Creedence Clearwater Revival

After serving at Barnard’s Crossing’s synagogue for 25 years, Rabbi David Small decided a few months earlier to retire and teach instead at Windemere College, a small, private Boston university. The synagogue has hired a new rabbi, Dana Selig, and both Selig and Small have moved on — but that doesn’t last. When Selig is accused of killing a lecherous, self-important boorish Windemere professor, Small does what he always does: solve the case.

This is the 12th and final entry in this show more fun cozy series, and, with author Harry Kemelman’s death, there will be no more. It’s not the best of the series (most of those came early), but I’m not sorry I read it, even if Kemelman didn’t really play fair with clues for the reader. Zay gezunt, Rabbi Small, and goodbye, Chief Hugh Lanigan and Barnard’s Crossing. show less

B+ (Very good).

There's a lot of filler, and the two singles are far from my favorite CCR tracks. But there are also some surprise great songs, including a couple guitar-solo-focused deep cuts.

(Oct. 2025)

The rock band's fifth album (Fantasy, 1970).

A (Great).

It's one of those classic albums that has so many hit songs, it could easily be mistaken for a Best Of collection. Even though I've pretty much been unknowingly listening to it (or most of it) for decades, I'm still kind of blown away by how good it is. All these songs are so much better in context, I feel like I'm re-hearing them for the first time.

(Nov. 2022)

Best bang for your buck CD ever, classic stuff--everyone who loves rock and roll should have a copy of this in their collection