Gosh, two different bands entirely, both great. CCR had that bump-bump-a-bumpa, bump-bump-a-bumpa thing going. The Band were more subdued. They were both terrific. Asking me to choose between them would be like asking me to choose between my left arm and my right one.

I guess I just chose. For today, anyway. The music is blasting up from the lower level. Oh, lord, stuck in Lodi again....


>Not that I didn't like CCR, but I was never able to get over the feeling that they were a group who wanted desperately to be 'The Band', and never quite made it.
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>I remember going to the 1st "Beggars' Banquet" (a free concert where they served fruit from wading pools) here in Toronto at Varsity Stadium to see, among others, Melanie, Procol Harum, and Poco.
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>And going a little further back, there was that great seminal group, 'Buffalo Springfield'.
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>>One of my favorite bands from the 70s was Creedence Clearwater Revival. Add to them The Eagles, Pure Praire League, and Poco. Prior to that I was a Moody Blues fanatic...
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>>>>>>>>>As for depression, nope that wasn't it. I've just decided to ask God someday why I had to go through all this crap.
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>>>>>>>>And what if he told you "dang, you didn't get it again! OK, more luck in next life".
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>>>>>>>>Not that I believe in reincarnation (just like I didn't last time).
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>>>>>>>Well, I guess I'll cross that bridge when I get there. Actually, I do believe in a "next life". For me, It will be in heaven though!<g> For others . . . .
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>>>>>>Not sure about you, either. As a Christian, you must also believe in hell and devils and that sort of stuff. Now what if that belief tips the scale?
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>>>>>>Our writer Milorad Pavich had a nice idea that since "hell, that's other people", you do get in their hell. So Jews go into the Muslim or Christian hell, and so on.
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>>>>>Yeah, we had a band called "Blood, Sweat and Tears" One of their songs lyrics put it very succinctly - "I can swear there ain't no heaven, but I pray there ain't no hell. I'll never know by living, only my dying will tell."
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>>>>Grrr, thanks for reminding me of that godawful band. Everyone thinks of the late 60s and early 70s as rock music's nirvana (so to speak). It was, but there sure were also some crapola bands around. BS&T come to mind, as do Chicago and Black Oak Arkansas. Ouch, I just threw my back out remembering Black Oak Arkansas. I actually bought one of their albums! LOL
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>>>"Flying Horse over Louisanna" My brother played with those guys some. He was friends with all them and a good friend with Jim Dandy. I liked BS&T and even a few Chicago songs.