Have You Ever Seen The Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1970)

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Additional information about this, Creedence Clearwater Revival vinyl art.

Creedence Clearwater Revival – The Artist

Creedence Clearwater Revival (also known as Creedence or CCR) was an American rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s which consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, his brother rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford.  These members had played together since 1959, first as The Blue Velvets, then as The Golliwogs. Their musical style encompassed roots rock, swamp rock, country rock and blues rock. They played in a Southern rock style, despite their San Francisco Bay Area origin, with lyrics about bayous, catfish, the Mississippi River, and other popular elements of Southern United States iconography, as well as political and socially conscious lyrics about topics including the Vietnam War.

Have You Ever Seen the Rain – The Song

Have You Ever Seen The Rain is a song by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, written by John Fogerty and released as a single in 1971 from the album Pendulum (1970). In his review of the song for AllMusic, Mark Deming suggests that “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” is about the decline of the countercultural political idealism of the 1960s during the Nixon administration, in light of events such as the Altamont Free Concert and the Kent State shootings. However, John Fogerty has said in interviews and prior to playing the song in concert that it concerns tensions within Creedence Clearwater Revival themselves and the imminent departure of his brother Tom Fogerty from the band. In a 2020 interview with American Songwriter, Fogerty stated that the line “Have you ever seen the rain, coming down on a sunny day?” was inspired by the band’s feelings of unease and depression at the height of their fame and commercial success.

The Heart – The Shape

This record has been crafted into the silhouette of a heart. The heart shape and its meaning has evolved over hundreds of years. Nowadays it means love but before the 13th and 14th centuries it was generally drawn for decorative purposes. People at that time thought of our hearts as books of memory and believed feelings for the beloved were somehow written on your heart.

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