I was watching a repeat of The Late Show with David Letterman last night, and was excited to hear that John Fogerty was the musical guest. But when the time came for his performance, I got this. After the solid return from his previous album Revival, Fogerty decided to return to cruise control by covering old classics. In this case, it was an Everly Brothers song that got an undeserved thrashing.

I decided to go back to the height of Fogerty’s creativity, which was CCR’s third album, Green River. With jamming songs contained to 5 minutes a piece, the band is tighter and not relying on too many covers to fill out an album. This album is darker, with songs like Tombstone Shadow and the chilling Sinister Purpose, with the threat of the whole world crashing down. If it wasn’t for the welcoming music put around the lyrics, fans might have felt alienated on one of their best.