Lockdown Licks no. 348. “Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Intro riff and verse chords with rhythm from a Trio pedal as backing. It’s an accessible song on guitar, written by The great John Fogerty. Apart from a brief lead break midway ,this is all you need ..oh a great rock singer too. Let me know if you find one!
Played on a Gibson 335 style.. HB35+ from Thomann into a NUX M8 amp set to overdrive. Played slightly heavier than original it features 4 double string riffs, a bass string riff and 5th power chords.
“Fortunate Son” is a song by the American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival released on their fourth studio album, Willy and the Poor Boys in November 1969. It was previously released as a single, together with “Down on the Corner”, in September 1969. It soon became an anti-war movement anthem and an expressive symbol of the counterculture’s opposition to U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War and solidarity with the soldiers fighting it. The song has been featured extensively in pop culture depictions of the Vietnam War and the anti-war movement.
The song reached number 14 on the United States charts on November 22, 1969.
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