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The Band that Fogerty Built was truly an American phenomenon during their relatively short recording career. Each of their albums, beginning with 1969's
Bayou Country, was a Top 40 hit-making machine.
Willy & the Poor Boys produced two smashes--"Down on the Corner" (which is about the fictional black street group that gave the album its title) and "Fortunate Son," Fogerty's most ferocious political rant. Each LP was a concept collection of sorts, and this one was a tribute to the South, featuring two traditional standards popularized by Leadbelly as well as two instrumentals that made you swear CCR were from New Orleans rather than Oakland, California.
--Bill Holdship
Album Details
Digitally remastered and containing rare previously unreleased bonus material. The year 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of Creedence Clearwater Revival. The album is packaged in a beautiful digipak, faithfully recreating the original album packages in meticulous detail and the CD reissue contains expanded liner notes. Contains three bonus tracks: 'Fortunate Son' (live-Manchester 1971; previously unreleased), 'It Came Out Of The Sky' (live-Berlin 1971, previously unreleased) and 'Down On The Corner' (from a jam session with Booker T & The MGs for a 1970 TV special).