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“Born on the Bayou” is the first track on Creedence Clearwater Revival’s second album, Bayou Country. It was released as the B-side of the single “Proud Mary” and reached #2 on the Billboard Charts. As the songwriter, John Fogerty, commented: “Born on the Bayou” is an example of ‘swamp rock’, a genre associated with John Fogerty and Tony Joe White. The guitar setting for the intro is over-driven with amp vibrato on a slow setting; Fogerty uses a Gibson semi-acoustic with humbuckers (which was stolen from his car soon after recording this track). The E7 chord gives the song a strong Southern blues feel. To many, the vocal performance on this track represents a pinnacle in John Fogerty’s singing, the performance as a whole is regarded as one of Creedence Clearwater... Read on...