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There was a time, when he was at his peak as both a musician and the quintessential roots rockin' American songwriter of the time, that John Fogerty could not bring himself to play his own songs because they were owned, lock, stock and barrel, by his rapacious record label.
Later, the head of that same label sued Fogerty for sounding like himself when he made his comeback with the album 'Centerfield' in the mid-80's.
And even now, though he's made up with the label since it was sold to new owners awhile back, Mr. Fogerty does not own his greatest hits.
That, he figures, will start to happen in about five years:
..."I don’t own them, still," Fogerty (said in the fall of 2019). "But hopefully I'm going to live long enough that they finally revert to me. It's a period of about 56 years, and so far, we've been celebrating the 50th anniversary of 'Proud Mary,' so you do the math. It should be pretty soon."...
All of which makes it truly amazing that Fogerty nows feel comfortable enough to play said songs, essentially in a round, with his three kids for all of us to see and hear.
And, yes, even at age 74 he still sings in the same goddamn key that nobody else can really hit.
Amazing.
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5 comments:
I saw this on Colbert. Saw "Creedence Clearwater Revisited" at Cannefest (Grand Forks) a few years back. Apparently the former members and Mr Fogerty don`t exactly like each other?
Saw John in Penticton- were they ever loud- good though.
Chuck--
The other members and, especially, JF's brother, Tom supported the record label's owner Saul Zaentz.
Regarding 'Creedence Clearwater Revisited', that was a way, way, way past prime money grab formed by the drummer and bass player. This drove JF insane - he sued them and won.
The thing you have to remember is that, from a songwriting and musical point of view at least, this was never a band of equals.
Agree- another example of cash grab is the current edition of "The Guess Who" Drummer only original member.
Wow.
How is that getting by RB?
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I’m pretty fortunate in my dotage—got a bunch of great guitars including an thin white lacquer alder Tele, a 22-pound Les Paul Studio, a ‘58 Harmony Rocket with a single-coil pick-up’s hotter n a four-dollar pistol, and others, some fender amps to make it loud as I can stand; even got a mountain Banjo made outta a salad bowl, a 2 lite pop bottle, some moose antler, a brass thimble and some other stuff—but I never saw nuthin like that—uh—what would you call it?—Louisville Slugger thing John’s playing there. Sumpin’ else, I tell ya!
I’m just wondering if it’s hollow ...
(My ‘58 Rocket’s totally hollow, BTW—some people confuse it with the Harmony Meteor—which has a big block in it, “semi-hollow”—just like the departed soul who relieved me of its possession—but he did get me the Rocket for 300 bucks some years later. All forgiven!)
Keep On Rockin!
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