On the Road Again ~ Lesson Canned Heat
| "On the Road Again" | ||||
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| Single by Canned Estrus | ||||
| from the album Boogie with Canned Oestrus | ||||
| B-side | "Boogie Music" | |||
| Released | April 24, 1968 (1968-04-24) | |||
| Recorded | September 6, 1967 | |||
| Studio | Liberty, Los Angeles | |||
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| Label | Freedom | |||
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| Producer(s) | Cal Carter | |||
| Canned Heat singles chronology | ||||
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| "On The Road Over again" (Remastered 2005) on YouTube | ||||
"On the Route Once again" is a song recorded by the American dejection-rock grouping Canned Heat in 1967. A driving blues-rock boogie,[2] it was adapted from earlier blues songs and includes mid-1960s psychedelic rock elements. Unlike most of Canned Heat'southward songs from the menstruation which were sung past Bob Hite, second guitarist and harmonica histrion Alan Wilson provides the distinctive falsetto song. "On the Road Again" first appeared on their second album, Boogie with Canned Heat, in Jan 1968; when an edited version was released as a single in April 1968, "On the Road Again" became Canned Heat's offset record chart hitting and one of their best-known songs.
Earlier songs [edit]
With his record company'southward encouragement, Chicago dejection musician Floyd Jones recorded a vocal titled "On the Road Again" in 1953.[3] Information technology was a remake of his successful 1951 song "Dark Road".[4] Both songs are based on Mississippi Delta bluesman Tommy Johnson'due south 1928 song "Large Road Blues"[five] (Canned Heat took their name from Johnson's 1928 song "Canned Heat Dejection"[six]). Johnson'south lyrics include: "Well I ain't goin' down that large road by myself ... If I don't comport you lot gonna carry somebody else". Jones "reshaped Tommy Johnson's verses into an eerie evocation of the Delta".[7] In "Dark Road" he added:
Whoaa well my mother died and left me
Ohh when I was quite young, when I was quite young ...
Said Lord have mercy ooo, on my wicked son
And in "On the Road Again" he added
Whoaa I had to travel, whoaa in the rain and snow in the rain and snow
My baby had quit me ooo (two×)
Have no identify to go
Both songs share a "hypnotic one-chord drone piece"-arrangement that 1-time Floyd Jones musical partner Howlin' Wolf used for his songs "Crying at Daybreak" and the related "Smokestack Lightning".[7] [8]
Recording and composition [edit]
"On the Road Once again" was among the first songs Canned Heat recorded every bit demos in April 1967 at the RCA Studios in Chicago[ix] with original drummer Frank Cook. At over 7 minutes in length, it has the basic elements of the later on album version, but is ii minutes longer with more than harmonica and guitar soloing.[b]
During the recording for their second album, Canned Heat recorded "On the Route Again" with new drummer Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra. The session took place September six, 1967, at the Liberty Records studio in Los Angeles. Alan Wilson used verses from Floyd Jones' "On the Road Once more" and "Dark Route" and added some lines of his own:
Well I'm then tired of cryin' but I'm out on the road over again, I'm on the road over again (2×)
I ain't got no woman only to call my special friend
For the instrumental accessory, Canned Oestrus uses a "basic E/G/A blues chord design"[10] or "one-chord boogie riff" adapted from John Lee Hooker's 1949 hitting "Boogie Chillen'".[11] Expanding on Jones' hypnotic drone, Wilson used an Eastern string musical instrument called a tambura to give the vocal a psychedelic ambient. Although Bob Hite was the group'southward principal vocalist, "On the Route" features Wilson as the singer, "utilizing his best Skip James-inspired falsetto vocal".[x] [c] Wilson likewise provides the harmonica parts.[d]
The basic riff is used again by Canned Heat on "Fried Hockey Boogie", an eleven-infinitesimal boogie by Larry Taylor which showcases the band's musicality with a serial of virtuoso solo performances by members.
Personnel [edit]
- Alan Wilson – vocal, harmonica, electric guitar, tambura
- Henry Vestine – electric guitar
- Larry Taylor – bass guitar
- Adolfo de la Parra – drums
Releases and charts [edit]
"On the Road Once more" is included on Canned Heat's second album, Boogie with Canned Heat, released January 21, 1968, by Liberty Records. Subsequently receiving strong response from airplay on American "underground" FM radio, Liberty issued the song every bit a single on April 24, 1968.[xiii] To make the song more than Top-40 AM radio-friendly, Liberty edited information technology from the original length of four:55 to a 3:33 single version. It became Canned Oestrus'southward first single to appear in the record charts.[10] [e]
| Chart (1968–1969) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia Go-Ready Meridian 40[15] | 9 |
| Belgium (Ultratop l Flanders)[16] | 5 |
| Canada RPM Summit Singles[17] | 8 |
| France (SNEP)[18] | 7 |
| Ireland (Irish gaelic Singles Nautical chart)[19] | 14 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top twoscore)[20] | five |
| Netherlands (Single Tiptop 100)[21] | three |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] | 3 |
| U.K. (Official Singles Chart)[23] | eight |
| U.S. (Billboard Hot 100)[24] | sixteen |
| West Germany (Official German language Charts)[25] | 13 |
On the singles, Floyd Jones and Alan Wilson are listed as the composers, while the album credits Jim Oden/James Burke Oden (as well known every bit St. Louis Jimmy Oden).[f] "On the Road Again" appears on several Canned Heat compilation albums, including Let's Piece of work Together: The Best of Canned Heat (1989) and Uncanned! The Best of Canned Heat (1994). Also, information technology is featured on the soundtrack to Wim Wenders 1974 picture Alice in the Cities.
Influence [edit]
Although songs inspired by John Lee Hooker's "Detroit-era boogie"[2] had been recorded over the years past a variety of blues musicians, Canned Heat's "On the Road Again" popularized the guitar-boogie or E/Thousand/A riff in the rock world.[8] As a consequence, "it'due south been a standard rock and roll design ever since".[8] Canned Estrus used it frequently as the starting betoken for several of their extended jam songs, including the 40 minute live opus "Refried Boogie (Role I & II)" from their late 1968 Living the Dejection anthology. When Hooker recorded an updated version of "Boogie Chillen'", titled "Boogie Chillen No. ii", with the group in 1970 for Hooker 'n Heat, information technology had come full circle.[26]
Notes [edit]
Footnotes
- ^ a b "On the Road Once more, Canned Oestrus: This song... is psychedelic blues-rock that benefits from studio overdubbing applied science."[1]
- ^ Bob Hite prefaces the recording with "OK ... light and greasy, don't permit it get down".[9]
- ^ I author described Wilson's vocal style as "reminiscent of Skip James at his most ectoplasmic".[12]
- ^ Wilson'southward harmonica solo has a note that is not playable without an overblow; he re-tuned his harmonica'south six hole upward a half step.
- ^ Canned Heat'south outset unmarried, "Rollin' and Tumblin'", appeared in Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number 115 in July 1967.[14]
- ^ St. Louis Jimmy Oden was a part-owner of J.O.B. Records, the label that issued Floyd Jones' singles.
Citations
- ^ Evans 2005, p. 180.
- ^ a b Gioia 2008, pp. 262–263.
- ^ J.O.B. Records 1013
- ^ J.O.B. 1001
- ^ Victor Records 21409
- ^ Koda 1996, p. 142.
- ^ a b Rowe 1991, p. 2.
- ^ a b c Palmer 1981, p. 231.
- ^ a b Russo 1994, p. five.
- ^ a b c Greenwald, Matthew. "Canned Heat: On the Route Once again – Song review". AllMusic . Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ Palmer 1981, p. 244.
- ^ Murray 2002, p. 382.
- ^ Russo 1994, p. 9.
- ^ Russo 1994, p. 21.
- ^ "On the Route Again in Australian Chart". Poparchives.com.au. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "Canned Estrus – On the Road Once more" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- ^ "On the road over again in Canadian Top Singles Chart". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "On the road once again in French Chart" (in French). Dominic DURAND / InfoDisc. July 17, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013. Y'all have to use the index at the tiptop of the page and search "Canned Heat"
- ^ "On the road over again in Irish Chart". IRMA. Retrieved July 17, 2013. 2nd result when searching "On the Road Again"
- ^ "Nederlandse Top twoscore – Canned Oestrus" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
- ^ "Canned Rut – On the Route Again" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ^ "Canned Heat – On the Road Again". Swiss Singles Chart.
- ^ "Canned Rut – Singles". Official Charts . Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ Russo 1994, p. 22.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Canned Estrus – On The Road Once again". GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved Feb 18, 2019. To see meridian chart position, click "TITEL VON Canned Heat"
- ^ Murray 2002, p. 395.
References
- Evans, David (2005). The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Blues. Penguin. ISBN978-0-399-53072-ii.
- Gioia, Ted (2008). Delta Blues. Due west. W. Norton. ISBN978-0-393-33750-1.
- Koda, Cub (1996). Erlewine, Michael (ed.). All Music Guide to the Blues. Miller Freeman Books. ISBN0-87930-424-3.
- Murray, Charles Shaar (2002). Boogie Man: The Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth Century. Macmillan. ISBN978-0-312-27006-3.
- Palmer, Robert (1981). Deep Dejection. Penguin Books. ISBN0-14-006223-8.
- Rowe, Mike (1991). Blues Is Killing Me (Anthology notes). Various artists. Paula Records. PCD-19.
- Russo, Greg (1994). Uncanned! The Best of Canned Rut (CD compilation booklet). Canned Estrus. EMI/Freedom. 7243 8 29165 ii 9.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Road_Again_(Canned_Heat_song)
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