Canned Heat rose to fame because their knowledge and love of blues music was both wide and deep. Emerging in 1966, Canned Heat was founded by blues historians and record collectors Alan Blind Owl Wilson and Bob The Bear Hite. Hite took the name Canned Heat from a 1928 recording by Tommy Johnson. They were joined by Henry The Sunflower Vestine, another ardent record collector who was a former member of Frank Zappas Mothers of Invention. Rounding out the band in 1967 were Larry The Mole Taylor on ...