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Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (1943-1970) foi líder, vocalista e principal compositor dos Canned Heat, banda americana de blues-rock/boogie formada em 1965. O nome da banda foi retirado da canção de Tommy Johnson, de 1928, chamada Canned Heat Blues, cujo tema era um alcoólico que bebia Sterno, bebida conhecida por canned heat. On the Road Again e Going up the Country tornaram-se conhecidas internacionalmente, sendo ambas arranjos de trabalhos de músicos de blues pouco conhecidos (On the Road Again pertencia a Floyd Jones).Nos vídeos abaixo, os Canned Heat, com a voz de Wilson, cantam as duas canções. A letra de On the Road Again é muito triste, conforme se lê abaixo. A canção foi editada no álbum Boogie with Canned Heat, de 1968. A outra música (Going up the Country) foi retirada do álbum Living the Blues, igualmente editado em 1968, e tornado música quase oficial do festival de Woodstock desse ano. A morte de Wilson seria muito violenta (overdose) (informações retiradas da Wikipedia).[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrljWGIHB7c&#38;hl=pt-br&#38;fs=1]Well I'm so tired of cryin' but I'm out on the road again - I'm on the road again. / Well I'm so tired of cryin' but I'm out on the road again - I'm on the road again. / I ain't got no woman just to call my special friend. / And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away. / I'm going to leave the city, got to go away. /All this fussing and fighting, man I sure can't stay. / You know the first time I travelled out in the rain and snow - in the rain and snow. / You know the first time I travelled out in the rain and snow - in the rain and snow. / I didn't have no fellow, not even no place to go. / And my dear mother left me when I was quite young - when I was quite young. / And my dear mother left me when I was quite young - when I was quite young. / She said "Lord have mercy on my wicked son." / Take a hint from me mama please don't you cry no more - don't you cry no more. / Take a hint from me mama please don't you cry no more - don't you cry no more. / Cause it's soon one morning down the road I'm gone. / But I ain't going down that long and lonesome road - all by myself. / But I ain't going down that long and lonesome road - all by myself. / I can't carry you baby, gonna carry somebody else.[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPDKmPjIDQo&#38;hl=pt-br&#38;fs=1]Os dois vídeos merecem uma atenção antropológica particular, para além da música: vestuário, cabelo e tipo de dança (segundo vídeo) em 1968 e anos subsequentes.