CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - PROUD MARY

PROUD MARY

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL

SONGWRITER: JOHN FOGERTY

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: BAYOU COUNTRY

LABEL: FANTASY

GENTE: ROCK

YEAR: 1969

Creedence Clearwater Revival, also referred to as Creedence and CCR, was an American rock band which recorded and performed from 1968 to 1972. The band initially consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty; his brother, rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty; bassist Stu Cook; and drummer Doug Clifford. These members had played together since 1959, first as the Blue Velvets and later as the Golliwogs.

Their musical style encompassed roots rock, swamp rock, and blues rock. They played in a Southern rock style, despite their San Francisco Bay Area origin, with lyrics about bayous, catfish, the Mississippi River and other popular elements of Southern United States iconography. Their songs rarely dealt with romantic love, concentrating instead on political and socially-conscious lyrics about topics such as the Vietnam War. The band performed at the 1969 Woodstock festival in Upstate New York.

The group disbanded acrimoniously in late 1972 after four years of chart-topping success. Tom Fogerty had officially left the previous year, and John was at odds with the remaining members over matters of business and artistic control, all of which resulted in subsequent lawsuits among the former bandmates. Fogerty's ongoing disagreements with Fantasy Records owner Saul Zaentz created further protracted court battles, and John Fogerty refused to perform with the two other surviving members at CCR's 1993 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Creedence Clearwater Revival's music is still a staple of U.S. classic rock radio airplay. Twenty-eight million CCR records have been sold in the United States alone. Rolling Stone ranked them 82nd on its 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. 

Left a good job in the city

Working for The Man every night and day

And I never lost one minute of sleeping

Worrying 'bout the way things might have been

Big wheel keep on turning

Proud Mary, keep on burning

Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis

Pumped a lot of pane down in New Orleans

But I never saw the good side of the city

Until I hitched a ride on a river boat queen

Big wheel keep on turning

Proud Mary, keep on burning

Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river

Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river

If you come down to the river

Bet you gonna find some people who live

You don't have to worry, 'cause you have no money

People on the river are happy to give

Big wheel keep on turning

Proud Mary, keep on burning

Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river

Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river

Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river.