Canned Heat, The Woodstock Act To Credit

Woodstock saw the best of every artist that showed up that day, but one of the loudest cheers and most sustained ovations recorded was during Canned Heat’s 30-minute extended rendition of “Fried Hockey Boogie.” Canned Heat is a blues-rock band often credited for blues music and an icon during the hippie era.

The audience would not call it a night without experiencing the excellent guitar rifts from members Harvey Mandel and Alan Wilson. Their performance on Woodstock that day is not the only thing to be credited for the event; their rendition of Henry Thomas’ “Bull-Doze Blues” became the unofficial theme song of the event.