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It's like they were trying to portray themselves as backward swamp people hiding in the shadows, as if their sound wasn't enough. We have over 10000 LPs in stock in our retail.

What's all the more remarkable about 'Green River' is that the song so powerfully conjures up its images in less than two and a half minutes at a time when the sidelong jam was becoming the ideal in rock & roll, Creedence Clearwater Revival understood that less could still equal more, and 'Green River' is a superb example of this thinking in action. Green River was the second CCR album released in 1969 and the second to feature a seriously crap photo of the band on the cover. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River Records are not yet available for purchase in our online store. CCR's music is every bit as evocative as John Fogerty's lyrics, with the rhythm section laying down a solid, swampy beat that rocks steady, but with the easy and powerful grace of a passing stream, and the concise, firmly intertwined guitar lines of John and Tom Fogerty suggest the early Southern sounds of Dale Hawkins and Duane Eddy without sounding for a moment as if their lifting their stuff. And while 'Green River' mostly takes the form of a reverie through memories of the past, the final verse suggests this is a place where one is always welcome to return, whether in fact or in one's imagination.

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In 'Green River,' Fogerty describes a childhood that's economically poor, but happy and full of vivid memories - barefoot girls dancing in the moonlight, rope swings hanging from the trees, chasing bullfrogs and dragonflies through the tidewater. One could make a case for John Fogerty being the William Faulkner of rock & roll - while Fogerty is a whole lot more succinct, like Faulkner he conjures up a place in the Deep South which may have never exited in fact, but is drawn with such vivid strokes that it' s hard to imagine it isn't out there somewhere. What's all the more remarkable about 'Green River' is that the song so powerfully conjures up its images in less than two and a half minutes at a time when the sidelong jam was becoming the ideal in rock & roll, Creedence Clearwater Revival understood that less could still equal more, and 'Green River' is a superb example of this thinking in action.'Take me back down where cool water flows, y'all/Let me remember things I love, Lord,' John Fogerty sings after kicking off 'Green River' with one of his typically pithy guitar figures, and once again Creedence Clearwater Revival takes us on a tour of a richly imagined vision of the American South.

And while 'Green River' mostly takes the form of a reverie through memories of the past, the final verse suggests this is a place where one is always welcome to return, whether in fact or in one's imagination. Creedence Clearwater Revival's Green River was a landmark release for the band, but just one of three albums the group put out in 1969 alone.

'Take me back down where cool water flows, y'all/Let me remember things I love, Lord,' John Fogerty sings after kicking off 'Green River' with one of his typically pithy guitar figures, and once again Creedence Clearwater Revival takes us on a tour of a richly imagined vision of the American South.