Listening to the easy oots rock shuffle of Blue Moon Swamp, it's hard to believe that it took John Fogerty a full decade to write and record the album. It's not just because the album isn't a great stylistic departure from his past work, it's because Blue Moon Swamp sounds so natural and unforced. Nothing on the album sounds fussy, nor does it sound like a meticulous reconstruction of the past. Instead, Fogerty's songs and performances are richly evocative of tradition, but they're vibrant and living for the present, which makes the ockabilly, lues, country, and swampy ock & roll sound fresh. It's not as raw or as hooky as Creedence Clearwater Revival, nor as pop-oriented as Centerfield, but it's a warm, laid-back, and mature record of oots rock at its very best.
Is Fogerty a vampire? Why doesn't he age? Was he bitten by the dark lord Dick Clark?Although I like John Fogerty's music, not a huge fan. I own no Creedence CDs. But one day back when I frequented brick and mortar CD stores, I found a copy of his solo CD Blue Moon Swamp in the used CD bin and bought it on impulse. A lucky impulse it turned out, as it contains my favorite Fogerty music, includin...
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