Oak Hill Cemetery

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Buried here –

Henry Vestine

Henry was a founder and guitarist for Canned Heat. He played at the Monterey Pop Festival with them in 1967.

In 2003 Henry was ranked 77th in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time“.

On October 20, 1997, while the band was on tour in Paris, France to promote their new album, Henry unexpectedly passed away from heart and respiratory failure at the age of 52.

Canned Heat Discography:

1967 – Canned Heat
1968 – Boogie with Canned Heat
1698 – Living the Blues
1969 – Hallelujah
1970 – Future Blues
1971 – Historical Figures and Ancient HeadsUnited Artists
1973 – The New Age
1973 – One More River to Cross
1978 – Human Condition
1981 – Kings of the Boogie (Dog House Blues)
1988 – Reheated
1994 – Internal Combustion
1996 – Canned Heat Blues Band
1999 – Boogie 2000
2003 – Friends in the Can

Oak Hill Cemetery
88558 Oak Hill Cemetery Road
Eugene, OR 97402
541 689-7800