Blue Ridge Rangers was released in 1973 on Fantasy Records. The album was a collection of traditional and cover songs that were arranged and produced by John Fogerty. I suppose when it first came out it was a bit confusing. Was this a John Fogerty album? Was there a band? Who were the silhouettes on the cover? Why did they all look like the same person? Was this a giant FU to Fantasy records? After the initial run of pressings I'm guessing there was some pressure to rebrand the album, and subsequently John's name was featured more prominently. The Blue Ridge Rangers came out a year after the final CCR album Mardi Gras marked the end of an era. I cannot imagine the pressure applied to a still young John Fogerty (28) to replicate the magic he had created with his previous band. While Mardi Gras was a gold selling record, I suspect that was more the general public's muscle memory as it is generally considered the nadir of the band's output. I imagine there were words ...
A place where I just blather on about shit that I either miss, or am excited about. Or I could just be deliberately trying to waste your time. I generally really don't know what I'm talking about. Sometimes I do. Sometimes this is like a stream of consciousness brain dump. I like to think of it as a reaction video, without the video ... mostly though it's just me rambling ... it's meanderambling. #oldenoughtoforget