Blind Owl Blues: The Mysterious Life and Death of Blues Legend Alan Wilson (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780615792989)

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".

Author: Rebecca Davis
ISBN-10: 0615792987
ISBN-13: 9780615792989
Publisher: Blind Owl Blues
Language: English
Published: 03/28/2013
Pages: 278
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.58d