[Gary in Arizona]

Hello Psycho/Ryan!

I'm rather new to this site myself, but Nerdistmonk has already helped me find the answer to a long-standing question.

Another point that I'm not sure has ever been raised in the Forum before: I think one of the elements that has kept CCR popular over time is the rock-steady drumming of Doug Clifford. He was never a "technical wizard"---he could not have functioned in the Jazz world---I'm not even sure he could read charts---but as an amateur skin-beater myself, I know that his licks were absolutely PERFECT for Fogerty's music. A beat so solid, you could WALK on it!

Lack of reading ability would have kept Clifford from even working in "Rock" on the level of a Frank Zappa. FZ had the FINEST drummers in rock---guys who COULD have moved into jazz without missing a . . . BEAT!

Gary in Arizona