It was 50 years ago this week that four guys from El Cerrito released their breakthrough album, the first of three chartbusters that year alone from Creedence Clearwater Revival.
The album “Bayou Country” hit stores on Jan. 5, 1969, powered by the album’s hit single “Proud Mary,” still considered the song that defined the Creedence sound and for a time made swamp rock the most popular pop music genre in the United States.
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