>An old friend advised me to stop posting musical posts and videos. Whoops.
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>This band isn't necessarily his type of highbrow music anyway. A classic, "Bad Moon Rising," insinuated my sleep. Credence Clearwater Revival were a scruffy band from a scruffy Northern California suburb near Oakland. The scene at the time was blissed out and psychedelic. If was in San Francisco. They were not that. They were nothing kids from a nothing community south of Oakland and they saw a chance. Fortunately, they had music in them.
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>Depending on how you feel about the Grateful Dead, CCR were the best American band of rock's golden era. About four chords. But they nailed every one of them and had an emotional pipeline to in-between American kids of the late 1960s.
One of my all time favorites.
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>Here is a poor quality sample. Note the number of views.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4-yugdZUt0>
>Here is IMO their best song, "Bad Moon Rising." Sorry, audio and photo only.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BmEGm-mraE>
>Unlike modern iconography, the band leader, songwriter, lead guitarist, and visionary John Fogerty is the guy on the right. He is now in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but will probably never be completely comfortable with that.
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>My favorite Credence song is "Lodi" --
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ol2fMIafOs>
>I like the Spanish subtitles.
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