I've never really gotten too into much Creedence Clearwater Revival. i remember playing Bad Moon Rising out of my dorm room window when i was a freshman, but i mean, that's not saying much. i think the only album of theirs that i've even listened to in it's entirety is Cosmo's Factory, and i think that was even a little different then the kind of songs they were doing in 1968. so Bayou Country seemed like something a little more essential. i think one of the reasons i can't get into them for so long is John Fogerty's voice. i mean, it's certainly fitting for this band, and it's not bad by any means, but i can only handle a certain amount of it. and part of what i like about this album is that there are more extended musical numbers. something like Graveyard Train or Keep On Chooglin' where the blues are bursting at the seams. Proud Mary is the classic hit off of this album, just rollin' on the river. i guess it's the kind of music that they're mixing together, but they pretty much fooled me into thinking that they were from Louisiana or something, but really they're from California. there's a lot of Southern influence; gospel, blues, soul and the like. but i dig that style.
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