That East Bay swamp!

The muddy bayous of the Sacramento River. 😆

Sorry people. They are from the South

@@larryengland989sorry nor cal

​@@larryengland989 John was from northern California.

FACTS!!!!! Fogarty, and Miss Nina the top versions, IMHO

@@kikivon3501Agree, but Annie Lennox comes pretty close too.

First Creedence song I ever heard. Immediately hooked.

you know it !!!!!

I wonder if John was inspired by the swamps, green rivers, and wetlands of Kentucky while stationed there during his military service.

@nazfrde nonsense

@@L.A55 The song was written by Creedence's lead singer, guitarist and songwriter, John Fogerty. It was included on their 1970 album Cosmo's Factory, the group's fifth album. The song's title and lyrics, as well as the year it was released (1970), have led many to assume that the song is about the Vietnam War. The fact that previous Creedence Clearwater Revival songs such as "Fortunate Son" were protests of the Vietnam War added to this belief.[3] However, in a 2016 interview, Fogerty explained that the song is actually about the proliferation of guns in the United States. The thing I wanted to talk about was gun control and the proliferation of guns... I remember reading around that time that there was one gun for every man, woman and child in America, which I found staggering. So somewhere in the song, I think I said, '200 million guns are loaded.' Not that anyone else has the answer, but I did not have the answer to the question; I just had the question. I just thought it was disturbing that it was such a jungle for our citizens just to walk around in our own country at least having to be aware that there are so many private guns owned by some responsible and maybe many irresponsible people.[4]

@@L.A55 I refer you to @josephbrowning4220's comment below.

It has to be the greatest catalog of music ever made in a span of 3 years.

My dad has stories. We’re only getting them recently.

What sucks is all these greats are old or gone, and even if they still "have it" it's not as good as in their prime. At least we still have all the great music on recordings

Love CCR, love John, but he lost “that” voice a couple decades ago.

@@rubrokenNo doubt JF has lost much of the bass and grit in his voice, and not recently either.

No, it is about the proliferation of guns in the US.

Yes indeed it was an anti-Vietnam song.

@@dianaspears571 No. John Fogerty himself said it wasn't.

@@79BlackRose yes, I just read that and stand corrected. I remember when the song came out and it was used in protests about Vietnam at the time. My cousins who served in Vietnam said that they listened to it and it what a big hit with the troops while they served, among a few other songs. This is the first time that I'd ever heard otherwise. It may have been written by John Fogerty with that intent but it certainly wasn't the public's interpretation of the song. Thank you for enlightening me.

@@dianaspears571 No problem. You're welcome.

Gladys liked their cover too

El Cerrito, between Berkeley and Richmond.

Central Valley, i.e., 'Bakersfield' ins't NorCal.

The diversity of Bay Area music... Green Day started close by and Sly and Tower of Power were just up the road in the East Bay

Its a Rickenbacker model 325 John plays on this track, like the majority.

@@tombradley7796 You're absolutely right. During CCR he was mainly using his fireglo 325. I think he also began using two separate Les Pauls during the later phase of the band's existence. It wasn't until some time later and long after the age of the Rickenbacker (mostly) that you started seeing him on stage with a Telecaster occasionally. Totally my own misspeaking.

@@Chamomileable No worries at all brother, Peace.

Which would be in Berkeley, right?

We’ll it actually sits in between Berkeley & Richmond , with Albany tucked in there Going east on HWY 80 anyway, 4 East Bay homeboys making swampy, southern rock. 😜.