Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Song(s) of the Day # 3,900 The Clearwater Swimmers

 


I live rounding up. And I love The Clearwater Swimmers. How could you not with a name like that. Creedence Clearwater Revivals. The Swimming Pool Q's. A name that is steeped in American folk and musical lore that you know this is going to be good before you listen to a single note.

And the record itself. The Clearwater Swimmers epnymous debut album is evn better than that. It's the best record I've heard today. That good. Comparisons are rife. And the record rises and clears the bar at every challenge. A salmon making its way upstream in the Appalachian Mountains.

This is poignant, and moving stuff. Grandaddy's country cousins.This is a vision  and chemistry that has been worked on with inbredible love and care. Magical in the way Marquee Moon, Reckoning, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain and Software Slump were magical. High praise. I could wite an essay about this album but I'll leave it there. Alchemy

2 comments:

  1. That was great, Bruce. Just my cup of tea. Thanks!

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    1. Mine too. One of my favourite albums of this year. Going to listen to that a lot, Still worth buying the music magazines I find. Otherwise I woud miss things like this.

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