Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod the Mod finds his solo footing, headed for stardom, with the Faces in his wake.
6:00 AM GMT 22/06/2011
Features Disc of the day
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Green River
(Fantasy, 1969)
Essence De Choogle from John Fogerty and crew. Badass!
Sometimes the man and the voice just don't seem to match. For a softly-spoken, self-styled loner with a predilection for clean-living and hard graft, CCR howler John Fogerty still managed to razor through some of the densest R&B of the late '60s. This album - the second of three Creedence LPs released in 1969 - marks Fogerty's move from Bay Area choogler to hit song architect. Its predecessor, Bayou Country, saw the band break free from the San Francisco underground, shunning psych-tinged boogie-blues for heavier, funky cuts that drew on Fogerty's library of '50s rock'n'roll favourites. Green River saw them take things even further. Joni Mitchell may have been imploring the Woodstock thousands to get "back to the garden", but, by the summer of '69, Fogerty was ahead of the game. The title track's "I can hear the bullfrog callin' me, home / Wonder if my rope's still hangin' to the tree" and Commotion's "Backed up on the freeway, backed up in the church / Everywhere you look there's a frown, frown" clearly set out his agenda for a simpler way of life, a message that's reflected in the music. From the buoyant, ever-rolling Bad Moon Rising and Cross-Tie Walker to southern ballad Wrote A Song For Everyone and paean to escape Lodi, these songs are chiseled from the recording room walls at Sun Studios. They remain compelling in their economy and, thanks to Doug Clifford, Stu Cook and the Fogerty brothers, unflinchingly badass.
Ross Bennett
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 9:54 AM GMT 17/03/2010
Further Listening
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country (Fantasy, 1969)
The Doors – Morrison Hotel (Elektra, 1970)
The Black Keys – Thickfreakness (Fat Possum, 2003)
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