| "Southern Streamline" | ||||
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| Single by John Fogerty | ||||
| from the album Blue Moon Swamp | ||||
| Released | May 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Rock, country rock, rockabilly [1] | |||
| Length | 3:56 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | John Fogerty | |||
| Producer(s) | John Fogerty | |||
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"Southern Streamline" is a song written and recorded by John Fogerty for his 1997 album Blue Moon Swamp . It was released as the second single from the album.
According to Fogerty, "Southern Streamline" was inspired by train songs, which he greatly enjoyed growing up. The opening lyric "Mama, I'm on fire!" refers to his early desire to improve at guitar. Fogerty plays his custom Fender Telecaster on the song, which formerly was owned by the Eagles, and a Vox AC30 amplifier. [2] He wrote the song in Newhall, California, near the first commercially successful oil well in California. [3] He got the idea for the song after picking his daughter up from a slumber party. Fogerty originally envisioned the song as a gospel number, but transformed it into a guitar song after working in the studio. [4] "Southern Streamline" features backing vocals from the bluegrass group Lonesome River Band. [5]
"Southern Streamline" peaked at No. 67 on the Hot Country Songs chart on August 16, 1997 and spent two weeks on the chart. [6] The song was generally well-received by critics. Anthony Violanti of The Buffalo News called it a "rocking hoedown." [7] Soren Andersen of The News Tribune considered it one of the album's "rollicking rockers." [8] Jeff Reynolds of The Modesto Bee compared "Southern Streamline" favorably to Fogerty's past work in Creedence Clearwater Revival. [9] The Salina Journal's Michael Cote called it a "musical cousin of "Bad Moon Rising"." [10]
"Southern Streamline" has become a staple in Fogerty's stage performances. [11] It was covered by South African country musician Alan Ladd for his 2018 album Country Things. [12]
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [13] | 67 |
| Canada Country | 83 |
Creedence Clearwater Revival, commonly abbreviated as CCR or simply Creedence, was an American rock band formed in El Cerrito, California. The band consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, his brother, rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford. These members had played together since 1959, first as the Blue Velvets and later as the Golliwogs, before settling on Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1967. The band's most prolific and successful period between 1969 and 1971 produced fourteen consecutive Top 10 singles and five consecutive Top 10 albums in the United States, two of which – Green River (1969) and Cosmo's Factory (1970) – topped the Billboard 200 chart. The band performed at the 1969 Woodstock festival in Upstate New York, and was the first major act signed to appear there.
John Cameron Fogerty is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Together with Doug Clifford, Stu Cook, and his brother Tom Fogerty, he founded the swamp rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), for which he was the lead singer, lead guitarist, and principal songwriter. CCR had nine top-10 singles and eight gold albums between 1968 and 1972, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.
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"Green River" is a song by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. It was written by John Fogerty and released as a single in July 1969, one month before the album of the same name was released. "Green River" peaked at number two for one week, behind "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies, and was ranked by Billboard as the No. 31 song of 1969.
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