Originally, guitarists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer provided the band with its gutsy, neo-psychedelic blues-rock sound, but as both guitarists descended into mental illness, the group began moving toward pop/rock with the songwriting of pianist Christine McVie. Ironically, they had the least influence over the musical direction of the band. Throughout all of their incarnations, the only consistent members of Fleetwood Mac were drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie - the rhythm section that provided the band with its name. Initially conceived as a hard-edged British blues combo in the late ’60s, the band gradually evolved into a polished pop/rock act over the course of a decade. While most bands undergo a number of changes over the course of their careers, few groups experienced such radical stylistic changes as Fleetwood Mac. The group only found themselves when John took firm reins over the band’s direction, singing and writing virtually all of their material. In fact, there’s little promise to be found on those early efforts they were extremely derivative of the British Invasion and other R&B and rock trends of the day, with few hints of the swampy roots rock that would characterize CCR. By the mid-’60s, with a few hopelessly obscure recordings under their belt, the band - including Tom and John with two high-school friends, drummer Doug Clifford and bassist Stu Cook - signed to Fantasy, releasing several singles as the Golliwogs that went nowhere. John‘s older brother Tom formed the Blue Velvets in the late ’50s in El Cerrito, California, a tiny suburb across the bay from San Francisco. The key elements of Creedence had been woodshedding in bar bands for about a decade before their breakthrough to national success in the late ’60s. The band’s genius was their ability to accomplish this with the economic, primal power of a classic rockabilly ensemble. Fogerty‘s classic compositions for Creedence both evoked enduring images of Americana and reflected burning social issues of the day. Though the music of CCR was very much a group effort in their tight, punchy arrangements, their vision was very much singer, songwriter, guitarist, and leader John Fogerty‘s. Weirdness always Approved by Professor PosterĪt a time when rock was evolving away from the forces that had made the music possible in the first place, Creedence Clearwater Revival brought things back to their roots with their concise synthesis of rockabilly, swamp pop, R&B, and country. It was 46 years ago back in 1969, that Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fleetwood Mac and Albert Collins began their four night engagement here in the center of town at the Fillmore West. It’s not for everyone, but I think it’s pretty cool! It is BG Fillmore number #156 in the poster series. This is another one of the bizarre posters created from the imaginative and sometimes somewhat twisted mind of the rock artist Lee Conklin. Toward the bottom of this pile of goo, there is a face with a breast coming out of the mouth and another nipple for the left eye. Starting at the top with a yellow sky filled with pink clouds with faces floating over what appears to be a large gelatinous mess from which, or into which are passing both the lettering as well as a great variety of body parts every which way you l ook. This brightly colored “Poster From The Past” is somewhat of a real melt-down! If you take the time to look at it closely, there’s a lot going on here.
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