Creedence Appreciation

The 60's for me is all about The Beatles, Zeppelin, Hendrix, Sabbath and in the past few months, Creedence Clearwater Revival. Fronted by one of the greatest voices to ever live, John Foggerty, luckily the man is still alive, I dread to see the day when that changes.

I always wrote off Creedence as a basic band, nothing special, but one day I was at a friends house just listening to good music, as you do when you've got the day off work, and he put on the album Green River by Creedence. Holy fucking shit I'll never forget that day, what a band, what a man John Foggerty really is. His voice, his guitar riffs, his lyrical content about the south and about the 60's. All I can ever say about them is "what a fucking band".

They did a cover of a Marvin Gaye song you may be familiar with, Heard It Through the Grapevine, and damn, what a cover, Foggerty's voice is perfect for it, he does it justice, maybe even pushes better than the original. It's 11 minutes long, primarily guitar solos, to get through the whole song you have to commit, you can't just slip through it, you have to take it all in, sing along, dance, it's just a fucking beautiful song.

My Creedence recommendations, Born on the Bayou, Green River, Heard it Through the Grapevine, Lookin' Out My Back Door, and if you're feeling up to it, I Put a Spell On You.

Creedence are the band of the millennium, if you don't like them, then I feel sorry for you.

Keep on chooglin' brother.