Legendary guitar virtuoso Harvey Mandel, aka “The Snake,” truly one of the most distinctive and innovative musicians, continues to perform throughout the world, captivating audiences with his inventive style of electric guitar playing. When playing live, Harvey employs modern stompboxes and a VG-99 to reproduce effects he created decades ago in the studio. His Parker […]
Harvey Mandel’s Canned Heat History
Canned Heat, an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles in 1965, launched by two blues enthusiasts, Alan Wilson and Bob Hite, who took the name from Tommy Johnson’s 1928 “Canned Heat Blues.” After appearances at the Monterey and Woodstock festivals at the end of the 1960s, the band acquired worldwide fame with […]