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minus-squareblitzen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up44·1 day agoCCR has to be the band most unexpectedly from where they are from.
minus-squareMTZ@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·23 hours 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-224 hours 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-squarekkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·20 hours agoHalf their songs are about being from Louisiana.
minus-squaredreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-223 hours 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-up5·20 hours agoAh gotcha! I don’t really get too much into music categorisation so grouping them by geography is off my level. Thanks!
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?
Half their songs are about being from Louisiana.
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!