They didn't like that hippie mentality getting out there.. so they shut 'er down after the 70's rolled around. Took 'em all out.. hendrix.. morrison from the doors.. Didn't know about this guy.. like jeez.. how much power could he have had. Give it a few years he'd have been washed up, right.
"Death
On September 2, 1970, Canned Heat was scheduled to leave for Germany to begin a European tour. Partly due to the inconveniences preventing him from spending time outdoors, Wilson despised touring and travelling by plane. He often missed flights, and the band would fly without him while he caught a later flight.[22] When he missed his September 2 flight, this did not raise any alarms, and Bob Hite assumed he was doing laundry to prepare for the tour. On September 3, 1970, Wilson was found dead in his sleeping bag on the hillside behind Hite's Topanga Canyon home where he often slept. He was 27 years old. An autopsy identified his manner and cause of death as accidental acute barbiturate intoxication.[23] Although his death is sometimes reported as a suicide, this is not clearly established, as he left no note, and there were four pills left in his pants found next to his body. Conspiracy theories are still suggested as to the real cause and events leading up to his death.[24]
Wilson's death came fourteen months after the death of Brian Jones, just two weeks before the death of Jimi Hendrix, four weeks before the death of Janis Joplin, and ten months before the death of Jim Morrison, four artists who also died at the same age. Wilson was cremated, and on September 13, 1970, a memorial service was held at Menotomy Rocks Park in his hometown of Arlington. The service was led by Reverend Wilbur Canaday who said, "We are using the sky as a roof, and the ground as a floor, because he himself used nature's great wonders as his home."[25] Wilson's ashes were later scattered in Sequoia National Park, amongst the trees he deeply loved."
They didn't like that hippie mentality getting out there.. so they shut 'er down after the 70's rolled around. Took 'em all out.. hendrix.. morrison from the doors.. Didn't know about this guy.. like jeez.. how much power could he have had. Give it a few years he'd have been washed up, right.
From the wiki page..
"Death On September 2, 1970, Canned Heat was scheduled to leave for Germany to begin a European tour. Partly due to the inconveniences preventing him from spending time outdoors, Wilson despised touring and travelling by plane. He often missed flights, and the band would fly without him while he caught a later flight.[22] When he missed his September 2 flight, this did not raise any alarms, and Bob Hite assumed he was doing laundry to prepare for the tour. On September 3, 1970, Wilson was found dead in his sleeping bag on the hillside behind Hite's Topanga Canyon home where he often slept. He was 27 years old. An autopsy identified his manner and cause of death as accidental acute barbiturate intoxication.[23] Although his death is sometimes reported as a suicide, this is not clearly established, as he left no note, and there were four pills left in his pants found next to his body. Conspiracy theories are still suggested as to the real cause and events leading up to his death.[24]
Wilson's death came fourteen months after the death of Brian Jones, just two weeks before the death of Jimi Hendrix, four weeks before the death of Janis Joplin, and ten months before the death of Jim Morrison, four artists who also died at the same age. Wilson was cremated, and on September 13, 1970, a memorial service was held at Menotomy Rocks Park in his hometown of Arlington. The service was led by Reverend Wilbur Canaday who said, "We are using the sky as a roof, and the ground as a floor, because he himself used nature's great wonders as his home."[25] Wilson's ashes were later scattered in Sequoia National Park, amongst the trees he deeply loved."
https://centerforaninformedamerica.com/laurelcanyon/
Sixties and seventies rock will never be the same after reading this...
Alan Wilson is mentioned in chapter III.
(I'm actually thinking if I need to apologize in advance lol)