Canned Heat Blues

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Canned Heat Blues

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Tommy Johnson
…Johnson’s most compelling works, “Canned Heat Blues,” was autobiographical. Its title refers to Sterno, a brand of cooking fuel that contains methyl alcohol; it was one of several types of cheap alcohol that he consumed. The song’s lyrics offer a harrowing tale of addiction: “Crying, Mama, Mama, Mama, crying,…
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…Johnson’s most compelling works, “Canned Heat Blues,” was autobiographical. Its title refers to Sterno, a brand of cooking fuel that contains methyl alcohol; it was one of several types of cheap alcohol that he consumed. The song’s lyrics offer a harrowing tale of addiction: “Crying, Mama, Mama, Mama, crying,…
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