Bob Hite Canned Heat

Bob Hite Canned Heat. Bob Hite of Canned Heat performs on stage in 1973 in Amsterdam,... News Photo Getty Images Canned Heat frontman Bob Hite overdosed on April 5, 1981 during a show at the Palomino Club in North Hollywood. Hite took the name "Canned Heat" from a 1928 recording by Tommy Johnson.

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In 1965, Hite formed a band with Wilson and Vestine Canned Heat's stunning Summer-Of-Love Debut shortly after the Monterey Pop Festival 1967

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Canned Heat is an American blues rock band that was formed in Los Angeles in 1965 This trio formed the core of Canned Heat.They were eventually joined by Larry Taylor (bass) and Frank Cook (drums) Canned Heat rose to fame because their knowledge and love of blues music was both wide and deep

Bob "the Bear" Hite Canned Heat Blues rock, Woodstock performers, Roots music. Hite took the name "Canned Heat" from a 1928 recording by Tommy Johnson. In 1965, Hite formed a band with Wilson and Vestine

Canned Heat Bob Hite 1973 Amsterdam. Robert Ernest Hite (February 26, 1943 - April 5, 1981) was the co-lead vocalist of the American blues and rock band Canned Heat, from 1965 to his death in 1981.His nickname was "The Bear" Canned Heat : Canned Heat / Liberty Records, 1967/ Mono & Stereo LP / Bob Hite On Vocals, Harmonica