My old band played Proud Mary and fortunate son ..... I know Born on the Bayou and Bad moon Rising though.
"Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard,
grow big, wear glasses if you need 'em."
-- The Webb Wilder Credo --
My Favorite to do is "Lookin' Out My Back Door"
Regards,
Mike
"Growing Older But Not UP!"
At one time or another I've played Proud Mary, Bad Moon Rising, Sweet Hitchhiker, Fortunate son, Green River, Who'll Stop the Rain, and my favorite Suzy Q. 8)
with my band we're playing
Bad moon rising (in D)
Have you ever seen the rain (inC)
proud mary (in D)
but i'd love to add Fortunate son, Put the spell on you and who'll stop the rain. the other members refused because they sy that three CCR song are enough :-)!
anyway i can play more or less all the CCR greatest hits (except Commotion and Hey tonight which shuffle i have to simplify)
Hi Vic regarding Fortunate son middle part, according to official music sheet, the second guitar just play 8 measures of palm-muted G quavers
Long live CCR
Matteo
Hi Vic regarding Fortunate son middle part, according to official music sheet, the second guitar just play 8 measures of palm-muted G quavers
Still working on it - think I've found a way to do it with just one guitar, in the original key of G. Just let me put the whole thing together and type it out.......
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
Hi there, been working on Lodi - what a great tune.
-=- Steve
"If the moon were made of ribs, would you eat it?"
Lodi is obviously very popular. I play it in A. I think it is very difficult to sing CCR songs in the original Key. I can manage Bad Moon in D but it can sound a bit strained. JF had an exceptional voice and recorded most of this stuff in his early 20's. My wife says his voice sounds strained to her! She is a Robert Plant fan though so how does that make sense?
General Savage
I've learned (and forgotten) many CCR songs over the years. My favorite CCR song of all time, even though I don't play it is Sweet Hitchhiker. I just love the lyrics, so comical, about a guy riding his motorcycle, seeing a hot babe hitchiking, and crashing. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW18CzVzts4
Was ridin' alongside the highway
Rollin' up the country side
Thinkin' I'm the devil's heatwave
What you burn in your crazy mind?
Saw a slight distraction
Standin' by the road
She was smilin' there
Yellow in her hair
Do you wanna, I was thinkin'
Would you care?
Sweet Hitchhiker
We could make music at the Greasy King
Sweet Hitchhiker,
Won't you ride on my fast machine?
Cruisin' on through the junction
I'm flyin' 'bout the speed of sound
Noticin' peculiar function
I ain't no roller coaster
Show me down
I turned away to see her
Whoa, she caught my eye
But I was rollin' down
Movin' too fast
Do you wanna, she was thinkin'
Can it last?
Sweet Hitchhiker
We could make music at the Greasy King
Sweet Hitchhiker
Won't you ride on my fast machine?
Was busted up along the highway
I'm the saddest ridin' fool alive
Wond'ring if you're goin' in my way
Won't you give a poor boy a ride?
Here she comes a ridin'
Lord, she's flyin' high
But she was rollin' down
Movin' too fast
Do you wanna, she was thinkin'
Can I last?
Sweet Hitchhiker
We could make music at the Greasy King
Sweet Hitchhiker
Won't you ride on my fast machine?
What guy couldn't relate to a song like this?
I love the way John Fogerty sings this song too, a fantastic underrated singer.
Songs I can play? I like Green River, Hey Tonight, but my favorite to play is Run Through the Jungle. I love the downtuning, this song has a dark evil tone that fits the lyrics perfect. I posted a tab for this in the Easy Song Database, very easy to play.
CCR was great. :wink:
If you know something better than Rock and Roll, I'd like to hear it - Jerry Lee Lewis
That one is in my top 5 CCR songs :D Was that on an album? If I remember it came out as a single in the summer of 1970. I'm thinking It wasn't on the last album(Mardi Gras). Great tune Wes 8)
Here is another lesser known CCR song. This in my top 5 also :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A60nG5u6Ww
The video is from some TV show, but the song is intact.
Ken
That was fantastic, really brings out John's great singing ability. And John is one of those special songwriters that knows how to write a song the common man can relate to. This song reminded me very much of Ronnie Van Zant, another songwriter who could say so much with so few words.
I know this is post CCR, but I always loved The Old Man Down the Road. Nobody can play Swamp Music like John Fogerty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e29tycN-U4
This was the song John's original music publisher sued him for, claimed he copied his own music. :roll:
John was very bitter for many years, ripped off by his own company and refused to play his own songs. Glad he finally got over that, one of the greatest American songwriters ever.
If you know something better than Rock and Roll, I'd like to hear it - Jerry Lee Lewis
Someday Never Comes is a fave of mine, too - even though I'd never heard it till I bought "Creedence Chronicle" back in '95 or so - it was the first CD I ever bought. Yes, I was very late swapping from vinyl to CD, but back then I was an out-of-work single parent - from '88, when my daughter was two, till '98 when I met Marilyn. CD players were expensive - not like today, where you can pick one up for about £20 - the first one I bought was absolute bog-standard bottom of the range, and cost £75 - I was getting about £37 in benefits per week back then.
"Someday" was never a hit in this country - CCR didn't enjoy the same success here as they did in America. They had eight top 40 singles - Proud Mary got to #8 in '68, then the following year "Bad Moon Rising" was their only #1. (I believe they never had a #1 in the USA?) Green River scraped into the top 20, Down On The Corner fared even worse - got to #31. Travellin' Band was their last top ten hit in '70 - got to #8. Later that year, Long As I Can See The Light was the last top 20 hit - #20. Have You Ever Seen The Rain and Sweet Hitch Hiker both got to #36 in '71 - the latter was their last hit.
Wes, JF wasn't just a great AMERICAN songwriter - he was a great songwriter, full stop. In the same way Lennon and McCartney weren't great English songwriters. That quality of music belongs to the world - it knows no boundaries!
I missed out (AGAIN!) this year on seeing Fogerty - he did ONE British date (two if you include Glastonbury!) and that was in London. I did get to see him on TV, though - he played some songs on a chat show, including a barnstorming version of "Rockin' All Over The World." One of these years I WILL get to see him!
My next musical purchase will be the "Long Road Home" DVD - I've got it on order, paid a deposit. I had to order "Deja Vu All Over Again" a couple of years ago - took five or six weeks for my local record shop to get hold of a copy!
Talking about the "Deja Vu" album, it's a very mellow album for the most part - it shows a man who's at peace with the world, which JF wasn't for a long time. But there's a couple of tracks on there that are real CCR throwbacks - the title track's somewhat reminiscent of "Run Through The Jungle" and "Fortunate Son" in its anti-war message, though more acoustic, and "Wicked Old Witch" is 100% CCR Swamprock - fabulous track! I might just have to work that out for the Halloween party we're going to.....if they'll let me take a guitar......
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
That had to be the longest guitar cord in the world :lol:
I do "Bad Moon Risin" and "Midnight Special" but thats not really their song.
Eric
Lodi in Bb
Cross-Tie Walker in C (orig in F)
Midnight Special in G
Down on the Corner