For promotional and mimed performances on various local and European television dance shows, Wilson often used a late 1960's blond Fender Telecaster. It is believed Wilson did not own this guitar, and may only have been provided as a prop. During a live performance on Playboy After Dark, Wilson is seen playing a late 1960s cherry Gibson ES 335. Wilson's mainstay gold Les Paul was not a factory stock model. The stock tuners were replaced sometime prior to Woodstock with modern Grover tuners, as the stock tuning pegs at the time did not keep the instrument in tune as well as later models. In addition, the pick guard and bracket were also removed to provide room for his finger picking style. The model had a combination bridge / stop tail piece that provided both string support and intonation in one unit. It also featured P-90 single coil pickups. Both of these features were keys to Wilson’s tone. Accolades Blues Hall of Fame: Legendary Blues Artist Inductee, July 19, 2013 The Music Museum of New England Inductee Discography Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions, w/ Son House 1965 The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party & Other Excursions, w/ John Fahey 1966 Fred Neil w/ Fred Neil 1967, Capitol Records Slim's Got His Thing Going On w/ Sunnyland Slim, 1969 World Pacific Records John The Revelator: The 1970 London Sessions w/ Son House, 1970, Vequel Records (re-released in 1995 on Capitol Records as Delta Blues and Spirituals) Alan Wilson: The Blind Owl, 2013 (2 CD Severn Records) References Further reading Fito De La Parra, Living The Blues. Canned Heat's story of Music, Drugs, Death, Sex and Survival (2000) Boogie with Canned Heat: The Canned Heat Story'', a documentary (on DVD, Eagle Ent., 2007) External links Alan Wilson authorized tribute website Official Facebook American blues harmonica players American blues guitarists American male guitarists American blues singer-songwriters Blues rock musicians Canned Heat members 1943 births 1970 deaths Musicians from Boston Singer-songwriters from Massachusetts Drug-related deaths in California Barbiturates-related deaths People from Arlington, Massachusetts People from Topanga, California 20th-century American singers 20th-century American guitarists Guitarists from Massachusetts 20th-century American male singers Arlington High School (Massachusetts) alumni American male singer-songwriters Slide guitarists Liberty Records artists American conservationists Singer-songwriters from California