Canned Heat is an American blues rock band that was formed in Los Angeles in 1965. The group has been noted for its efforts to promote interest in blues music and its original artists. It was launched by two blues enthusiasts Alan Wilson and Bob Hite, who took the name from Tommy Johnson‘s 1928 “Canned Heat Blues”, a song about an alcoholic who had desperately turned to drinking Sterno, generically called “canned heat”, from the original 1914 product name Sterno Canned Heat.
Top of the Pops audience. 1970
Lyrics below
“Let’s Work Together”
Together we’ll stand
Divided we’ll fall
Come on now, people
Let’s get on the ball
And work together
Come on, come on
Let’s work together
Now, now people
Because together we will stand
Every boy, every girl and man
People, when things go wrong
As they sometimes will
And the road you travel
It stays all uphill
Let’s work together
Come on, come on
Let’s work together, ah
You know together we will stand
Every boy, girl, woman and man
Oh well now, two or three minutes
Two or three hours
What does it matter now
In this life of ours
Let’s work together
Come on, come on
Let’s work together
Now, now people
Because together we will stand
Every boy, every woman and man
Ah, come on
Ah, come on, let’s work together
Well now, make someone happy
Make someone smile
Let’s all work together
And make life worthwhile
Let’s work together
Come on, come on
Let’s work together
Now, now people
Because together we will stand
Every boy, girl, woman and man
Oh well now, come on you people
Walk hand in hand
Let’s make this world of ours
A good place to stand
And work together
Come on, come on
Let’s work together
Now, now people
Because together we will stand
Every boy, girl, woman and man
Ah, yeah
Well now, together we will stand
Every boy, girl, woman and man
Ah, yeah
Don Matthews
August 2022
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