Rock cover of Smokey Robinson's I Heard It Through The Grapevine is from 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival album Cosmo's Factory. CCR founder and songwriter John Fogerty features solos from band members Kenny Aronoff, Bob Malone, Shane Fogerty, James Lomenzo, and Devon Pangle live in concert at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA July 15, 2015. John Fogerty with CCR first played at the world-famous Hollywood Bowl in 1969.

Creedence Clearwater Revival had a busy 1969, releasing three albums in 11 months. And immediately after that third record, the career-topping Willy and the Poor Boys, came out, they started work on their next LP, Cosmo’s Factory, which arrived eight months after its predecessor.

It was a whirlwind period for the quartet and especially frontman John Fogerty, who penned some of the era’s most enduring classics during the era. And by the time Creedence started recording Cosmo’s Factory, their fifth album, he was working his bandmates to the point of fatigue and burnout.

This wasn’t exactly a healthy situation for the group — the “factory” in the album’s title came from bassist Doug Clifford’s not-so-flattering name for the Berkeley warehouse where they rehearsed — as the divide between Fogerty and the others began to expand. When Creedence Clearwater Revival released their next album, Pendulum, at the end of 1970, it was clear that the golden era was coming to a fast close (only ‘Have You Ever Seen the Rain” and “Hey Tonight” deserve a mention among the group’s great earlier songs). Rhythm guitarist (and John’s older brother) Tom Fogerty left the band shortly afterward, and it was only a matter of time before the younger Fogerty would shut it down completely.

Cosmo’s Factory was the last classic album by a band that made more than a few during one of the most astounding periods in rock history. The first two songs released from the sessions — “Travelin’ Band” and “Who’ll Stop the Rain” — were the first recorded in late 1969. They were released as a double A-sided single that reached No. 2 following its release in January 1970. Three months later, two more songs (recorded in March 1970) were released: “Run Through the Jungle” and “Up Around the Bend.” They made it to No. 4 and 2, respectively.

They filled out the album with covers of a Bo Diddley song (“Before You Accuse Me”), an R&B number made popular by Elvis Presley (“My Baby Left Me”), a rockabilly number that was a hit for Roy Orbison (“Ooby Dooby”) and an epic, 11-minute version of “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” — the Motown perennial that Marvin Gaye took to No. 1 in early 1969. Six years later the song was pared down to single length and just missed the Top 40.

Cosmo’s Factory became Creedence’s second and final No. 1 album (1969′s Green River made it to that position, too), and ended up staying at the top of the chart for nine weeks (Green River was there for four). It eventually sold more than four million copies, the band’s bestselling LP besides the essential 1976 compilation Chronicle (The 20 Greatest Hits). All these years later, it remains one of the group’s greatest works, and an almost entirely filler-free record of a singer and songwriter at the top of his game.

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John Fogerty 1969 US Tour:
May 2 - Memphis, TN @ Beale Street Music Festival – Tom Lee Park
May 3 - Whites Creek, TN @ Carl Black Chevy Woods Amphitheater
May 5 - Raleigh, NC @ The Red Hat Amphitheater
May 6 - Charlotte, NC @ The Uptown Amphitheatre at The Music Factory
May 8 - Orange Beach, AL @ The Amphitheater at The Wharf
May 9 - Duluth, GA @ The Arena at Gwinnett Center
May 10 - Tuscaloosa, AL @ Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
May 12 - Augusta, GA @ Bell Auditorium
May 13 - Simpsonville, SC @ Charter Amphitheater
May 15 - St. Augustine, FL@ St. Augustine Amphitheatre
May 16 - Tampa, FL @ Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
May 17 - W. Palm Beach, FL @ Coral Sky Amphitheatre
June 5 - Honolulu, HI @ Blaisdell Arena
June 22 - Baltimore, MD @ Pier Six Pavillion
June 24 - New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
June 25 - Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
June 27 - Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center for the Performing Arts
June 30 - Vienna, VA @ Filene Center at Wolf Trap
July 1 - Cleveland, OH @ Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
July 3 - New Buffalo, MI @ Four Winds Casino Resort
July 4 - Dublin, OH @ City of Dublin Independence Day Celebration
July 5 - Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theatre
July 7 - St. Louis, MO @ Fox Theatre
July 8 - Chicago, IL @ FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
July 15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
July 24 - Woodinville, WA @ Chateau Ste. Michelle
August 8 - Englewood, CO @ Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
August 9 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sandia Casino

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