Living the Blues
Living the Blues is the third album by Canned Heat, a double album released in late 1968. It was one of the first double albums to place well on album charts. It features Canned Heat's signature song, "Going Up the Country", which would later be used in the Woodstock film. John Mayall appears on piano on "Walking by Myself" and "Bear Wires". Dr. John appears on "Boogie Music". The 20-minute trippy suite "Parthenogenesis" is dwarfed by the album-length "Refried Boogie", recorded live.;Side one
- "Pony Blues" – 3:48
- "My Mistake" – 3:22
- "Sandy's Blues" – 6:46
- "Going Up the Country" – 2:50
- "Walking by Myself" – 2:29
- "Boogie Music" – 3:00
;Side two
- "One Kind Favor" – 4:44
- "Parthenogenesis" – 19:57
;Side three
- "Refried Boogie " ' – 20:10
;Side four
- "Refried Boogie " ' – 20:50
Personnel
;Canned Heat
;Additional Personnel
- Dr. John – horn arrangements, piano
- Miles Grayson – horn arrangements
- John Fahey – guitar
- John Mayall – piano
- Jim Horn – flute
- Joe Sample – piano
;Production
- Rich Moore – Engineer
- Ivan Fisher – Assistant Engineer
- Skip Taylor – Producer
- Canned Heat – Producer
