Creedence Clearwater Revival Band

Creedence Clearwater Revival, often shortened to Creedence and abbreviated as CCR, was an American rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The band consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford. Their musical style encompassed the roots rock, swamp rock, and blues rock genres. Despite their San Francisco Bay Area origins, they portrayed a Southern rock style, with lyrics about bayous, catfish, the Mississippi River, and other popular elements of Southern US iconography, as well as political and socially-conscious lyrics about topics including the Vietnam War.

 

I really like this band, mostly heard Pendulum tho

 

Oh man. Oh MAN. When you get to hear Cosmo's Factory and Willy and the Poor Boys and Green River.

 

I've heard em, not a lot. My dad loves em (surprise), played all of the great ones all the time, Pendulum is just where I land when I'm longing because I usually really want to hear "Have You Ever Seen the Rain"

 

Also:

 

The story behind Mardi Gras is so fascinating in its hall of fame pettiness.

 

John Fogerty talks about making up for lost time, playing CCR music again – Orange County Register

For anyone that hasn’t heard, Fogerty now finally has the rights/ownership to all his CCR songs, after 50 years. Crazy

 

Also, apparently total monthly listeners have grown dramatically, now at over 38 million a month, making them in the Top 100 in the world

 

Honestly, while a lot of classic rock stuff fades to the backburner with time, CCR just seem to be eternal. My wife doesn't actively seek out most of the classic stuff on my CD shelves, but she loves CCR.