Fogerty gave up the publishing rights to the songs he wrote when he was with CCR under his contract with his former label Fantasy Records and began trying to get them back soon after breaking up the band in 1972 while trying to get out of his contract. He was also su...
Fogerty broke with Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1972 in what has been called one of rock 'n' roll's messiest breakups. Fogerty, now a solo act, is releasing a new album titled "Wrote a Song for Everyone." He said on "CTM" that it's "the best thing I've ever done." "I love...
John Fogerty said this week he feels like the songs he wrote forCreedence Clearwater Revival(CCR) more than 50 years ago at the start of his career are finally "home where they belong." "To get to play my songs now, feeling like they truly are home...
Fogerty plans to do some touring in support of “Wrote a Song For Everyone,” which includes collaborations on CCR songs with Foo Fighters, Bob Seger, Kid Rock, Zac Brown Band, Dawes, Miranda Lambert and others. Meanwhile, he’s spent the beginning of this year as part ...
Fogerty’s own sons, Shane and Tyler, recording with their dad at Abbey Road Studios in London. “Mystic Highway”— One of the two new songs from Fogerty on the album, its title is a phrase that he says he wrote in a notebook of ideas “20 or 30 years ago.” It comes to life...
When John Fogerty plays guitar and sings he does it with raging commitment. There’s a breathtaking boiling intensity to all his songs and in every note flowing from his Guitar. He wasn’t born on the bayou and he didn’t live on Green River. ...
14 Top 10 singles and four Top 10 albums. They’re the type of songs people know when they hear them, even if they have no idea who wrote or is singing it. Most recording artists would be a success to have one “Proud Mary” or “Down On The Corner.” Fogerty has mor...
Zaentz, who owned the copyrights to the band's songs, the vast majority of which Mr. Fogerty wrote, sang and produced. What year did CCR break up? It was 48 years ago today (October 16th, 1972) that Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) officially disbanded. CCR was one of most successf...
John Fogertyhas detailed the “tense” final years ofCreedence Clearwater Revival, admitting he had no idea at the time why his bandmates were so exasperated. By 1970, the group had scored massive hits with songs like “Proud Mary,”“Down on the Corner,”“Bad Moon Rising” and “Fortuna...
John Fogertyhas detailed the “tense” final years ofCreedence Clearwater Revival, admitting he had no idea at the time why his bandmates were so exasperated. By 1970, the group had scored massive hits with songs like “Proud Mary,”“Down on the Corner,”“Bad Moon Rising” and “Fortuna...