HENRY THOMAS - Going Up The Country - roots records (a personal journey entry)

 HENRY THOMAS - Going Up The Country

The name Henry Thomas first came to me through my love of The Lovin’ Spoonful as a callow youth and it has stuck with me . . . . . . .not least my then love of Canned Heat engendered by being woken up at what seemed like 3 am by the band as I lay in the mud at one of the first Glastonbury Festivals (the first?_ prolly) . . . . . .and the single they covered of his wonderful song here

wiki says

Henry Thomas (1874–1930?) was an American country blues singer, songster and musician. Although his recording career, in the late 1920s, was brief, Thomas influenced performers including Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Grateful Dead, and Canned Heat.

HENRY THOMAS - here at Mojo Hand

discography

Henry Thomas - The Lovin’ Spoonful

It’s that jug band music I drive everybody mad with . . . . . if it aint Jugband it ain’t worth spit!

of course it wouldn’t be Summer without a Woodstock reference! Here’s the sorely missed Canned Heat and the even more missed Al Wilson who liked to sleep outdoors and hope he’s up country now . . . . . . .