Before Proud Mary Took Over, Creedence Clearwater Revival Tore Into Good Golly Miss Molly on Bayou Country
On Bayou Country, Creedence Clearwater Revival turned a Little Richard rocket into a swamp-rock test...
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When Chores Start to Swing: John Fogerty’s Honey Do Finds Rockabilly Mischief on Déjà Vu All Over Again
On Honey Do, John Fogerty turns a weekend chore list into a fast little getaway,...
Before Creedence Had a Name, The Golliwogs’ You Better Get It Before It Gets You Snapped on a 1966 45
In October 1966, The Golliwogs sounded like a band still outside the spotlight, but already...
Alone With a Soul Hit: John Fogerty’s 1975 Lonely Teardrops Cover and the One-Man Fire Behind It
On his 1975 solo album, John Fogerty turned Lonely Teardrops into something both familiar and...
The Hammond B-3 Changes the Weather in John Fogerty’s Natural Thing with Benmont Tench
On Natural Thing, John Fogerty sounds less like he is chasing the past than testing...
Before Creedence Had Its Name: The Golliwogs’ 1966 B-Side You Better Get It Before It Gets You
Before Creedence Clearwater Revival became a name with weight and weather in it, this 1966...
A Rebel Groove Reborn: John Fogerty’s Bad Bad Boy Turns Blue Moon Swamp Toward 1950s Rock
On Bad Bad Boy, John Fogerty turns a playful strut into a roots tribute, bringing...
After CCR, John Fogerty’s Travelin’ High Found Freedom in a Self-Produced 1975 Deep Cut
Between the shadow of Creedence Clearwater Revival and the road ahead, John Fogerty made Travelin’...
Before Creedence Had a Sound, The Golliwogs’ 1964 B-Side “Little Girl (Does Your Momma Know)” Pointed the Way
Before Creedence Clearwater Revival became a name people could recognize in a single guitar phrase,...
The Comeback Had a Machine Pulse: John Fogerty’s “I Can’t Help Myself” on 1985’s Centerfield
John Fogerty returned on Centerfield with his old fire still intact, but “I Can’t Help...
A Wicked Grin After CCR: John Fogerty’s You Rascal You Cover on His 1975 Self-Titled Album
On his 1975 solo album, John Fogerty did not polish You Rascal You into nostalgia;...
Fogerty’s One-Man Country Leap: John Fogerty Covers Webb Pierce’s I Ain’t Never on The Blue Ridge Rangers
Before John Fogerty fully reintroduced himself after Creedence, I Ain’t Never let him hide in...
The River Softened the Fighter: John Fogerty’s River Is Waiting on Revival
On Revival, John Fogerty’s River Is Waiting turns the familiar pull of water into a...
Creedence Clearwater Revival Turned Bo Diddley’s Before You Accuse Me Into a Cosmo’s Factory Confession
On Cosmo’s Factory, Creedence Clearwater Revival treated a Bo Diddley blues as more than a...
Synths First, No Voice: John Fogerty’s ‘Goin’ Back Home’ Opens 1986’s Eye of the Zombie
Before John Fogerty sings a word on Eye of the Zombie, Goin’ Back Home lets...
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...
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...