Living the Blues

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Living the Blues
Cover of the original 1968 LP
Studio album by Canned Heat
Released	October 1968
Recorded	August-October 1968
Genre	Blues
Length	1:28:03
Label	Liberty
Producer	Skip Taylor
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Canned Heat chronology
Boogie with Canned Heat (1968) Living the Blues (1968) Hallelujah (1969)

Living the Blues is a 1968 double album by Canned Heat. 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.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Pony Blues" (Charley Patton) – 3:48
2. "My Mistake" (Alan Wilson) – 3:22
3. "Sandy's Blues" (Bob Hite) – 6:46 Canned Heat, Joe Sample
4. "Going Up The Country" (Wilson) – 2:50
5. "Walking by Myself" (Jimmy Rogers) – 2:29
6. "Boogie Music" (L.T. Tatman III) – 3:19
7. "One Kind Favor" (Tatman) – 4:43
8. "Parthenogenesis" (Medley) (Canned Heat) – 19:57

   "Nebulosity"

   "Rollin' and Tumblin"

   "Five Owls"

   "Bear Wires"

   "Snooky Flowers"

   "Sunflower Power"

   "Raga Kafi"

   "Icebag"

   "Childhood's End"

9. "Refried Boogie" (Canned Heat) – 40:51