Blind Owl Wilson - S/T – New LP

While the early 1970s were known for rock stars dying, Janis, James, and Jimi, we also lost Blind Owl Wilson.  Wilson died, and then both Hendrix and Janis died just weeks later, and along with killings in California, that was the beginning of the 1970s.  No offense to the other Canned Heat members or fans of that band, but for me, there are only two kinds of Canned Heat songs: the ones that were clearly Wilson's (songwriter, singer, guitar, harmonica) and the others, the former the only ones that I've ever cared about. In fact, I've never had much interest in those blues based psychedelic and acid rock sounds that came out of the 1960s, but there are exceptions, and Blind Owl is one of them. Blind Owl Wilson by Blind Owl WilsonThis album collects many of the Blind Owl songs.  He could hardly see, but he seemed to know a good song when he heard it.  He didn't live long, but he left behind some good songs, and with this album, you don't have to sort through all the Canned Heat albums to