Creedence Clearwater Revival

Creedence Clearwater Revival, often referred to as simply Creedence or CCR, was an American rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The band consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, his brother rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford. Their musical style encompassed the roots rock, swamp rock, and blues rock genres. Despite their San Francisco Bay Area origins, they played in a Southern rock style, with lyrics about bayous, catfish, the Mississippi River, and other popular elements of Southern United States iconography, as well as political and socially-conscious lyrics about topics including the Vietnam War. The band performed at the 1969 Woodstock Festival in Upstate New York.

Links To Peel
Peel started playing Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1968, where the band released their debut single and album. On his 27 April 1969 show, Peel was disappointed that the music press did not acknowledge him in discovering the group in the UK:

"'They were apparently discovered a couple of months ago by Jonathan King which will come as a surprise to regular listeners to this programme who heard them over a year ago.'"

The band performed at the Royal Albert Hall, where Peel and his mother saw them and on his 26 August 1987 show mentioned that he was impressed with the group not performing any encores at the event.

Shows Played

 * Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
 * 02 February 1969: Good Golly Miss Molly (LP: Creedence Clearwater Revival) Fantasy
 * 27 April 1969: Proud Mary (single) Liberty
 * 11 May 1969: Bad Moon Rising (7") Fantasy
 * 18 May 1969: Penthouse Pauper (LP: Bayou Country) Liberty
 * 27 September 1969: Green River (LP - Green River) Fantasy
 * 15 November 1969: Sinister Purpose (LP – Green River) Liberty
 * 29 November 1969: It Came Out Of The Sky (LP – Willy And The Poor Boys) Fantasy
 * 13 December 1969: It Came Out Of The Sky (LP - Willy And The Poor Boys) Fantasy
 * 1970
 * 17 January 1970:  It Came Out of The Sky (LP - Willy And The Poor Boys) Fantasy


 * 07 March 1970: Effigy (LP - Willy And The Poor Boys) Liberty
 * 18 April 1970: Travellin’ Band (single) Liberty
 * 05 September 1970: Before You Accuse Me (LP - Cosmo's Factory) Liberty
 * 1972
 * 04 February 1972: Pagan Baby (LP – Pendulum) Liberty
 * Radio Luxembourg Tracklistings 2: Pagan Baby (LP - Pendulum) Fantasy
 * Radio Luxembourg Tracklistings 3: Keep On Chooglin’ (LP - Bayou County) Liberty
 * Radio Luxembourg Tracklistings 4: Before You Accuse Me (LP - Cosmo's Factory) Fantasy


 * 18 August 1972: Pagan Baby (LP - Pendulum) Fantasy
 * 1978
 * 27 July 1978: Pagan Baby (LP- Pendulum) Liberty
 * 1980
 * 09 July 1980: Pagan Baby
 * 1985
 * 30 July 1985: It Came Out Of The Sky (LP – Willy And The Poor Boys) EMI
 * 1987
 * 26 August 1987: Tombstone Shadow (LP - Green River) Fantasy
 * 08 September 1987: Wrote A Song For Everyone (LP – Green River) reissue
 * 1999
 * 17 November 1999: 'Sinister Purpose (LP-Green River)' (Fantasy)
 * 2000
 * April 2000 (FSK): Wrote A Song For Everyone (LP - Green River) Fantasy


 * June 2000 (FSK): Wrote A Song For Everyone (LP - Green River) Fantasy
 * 2001
 * 14 August 2001: Sinister Purpose (LP - Green River) Fantasy


 * 22 August 2001: Bad Moon Rising
 * 2003
 * 04 February 2003: 'Sinister Purpose (LP: Green River)' (Liberty)


 * 09 October 2003: 'Travelin Band' (LP - Bad Moon Rising) (Ace/Fantasy)
 * 2004
 * 31 August 2004: 'Lodi (LP-Green River)' (Fantasy)