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minus-squareblitzen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up45·1 month agoCCR has to be the band most unexpectedly from where they are from.
minus-squareMTZ@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agoI always assumed that CCR was from like…Louisiana or something. Never would have guessed that they were from the bay area. Wild.
minus-square𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21 month agoSo I listen to CCR and Wikipedia says they were formed in El Cerrito, California (so in the san-fran bay area). I don’t know much about the regional tones of bands from that era, but what makes their region of origin unexpected?
minus-squaredreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-21 month agoCCR sounds bluesy, gritty and blue-collar/southern, definitely not folksy, ‘hippie’ sounding compared to a band like the Mamas and the Papas
minus-square𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoAh gotcha! I don’t really get too much into music categorisation so grouping them by geography is off my level. Thanks!
minus-squarekkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoHalf their songs are about being from Louisiana.
CCR has to be the band most unexpectedly from where they are from.
I always assumed that CCR was from like…Louisiana or something. Never would have guessed that they were from the bay area. Wild.
So I listen to CCR and Wikipedia says they were formed in El Cerrito, California (so in the san-fran bay area). I don’t know much about the regional tones of bands from that era, but what makes their region of origin unexpected?
CCR sounds bluesy, gritty and blue-collar/southern, definitely not folksy, ‘hippie’ sounding compared to a band like the Mamas and the Papas
Ah gotcha! I don’t really get too much into music categorisation so grouping them by geography is off my level. Thanks!
Half their songs are about being from Louisiana.