Canned Heat - Woodstock Boogie. Remembering Bob “The Bear” Hite (February 26, 1943 – April 5, 1981) lead singer of Canned Heat. A hard-luck blues band of the ‘60s, Canned Heat was founded by blues historians and record collectors Alan Wilson and Bob Hite. They seemed to be on the right track and played all the right festivals (including Monterey and Woodstock, making it very prominently into the documentaries about both) but somehow never found a lasting audience. Their hearts were certainly in