He embraced rock and roll and took it to a new place with Cream. He came from the jazz area, a lot older than me. It gets the juices flowing.Д¬lash: Speaking of syncopation, what did you think of Ginger Baker as a drummer.Д¬lifford: Oh, GingerвЂ™s terrific. ItвЂ™s the opener for Creedence Clearwater Revisited. ItвЂ™s hard to explain, but I still get an extra adrenaline hit when we play that song. And the eighth notes I donвЂ™t play with my right hand I play with the bass drum, so you get a cross-cut saw groove made more powerful by playing fewer notes. IвЂ™m playing quarter notes with my right hand вЂ“ normally you play eighth notes вЂ“ so by leaving those gaps - less is best - it opens it up, sets the back beat. I think if I had to make a choice now, it would be about the rain at Woodstock.Д¬lifford: вЂњBorn on the BayouвЂќ is my favorite Creedence song. So take your pick - written about Woodstock or about the reign of Richard Nixon. The reign from the sky, you know, Tricky Dick, and what was going on. Originally it was written about the reign of Richard Nixon. People just loving each other, respecting each other and happy to be in an environment that had all this music.Д¬lash: Was 'Who'll Stop the Rain' written about Woodstock?Д¬lifford: John says it was. My partner, Stu Cook, said it best: 'It wasnвЂ™t about the bands, it was about the audience.' It was real and honest and you could feel the energy.

Those folks in the audience who had a little more than they needed shared with complete strangers. More people than food, more people than potable water, more people than toilets - the basics. It would have been a perfect place for violence and you name it, because of the conditions. The original Woodstock had horrible conditions for a half-million people. In retrospect, playing Woodstock was just an amazing event, something that never will happen again as proven by the 25 th anniversary of Woodstock.

Tom Fogerty was four years old and we were still an instrumental trio, Stu, John and myself. Our dream at that time was to have our records played on the radio. Jim Clash: WhatвЂ™s your best memory of CCR?Дoug Clifford: There are many.

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