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.
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.
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.
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!💯🤗❤️✌️
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.
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 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
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 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.
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.
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!
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!
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. 😎🍺☮️
Hitchhiking back then was certainly not mainstream but on the other hand it was generally accepted as a mode of transportation for a while, and obviously it takes a bit of risk-taking on both parties side, but it just was the way for so long and I think that actually came out from a couple decades earlier the Great Depression where people would ride these box cars on the rails all over and hop off and spend the night and get a good room and board and a meal in exchange for doing some work and then leaving the next day. But things have changed so much just in my lifetime, that's so dangerous nowadays and while it does still happen it's just not something that would be considered a mode of transportation like it was back then.
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.
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
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.
I got to see John Forgerty in concert on a Hollywood soundstage many years back. He was recording a live album. 300 people were there. It was a stellar show. Just a couple solo songs, and mostly CCR. It rocked.
In 1971 me and a mate hitchhiked from our home in N England down to Lands End and back to John ‘o Groats, from one end of the UK to the other, it only took 6 days and we met so many really interesting people along the way. So glad I grew up then and not now. ✌️
For those who don't know, John'o Groats is at the northern tip of Scotland and Land's End is at the extreme southwest of England, in Cornwall I believe, a long way up and down. Myself I enjoyed hitch- hiking in the 1970's doing four round trips across the USA and Canada with a side trip to Alaska. Best times of my life. Never a problem ( well maybe some minor inconveniences ).
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
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.
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
I hitchhiked from about 8 or 9 yrs (1970 or '71) on, back and forth to Imperial Beach CA, and I picked up hitchhikers up until about the 90's; when I stopped doing so. My first concert was Cal Jam 2 in 1978. I was 15yrs9mos and I had to hitchhike from Ontario (Speedway) CA to San Berdoo at about 1am...whenever Aerosmith finished. I hitchhiked from the tunnel going underneath the track though...thumb out and asking "is anyone going to San Berdoo?" Said that twice and I heard a reply; "you can come with us." Turned out they lived just around the corner from our home. I told my mom, who dropped me off the night before the concert, that I had a ride home.🤥
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! 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎶
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.
One of my favorite CCR tunes. I love the energy and rhythm in this song. If you want some swanky bluesy great song, do "Before You Accuse Me". They do a wonderful cover of Little Richard's "Good Golly Miss Molly" too.
I hitched all over the U.K. & Europe in the 60's & 70's, some great memories of people & lifts.
John Fogerty....the pride of El Cerrito California. How they pulled off that vibe was amazing
When I was growing up we would hitch hike to wherever we were going. People were more trustworthy. Thank you 😊
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
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.
It was a great time to be young. Great music, there isn't anything like it now.
One of my favorite Bass riffs ever.
Back in the 70's I didn't think anything about hitch-hiking to my uncles house 50 miles away. Those were great days!
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.
Yes!!
CCR!!!
The best!!!
The first note and you know who it is!!!
Their sound stands out!!
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!
Bob Seger.
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.
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.
"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.
Who'll Stop the Rain is awesome by CCR
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!💯🤗❤️✌️
CCR has been my Jam since I was 10! Love the '74 Honda CB-550 Four She was riding!
Their songs, Who'll Stop The Rain, Mdnight Special, Cotton Fields, are all great songs that you haven't checked out yet.
If you're into this one then you will definitely love Up around the bend!
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.
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.
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 used to hitch home from college every Friday in the 70s, about 40 miles....no problem.
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 ❤
Even as late as the mid 80s, hitchhiking was still a thing. I hitchhiked across Minnesota to see my girlfriend at college in 1983.
CCR.... Hey Tonight is a banger.
Wow , I forgot how cool this song is. I haven’t heard it in years. Thank you
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.
One of my favourite bands of my youth.
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!
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.
Great band CCR !! You must try "Ramble Tamble" next. You will be pleasantly surprised !!
This is one of my favorite songs of theirs, and it's so uptempo, just kicks butt all through the track.
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.
You need to check out Travelin Band by CCR for some great rock and roll!
I hitchhiked cross country from Boston to San Francisco and back with two friends in '71. Took the whole Summer. That was a gas. The adventures!
Love you guys and may God bless you and your family!!
You gotta do “Hey Tonight” by CCR, lots of energy!
Whooo! I almost forgot how much I LOVE this song!!!! Thanks guys!
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!
I grew up with CCR in my life; so when John went solo in the 80s, I was all over that
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!!
This was my jam when I was 10 years old!! I enjoyed all the CÇR tunes!!
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!
Man‼️ Been so many years since I've heard this song, I forgot how pumped up it is‼️
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. 😎🍺☮️
Such a great song from a great band. Thanks for this gem.
Yup, I used to hitch hike in the 1970’s in Canada
Hitchhiking back then was certainly not mainstream but on the other hand it was generally accepted as a mode of transportation for a while, and obviously it takes a bit of risk-taking on both parties side, but it just was the way for so long and I think that actually came out from a couple decades earlier the Great Depression where people would ride these box cars on the rails all over and hop off and spend the night and get a good room and board and a meal in exchange for doing some work and then leaving the next day.
But things have changed so much just in my lifetime, that's so dangerous nowadays and while it does still happen it's just not something that would be considered a mode of transportation like it was back then.
This is exactly right. Great description of the history of it. I've got so many stories to tell about that.
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!
CCR- traveling band is a must. It is short but sweet
YES! I'm going to see John Fogherty this summer in concert, he'll be singing all the old CCR stuff! Can't wait!
This is one of my favorite CCR songs!!
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
You need to give mention to Doug Clifford, great drummer for CCR.
One of my very favorites!
A real banger. Another not often played gem is It came out of the sky.
CCR love their songs especially Have you ever seen the rain🤗And Midnight special👍Great band grew up on them so awesome.
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.
CCR had 11 songs in the billboard top 10, all written by John Fogerty, in a 3-year period...
I highly recommend CCR "Cotton Fields" !
With the start of baseball season, you should do "Centerfield" by John Fogerty
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.
I got to see John Forgerty in concert on a Hollywood soundstage many years back. He was recording a live album. 300 people were there. It was a stellar show. Just a couple solo songs, and mostly CCR. It rocked.
In 1971 me and a mate hitchhiked from our home in N England down to Lands End and back to John ‘o Groats, from one end of the UK to the other, it only took 6 days and we met so many really interesting people along the way. So glad I grew up then and not now. ✌️
For those who don't know, John'o Groats is at the northern tip of Scotland and Land's End is at the extreme southwest of England, in Cornwall I believe, a long way up and down. Myself I enjoyed hitch- hiking in the 1970's doing four round trips across the USA and Canada with a side trip to Alaska. Best times of my life. Never a problem ( well maybe some minor inconveniences ).
A Nr.1 hit here in Switzerland in 1971 and thus their biggerst hit here after Here Tonight was peaking Nr. 3 a few months earlier.
Back in the day my brother would hitch hike from Michigan to Tenn. once a year, what some great stories.
People weren't lost back then, we just trusted others. And then thanked them. .. and still no #1s ???!!!!!
Not in the US maybe but in Europe they had a lot of no 1 ones.....
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.
You have to do "Hay tonight" it's a real banger.
"HEY TONIGHT"
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
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.
One of my ccr favs, and I love all ccr! Also that's a fire bosworth shirt. He was a beast!
I can't express how much this jam f ..ckin rocks. Ty Jay and Amber, try someday nevercomes ✌️❤️🕶
Back in the 60's and 70's hitching was how you got around .
Hitched all over country in 70's nyc to la at 14yo It was a different world
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
I hitchhiked from about 8 or 9 yrs (1970 or '71) on, back and forth to Imperial Beach CA, and I picked up hitchhikers up until about the 90's; when I stopped doing so. My first concert was Cal Jam 2 in 1978. I was 15yrs9mos and I had to hitchhike from Ontario (Speedway) CA to San Berdoo at about 1am...whenever Aerosmith finished. I hitchhiked from the tunnel going underneath the track though...thumb out and asking "is anyone going to San Berdoo?" Said that twice and I heard a reply; "you can come with us." Turned out they lived just around the corner from our home. I told my mom, who dropped me off the night before the concert, that I had a ride home.🤥
People used to trust each other, i hitched across the United States a few times in the 70's
Hell Yeah Y'all
Saying that CCR is "universal" is probably the best way to describe them.
When my dad would be traveling alone sometimes he would pick up a hitchhiker and let them drive while he would get in the backseat and sleep 😂
Who’ll stop the rain is another great song you haven’t checked out yet
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.
John Fogerty has such a cool unique voice! Always great!!! ❤😊
Such a good classic, it has the old school reminiscing sound.
Thnxs for SHH from CCR! I love you !!! Any CCR-Song is an absolute TopofthePops!!! Choose any, always right!!!
Every song Creedence did was a banger. My Greatest Hits album was a favorite to cruse down the road to.
My wife rides a badass Harley, and belongs to a few women's riders groups. It's a thing, and it's awesome! 😊
One of my older Sister's Favorites, Thanx, made think of her.😍 Miss ya Jojo
Love CCR ❤
Finally...my absolute favorite CCR song!
We went out and didn't have to lock the doors when I was a kid.... A great time to be a child.....
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.
There's that voice again.
In the 70's we did it all the time. Although if my Dad knew he would freak! Haha he never did.✌️❤️
you gonna rock to this one....
Really really like this song. CCR is one of my all-time favorite Rock bands. 🎉🎉🎉 Good Reaction.
One of my favorite CCR tunes. I love the energy and rhythm in this song. If you want some swanky bluesy great song, do "Before You Accuse Me". They do a wonderful cover of Little Richard's "Good Golly Miss Molly" too.
'How can you not love CCR?' - word! 🧑⚖
You two have done a ton of CCR, the crazy thing is, you’ve still got more to go! “Traveling Band” would be high on the list.