On the Road Again Lord Have Mercy
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| Unmarried past Canned Heat | ||||
| from the album Boogie with Canned Rut | ||||
| B-side | "Boogie Music" | |||
| Released | Apr 24, 1968 (1968-04-24) | |||
| Recorded | September 6, 1967 | |||
| Studio | Freedom, Los Angeles | |||
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| Label | Freedom | |||
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| Producer(s) | Cal Carter | |||
| Canned Oestrus singles chronology | ||||
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| "On The Road Again" (Remastered 2005) on YouTube | ||||
"On the Road Once more" is a song recorded by the American blues-stone group Canned Rut in 1967. A driving blues-rock boogie,[two] it was adapted from earlier blues songs and includes mid-1960s psychedelic stone elements. Unlike most of Canned Estrus's songs from the period which were sung by Bob Hite, second guitarist and harmonica player Alan Wilson provides the distinctive falsetto vocal. "On the Route Again" showtime appeared on their second anthology, Boogie with Canned Oestrus, in January 1968; when an edited version was released equally a single in April 1968, "On the Road Over again" became Canned Heat's starting time record chart hitting and 1 of their best-known songs.
Before songs [edit]
With his tape company's encouragement, Chicago blues musician Floyd Jones recorded a song titled "On the Road Over again" in 1953.[iii] It was a remake of his successful 1951 song "Nighttime Road".[4] Both songs are based on Mississippi Delta bluesman Tommy Johnson's 1928 song "Large Road Blues"[5] (Canned Heat took their name from Johnson'due south 1928 song "Canned Heat Blues"[half-dozen]). Johnson's lyrics include: "Well I ain't goin' downwards that big road past myself ... If I don't carry you gonna conduct somebody else". Jones "reshaped Tommy Johnson'southward verses into an eerie evocation of the Delta".[seven] In "Dark Route" 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 pelting and snowfall in the rain and snow
My baby had quit me ooo (2×)
Have no identify to get
Both songs share a "hypnotic one-chord drone piece"-arrangement that old 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 Route Again" was amid the starting time songs Canned Oestrus recorded equally demos in April 1967 at the RCA Studios in Chicago[9] with original drummer Frank Melt. At over seven minutes in length, information technology has the basic elements of the later anthology version, but is two minutes longer with more harmonica and guitar soloing.[b]
During the recording for their 2nd album, Canned Oestrus recorded "On the Route Once more" with new drummer Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra. The session took place September half-dozen, 1967, at the Liberty Records studio in Los Angeles. Alan Wilson used verses from Floyd Jones' "On the Road Once again" and "Dark Road" and added some lines of his own:
Well I'm so tired of cryin' but I'm out on the road again, I'm on the route once more (2×)
I own't got no adult female just to call my special friend
For the instrumental accompaniment, Canned Oestrus uses a "basic East/G/A dejection chord pattern"[x] or "one-chord boogie riff" adapted from John Lee Hooker's 1949 hit "Boogie Chillen'".[eleven] Expanding on Jones' hypnotic drone, Wilson used an Eastern string musical instrument chosen a tambura to give the song a psychedelic ambience. Although Bob Hite was the group's chief vocalist, "On the Road" features Wilson as the vocalist, "utilizing his best Skip James-inspired falsetto vocal".[x] [c] Wilson also provides the harmonica parts.[d]
The basic riff is used once more by Canned Heat on "Fried Hockey Boogie", an eleven-infinitesimal boogie past Larry Taylor which showcases the band'south 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 Again" is included on Canned Estrus's second album, Boogie with Canned Heat, released Jan 21, 1968, by Freedom Records. After receiving strong response from airplay on American "hush-hush" FM radio, Liberty issued the song as a single on Apr 24, 1968.[13] To make the vocal more Top-forty AM radio-friendly, Liberty edited information technology from the original length of 4:55 to a 3:33 single version. Information technology became Canned Heat's beginning single to appear in the tape charts.[10] [e]
| Chart (1968–1969) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth of australia Go-Set Top forty[15] | 9 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[16] | 5 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles[17] | 8 |
| French republic (SNEP)[eighteen] | vii |
| Ireland (Irish Singles Chart)[19] | 14 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top twoscore)[twenty] | v |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[21] | three |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] | 3 |
| U.K. (Official Singles Chart)[23] | 8 |
| U.Southward. (Billboard Hot 100)[24] | 16 |
| Due west Frg (Official German Charts)[25] | 13 |
On the singles, Floyd Jones and Alan Wilson are listed equally the composers, while the anthology credits Jim Oden/James Shush Oden (likewise known as St. Louis Jimmy Oden).[f] "On the Route Again" appears on several Canned Heat compilation albums, including Allow's Work Together: The Best of Canned Oestrus (1989) and Uncanned! The Best of Canned Heat (1994). Besides, it is featured on the soundtrack to Wim Wenders 1974 film Alice in the Cities.
Influence [edit]
Although songs inspired by John Lee Hooker's "Detroit-era boogie"[ii] had been recorded over the years by 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 event, "it's been a standard rock and roll pattern ever since".[8] Canned Heat used it frequently as the starting point for several of their extended jam songs, including the 40 infinitesimal live opus "Refried Boogie (Part I & Two)" from their belatedly 1968 Living the Blues album. When Hooker recorded an updated version of "Boogie Chillen'", titled "Boogie Chillen No. ii", with the group in 1970 for Hooker 'n Rut, it had come full circle.[26]
Notes [edit]
Footnotes
- ^ a b "On the Road Once more, Canned Rut: This song... is psychedelic blues-stone that benefits from studio overdubbing technology."[1]
- ^ Bob Hite prefaces the recording with "OK ... light and greasy, don't let it go down".[9]
- ^ One writer described Wilson's vocal style as "reminiscent of Skip James at his most ectoplasmic".[12]
- ^ Wilson'south harmonica solo has a note that is not playable without an overblow; he re-tuned his harmonica'due south six pigsty upwards a half step.
- ^ Canned Rut'south first single, "Rollin' and Tumblin'", appeared in Billboard'due south Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number 115 in July 1967.[14]
- ^ St. Louis Jimmy Oden was a part-possessor 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. 5.
- ^ a b c Greenwald, Matthew. "Canned Heat: On the Road Once more – 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 Road Again in Australian Nautical chart". Poparchives.com.au. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "Canned Heat – On the Road Once more" (in Dutch). Ultratop fifty.
- ^ "On the road again in Canadian Top Singles Chart". Library and Athenaeum Canada. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "On the road again in French Chart" (in French). Dominic DURAND / InfoDisc. July 17, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013. You have to use the index at the summit of the page and search "Canned Heat"
- ^ "On the road again in Irish Chart". IRMA. Retrieved July 17, 2013. 2nd event when searching "On the Road Once more"
- ^ "Nederlandse Top forty – Canned Heat" (in Dutch). Dutch Top forty.
- ^ "Canned Heat – On the Route Again" (in Dutch). Single Peak 100.
- ^ "Canned Heat – On the Road Once more". Swiss Singles Chart.
- ^ "Canned Rut – Singles". Official Charts . Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ Russo 1994, p. 22.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Canned Heat – On The Road Again". GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved Feb 18, 2019. To meet peak chart position, click "TITEL VON Canned Heat"
- ^ Murray 2002, p. 395.
References
- Evans, David (2005). The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Blues. Penguin. ISBN978-0-399-53072-2.
- Gioia, Ted (2008). Delta Blues. W. Westward. Norton. ISBN978-0-393-33750-1.
- Koda, Cub (1996). Erlewine, Michael (ed.). All Music Guide to the Dejection. Miller Freeman Books. ISBN0-87930-424-3.
- Murray, Charles Shaar (2002). Boogie Human being: 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 (Album notes). Diverse artists. Paula Records. PCD-19.
- Russo, Greg (1994). Uncanned! The All-time of Canned Oestrus (CD compilation booklet). Canned Heat. EMI/Liberty. 7243 8 29165 ii 9.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Road_Again_(Canned_Heat_song)
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