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Posted by themusicsover.com on October 20, 2009
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Henry �The Sunflower� Vestine
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December 25, 1944 � October 20, 1997
Henry Vestine is best remembered as a guitarist for boogie blues rock
band, Canned Heat. His original tenure with the band ran from 1966 to
1969. Prior to that, he played in Frank Zappa�s Mothers of Invention.
He was one of rock music�s unsung guitar heroes, ranking in Rolling
Stone�s �100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time� list. Vestine, along with
childhood friend and fellow music junkie, John Fahey, was responsible
for finding a hospital-ridden Skip James in 1964 and helping him
re-launch his career during the folk revival. In later years, Vestine
did session work and toured with a reformed Canned Heat. While in
Europe at the end of such a tour in 1997. Henry Vestine died of a heart
failure at the age of 52.
Canned Heat - Turpentine Moan & On The Road Again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rymlxjaF9xI
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