Born on the Bayou

[5] He commented: "Born on the Bayou" was vaguely like "Porterville," about a mythical childhood and a heat-filled time, the Fourth of July.

Hoodoo is a magical, mystical, spiritual, non-defined apparition, like a ghost or a shadow, not necessarily evil, but certainly other-worldly.

[6]"Born on the Bayou" is an example of "swamp rock",[7] a genre associated with Fogerty, Little Feat/Lowell George, the Band, J.J. Cale and Tony Joe White.

[4] Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug Clifford has said of the song in 1998: My favorite record of ours is "Born on the Bayou."

"[10] Clifford added that “I must say I’ve had a change of heart over 40 years, and I love ‘Proud Mary.”[10] Creedence Clearwater Revival performed the song at Woodstock.

[11][12] Ultimate Classic Rock critic Cliff M. Junior rated "Born on the Bayou" as Creedence Clearwater Revival's 2nd greatest song, saying that "John Fogerty doesn’t just sing this ominous ode to the New Orleans area — he howls it.