'Down on the corner' - Creedence Clearwater Revival

On the 16th of December 1970, five singles and five albums by Credence Clearwater Revival were certified gold in the US. The singles were: ‘Down on the Corner’, ‘Lookin out My Back Door’, ‘Travelin' Band’, ‘Bad Moon Rising’ and ‘Up around the Bend’. The LPs were ‘Cosmo's Factory’, ‘Willy and the Poor Boys’, ‘Green River’, ‘Bayou Country’ and ‘Credence Clearwater Revival’.http://www.thisdayinmusic.com
Watch CCR perform 'Down on the corner'

"Down on the Corner" is a song by the American band Creedence Clearwater Revival. It appeared on their fourth studio album, Willy and the Poor Boys (1969). The song chronicles the tale of the fictional band Willy and the Poor Boys, and how they play on street corners to cheer people up and ask for nickels. The song spent fifteen weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached a peak of number three on the chart^[1]. Incidentally, the B-side, "Fortunate Son" reached number fourteen on the same chart during the same period^[2].

The song makes reference to a gut bass in the line "Blinky thumps the gut bass and solos for a while".^[3]. In a 1969 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, the band performed the song as Willy and the Poor Boys. Stu Cook played a gut bass, which mimicked the appearance the band as they appear on the album cover.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_on_the_Corner

'Early in the evenin' just about supper time,

Over by the courthouse they're starting to unwind.
Four kids on the corner trying to bring you up.
Willy picks a tune out and he blows it on the harp.'