creedence clearwater revival Archive
11 Mar 2023
Interview Roundup: CCR
Creedence Clearwater Revival were the Great American Singles Band. That doesn’t necessarily mean that they had the most hit singles; rather it connotes the band’s enduring and indelible place in […]
20 Aug 2022
Single Review: Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Travelin’ Band” Live
This one deserves a bit of background. In 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival was on top of the world, and deservedly so. The quartet from El Cerrito, California had amassed an […]
08 Aug 2022
SF Music History: CCR at the Fillmore West, July 1971
On the Fourth of July in 1971, the Fillmore West closed for good. The celebrated San Francisco music venue ended its nearly three-year run under the management of Bay Area […]
27 Dec 2019
Musoscribe’s Best of 2019: Interviews
I lost count of how many interviews I conducted in 2019. I think the number is right around 175. I enjoyed ever single one of them, but as is typical, […]
03 Nov 2019
Album Review: Creedence Clearwater Revival — Live at Woodstock
Nobody’s quite sure who coined the adage, “history is written by the victors.” But the inescapable fact remains that nearly every version of history is the product of a subjective […]
17 Sep 2019
Played a Set for Everyone: CCR at Woodstock (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… The story that gained traction over the years is that the band’s performance was somehow wanting or otherwise subpar, but that’s not at all what I […]
16 Sep 2019
Played a Set for Everyone: CCR at Woodstock (Part One)
There’s a tired cliché that goes something like this: “If you remember the ’60s, you weren’t really there.” A half century later, an unfortunate reality is that if an event […]
03 Jan 2014
Re-Revisiting Creedence, Part Three
Continued from Part Two… Bill Kopp: With Creedence Clearwater Revisited, you and Stu Cook and the guys pretty much run through all of the hits. You’ve been playing those songs […]
02 Jan 2014
Re-Revisiting Creedence, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: Continuing on that point, if I may. As much as I like the Golliwogs and Blue Velvets material, musically it – especially the earliest […]
01 Jan 2014
Re-Revisiting Creedence, Part One
The catalog of Creedence Clearwater Revival has been issued, reissued, repackaged, re-re-packaged, and re-re-issued more times than I can count. Just a few years ago – 2008 – all of […]
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