Harvey Mandel
Snake Pit
Harvey Mandel is among the most innovative guitarists to emerge from
the Chicago blues scene of the late 1960s. His career began at Twist
City and other local hotspots, sharing stages with Muddy Waters, Howlin'
Wolf and Buddy Guy. He came up in that scene alongside Charlie
Musselwhite, Mike Bloomfield, Barry Goldberg and Steve Miller, leading
to an invitation from Bill Graham to open for Cream at San Francisco's
Fillmore Auditorium in August 1967.Mandel was a member of Canned Heat, appeari…