Canned Heat-Human Condition (1978)

Canned Heat experienced their golden age in the late 1960s and early 1970s, years in which they were one of the most formidable blues and boogie-rock bands in the world, leaving behind gems of the genre such as "Boogie With Canned Heat", "Living The Blues", "Hallelujah", "Future Blues" and "Historical Figures and Ancient Heads". Throughout the rest of the 1970s, Canned Heat suffered the consequences of the public's changing musical tastes, becoming unfairly relegated to the status of blues and rock revival legends. "Human Condition", released in 1978, is the tenth album by the Los Angeles band and would be Bob "The Bear" Hite's last major contribution as the frontman of Canned Heat, as he would die several years later from an overdose of a fatal combination of heroin and cocaine. On this album, guitarist Harvey Mandel appears as a guest musician, who, along with guitarists Mark Skyer and Chris Morgan, bassist Richard Hite, and legendary drummer Adolfo de la Parra, plus the powerful vocal skills of Bob Hite, created a repertoire full of biting blues and harmonic boogie rock; "Hot Money", "House Of Blue Lights", "Just Got to be There", "You Just Got to Rock", "Human Condition" or "Open Up Your Back Door".