That’s my favorite CCR song. And that was the song where I discovered them. It was a huge AM radio hit and everyone I knew loved it and had it either on the album, COSMO’S FACTORY or the 45RPM single. I wore that album out.
I was a hitchhiker!! Back when I was in college in 1971, we would line the main street with our thumbs out to get rides out of town to the local tavern. I also hitchhiked from college to my home town several times. Very safe back then.
I kinda have the feeling Tom would have made this song still a bit better... John's hard-rock inspired rhythm guitar just isn’t the same just on it's own
You are right about hitch-hiking in those times. Two other hitch-hiking songs you've already done J&A are Hitchin' A Ride (1970) by Vanity Fare and Chevy Van (1973) by Sammy Johns.
I remember seeing lots of hitch hikers in the 60s & 70s but not later. My dad would say "I ain't pickin' up no dang hippy." I gave a few people rides but today is a different time. Sad that it's risky to trust strangers now.
With the depression, rationing during WWII and broke GI's running around right afterward, hitch hiking had become a pretty common mode of transportation and stayed that way into the early 70's.
I was in my late teens in 1970 and we would hitch hike everywhere. It was a mode of transportation, like taking a bus. I guess we were taking a chance getting into a strangers car, but nothing happened to any of us.
Stayed longer than that. We were hitching all the time in the late 70s and 80s. Wasn't until they started putting up the no hitch hiking signs everywhere that it mostly stopped.
Yep. Did it myself back in the day quite a bit. wouldn’t do it today. But in those days, while certainly not the safest way to travel, it still worked most of the time. Different times.
One of my all-time favorite CCR songs! We would pick up hitchhikers back in the 60's and early 70's. I even hitched a time or two. By the mid-80's it was rare, and now just plain scary.
John is currently out on tour, but I checked and he doesn't have any dates scheduled close to you guys. If you ever get a chance, go see him. He can still jam.
Great song from CCR! The band's last big hit. I've liked it ever since I can remember. "Travelin' Band" is another song if you want to rock out to CCR.
We used to hitch hike all over. I would sometimes pick up hitchhikers who would help with the driving. I met a sweet little thing and we hitchhiked to Atlanta Pop together and I never saw her again. Those days are long gone. I would never hitchhike or pick one up today. Sad.
The trust level in the 70's was off the charts. My Dad would pick up a hictch hiker in a minute. My mom wasn't a fan. But it worked. We met many interesting people. Those were the days.
What a flashback! We hitch hiked in the 70s through the mid 80s without a thought, really. Picked up hitchers, too. Hitched all through Alaska several times. Oh, and I had that exact motorcycle in high school in the 70s. What a great time to be alive!
I was a teen in the 70s. I hitchhiked with a friend from Maine to Florida to California when I was 17, then Greyhound back home to Maine. . A few months later, I left here and went to Florida again. I met a lot of cool people and met a few sketchy people. Someday, I'll tell you about my few seasons working with the carnival 😊 Much love from Maine and keep doin what ya do ❤
After I dropped out of college in 1970, I hitched from San Antonio Tx. to 'Frisco! Ended up hitch hiking around for 2 1/2 years. Never had any major problems, just a lot of good times.😂 It was a different time and a diierent world. All you had to do was wait for a VW van to come along and you had a ride!💯🤗❤️✌️
Hitchhiking was a normal back in the day. My kids Dad was in the Navy during Vietnam & when he got leave he would hitchhike from California to Oklahoma.
When I went to school the bus drivers played the radio on the bus...used to listen to this song most every morning on way to school when it first came out
yeah, hitch hiking could be a real thrill.... or you can be somewhere no one knows for hours waiting. Great song, I wore out tons of socks dancing to this one!
Just a quick story about hitchhiking. Around 1957 American cars were all big beasts. My parents had one of the first Volkswagen Beetles in our area. One day my father and I were going somewhere and far ahead was a young guy with his thumb out (if you are a youngster that was the sign of wanting a ride ). The cars ahead of us went past him without stopping. When he saw us approaching in the little VW he dropped to his knees with his thumb still out. We didn't stop because we were almost at our destination, but that gave us a big grin. 😊
The great John Fogerty,he was the last concert i attended in my life,it was in 2011 at the Luna Park Stadium,in Buenos Aires. At that time the married life forced me to leave the concerts(lack of time and lack of money,haha). Today i am no longer married but i still listen to Creedence Clearwater Revival and John Fogerty. Rock n' roll forever. I want to recommend a song by John Fogerty,Almost Saturday Night,from his first solo album. Greetings from Argentina.
CCR had some of the best music going for sure, I remember hearing a song on the radio the first time they broke into the “big time” I didn’t have to hear the whole song to know I was already a fan. 😎🍺☮️
Love John Fogerty and CCR! This is another great song written by John Fogerty. This is a single off the last CCR album Mardi Gras and CCR is a Trio at this point. John’s brother Tom left the group to pursue a solo career which went no where! John is the star of the group! Because of the Jealousy of John Fogerty looming in the group over the years by the other members, they ended up falling apart when they were the top band in the world. They disbanded in late 1972!
I live up in the mountains - in deep snow sometimes, I have accepted rides and given back when I got my car. It's still a little Hippie-ish up here thank God✌️Amber is definitely a throwback Hippie Chick 😍 and obviously she's got good taste.
You nailed it. How can anyone not like them? Time to dive into some of their deep cuts. Try "Walk on the Water", "Gloomy", "Porterville", "Ninety-Nine And a Half (Won't Do)", "Penthouse Pauper".
Sweet Hitch-Hiker was CCR's last single to reach the top 10 of the Billboard charts, peaking at #6 in 1971. A little trivia - CCR holds the record for having the most #2 singles (5) without ever hitting #1 on Billboard: Proud Mary Bad Moon Rising Green River and the double-sided singles Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop The Rain Lookin Out My Back Door/Long As I Can See The Light
Always one of my favorite CCR songs. It seems crazy now how many people hitchhiked to get around. Lots of ppl didn't have cars so it was pretty common when my parents were young. It seems so dangerous now
Jay and Amber thank you for this i was one of the ones who requested it. Such a good song. Check out their song It Came Out Of The Sky and (I Wish I Could) Hideaway.
Great song! for more, from the great album Cosmos Factory, do their awesome jam, Ramble Tamble, rocking banger to the core. Enjoy some more classic CCR! 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎶
CCR's songs each had a story to tell and put you in a different space and place. The songs were unique unto their own, and yet had an atmospheric connection to each other.
I had 9 brothers & sisters. My twin and I listened to this song at a young age. Two of my older sister's taught us how to dance when this song came out. I remember having a blast & my twin hating it😂😂
I'm so excited. I'm going to see John Fogerty & George Thorogood in concert in June! Going to be a great show.
wow, will be great indeed. I've seen George(1982), but not John.
I'm jealous
I will also see them in June in NJ.
Saw him last year. He is super in concert!
Thorgood puts on great concert
When I was growing up we would hitch hike to wherever we were going. People were more trustworthy. Thank you 😊
I’m telling my age, but I bought the 45 when I was 15 in 1971. Love CCR!
Sping chicken😋
I too turned 15 in 71. Remember this being their last big single.
I was 19 in 71 and saw them in concert. They did a great live show. So many great tunes.
Me too! I turned 14 in 1971! My older brother introduced them to me when I was about 12! One of my FAVOURITES!
❤️ ... Similar.
Forget the "British invasion" of the Beatles and the Stones. John Fogerty is the voice of American home-grown R&R. Grand Funk is right alongside him.
Yes, and the Brits were originally inspired by American (African) blues!
John Fogerty....the pride of El Cerrito California. How they pulled off that vibe was amazing
Who'll Stop the Rain is awesome by CCR
Yes!!
CCR!!!
The best!!!
The first note and you know who it is!!!
Their sound stands out!!
Back in the 70's I didn't think anything about hitch-hiking to my uncles house 50 miles away. Those were great days!
Their songs, Who'll Stop The Rain, Mdnight Special, Cotton Fields, are all great songs that you haven't checked out yet.
Fogerty is often hard to understand. The line is 'we could make music at the Greasy King', which was restaurant in El Cerrito where the band would go.
You need to check out Travelin Band by CCR for some great rock and roll!
It was a great time to be young. Great music, there isn't anything like it now.
"Up Around The Bend" has got to be the next CCR song. It's one you might recognize from commercials or movies etc...
Yes! My favorite! Jay & Amber will rock to it for sure!👍✌️
That opening riff! So good!
That’s my favorite CCR song. And that was the song where I discovered them. It was a huge AM radio hit and everyone I knew loved it and had it either on the album, COSMO’S FACTORY or the 45RPM single. I wore that album out.
I was a hitchhiker!! Back when I was in college in 1971, we would line the main street with our thumbs out to get rides out of town to the local tavern. I also hitchhiked from college to my home town several times. Very safe back then.
Yep. I lived 40 miles from college. Put some books in your hand and someone was going to help you out.
CCR.... Hey Tonight is a banger.
This is from CCR's last album (Mardi Gras). Their only album as a trio, due to Tom Fogerty having already left the band.
I kinda have the feeling Tom would have made this song still a bit better...
John's hard-rock inspired rhythm guitar just isn’t the same just on it's own
It was released as a single in 1971, and John both wrote it and was the singer.
You are right about hitch-hiking in those times. Two other hitch-hiking songs you've already done J&A are Hitchin' A Ride (1970) by Vanity Fare and Chevy Van (1973) by Sammy Johns.
Love both of those songs!
Great band CCR !! You must try "Ramble Tamble" next. You will be pleasantly surprised !!
You gotta do “Hey Tonight” by CCR, lots of energy!
We went out and didn't have to lock the doors when I was a kid.... A great time to be a child.....
One of my favorite Bass riffs ever.
I remember seeing lots of hitch hikers in the 60s & 70s but not later. My dad would say "I ain't pickin' up no dang hippy." I gave a few people rides but today is a different time. Sad that it's risky to trust strangers now.
With the depression, rationing during WWII and broke GI's running around right afterward, hitch hiking had become a pretty common mode of transportation and stayed that way into the early 70's.
I was in my late teens in 1970 and we would hitch hike everywhere. It was a mode of transportation, like taking a bus. I guess we were taking a chance getting into a strangers car, but nothing happened to any of us.
Stayed longer than that. We were hitching all the time in the late 70s and 80s. Wasn't until they started putting up the no hitch hiking signs everywhere that it mostly stopped.
In the PNW it was discouraged. Thanks to the likes of Ted Bundy and the like.
A way of living...see Jack Kerouac !!.
Yep. Did it myself back in the day quite a bit. wouldn’t do it today. But in those days, while certainly not the safest way to travel, it still worked most of the time. Different times.
Jay & Amber, you'll love their "Travelin' Band" !!! Thanks for doing this one!!
I will second this emotion! Thanks for playing Sweet Hitchhiker.
I third this!!
If you're into this one then you will definitely love Up around the bend!
One of my all-time favorite CCR songs! We would pick up hitchhikers back in the 60's and early 70's. I even hitched a time or two. By the mid-80's it was rare, and now just plain scary.
John is currently out on tour, but I checked and he doesn't have any dates scheduled close to you guys. If you ever get a chance, go see him. He can still jam.
One of my favourite bands of my youth.
Wow , I forgot how cool this song is. I haven’t heard it in years. Thank you
Yup, I used to hitch hike in the 1970’s in Canada
In 1973 I hitched home from college every weekend. It was only 40 miles and usually I got picked up by someone I knew.
I highly recommend CCR "Cotton Fields" !
Great song from CCR! The band's last big hit. I've liked it ever since I can remember. "Travelin' Band" is another song if you want to rock out to CCR.
We used to hitch hike all over. I would sometimes pick up hitchhikers who would help with the driving. I met a sweet little thing and we hitchhiked to Atlanta Pop together and I never saw her again. Those days are long gone. I would never hitchhike or pick one up today. Sad.
Love you guys and may God bless you and your family!!
Thnxs for SHH from CCR! I love you !!! Any CCR-Song is an absolute TopofthePops!!! Choose any, always right!!!
Hitched all over country in 70's nyc to la at 14yo It was a different world
The trust level in the 70's was off the charts. My Dad would pick up a hictch hiker in a minute. My mom wasn't a fan. But it worked. We met many interesting people. Those were the days.
You need to give mention to Doug Clifford, great drummer for CCR.
This is one of their best songs.
CCR has been my Jam since I was 10! Love the '74 Honda CB-550 Four She was riding!
What a flashback! We hitch hiked in the 70s through the mid 80s without a thought, really. Picked up hitchers, too. Hitched all through Alaska several times. Oh, and I had that exact motorcycle in high school in the 70s. What a great time to be alive!
I was a teen in the 70s. I hitchhiked with a friend from Maine to Florida to California when I was 17, then Greyhound back home to Maine. . A few months later, I left here and went to Florida again. I met a lot of cool people and met a few sketchy people.
Someday, I'll tell you about my few seasons working with the carnival 😊
Much love from Maine and keep doin what ya do ❤
I used to hitch home from college every Friday in the 70s, about 40 miles....no problem.
After I dropped out of college in 1970, I hitched from San Antonio Tx. to 'Frisco! Ended up hitch hiking around for 2 1/2 years. Never had any major problems, just a lot of good times.😂 It was a different time and a diierent world. All you had to do was wait for a VW van to come along and you had a ride!💯🤗❤️✌️
Back in those days, Naval bases would have a bus stop -like shelter outside of the gates for sailors to get rides from people. "Share the ride" stops.
CCR- traveling band is a must. It is short but sweet
Whooo! I almost forgot how much I LOVE this song!!!! Thanks guys!
“It Came Out of the Sky” is a great rocker by them as is “Fortunate Son” ( don’t know if you have reacted to either)!
John Fogerty has such a cool unique voice! Always great!!! ❤😊
Even as late as the mid 80s, hitchhiking was still a thing. I hitchhiked across Minnesota to see my girlfriend at college in 1983.
Hitchhiking was a normal back in the day. My kids Dad was in the Navy during Vietnam & when he got leave he would hitchhike from California to Oklahoma.
Who’ll stop the rain is another great song you haven’t checked out yet
This is one of my favorite CCR songs!!
I’ve been a fan of CCR since ‘69. Just finished reading John’s book Fortunate Son. Good read.
When I went to school the bus drivers played the radio on the bus...used to listen to this song most every morning on way to school when it first came out
You have to do "Hay tonight" it's a real banger.
"HEY TONIGHT"
yeah, hitch hiking could be a real thrill.... or you can be somewhere no one knows for hours waiting. Great song, I wore out tons of socks dancing to this one!
Such a good classic, it has the old school reminiscing sound.
Such a great song from a great band. Thanks for this gem.
Really really like this song. CCR is one of my all-time favorite Rock bands. 🎉🎉🎉 Good Reaction.
Just a quick story about hitchhiking. Around 1957 American cars were all big beasts. My parents had one of the first Volkswagen Beetles in our area. One day my father and I were going somewhere and far ahead was a young guy with his thumb out (if you are a youngster that was the sign of wanting a ride ). The cars ahead of us went past him without stopping. When he saw us approaching in the little VW he dropped to his knees with his thumb still out. We didn't stop because we were almost at our destination, but that gave us a big grin. 😊
The great John Fogerty,he was the last concert i attended in my life,it was in 2011 at the Luna Park Stadium,in Buenos Aires. At that time the married life forced me to leave the concerts(lack of time and lack of money,haha). Today i am no longer married but i still listen to Creedence Clearwater Revival and John Fogerty. Rock n' roll forever.
I want to recommend a song by John Fogerty,Almost Saturday Night,from his first solo album. Greetings from Argentina.
CCR had some of the best music going for sure, I remember hearing a song on the radio the first time they broke into the “big time” I didn’t have to hear the whole song to know I was already a fan. 😎🍺☮️
Love John Fogerty and CCR! This is another great song written by John Fogerty. This is a single off the last CCR album Mardi Gras and CCR is a Trio at this point. John’s brother Tom left the group to pursue a solo career which went no where! John is the star of the group! Because of the Jealousy of John Fogerty looming in the group over the years by the other members, they ended up falling apart when they were the top band in the world. They disbanded in late 1972!
One of my very favorites!
I grew up with CCR in my life; so when John went solo in the 80s, I was all over that
Yes, CCR, ACDC And Nightwish, my favorites
One of my older Sister's Favorites, Thanx, made think of her.😍 Miss ya Jojo
I live up in the mountains - in deep snow sometimes, I have accepted rides and given back when I got my car. It's still a little Hippie-ish up here thank God✌️Amber is definitely a throwback Hippie Chick 😍 and obviously she's got good taste.
♥ CCR!
You nailed it. How can anyone not like them? Time to dive into some of their deep cuts. Try "Walk on the Water", "Gloomy", "Porterville", "Ninety-Nine And a Half (Won't Do)", "Penthouse Pauper".
A real banger. Another not often played gem is It came out of the sky.
you gonna rock to this one....
Sweet Hitch-Hiker was CCR's last single to reach the top 10 of the Billboard charts, peaking at #6 in 1971.
A little trivia - CCR holds the record for having the most #2 singles (5) without ever hitting #1 on Billboard:
Proud Mary
Bad Moon Rising
Green River
and the double-sided singles
Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop The Rain
Lookin Out My Back Door/Long As I Can See The Light
This was my jam when I was 10 years old!! I enjoyed all the CÇR tunes!!
Always one of my favorite CCR songs. It seems crazy now how many people hitchhiked to get around. Lots of ppl didn't have cars so it was pretty common when my parents were young. It seems so dangerous now
Thanks so much guys for hittin' my favorite band again!! Next to check out, Travelin' Band, Ramble Tamble, Pagan Baby. ❤
I've been waiting for these for about two years.
Yes. Ramble Tamble please. It’s awesome.
Man‼️ Been so many years since I've heard this song, I forgot how pumped up it is‼️
Jay and Amber thank you for this i was one of the ones who requested it. Such a good song. Check out their song It Came Out Of The Sky and (I Wish I Could) Hideaway.
CCR had 11 songs in the billboard top 10, all written by John Fogerty, in a 3-year period...
There's that voice again.
'How can you not love CCR?' - word! 🧑⚖
Back in the day my brother would hitch hike from Michigan to Tenn. once a year, what some great stories.
Great song! for more, from the great album Cosmos Factory, do their awesome jam, Ramble Tamble, rocking banger to the core. Enjoy some more classic CCR! 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎶
I second "Ramble Tamble" , one of my favorite CCR tracks.
We used to hitchhike to school in the 70s. IT was a lot safer. So many great songs by CCR. He is touring and I think his kids are also in his band.
Love CCR ❤
CCR love their songs especially Have you ever seen the rain🤗And Midnight special👍Great band grew up on them so awesome.
I've loved them since I was a little kid..I'm 64 California kid 😂😊
CCR's songs each had a story to tell and put you in a different space and place. The songs were unique unto their own, and yet had an atmospheric connection to each other.
I got to see them twice in concert. In Hawaii of all places!
El Cerrito boys! I lived there for a year back in 1976-77 and never even knew that it was their town.
This is one of my favorite songs of theirs, and it's so uptempo, just kicks butt all through the track.
"Effigy" is one of my favorite CCR songs, seldom mentioned. It's a bit more political and slower but packs a punch.
They are from El Cerritio, California just a few miles north of Berkeley and Oakland, CA.
I had 9 brothers & sisters. My twin and I listened to this song at a young age. Two of my older sister's taught us how to dance when this song came out. I remember having a blast & my twin hating it😂😂
YES! I'm going to see John Fogherty this summer in concert, he'll be singing all the old CCR stuff! Can't wait!
Run through the jungle is another banger from CCR
CCR is solid gold...period.
One of my ccr favs, and I love all ccr! Also that's a fire bosworth shirt. He was a beast!
My wife rides a badass Harley, and belongs to a few women's riders groups. It's a thing, and it's awesome! 😊