Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou - Bass Cover

Creedence Clearwater Revival was an American rock band that gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a number of successful singles drawn from various albums. The group consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, his brother and rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford.

[@ElSacroprofano]

That bassline is pure beautiful.

[@artemanan4540]

Exactly!

[@damfeller6978]

It's best played while Stu Cook freaks out on stage.

[@jamescook3297]

I agree

[@Defmusicman1]

Thank you!!! Thank you!!! One of my all time favorites!!

[@juancarrillo625]

I play it on my truck with sweet BASS Thanks Brother

[@enriquetrincado9737]

GENIAL, MUCHAS GRACIAS.

[@lancetop]

What fun! You nailed it man:) thanks for posting.

[@70sRob]

John Fogerty wrote some damn great songs didn't he?

[@raffaberg521]

Awesome

[@100chuckjones]

great job. its such a simple but effective bass line isn't it ? I mean simple in form but almost complex in arrangement. I really dig how the bass at times follows the lead guitar line but yet stays all to its own. and how cool is it that cowbell waits till 2:30 to pop in there. thanks again for sharing, really seems like they don't make classic bass lines like they used to.

[@desolatesoul2304]

+chuck jones The most simplistic songs mean so much.

[@100chuckjones]

+Desolate Soul oh yes, much agreed.

[@bebe-bon9033]

Great solid job, Bassman !

[@prettymusicaaa]

Thanks for covering this one. I'm learning it and it's very helpful to hear your version. It's hard for me to hear all the notes in the mix of CCR's original.

[@70sRob]

Good for you man..I wish I could do that!!!

[@siiegroesener]

Very cool

[@pedroguadiana]

Eeeexcellleeeeeeennnnttttt!

[@foobargorch]

@TeamMastaPr2 i meant it's not "wrong", but it is wrong ;-) i was just trying to explain where the confusion came from, D is the 7th degree of E, C# is the 6th. both can be used for an E7 chord without sounding "wrong", but in this song it's the 6th, not the 7th that's in the original riff

[@infusion26]

@JDeganteA Thanks, I have to say I never use any tabs in my whole life I play all my covers by ear.

[@68lpjr]

Thanks for posting this. I'm a guitar player (switched to playing bass for our bands sake), we play this song and I've been looking for the correct way to play it.

[@TeamMastaPr2]

Yoo-hoo!!! Great that you upload more Creedence, I love them! (keep uploading CCR)

[@jamescook3297]

Me too

[@axelibrotherus3526]

John fogerty was genuis songmaker.

[@70sRob]

I had to watch that again..good for you. I think that's awesome. I know that took a lot of practice...JF"s songs aren't easy to do

[@derekcastillo8549]

I liked to what did in 0:35

[@helenlizzystewart4908]

I loved watching George Hawkins jr playing this

[@la196]

I'm with Infusion all the way with D. I have an ear for perfect pitch as well. My ear hears D.

[@Marttinus]

greaqt song

[@zurdalex]

thanks

[@NateBlack96]

Whoah, get back boy

[@foobargorch]

@TeamMastaPr2 it's not wrong because it sounds fine, but it sounds very different to me... anyway it's because one is the 7th of the chord and the other is the 6th of the chord (which is E7), and both are suitable for a dominant chord

[@SirPatricio]

I would like to hear your version of Born To Move...it's a little more difficult I think, but you have the capacity.

[@Momointvland]

sounds great and excellent video, but it's hard to see what your fingers are playing sometimes. maybe if the camera was facing you a bit more could tell. thanks for posting.

[@TeamMastaPr2]

@foobargorch I meant that the main riff is played a bit different by CCR's bassist Stu Cook. Stu plays it like this: E, BC#BC#E, E, BC#BC#B ... infusion26 plays with D instead of C#.

[@Kelkat66]

I noticed that it is mostly transcribed with the C# on the internet. But to me it sounds better with the way Infusion plays it with the D. I was curious as to how others play and why Infusion went with the D?

[@JDeganteA]

can you say me where did you find the tabs? soung great

[@JohnMusicaA]

hello, you got the tab?

[@KingMyron23]

infusion26 please do "You know where to find me" by Lucky Dube. If you love your Reggae subscribers please do this Reggae jam. I've seen all your vids and there r amazing.

[@TeamMastaPr2]

@infusion26 It's just one thing: it looks like your playing BDBD during the main riff, it's actually BC#BC# (I know also because I've seen Stu Cook play in this way), but at the same time it didn't song wrong...

[@Kelkat66]

Just playing it on my own bass guitar. I'm trying to decide if I should play it with the D or the C#. The way Infusion plays it sounds better then when I try it with the C#.

[@KyleCarrington]

Correct. Great playing though I figure. It's almost like The Born To Be Bayou version :P hehe. cool tho!

[@KyleCarrington]

(re: born To Be Wild)

[@Defmusicman1]

Can you do "Suzie Q"?

[@jimmiizzy6283]

weird (and I'm probably wrong) but at 1:50 I hear him playing: D,D A,A E B,D,E B,D,E ****** but his fingers don't match the B,D,E B,D,E they look like they're doing B,B,D and then at 3:30 he accidentally has his finger on the E instead of D for the D,D, A,A, E He pulls it off quickly, but there is no audible flub. Then for the A you can see that he is panicking and pushes the string up instead of getting on top of it - and still no audible flub. Then the walk after that looks not as smooth as it sounds either. With the first stuff, I thought that I just couldn't figure it out, or my mind and ears were messing me up (like usual) But then I saw the second flub, and now I am a full fledged conspiracy theorist. What is going on???

[@infusion26]

LOL

[@infusion26]

Sorry guys it is not a C#. I checked it out several times. My girlfriend has a absolute pitch... she says it is NOT a C#. So when she says it is so, it is so! LOL

[@gregfowler9056]

Bouncing back and forth from B to D? I believe it's B to C#

[@TeamMastaPr2]

@TeamMastaPr2 sound* (not song wrong lol)

[@rogeliogonzalez5293]

It's C# BUT BUT BUT B sounds better. Either way it doesn't come out "wrong" per se. Stu played C#, sure. But to my ear B just sounds better. Either way you play in it's grooving little bass line the pulls you into the tune and keeps you there.

[@joelucayt]

C#. Claim perfect pitch all you want...it's C#.

[@TheBassfresh]

it is a C# to my ear, it sounds right when you play the c# on the Estring at the 9th fret than on the A string, hence the ambiguity of the tone, especially if you use flats

[@TheBassfresh]

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[@xxshadgutsxx]

Sorry I 26 and girlfriend, but it is a C#. Went back and looked at old CCR live video's and Stu is playing a C# .

[@wanghunglo3658]

you need to turn that bass up. fur real

[@AndyPanda9]

rhythm is ok but can't you hear that you are playing the wrong pitches? That D is just so sour sounding it makes my teeth hurt, try a C# instead (talking about the main riff that runs through every verse - E-B-C#)

[@infusion26]

Sorry guys it is not a C#. I checked it out several times. My girlfriend has a absolute pitch... she says it is NOT a C#. So when she says it is so, it is so! LOL

[@AndyPanda9]

She's probably hearing the guitar not the bass. What makes this song so interesting is the bass hitting the 6th against the guitar on the 7th. But no worries, if it sounds good to you then enjoy playing it the way you hear it. :)

[@chadjohnson-authormusician8072]

Sorry infusion, but you're wrong. Maybe she's hearing something else, or maybe the bass frequencies are just tricking her because they're sometimes harder to hear. But if you want visual proof, check out this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWqufKJuor9oe9E At 0:49, it's simply unmistakable that he's playing C# notes at fret 9 on string 4. You can see several in a row.

[@circusoftheseed]

Definitely a C#. I'm not knocking your video, your playing is good, but there's no question it's a C#. The D gives it a more minor Penatonic sound, but if you listen close to the recording, you'll hear the bass sounds a little more "major" or "happy" because of the C#, which is the 6'th degree of the E major scale.

[@robsmith5434]

I know this is old but I just transcribed this tune for a student and it's definitely a C#. The guitar part is emphasizing a D but the main bass part is E B C# B C# E E B C# B C# B.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Wrong. The bass plays E to E6. NOT E7.

[@kiwibeavers9]

The verse chords are incorrect, should be playing E B C# not E B D

[@infusion26]

Sorry guys it is not a C#. I checked it out several times. My girlfriend has a absolute pitch... she says it is NOT a C#. So when she says it is so, it is so! LOL

[@johnnyneverletmedown53]

@@infusion26 It is C# for sure Info.. Not to talk down your generally great bass playing but the C# gives it a slightly different vibe to the Git and makes the song have that feel. That was the great thing about Creedence. A lot of people thought they were simple musicians, but very few bands could catch their 'sound' when trying to play their music. Eg, everyone tried playing Proud Mary in D, whereas Fogerty stepped it down to D tuning, thus giving it that full big sound. Same here with Bayou, a nice did to their understanding of musical theory. Stu was a classically trained pianist after all.

[@GaryDooley]

@@infusion26 You are WRONG about the C#. Go watch any Creedence video of Born on the Bayou and you'll see the bass player with index finger on the seventh fret going back and forth to the C# with his ring finger. Live and Learn.

[@GaryDooley]

kiwibeavers9: You are RIGHT about the C#. Go watch any Creedence video of Born on the Bayou and you'll see the bass player with index finger on the seventh fret going back and forth to the C# with his ring finger. Live and Learn.

[@anthonybladon2890]

The dispute about D vs. C# seems to be due to versions. In the various "Live At Woodstock" videos such as this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWqufKJuor9oe9E, the audio has D. At 0:49 he looks to me to be playing D with his pinkie although Gary and Chad seem to disagree. Regardless, the audio is D. Infusion's girlfriend, come home. On the other hand, the audio in "Official Lyric Video" kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJS3gnaEo9l6e9U, and other recordings such as kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZCxfYmkiraVg6M, clearly have C#.

[@kiwibeavers9]

HELLO!!! Verse chords are WRONG!!!