 But I’m not.”

The song makes reference to a washboard, a kazoo, a Kalamazoo guitar, and a gut bass.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, Doug Clifford the washboard, and Tom Fogerty the Kalamazoo, which mimicked the appearance of the band as they appear on the album cover.