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Saturday, January 26, 2019

Creedence Clearwater Revival-Willy And The Poor Boys (1969)

In 1969, Creedence Clearwater Revival's creative output was so prolific that they managed to release three albums in a single year, an unprecedented feat in the history of rock music. In January of that year, they had already released their powerful "Bayou Country", which solidified the group's sound with its raw and basic style that fused rock, blues, country, soul, and rockabilly. In August, they released "Green River", an album that maintained a high standard, giving their sound even more power and impact. Then, at the end of the year, they released "Willy and the Poor Boys", which definitively cemented their powerful and irresistible rock sound with a release that included memorable songs like "Fortunate Son" and "Down on the Corner". However, this superb fourth album did not just live off the excellence of those two songs; the rest was also made up of tremendous compositions such as the rock and roll “It Came Out Of The Sky”, the country rock “Cotton Fields”, the rhythmic “Feelin’ Blue”, the addictive rockabilly “Don’t Look Now”, the melodic rock “Midnight Special” or the bluesy “Side O’ The Road”.