The New Age (album)
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The New Age is the seventh studio album
by Canned Heat
, released in 1973. It was the first album to feature the talents of James Shane and Ed Beyer. Clara Ward
also appears on the album in her very last recording. Influential Rock Critic Lester Bangs
was fired from Rolling Stone
for writing a "disrespectful" review of this album upon its release.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Canned Heat
Canned Heat
Canned Heat is a blues-rock/boogie rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1965. The group has been noted for its own interpretations of blues material as well as for efforts to promote the interest in this type of music and its original artists...
, released in 1973. It was the first album to feature the talents of James Shane and Ed Beyer. Clara Ward
Clara Ward
Clara Ward was an American gospel artist who achieved great success, both artistic and commercial, in the 1940s and 1950s as leader of The Famous Ward Singers....
also appears on the album in her very last recording. Influential Rock Critic Lester Bangs
Lester Bangs
Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs was an American music journalist, author and musician. He wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone magazines, and was known for his leading influence in rock 'n' roll criticism....
was fired from Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
for writing a "disrespectful" review of this album upon its release.
Track listing
- "Keep It Clean" (Bob HiteBob HiteRobert Ernest "Bob" "The Bear" Hite was the American lead singer of the blues-rock band, Canned Heat, from 1965 to his death in 1981....
) - 2:46 - "Harley Davidson Blues" (James Shane) - 2:38
- "Don't Deceive Me" (Hite) - 3:12
- "You Can Run, But You Sure Can't Hide" (Ed Beyer) - 3:15
- "Lookin' for My Rainbow" (Shane) - 5:24
- "Rock and Roll Music" (Hite) - 2:29
- "Framed" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 5:07
- "Election Blues" (Beyer) - 6:04
- "So Long Wrong" (Shane) - 5:36
Canned Heat
- Bob HiteBob HiteRobert Ernest "Bob" "The Bear" Hite was the American lead singer of the blues-rock band, Canned Heat, from 1965 to his death in 1981....
– vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - James Shane – GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Henry VestineHenry VestineHenry Charles Vestine a.k.a. "The Sunflower", was an American guitar player known mainly as a member of the band Canned Heat. He was with the group from its start in 1966 to July 1969...
– Lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure... - Richard HiteRichard HiteRichard "Rick" Hite is a Lieutenant Colonel of the Baltimore Police Department. An African American, Hite is president of the BPD's Vanguard Justice Society, an organization representing the department's African American officers and is the commander of the BPD's Youth Services Division, a division...
– BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Fito de la Parra – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Ed Beyer - PianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...