Track Listing 1. Down On The Corner 2. It Came Out Of The Sky 3. Cotton Fields 4. Poorboy Shuffle 5. Feelin' Blue 6. Fortunate Son 7. Don't Look Now 8. Midnight Special, The 9. Effigy 10. Side O' The Road - (previously unreleased, live) 11. Fortunate Son (Live - Manchester 1971; Previously Unreleased) (previously unreleased, live) 12. It Came Out Of The Sky (Live - Berlin 1971; Previously Unreleased) (previously unreleased, live) 13. Down On The Corner [From a Jam Session with Booker T & The MG's for a 1970 TV Special]
| Details | | Producer: | Chris Clough, John Fogerty | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Composer: John Fogerty. Lyricist: John Fogerty. Creedence Clearwater Revival: John Fogerty (vocals, guitar); Stu Cook (bass guitar, background vocals); Doug Clifford (drums, background vocals); Tom Fogerty (background vocals). Audio Remasterer: George Horn. Opening up with the feel-good, down-home groove of the hit "Down on the Corner" and featuring all-out, belligerent roots rock like "Fortunate Son" and loose, soul-drenched instrumentals like "Side Of The Road," WILLY AND THE POOR BOYS is sensational from start to finish. Throughout CCR's brief career, their sound was a musical evocation of a mythic rural South, and WILLY AND THE POOR BOYS is arguably the most Southern-sounding of all their records. Even though this t10-song album is padded out with cover versions of such folk-blues standards as "Cotton Fields" and "The Midnight Special," John and brother Tom Fogerty's ragged electric guitar playing and the minimalist bass and drum work of Stu Cook and Doug Clifford make these well-known songs sound like Creedence originals.
Editorial Reviews 4 stars out of 5 -- [The album] upped the anger ante on 'Fortunate Son,' which rages against class-based draft inequality with rare, beat-driven fury... Rolling Stone
5 stars out of 5 -- WiLLY AND THE POOR BOYS is their loosest and most class-conscious record. Blender
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