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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherBlind OWL Blues
ISBN-100615792987
ISBN-139780615792989
eBay Product ID (ePID)173868548
Product Key Features
Book TitleBlind Owl Blues
Number of Pages276 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGenres & Styles / Blues, Composers & Musicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year2013
GenreMusic, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorRebecca Davis
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight17 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisThis is the long-awaited story of Alan Wilson, musical genius and co-founder of Canned Heat. Biographer Rebecca Davis journeys through his artistic innovations, tormented personal life, obsessive love of nature, and mysterious death. A key figure in the 1960s "blues revival", Wilson participated in the rediscovery of Son House, and wrote scholarly analyses of House and Robert Pete Williams. He went on to co-found pioneering blues-rock band Canned Heat, becoming an unlikely rock star. Known as "Blind Owl", he was responsible for the hit songs "Going Up the Country" and "On the Road Again"., This is the long-awaited story of Alan Wilson, musical genius and co-founder of Canned Heat. Biographer Rebecca Davis journeys through his artistic innovations, tormented personal life, obsessive love of nature, and mysterious death. A key figure in the 1960s "blues revival," Wilson participated in the rediscovery of Son House, and wrote scholarly analyses of House and Robert Pete Williams. He went on to co-found pioneering blues-rock band Canned Heat, becoming an unlikely rock star. Known as "Blind Owl," he was responsible for the hit songs "Going Up the Country" and "On the Road Again."