly dedicated to saving and protecting the redwoods of California, and in 1970 founded a conservation fund Music Mountain.
You can help protect the redwoods by donating in memory of Alan to Save the Redwoods League here: secure.savetheredwoods.org/a/...

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@bobyoung1698 19 күн бұрын

Music and Nature have long been quiet soul mates. Thank you, Blind Owl, for bringing them even closer together.

@smesui1799 24 күн бұрын

WOODSTOCK, SAN FRANCISCO, and the movement !

@jimschleich8753 Жыл бұрын

Alan was an incredible talent and a great human being. Rest In Peace.

@nickhare1720 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this wonderful tribute. Alan was a gift.

@gerrylavelle8433 Жыл бұрын

Back in the day in the late 60's when I was in high school me and my friends climbed through a window at a concert venue -- The Blue Law -- in Torrance California to try and sneak into a concert. I was an athlete so I boosted my friends up to the window so they could climb in. Then I jumped up and pulled myself up and through the window. When I dropped down on the other side I turned around and there were my friends standing with some guys whom I immediately recognized as the Canned Heat band. We'd snuck into their prep room at the venue. The band was super cool and casual and they even smoked some doobies with us. Then they opened a door and let us out into the concert area.

@KayEl58 Жыл бұрын

Great story. It sounds quite typical of them.

@gerrylavelle8433 Жыл бұрын

@@KayEl58 They thought it was a trip that high school surfer dudes were sneaking into a concert to experience Canned Heat -- and we just happened to drop in from a high window into their prep room.

@zachham1949 3 ай бұрын

After a quick search, concert history for the 'Heat indeed shows them playing at The Blue Law in Torrance, CA. on December 15, 16, and 17, 1967. Sound correct? Two other bands apparently played (a band named The Hook and another band named Love) on all 3 dates. Do you know what I'd give to be able to relive your experience from that night? What an amazing and pivotal time and place in history you found yourself in after jumping in that window....! (You do realize this, don't you?) Any other details you can remember?

@alukuhito 6 күн бұрын

I would freak out if I saw Blind Owl.

@JayDaNoob 11 ай бұрын

That’s my Uncle :D (My grandma is Janye Wilson who is the sister of Alan Wilson)

@dancingtrout6719 Ай бұрын

The Blind Owl had Hidden Sight ,, Conserve the world

@m-l7127 24 күн бұрын

Thank you for this,

@Thekokomoslim Жыл бұрын

He will never be forgotten!! RIP

@leebowens2631 2 ай бұрын

The Blind Owl truly understood the Blues .

@frankiedunham6678 Ай бұрын

Good job

@nanreynolds9351 8 ай бұрын

Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson,......... Known and christened so by his vision problems, as well as his roots in the blues. When you think of the customary words of wisdom, you cannot help but be reminded of the teaching that reminds us that some people need not use their eyes to see, their vision comes from their spirit. Alan was one of those lucky enough to see the truth and beauty of life and the wonder in what it offered. Musically and spiritually gifted, yet often misunderstood. A true scholar of earth and the concept of what mother earth gave us and the ability to express his feelings through his music. Listen to his music and you will hear his soul, shared by all that care to hear. Shooting stars shine brilliantly, but only for a brief moment,........... Then they are gone. May the light of his vision shine on forever.

@jonprosise7162 Ай бұрын

That’s the blues

@tokk3n-hj4xg 8 ай бұрын

Alan was an underated guitarist, he had an amazing tone when he played.

@steve-r-collier Жыл бұрын

excellent ,thank you

@theyrekrnations8990 8 ай бұрын

Alan was a blues purest. Never knew he was into the nature thing

@lindahandley5267 10 ай бұрын

Oh wow. I wasn't expecting him to have died so young. I'll never look at a tree the same again. Alan certainly had a purpose on this earth. RIP sweet young man.🌲

@WarKid-ut8mx Жыл бұрын

Canned Heat one of the best bands ever. Often never given enough credit. Rest in peace Alan. One of the forgotten members of the 27 club.

@msoiseth3419 4 ай бұрын

He was indeed one of the forgotten members of the 27 club. He was an interesting character in music history.

@kmg3733 Жыл бұрын

This is a wonderful video with everything fitting together perfectly! His environmental efforts are as important as his music. He was really a genius on so many levels.

@gnosticash9604 Ай бұрын

True autist genius will again be valued. His insight was brilliant and globalists cannot allow it.

@user-se5nj8fz9u 4 ай бұрын

Although I loved Canned Heat as a teenager I never knew what happened to Alan Wilson. So sad to just have found out how he died. RIP Alan and thank you for the music that I will always listen to. What a genious you were. Nancy T

@eric7922 4 ай бұрын

Love the man, love his mind...trying to live his dream. Content, but so angry we cashed in the peace symbol for the Mercedes symbol. Blind, out of control consumerism, Mother Earth, what have we done? ☮

@perrysar5954 Жыл бұрын

Those black and white photos of smiling men amongst the slaughtered Redwoods is PAINFUL TO LOOK AT...YOUR SPIRIT LIVES WITH THE REDWOODS AL...PEACE AND LIVE!

@spoookytooth 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@joycejnn Жыл бұрын

Great video

@scottmcintosh2988 8 ай бұрын

Canned Heat one of the best blues rock bands ever Hooker in Heat With John Lee Hooker !!! Double album the Blind Owl on harp !!!

@CitizenBeep 3 ай бұрын

If you really loved Alan's music you wouldn't talk over it.

@LivingmusicRomania 3 ай бұрын

GOD BLESS ALAN WILSON, !GOD BLESS OUR PLANET!I LOVE YOU ALAN, ,I LOVE MOTHER NATURE MORE THAN EVERYTHING! GEORGE ROMANIA

@richardarmstrong2788 Жыл бұрын

Good video!

@msoiseth3419 4 ай бұрын

The biography of Alan called "Blind Owl Blues" by Rebecca Davis is a good read. Alan was an interesting person.

@mimivege3245 Жыл бұрын

❤

@anthonyfoutch3152 Жыл бұрын

Canned Heat played the USAF base I was stationed at in 1973. Sadly Alan has died earlier. We also got Dobie Grey but it was at the airmans club which was a big soul club and white males weren't welcome. Alan was depressed because girls weren't attracted to him but living in the woods he seldom bathed plus he was very shy.

@kmg3733 Жыл бұрын

He did have some girlfriends. Also, friends of his say girls were attracted to him but he was somewhat shy. Also don’t think he liked the road lifestyle. I think he would have eventually met someone. According to some his depression the months before he died was with the band.

@anthonyfoutch3152 Жыл бұрын

@@kmg3733 At Eglin AFB they got a flatbed trailer for a stage. I was working security. The Bear kept jumping up and down and I swear he was so big he was bending the stage. I was afraid he was going through.

@marybeasley8219 Жыл бұрын

A friend, sibling of a band member, told me that Alan was deeply depressed about the future. According to this friend, Alan didn't overdose on drugs. He chose to kill himself. He couldn't bear to witness the destruction of the world of nature he loved.

@kmg3733 Жыл бұрын

The report said accidental od. From what I’ve read he was depressed about the environment but also the band. But there’s no evidence that it was a suicide. There are a lot of contradictions in what’s out there about him.

@edmundedmondedmontonedmunb7071 Жыл бұрын

The drummer should donate a lot! He has been using Alan’s music for 40 years or more.

@rockville34 Жыл бұрын

He has carried the band since Day One and still is. Read his book about the band.

@edmundedmondedmontonedmunb7071 Жыл бұрын

That’s bullshit as Fito has said, in his own words, his book is a bunch of lies. The book shows what or how Fito gives a shit about the Woodstock spirit, he was there for the money and the girls. He didn’t care about Alan, just that he wrote and made hits, and money for the band. Really don’t believe what the fake book says.

@randyjimmiejamesbowles Жыл бұрын

He has kept alive, and has kept Canned Heat alive. Something no one else was able to do. He's in his late 70s, and is literally giving his life for Canned Heat and for music. Find someone else to pick on.

@randyjimmiejamesbowles Жыл бұрын

Where's ya face, you big brave robot Anyone or anything can hide behind and avatar and lob insults.

@edmundedmondedmontonedmunb7071 Жыл бұрын

You better pick other asshole, you really don’t know this Demond. The only genius was Alan nit this “user” …keep alive hohohoho

@francoisvillon371 Жыл бұрын

You forgot: ''Let's Work Together 1970''

@theyrekrnations8990 8 ай бұрын

Harmonica guy sang it

@irvingr.fatback886 Ай бұрын

@@theyrekrnations8990bob hite

@killapilla6343 Жыл бұрын

💎

4 ай бұрын

we lost him too soon

@jillsmcfarland2001 5 ай бұрын

Pretty owl sitting in the great tall redwoods

@veronique8748 8 ай бұрын

Pendant qu il chantait moi, je plantais des pins résineux !!!! J avais 16 ans !!!

@FlintyCobblestone 7 ай бұрын

Alan Wilson was the preeminant musical genius of the 20th century.

@robertkreiling1746 10 ай бұрын

The planet is just fine but we are screwed !

@Diggerdog2nd Жыл бұрын

Yet another member of the 27 club.

@Mourinho335 Ай бұрын

Alan aNd Pete Ham (BADFINGER) another forgotten 27 club member

@robertclifton2986 17 күн бұрын

OUR GENERATION GREW UP WAR WEARY HIPPIES THAT SAW RICH MEN PROFIT OFF BOTH SIDES OF THE WAR! OUR DEAD LOVED ONES MADE US HATE WARS , OF ANY KIND. I REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE IN VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND. LOVE IS THE ANSWER!!! NOT HATE AND WAR!