<Table> <Tr> <Td> "On the Road Again" (1968) </Td> <Td> "Going Up the Country" (1968) </Td> <Td> "Time Was" (1969) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "On the Road Again" (1968) </Td> <Td> "Going Up the Country" (1968) </Td> <Td> "Time Was" (1969) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Going Up the Country" (also Goin' Up the Country) is a song adapted and recorded by American blues rock band Canned Heat . Called a "rural hippie anthem", it became one of the band's biggest hits and best - known songs . As with their previous single, "On the Road Again", the song was adapted from a 1920s blues song and sung in a countertenor - style by Alan Wilson . </P> <P> Canned Heat, who were early blues enthusiasts, based "Going Up the Country" on "Bull Doze Blues", recorded in 1928 by Texas bluesman Henry Thomas . Thomas was from the songster tradition and had a unique sound, sometimes accompanying himself on quills, an early Afro - American wind instrument similar to panpipes . He recorded "Bull Doze Blues" in Chicago on June 13, 1928, for Vocalion Records . </P>

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