Can a song change the world? Popular music has always been looked on as something of a disposable pleasure: reflective of its times, sure, but meant to be played among…
Creedence Clearwater Revival
It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
The story behind one of the great rockabilly/swamp boogie tunes of all-time, Dale Hawkins’ “Susie Q.”
[youtube id=”nM_BJrgRs2E” width=”600″ height=”350″] Sweet mama this is one great album. Released at a moment when everybody knew that Creedence Clearwater Revival was pretty damn good, Cosmo’s Factory managed to…
Years ago, I worked at a radio station in small-town Illinois. An on-air discussion about Woodstock prompted one of the sales reps to collar me in the hall afterward. “I…
And now, a list of songs: “Everyday People” by Sly and the Family Stone “Dizzy” by Tommy Roe “Love Theme From ‘Romeo & Juliet’” by Henry Mancini “Sugar Sugar” by…
John Fogerty was responsible for some of the best rock music of the ’60s — and, as Matthew Bolin discovers in his latest column, he was also a bit of a vengeful prick.
When the Small Claims version of Rock Court was being kicked around, one very specific rule was initially put into play – no actual, litigated cases. Still, one got through…
One of the many things I love about Popdose is our collective freedom to write different kinds of posts: Sometimes you gets yourself a Cold Shot related to some bit…
When you talk about classic rhythm sections, you probably think about John Bonham and John Paul Jones or Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. But Doug Clifford and Stu Cook, drummer…
Welcome to the second installment of an ongoing series celebrating songs that fell excruciatingly short of ascending to the top of BillboardÁ¢€â„¢s pop singles chart. In the course of compiling…
Creedence Clearwater Revival – 40th Anniversary Reissues (Fantasy, 2008) (six separate CDs — see below for purchase links) Okay, first things first — I realize the image above is for…
One of the questions I am occasionally asked by readers, other than “Are you sure you’re straight?,” is “Why don’t you write more?” (This is also the question I am…