John Fogerty, the group's primary songwriter, explained what led him to write one of their best-known and most loved songs.
“It’s a classic tale of a guy who is down on his luck, so he sells his soul to the Devil in return for much good fortune here in his earthly life,” Fogerty explained, per American Songwriter.
According to Rolling Stone, although the song was a perfect match for the paranoid vibe of late '60s anti-Vietnam sentiment, it was not intended in that way.
So what inspired him?
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“I walked in the front door and I said to the man, ‘Do you have any Les Paul guitars?’ The man said, ‘I have one,’” he explained about going to a music store that had just opened in nearby Albany. “He pointed over to the wall. I went over there and looked at the guitar and said,’ But it’s black!’ I had been expecting a sunburst guitar,” Fogerty added.
'Bad Moon Rising' was the first song he recorded with a Les Paul, using D standard tuning. This moment sparked a long-term love affair between John Fogerty and Les Paul.
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