A Song For Everyone: The Story of Creedence Clearwater Revival
Book by John Lingan
DETAILS
Publisher : Hachette Books (August 9, 2022) Language : English Hardcover : 384 pages ISBN-10 : 0306846713 ISBN-13 : 978-0306846717 Item Weight : 1.32 pounds Dimensions : 6.4 x 1.5 x 9.25 inches Best Sellers Rank: #77,744 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #235 in Women in History #242 in Rock Band Biographies #291 in Rock Music (Books) , The definitive biography of Creedence Clearwater Revival, exploring the band's legendary rise to fame and how their music embodied the cultural landscape of the late '60s and early '70s From 1969 to 1971, as the United States convulsed with political upheaval and transformative social movements, no band was bigger than Creedence Clearwater Revival. They managed a two-year barrage of top-10 singles and LPs that doubled as an ubiquitous soundtrack to one of the most volatile periods in modern American history, and they remain a staple of classic rock radio and films about the era. Yet despite their enduring popularity, no book has ever sought to understand Creedence in conversation with their time. A Song for Everyone finally tells that story: the thirteen-year saga of an unassuming suburban quartet's journey through the wilds of 1960s pop, and their slow accrual of a sound and ethos that were almost mystically aligned with the concerns of decade's end. Starting in middle school, these Californian friends and brothers cut a working-class path through the most expansive decade in American music, playing R&B, country, and rock 'n' roll under a variety of names as each of those genres expanded and evolved. When they finally synthesized those styles under a new name in 1968, Creedence Clearwater Revival became instantly epochal, then fell apart under the weight of personal grievances that dated back to adolescence. As musicians and as men, they embodied the contradictions and difficulties of their time, and those dimensions of their career have never been explored until now. Drawing on wide-ranging research into the social and musical developments of 1959-1972, extensive original interviews with surviving Creedence members and associates, and unpublished memoirs from people who knew the group closely, A Song for Everyone is the definitive account of a legendary and still-beloved American band. At the same time, it is also a cultural history of those same years—from Elvis to Altamont, Eisenhower to Watergate—seen through the eyes of four men who encapsulated them in song for all time, told by one of the rising figures in contemporary music writing. Read more
REVIEW
First, the info and insights about the band are excellent. I learned a lot more about Creedence from this book than I got from John's own autobiography. Also, there are some really good sections about how the individual songs were conceived and written. Stellar research. However, the majority of the book seems to go down various rabbit holes that dwell on the news and politics of the times, as well as a lot of references to music of other artists that rarely seem to correlate to Creedence's. A little of that can go a long way toward adding color and context to the story, but it eventually reaches the point where it starts seeming like filler material. You should definitely buy the book if you want to know about the band, but get ready to skim through a lot of it.
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