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CCR
Sept 20, 2008 23:37:39 GMT 12
Post by ancient1 on Sept 20, 2008 23:37:39 GMT 12
Have you ever seen the rain
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CCR
Sept 20, 2008 23:41:09 GMT 12
Post by ancient1 on Sept 20, 2008 23:41:09 GMT 12
Proud Mary
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CCR
Sept 20, 2008 23:44:57 GMT 12
Post by ancient1 on Sept 20, 2008 23:44:57 GMT 12
Looking out my back door
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CCR
Sept 20, 2008 23:48:39 GMT 12
Post by ancient1 on Sept 20, 2008 23:48:39 GMT 12
Down on the corner
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CCR
Sept 23, 2008 16:27:13 GMT 12
Post by caronz on Sept 23, 2008 16:27:13 GMT 12
The key elements of Creedence had been woodshedding in bar bands for about a decade before their breakthrough to national success in the late '60s. John's older brother Tom formed the Blue Velvets in the late '50s in El Cerrito, CA, a tiny suburb across the bay from San Francisco. By the mid-'60s, with a few hopelessly obscure recordings under their belt, they'd signed to Fantasy, releasing several singles as the Golliwogs that went nowhere. In fact, there's little promise to be found on those early efforts, primarily because Tom, not John, was doing most of the singing. The group only found themselves when John took firm reigns over the band's direction, singing and writing virtually all of their material.
On their first album as Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1968, the group played it both ways, offering extended, quasi-psychedelic workouts of the '50s classics "I Put a Spell on You" and "Suzie Q." The latter song became their first big hit, but the band didn't really bloom until "Proud Mary," a number-two single in early 1969 that demonstrated John's talent at tapping into Southern roots music and imagery with a natural ease. It was the start of a torrent of classic hits from the gritty, Little Richard-inspired singer over the next two years, including "Bad Moon Rising," "Green River," "Down on the Corner," "Travelin' Band," "Who'll Stop the Rain," "Up Around the Bend," and "Lookin' Out My Back Door."
With John Fogerty holding such a strong upper hand, Creedence couldn't be said to have been a democratic unit, and Fogerty's dominance was to sow the seeds of the group's quick dissolution. Tom Fogerty left in 1971
Tom Fogerty's death in 1990 ended any hopes of a CCR reunion
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CCR
Sept 23, 2008 16:30:15 GMT 12
Post by caronz on Sept 23, 2008 16:30:15 GMT 12
Another couple of good ones
Lodi
Molina - Great saxophone time in this one
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