I used to listen to Erik Clapton occasionally when I drove my kids to pre-school. One day my oldest asked me to play the OK song. I had no idea what he was talking about, then he sang "She’s alright, She’s alright, She’s alright…OK. Now I find out it’s the propane song. :smack:
For those who are unaware, “Propane” was written and performed by Pinkard & Bowden. Definitely not your normal country duo.
Two *very good * musicians and *very nice * guys.
Enjoy the show.
Sorry, no. The only rhythm section to ever carry a band was Fleetwood Mac. CCR doesn’t even make it past “bar band” status, no matter how nice they are.
No way. The drumkit is almost always the most important instrument in a rock ‘n’ roll band, and a good band is almost always carried by its rhythm section, whether anyone notices or not. Ironic, sure, given that drummers are, well, drummers. Guitarists are a dime a dozen; good bassists are rare, and good drummers are far rarer still. A good drummer is worth scores of good guitar players. And this is coming from a guitarist (30+ years).
Exactly. Neither of the remaining CCR members can be regarded as “good.” Barely competent, maybe.
That’s just crazy. Crazy.
My issue with Fogerty is that he went from songs like “Born on the Bayou” and “Fortunate Son” to crap like “Centerfield.” (God, do I LOATHE that song).
Yeah, it wasn’t that bad. The new lead has a bit of a Fogerty edge to him. Enough to make the old songs work, anyways. Well, for the most part. Not a copy. Not a new star. But a good enough guitarist and singer to make it work for the outdoor venues full of 40 yr old beer drinking redneck/hippies that make up the audience.
He’s also built like a god damn tank. HUGE arms, I ain’t kidding. I was wondering how the hell he bent them enough to play the freaking guitar.
No idea who he was, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t E.E.
I’m assuming that the band name and all the old songs are still owned by that sharpie and his record company, so he can trot out any old troupe of pikers, calling them Creedence. When Fogerty plays his old songs, he still has to pay Saul Zantz.
There…now I don’t care if the OP is really that dense…I totally agree with this. You made the thread worth opening.
I’m a bassist. I believe the rhythm section is like the umpire at a baseball game. You know they’ve done a good job if you don’t notice them. Unless the rhythm section is Geddy Lee and Neil Peart.
My personal issue with CCR is their song “Cotton Fields,” which contains this lyric:
“It was down in Louisiana, just about a mile from Texarkana.”
Actually, Texarkana is a full 30 miles from the Louisiana state line.
Maybe you ought to take that up with Leadbelly. He wrote it.
It’s not CCR’s song. Leadbelly wrote the song, and he was born in Louisiana and raised in east Texas. Chances are good he wasn’t good at geography. Chances are much better that it’s a great song despite its lack of geographical precision.
Oops, beat me to it.
Dang! I forgot that. I always think of it as a CCR song. Was on the “Willy and the Poor Boys” album, yes?
How about America’s “Horse with No Name”: “'Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain.” I’ve never been able to figure out who or who is not giving or not giving someone pain, or not.
That’s the least of that song’s problems. 
Not any longer. Zaentz sold Fantasy Records to Concord Records in 2004. In 2005, Fogerty reached out to the new owners. They signed him to a new contract. and in the process restored all ownership and royalty rights to Fogerty for his Creedence songs.
So, happily for Fogerty, every time Creedence Clearwater Revisited performs, he now gets paid.
Anyway, here’s my issue with Fogerty. I was looking for a restroom and he told me there was a bathroom on the right. Well, I looked and didn’t find no stinkin’ bathroom there. I nearly wet my pants before I eventually found the restroom.
I always thought it was poetic license meaning they moved around a lot, perhaps sharecropping.
Well, they’re down IN Louisiana. No matter how much they move around, they’re going to be at least 30 miles from Texarkana.