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Human Condition, originally released in 1978, is significant for being the last complete studio album featuring Bob "The Bear" Hite, who died at 36 of a heart attack on April 6, 1981 following a gig at the Palamino in North Hollywood. At that point the band was midway through recording the Kings of The Boogie album for the Destiny label. Human Condition was recorded during 1977 and is complex in form with frequent gear changes, from blues to jazz-blues and back, all the while based in that updated John Lee Hooker Boogie Chillen' riff that was Canned Heat's trademark from the early days onwards. Human Condition features guest appearances by blues-rock guitarist Harvey Mandel and backing vocals by the Chambers Brothers on selected tracks.
I Used To Be Mad... began to take shape towards the end of the 1981 tour when on again-off again Canned Heat guitarist Henry Vestine asked the tour promoter (a hippie who bikers nicknamed "the Hebro") if he'd be interested in recording an album. He honed a deal with Vestine and the album was recorded at the Mascot Recording Studios in Auckland, New Zealand. The wide choice of material, rock'n'roll and soul covers, blues originals and new approaches to Heat's hits, dignify Henry Vestine as a musician who was never content to mark time or rest on any laurels.
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I bought this after hear "On the Road Again" on Pandora. I must say that I know my boogie and that John Lee, Lightnin' and the original Canned Heat Players who died too young have channeled through this recording. It is the most smokinest boogie blues on the planet, bar none.
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