The Weirdest Alan Links Ever?

Here are a couple of web pages with content about Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson. Alanologist Rebecca Davis Winters calls these items “among the strangest Wilson-related writings I’ve seen lately”.

This page features writing by one Salvador Astucia. He offers a unique theory on Alan’s death, hinting that foul play could be read into the situation given the detail – or lack thereof – offered by drummer Fito de la Parra in his Canned Heat memoir Living the Blues. He attempts to analyze the stories that have been told of Alan’s death scene; however, his analysis is hindered by his lack of real knowledge of the band members and their lives.

In general, Astucia’s website appears to be a front for anti-Semitic drivel. Davis Winters says, “This person’s writing is so bad that I cannot bring myself to read much of it. What I have seen seems to have one primary point, and that is to propagate political paranoia and propaganda regarding former President Kennedy and the country Israel. It is interesting that he feels Alan’s death is part of some political plot, but I don’t think his particular theory holds much water. Admittedly, my own findings indicate that there is far more to Alan’s death than mainstream pop history had recorded prior to the publication of Blind Owl Blues. However, I don’t think that politics, JFK or Israel has anything to do with it.”

This page, then, is not endorsed or particularly recommended by leading Alanologists. However, it’s best to know what is being written about Our Hero; therefore we present the link so that individual Alan-fans can consider the matter for themselves.

http://www.jfkmontreal.com/john_lennon/Chapter12.htm

We also have found a blog entitled “Follow the Money”. This author presents a somewhat different conspiracy theory centering around deaths of Laurel Canyon residents.

http://seeker401.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/laurel-canyon-part-3/

This author’s ultimate conclusion, if any, is obscure and as with most extremists, the writing is hard to read as it rambles on somewhat. However, it is again best for Alanologists to familiarize themselves with this material, since it is “out there” for public consumption.

Neither of these pages are particularly enlightening. However, they do signify one important fact, and that is that Alan Wilson’s death was too easily “written off” as a suicide. Leading Alanologists know that it’s time for the facts of the matter to be told.

To start understanding what really happened on the night the Blind Owl died, go to blindowlbio.com and get your copy of Blind Owl Blues today. There, you can read the autopsy and police report, along with verbal accounts from those who encountered Alan just before his last walk up the hill in Bob Hite’s backyard… along with, equally important, the reality of Alan’s life and mental state and his interactions with fellow members of Canned Heat. Alanologists, don’t listen to the shrieks and brays of extremists… get the facts and come to your own conclusions.