Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 1968 self-titled debut album introduced the world to guitar-playing brothers John and Tom Fogerty, drummer Doug Clifford, and bassist Stu Cook, four young men out of El Cerrito in the San Francisco Bay Area. Though they emerged in a place and time where trippy psychedelic visions were the order of the day, CCR bucked the trends and instead tapped into a rich, traditional seam of American music that connected to blues, country, rockabilly, gospel, folk and R&B. 50th anniversary edition of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s third studio album, first released in August of 1969. This release marked an epochal year for Creedence, Green River being the second of three albums they released in that year. It features the hits “Green River,” “Bad Moon Rising” and “Lodi.