List of Canned Heat band members

This is a list of members from American blues rock band Canned Heat. Members of the band's classic eras are in bold.

Current members[]

Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra^[1]^[2] – drums, vocals (1967–present)
John Paulus – guitar (2000–2006, 2013–present)
Dale Wesley Spalding – guitar, harmonica, bass, vocals (2008–present)
Rick Reed – bass (2019-present)

Former members[]

Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals, harmonica, guitar (1965–1981; died 1981)
Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson – guitar, harmonica, vocals (1965–1970; died 1970)
Stuart Brotman – bass (1965–1966)
Mike Perlowin – guitar (1965)
Keith Sawyer – drums (1965)
Kenny Edwards – guitar (1965; died 2010)
Ron Holmes – drums (1965)
Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar (1965–1969, 1970-74, 1980–1981, 1985–1988, 1992–1997; died 1997)
Frank Cook – drums (1965–1967; died 2021)
Mark Andes – bass (1966–1967)
Larry "The Mole" Taylor^[3] – bass, guitar, vocals (1967–1970, 1978–1980, 1987–1992, 1996–1997, 2010–2019; died 2019)
Harvey "The Snake" Mandel – guitar (1969–1970, 1990–1992, 1996–1999, 2010–2014)
Antonio de la Barreda – bass (1970–1972; died 2009)
Joel Scott Hill – guitar (1970–1972)
Richard Hite – bass, guitar, vocals (1972–1977; died 2001)
James Shane – guitar, bass, vocals (1972–1974)
Ed Beyer – keyboards (1972–1974)
Clifford Solomon – saxophone (1972–1974; died 2004)
Jock Ellis – trombone (1972–1974)
Chris Morgan – guitar (1974–1977)
Gene Taylor – keyboards, guitar (1974–1976; died 2021)
Stan Webb – guitar (1976)
Mark Skyer – guitar (1976–1977)

Richard Exley – bass (1977–1978)
Mike "Hollywood Fats" Mann – guitar (1978–1980; died 1986)
Ronnie Barron – keyboards (1978, 1987–1988; died 1997)
Jay Spell – keyboards (1978–1980; died 2010)
Mike Halby – guitar (1978–1984; died 2008)
Jon Lamb – bass (1980)
Ernie Rodriguez – bass (1980–1985)
Richard Kellogg – vocals, harmonica (1981–1985; died 2008)
Walter Trout – guitar (1981–1985)
James Thornbury – vocals, guitar, harmonica (1985–1995; died 2017)^[4]
Skip Jones – bass (1985–1987)
Junior Watson – guitar (1988–1990, 1992–1997)
Ron Shumake – bass (1990–1996; died 2014)
Becky Barksdale – guitar (1992)
Smokey Hormel – guitar (1992)
Robert Lucas – vocals, guitars, harmonica (1995–2000, 2005–2008; died 2008)
Mark "Pocket" Goldberg – bass (1996)
Jacob Montreal – keyboards (1996; died 2001)
Tim "Bird" Pigeon – slapbass (1996; died 1997)
Greg Kage – bass (1996–2010)
Paul Bryant – guitar (1997–2000)
Stanley "The Baron" Behrens – saxophone, flute (2000–2005)
Dallas Hodge – vocals, guitars (2000–2005)^[5]
Don Preston – vocals, guitar (2005)
Barry Levenson – guitar (2006–2010)

Lineups[]

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1965	1965	1965	1965–1966
Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson – guitar, harmonica, vocals Stuart Brotman – bass Mike Perlowin – guitar Keith Sawyer – drums	Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson – guitar, harmonica, vocals Stuart Brotman – bass Kenny Edwards – guitar Ron Holmes – drums	Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson – guitar, harmonica, vocals Stuart Brotman – bass Kenny Edwards – guitar Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar Ron Holmes – drums	Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson – guitar, harmonica, vocals Stuart Brotman – bass Frank Cook – drums Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar
1966–1967	1967	1967–1969 Classic line-up #1	1969–1970 Classic line-up #2
Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson – guitar, harmonica, vocals Frank Cook – drums Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar Mark Andes – bass	Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson – guitar, harmonica, vocals Frank Cook – drums Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar Larry "The Mole" Taylor – bass	Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson – guitar, harmonica, vocals Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar Larry "The Mole" Taylor – bass Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums	Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson – guitar, harmonica, vocals Larry "The Mole" Taylor – bass Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Harvey "The Snake" Mandel – guitar
1970	1970–1972	1972–1974	1974–1976
Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson – guitar, harmonica, vocals Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Antonio de la Barreda – bass	Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Antonio de la Barreda – bass Joel Scott Hill – guitar	Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Ed Beyer – keyboards Richard Hite – bass James Shane – guitar Clifford Solomon – saxophone Jock Ellis – trombone	Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Richard Hite – bass Chris Morgan – guitar Gene Taylor – keyboards, guitar
1976	1976–1977	1977–1978	1978
Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Richard Hite – bass Chris Morgan – guitar Stan Webb – guitar	Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Richard Hite – bass Chris Morgan – guitar Mark Skyer – guitar	Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Richard Exley – bass	Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Richard Exley – bass
1978	1978–1980	1980	1980
Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Larry "The Mole" Taylor – bass Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Ronnie Barron – keyboards Mike "Hollywood Fats" Mann – guitar	Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Larry "The Mole" Taylor – bass Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Mike "Hollywood Fats" Mann – guitar Jay Spell – keyboards Mike Halby – guitar	Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Jay Spell – keyboards Mike Halby – guitar Jon Lamb – bass	Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Mike Halby – guitar Jon Lamb – bass
1980–1981	1981	1981–1984	1984–1985
Bob "The Bear" Hite – vocals Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Mike Halby – guitar Ernie Rodriguez – bass	Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Mike Halby – guitar Ernie Rodriguez – bass Richard Kellogg – vocals, harmonica	Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Mike Halby – guitar Ernie Rodriguez – bass Richard Kellogg – vocals, harmonica Walter Trout – guitar	Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Ernie Rodriguez – bass Richard Kellogg – vocals, harmonica Walter Trout – guitar
1985–1987	1987–1988	1988–1990	1990–1992
Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Skip Jones – bass James Thornbury – guitar, harmonica, vocals	Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar Larry "The Mole" Taylor – bass Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums James Thornbury – guitar, harmonica, vocals Ronnie Barron – keyboards	Larry "The Mole" Taylor – bass Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums James Thornbury – guitar, harmonica, vocals Junior Watson – guitar	Larry "The Mole" Taylor – bass Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Harvey "The Snake" Mandel – guitar James Thornbury – guitar, harmonica, vocals Ron Shumake – bass
1992	1992	1992–1995	1995–1996
Larry "The Mole" Taylor – bass Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums James Thornbury – guitar, harmonica, vocals Ron Shumake – bass Becky Barksdale – guitar	Larry "The Mole" Taylor – bass Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums James Thornbury – guitar, harmonica, vocals Ron Shumake – bass Smokey Hormel – guitar	Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums James Thornbury – guitar, harmonica, vocals Ron Shumake – bass Junior Watson – guitar	Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Ron Shumake – bass Junior Watson – guitar Robert Lucas – vocals, guitar, harmonica
1996	1996	1996–1997	1997–1999
Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Harvey "The Snake" Mandel – guitar Junior Watson – guitar Robert Lucas – vocals, guitar, harmonica Mark "Pocket" Goldberg – bass Jacob Montreal – keyboards Tim "Bird" Pigeon – slapbass	Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Harvey "The Snake" Mandel – guitar Junior Watson – guitar Robert Lucas – vocals, guitar, harmonica Greg Kage – bass	Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine – guitar Larry "The Mole" Taylor – bass Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Harvey "The Snake" Mandel – guitar Junior Watson – guitar Robert Lucas – vocals, guitar, harmonica Greg Kage – bass	Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Harvey "The Snake" Mandel – guitar Robert Lucas – vocals, guitar, harmonica Greg Kage – bass Paul Bryant – guitar
1999–2000	2000–2005	2005–2006	2006–2008
Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Robert Lucas – vocals, guitar, harmonica Greg Kage – bass Paul Bryant – guitar	Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Greg Kage – bass Stanley "The Baron" Behrens – saxophone, flute Dallas Hodge – vocals, guitars Don Preston – vocals, guitar John Paulus – guitar	Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Robert Lucas – vocals, guitar, harmonica Greg Kage – bass John Paulus – guitar	Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Robert Lucas – vocals, guitar, harmonica Greg Kage – bass Barry Levenson – guitar
2008–2010	2010–2014	2014–2019	2019-present
Larry "The Mole" Taylor – bass, guitar, vocals Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Harvey "The Snake" Mandel – guitar Greg Kage – bass Barry Levenson – guitar Dale Wesley Spalding – guitar, harmonica, vocals	Larry "The Mole" Taylor – bass, guitar, vocals Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Harvey "The Snake" Mandel – guitar Dale Wesley Spalding – guitar, harmonica, vocals John Paulus – guitar	Larry "The Mole" Taylor – bass, guitar, vocals Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Dale Wesley Spalding – guitar, harmonica, vocals John Paulus – guitar	Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra – drums Dale Wesley Spalding – guitar, harmonica, vocals John Paulus – guitar Rick Reed - bass

Timeline[]

References[]

^ "Canned Heat on Stage". Times Herald-Record. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
^ Eder, Bruce. "Canned Heat – Biography". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 12 November 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
^ Kurutz, Steve. "Biography: Larry Taylor". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
^ "James Thornbury". Discogs.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
^ Hodge, Dallas. "index". Dallashodge.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

[1] "Canned Heat on Stage". Times Herald-Record. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2010.

[2] Eder, Bruce. "Canned Heat – Biography". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 12 November 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.

[3] Kurutz, Steve. "Biography: Larry Taylor". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 May 2010.

[4] "James Thornbury". Discogs.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

[5] Hodge, Dallas. "index". Dallashodge.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

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