Blue Ridge Rangers

John Fogerty | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (October 17, 1990)
• Label: Fantasy
• ASIN: B000000XC1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #565,304 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Blue Ridge Mountain Blues

2. Somewhere Listening (For My Name)

3. You're the Reason

4. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)

5. She Thinks I Still Care

6. California Blues [Blue Yodel No. 4]

7. Workin' on a Building

8. Please Help Me, I'm Falling

9. Have Thine Own Way, Lord

10. I Ain't Never

11. Hearts of Stone

12. Today I Started Loving You Again

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars COUNTRY CLASSICS!, February 20, 2000

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Henry R. Kujawa ("The Forbidden Zone" (Camden, NJ)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Ridge Rangers (Audio CD)

From the first twang of that banjo, I knew I was in for something different here. While some artists in 1973 were rediscovering 50's rock & roll, John Fogerty looked back and paid tribute to 50's country western & gospel! My faves include "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues", "You're the Reason", "California Blues", "Workin' On A Building", "Please Help Me, I'm Falling", "I Ain't Never" and "Today I Stared Loving You Again" (there's one I can relate to way too much). But they're ALL good ones. Some have become standards, done by many artists over the years, like "She Thinks I Still Care" (George Jones, Cher, Michael Nesmith) and "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)" (Hank Williams, Jo Stafford, Carpenters-- probably my favorite, Buzz Zeemer, and Dash Rip Rock-- probably the WILDEST) but Fogerty does each in his own style. I'd love it if he did another one like this, as I can listen to this over and over-- and have been.

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I shoulda bought it way back when!, January 23, 2001

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Bruce K. Day "sojourner" (Falls Church, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Ridge Rangers (Audio CD)

In my teen years, I was a Creedance fanatic. I loved to listen-to and play (I will never be that good) all of the early with-the-band music. Somehow this one slipped through my fingers when it came out during my frugal college days, maybe I was afraid that Fantasy had squeezed some half-baked garbage out to fulfill a contract requirement. What a surprise to find John Fogerty playing the stuff I like to listen to and play now. I have always appreciated his interest in themes and styles from traditional/folk/country and love "Blue Moon Swamp", but had not realized that gospel/bluegrass was part of the mix. It is unfortunate that radio does not know what to do with gifted musicians who do not "fit the mold". Although this is all well known material, the interpretation is classic Fogerty and well worth owning. If you are a fan of classic country or classic rock, this is an important link between the two.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Album, February 12, 2002

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Bradley Olson (Bemidji, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue Ridge Rangers (Audio CD)

As stated by many reviewers and by the title of the album, this is John Fogerty's legendary One Man Band (meaning he played all the instruments and sang all the vocals) album from 1973 entitled "Blue Ridge Rangers." Back when it was released in 1973, Creedence Clearwater Revival had just broken up and he had to fulfill his contract with Fantasy with 1 more album and this is the album that he not only recorded to do that and that he couldn't sing the Creedence hits legally at the time, but it also is an album that pays tribute to his influences by singing covers of many country classics with gospel and blues mixed in for good measure. The Top 20 hit, Jambalaya, is performed here in a rousing arrangement. Some of the other highlights include the top 40 minor hit cover of "Hearts of Stone" which had been recorded by a few country artists and in the pop world, the Fontaine Sisters, The Webb Pierce/Mel Tillis classic "I Ain't Never", Working on a Building, Merle Haggard's "Today I Started Loving You Again," Blue Ridge Mountain Blues, the George Jones hit "She Thinks I Still Care," Jimmie Rodgers's "California Blues (Blue Yodel #4)" and You're The Reason. If he would have recorded "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (appears on the Big Mon tribute to Bill Monroe) at the time this was recorded, it would also appear on this album. The sound quality is excellent and the music is timeless. Country fans, Fogerty fans, CCR fans, folk fans, blues fans, gospel fans, rock and roll fans should definitely pick up this album.