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The Festival de Jazz de San Javier spent Wednesday night with two great American music of recent decades, the legendary blues band, rock and boogie Canned Heat, who will star in the first concert of the night, to be followed by that of Dr. John, pianist, organist, singer and composer, heir and propagator of the genuine sound of New Orleans, his hometown.
Canned Heat was founded in 1965 in Los Angeles and after several lineup changes and a successful passage through festivals such as Monterey or Woodstock the band got the blessing of his idol, John Lee Hooker with whom he recorded the album "Hooker 'n'Heat "(Liberty, 1970).
Later again match the album "The Healer" invited by Hooker.
John Mayall and the same Dr. John also worked with Canned Heat in some of their early albums such as "Living the Blues" (1969), and "Future Blues" (1970), considered by critics as two of the essential records This training will act in San Javier with live original components: Harvey Mandel on guitar, Larry Taylor on bass and Fito de la Parra on drums, who joined Dale Spalding, singer, guitar and harmonica.
The second part of the evening is dedicated to one of the essential names of American blues, pianist, organist, singer and composer, Dr. John (New Orleans, 1940).
Contemporary of Canned Heat, Dr John combined the R & B in New Orleans with psychedelic rock and aesthetic close to voodoo has always cultivated.
Eric Clapton and Mick Jagger collaborated with Dr. John on The Sun, Moon and Herbs "(1971), a transitional album to sound closer to R & B and funk in New Orleans.
It was followed by "Dr. John's Gumbo" (1972) considered to date as one of their recordings will improve, which revisits classic New Orleans.
The music of his hometown, funk, R & B and blues make the musical history of Dr. John in addition to signing more than 32 albums has produced other musicians and collaborated with The Rolling Stones, in the beginning, Van Morrison or Willy DeVille, among many others.
At the Festival de Jazz de San Javier, Dr. John, presents its new and recent work "Tribal", a compendium of his long musical career of 50 years who writes and reviews the history of New Orleans music with which identify this musician committed to his city to become a spokesman for post-Katrina, the hurricane that ravaged their city and prompted "Sippiana Hericane", published to raise money for the Musicians' Clinic New Orleans and the Jazz Foundation of America.
Dr. John, who already went through the seventh edition of the Festival de Jazz de San Javier in a memorable night in which he shared the stage with BB King, Shemekia Copeland, returns to the expectations of his followers, with his band The Lower 911 comprising John Fohl on guitar, David Barardo on bass and Herman Ernest III on drums.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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