![]() Certainly a song like “Green River“ which you may think would fit seamlessly into the Bayou vibe, but it’s actually about the Green River, as I named it – it was actually called Putah Creek by Winters, California. What really happened is that I used a setting like New Orleans, but I would actually be talking about thing from my own life. In another interview with Rolling Stones in 2012, Fogerty explained that their bayou-inspired music actually came from his childhood in NorCal: It was green, lime flavored, and they would empty some out over some ice and pour some of that soda water on it, and you had yourself a Green River.Īnd so it goes, the inspiration behind the hit song from the world-famous band came from the banks of Putah Creek, flowing out of Lake Berryessa below Monticello Dam. You used to be able to go into a soda fountain, and they had these bottles of flavored syrup. The actual specific reference, “Green River,” I got from a soda pop-syrup label. ![]() That’s the reference in the song to Cody Jr. There was a little cabin we would stay in owned by a descendant of Buffalo Bill Cody. I went there with my family every year until I was ten. Green River is really about this place where I used to go as a kid on Putah Creek, near Winters, California. ![]() When asked about the term Green River during an interview with Rolling Stones in 1993, Creedence lead singer John Fogerty explained that the term came from his experience on a Putah Creek as a kid: ![]()
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