Buried on Green River, Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Tombstone Shadow” Was John Fogerty at His Darkest
On Tombstone Shadow, Creedence Clearwater Revival turned dread, superstition, and hard luck into one of...
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The Risky Turn That Worked: John Fogerty’s ‘Eye of the Zombie’ Hit No. 3 With a Sound No One Expected
With “Eye of the Zombie”, John Fogerty stepped away from easy nostalgia and into a...
It Felt Young Again: John Fogerty and Keith Urban Reignited “Almost Saturday Night” on Wrote a Song for Everyone
On the 2013 duet version of “Almost Saturday Night”, John Fogerty and Keith Urban turn...
At Last, the Real Royal Albert Hall: Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Tombstone Shadow” Roars Back to 1970
A song already filled with dread and motion became something even more gripping onstage, as...
The Softest Surprise of John Fogerty’s Career: Why “Joy of My Life” From Blue Moon Swamp Still Feels So Personal
More than a quiet ballad, “Joy of My Life” revealed the most unguarded side of...
He Heard America Breaking: John Fogerty’s Weeping in the Promised Land Brought Protest Fire Back to Rock
A late-career cry from John Fogerty, Weeping in the Promised Land turned national unrest into...
While Woodstock Drifted to Sleep, Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Keep On Chooglin'” Became One of 1969’s Rawest Moments
At Woodstock, “Keep On Chooglin'” was more than a song for Creedence Clearwater Revival—it was...
Against the Odds Again: John Fogerty’s Longshot Gave 2007’s Revival Its Fighting Soul
In Longshot, John Fogerty sounds like a man still willing to bet on himself, turning...
Before Tom Fogerty Walked Away, Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Molina Marked a Turning Point on Pendulum
On the surface, “Molina” sounds loose, sunny, and easy to love. But on Pendulum, it...
The Flip Side That Roared: Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Commotion Turned Green River’s 1969 B-Side Into a Billboard No. 30 Milestone
More than a hidden track on the back of a hit single, Commotion captured the...
At Last, It Sounds Like His Again: John Fogerty’s Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival Years (John’s Version) Reclaims the CCR Story
More than a revisit, Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival Years (John’s Version) feels like John...
Just Before Europe, Creedence Clearwater Revival Cut “Up Around the Bend” and Caught Lightning on Tape
Up Around the Bend feels like pure forward motion: a song about promise, escape, and...
More Than a Modest Hit: John Fogerty’s Rock and Roll Girls Kept the Centerfield Comeback Alive in 1985
Light on its feet and easy to love, John Fogerty‘s Rock and Roll Girls was...
The Night John Fogerty Took His Legacy Back: Premonition Turned a 1997 Warner Bros. Show Into a 1998 Triumph
Premonition is the sound of John Fogerty walking back into his own history and discovering...
Before Creedence Was Creedence, John Fogerty’s Call It Pretending Bridged The Golliwogs and Creedence Clearwater Revival
Call It Pretending is one of those small, nearly forgotten records that never touched the...
After Tom Left in 1971, John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Sweet Hitch-Hiker Roared In Like Nothing Had Changed
On the surface, Sweet Hitch-Hiker is one of the loosest and fastest rockers Creedence Clearwater...
After 11 Silent Years, John Fogerty’s Blue Moon Swamp Brought the Fire Back—and the 1998 Grammy Sealed It
Blue Moon Swamp was more than a return for John Fogerty; it was the sound...
After Creedence Fell Silent, John Fogerty’s 1973 Jambalaya Became a No. 16 Promise of Life Beyond the Band
John Fogerty’s 1973 “Jambalaya” was more than a lively cover hit; it was the first...
The Cover That Shouldn’t Have Worked: John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival’s I Heard It Through the Grapevine Became an 11-Minute Cosmo’s Factory Triumph
On Cosmo’s Factory, John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival did not simply cover I Heard...
When Creedence Clearwater Revival Turned Strange: John Fogerty’s Rude Awakening #2 Closed Pendulum in 1970
Rude Awakening #2 is the sound of John Fogerty refusing to let Creedence Clearwater Revival...
Before Creedence Had a Name, John Fogerty and The Golliwogs’ 1967 Brown-Eyed Girl Caught a Band on the Edge of History
Before Creedence Clearwater Revival had a name, Brown-Eyed Girl preserved John Fogerty and The Golliwogs...
After He Faced the Names, John Fogerty’s The Wall Became His Quietest and Deepest War Reckoning
Long after the slogans faded and the headlines aged, The Wall found John Fogerty standing...
That ‘Put Me In, Coach’ Cry: John Fogerty’s Centerfield Turned a 1985 Comeback Into Ballpark History
In Centerfield, John Fogerty turned a baseball dream into something larger: a 1985 comeback song...
The Working-Man Soul Behind “Proud Mary”: How John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival Defined Bayou Country in 1969
Bayou Country was more than a breakthrough record for Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1969; it...
A Happy Tune With a Dark Heart: John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Bad Moon Rising Reached No. 2 in America and No. 1 in Britain
Bright on the surface and shadowed underneath, Bad Moon Rising turned a 1969 radio smash...
Before the Break, John Fogerty and CCR’s “Hey Tonight” Powered Pendulum’s Final Top 10 Hit in 1971
“Hey Tonight” rushed in like pure good-time rock, yet its 1971 chart run also marked...
A Dream Gone Ragged: John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Lodi Was Green River’s Most Heartbreaking 1969 Portrait
Lodi is one of John Fogerty‘s finest acts of musical honesty, a 1969 song in...
In Two Furious Minutes, John Fogerty Turned Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Travelin’ Band Into a 1970 Rock-and-Roll Storm
Travelin’ Band turns the thrill of success into a blur of engines, hotel rooms, and...
The Comeback That Ended Up in Court: John Fogerty’s The Old Man Down the Road and the CCR Song Behind the Lawsuit
A haunted American road song about dread, memory, and superstition, The Old Man Down the...
Behind the Sunshine, the Breakup: Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Have You Ever Seen the Rain Was John Fogerty’s Pendulum-Era Cry
Have You Ever Seen the Rain sounded gentle in 1971, but beneath its easy melody,...