A Sweet Detour After Protest: John Fogerty’s “Sugar-Sugar (In My Life)” on Deja Vu All Over Again
Between a warning song and a roots-rock grin, John Fogerty found room for sweetness that...
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A Sweet Title in a Dark Room: John Fogerty’s Soda Pop on Eye of the Zombie
On Eye of the Zombie, John Fogerty placed a bright little title like Soda Pop...
A Love Song Becomes a Homecoming: John Fogerty’s Never Ending Song of Love on The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
On The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again, John Fogerty hears Never Ending Song of Love...
Before Creedence Had a Name, The Golliwogs’ 1964 B-Side Little Girl (Does Your Momma Know) Lit the Fuse
Long before Creedence Clearwater Revival sounded carved out of river mud and radio memory, The...
An Old Train Song Became Shelter: John Fogerty’s Family Cover of City of New Orleans on Fogerty’s Factory
In the stillness of 2020, John Fogerty brought “City of New Orleans” into the family...
A Crowd’s Old Wound Reopened: John Fogerty’s 2009 Garden Party With Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit
On his 2009 return to The Blue Ridge Rangers, John Fogerty turned Ricky Nelson’s Garden...
Before Creedence Had a Name, The Golliwogs’ “You Better Be Careful” Found a New Frame on Fight Fire
Before Creedence Clearwater Revival had a name, The Golliwogs’ “You Better Be Careful” caught the...
Alone in the Studio, John Fogerty Turned Dream/Song Into a 1975 Test of Control
On Dream/Song, John Fogerty made a full-band sound feel like a private room, where craft,...
That ‘Bad Moon Rising’ Chord Follows John Fogerty Into The Blue Ridge Rangers’ ‘You Don’t Owe Me’
Before John Fogerty could sound fully alone, a familiar chord from Bad Moon Rising followed...
A Party Boat Became a Map: John Fogerty’s 1975 Solo-LP Cover of Frankie Ford’s “Sea Cruise”
On “Sea Cruise,” John Fogerty used an old New Orleans rocker to remind listeners where...
A Father’s Promise Softens John Fogerty’s I Will Walk With You on Déjà Vu All Over Again
In a record shadowed by history and hard questions, John Fogerty’s acoustic promise to his...
A Familiar Refrain Got Company: John Fogerty’s Garden Party with Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit
On John Fogerty’s Garden Party, a song about pleasing yourself becomes warmer, wiser, and more...
Only Two Songs Faced Forward: John Fogerty’s “Train of Fools” on Wrote a Song for Everyone
On an album crowded with familiar landmarks, John Fogerty’s “Train of Fools” mattered because it...
A Rougher Kind of Treasure: John Fogerty’s “The Holy Grail” With ZZ Top’s Billy F Gibbons
In John Fogerty’s 2018 standalone single, the search for treasure becomes a guitar conversation between...
The Single That Escaped: John Fogerty’s “You Got the Magic” Before Hoodoo Disappeared
A rare 1976 single became the lone public trace of an album John Fogerty chose...
A Rock Voice Stepped Back: John Fogerty’s 1973 “Please Help Me, I’m Falling” on The Blue Ridge Rangers
On The Blue Ridge Rangers, John Fogerty did not announce a new identity so much...
The 1997 B-Side That Darkens John Fogerty’s Blue Moon Swamp: Endless Sleep on the 2004 Remaster
A stray B-side can reopen the weather around an album, and John Fogerty’s “Endless Sleep”...
Buried in the Centerfield Era, John Fogerty’s I Confess Was the B-Side That Refused to Disappear
A forgotten flip side from the Centerfield years shows how even John Fogerty’s smaller songs...
When John Fogerty Put the Voice Away: Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Side o’ the Road on Willy and the Poor Boys
On Side o’ the Road, Creedence Clearwater Revival briefly puts the lyric aside and lets...
The Anger Had a Target: John Fogerty’s Long Dark Night on Revival Took Aim at Bush-Era Power
On Revival, John Fogerty did not merely revisit an old sound; he sharpened it into...
The R&B Fire John Fogerty Let Loose on Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Green River Cover The Night Time Is the Right Time
On Green River, a familiar R&B standard became a revealing window into the pulse that...
Before Creedence Clearwater Revival Hit Full Stride, “Get Down Woman” Put Their 1968 Debut in the Blues Room
Before Creedence found its sharpest silhouette, Get Down Woman showed John Fogerty carving a Bay...
A Family Movie Became Swamp-Rock Trouble on John Fogerty’s “Wicked Old Witch” from Déjà Vu All Over Again
A child’s viewing of The Wizard of Oz opened a sly back door into John...
A Phone Call From Fogerty’s Lost Vault: John Fogerty’s “Telephone” and the Hoodoo Mystery
John Fogerty’s “Telephone” carries the strange weight of a song that survived as a trace,...
New Label, Same Current: John Fogerty’s Where the River Flows on His 1975 Asylum Debut
On John Fogerty’s 1975 Asylum debut, Where the River Flows sounds like a fresh start...
Before Love Rewrote the Road, John Fogerty’s Broken Down Cowboy Gave Revival Its Dust
In John Fogerty‘s Broken Down Cowboy, the road before love feels dusty, spare, and deeply...
John Fogerty’s Fury Had a Target: “Violence Is Golden” and the Arms-Trade Shadow of Eye of the Zombie
On “Violence Is Golden”, John Fogerty turns protest into pressure, aiming his anger at a...
After Creedence Went Quiet, John Fogerty Reached Back to Jimmie Rodgers’ ‘California Blues (Blue Yodel #4)’ on The Blue Ridge Rangers
In 1973, John Fogerty turned away from rock stardom and toward an older American sound,...
When 1967 Came Roaring Back: John Fogerty’s ‘Summer of Love’ on Revival Saluted Cream, Hendrix, and the Guitar Age
On Summer of Love, John Fogerty did not simply remember 1967; he plugged into the...
No Words, Just Fogerty’s Bite: Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Side o’ the Road” and the Rare Guitar Flash on Willy and the Poor Boys
On “Side o’ the Road”, Creedence Clearwater Revival briefly stepped away from the story song...