When Creedence Clearwater Revival were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1993, it was a couple of years too late for mainman John Fogerty's guitarist brother Tom. That's not to say that his death prevented him from joining in the fun, as the story goes that his widow brought his urn along to the ceremony in a handbag, giving it a good shuffle along to the reconvend band's performanc...
Bill Graham was foresighted enough to tape every concert that he promoted, all the way back to 1966. Now it's online. "Wolfgang's Vault":http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/ is three things - a 'radio station', a concert archive, and a shop selling original Fillmore posters. The events aren't restricted to just Graham's concerts; there's all sorts of stuff and the quality is by and large exceell...
When Creedence Clearwater Revival were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1993, it was a couple of years too late for mainman John Fogerty's guitarist brother Tom. That's not to say that his death prevented him from joining in the fun, as the story goes that his widow brought his urn along to the ceremony in a handbag, giving it a good shuffle along to the reconvend band's performanc...
Oh cool, can't sleep cuz I'm pissed off for personal reasons, maybe I'll just turn this page into an anti-war section. God knows I must have enough songs. What else is a great anti-war song of the moment?
When I was a kid, one of the first bands I really latched onto was Creedence Clearwater Revival...I guess it was a combination of that swamp-rock sound, John Fogerty's swampy, yet ferverent voice, and, more than anything else, some damn good songwriting. Oddly, I started with the lesser-known Pendulum album - I guess because it was their most current release when I started buying albums...of c...
I thought, once, about possibly posting frequently about great bands of yesterday. Unfortunately a lot of good ideas here at TWF have come and gone without really taking root in my blogging routine. And that might be a shame. This marks the second installment in Music History here on TWF. Previously I posted about The Who , this time around I'm talking about Creedence Clearwater Revival.CCR...