John Fogerty *Singer/Guitarist/Songwriter* Creedence Clearwater Revival (mini doc) 

My fav- “Up Around The Bend.” Wore out a record playing. Love that opening riff. 😊

Favorites? Travellin' Band, Green River, Commotion, Lodi, Long as I can see the light, Effigy, and the long songs like I heard it through the grapevine, Suzy Q, I put a spell on you. There are only a few I like not so much. It is my favorite Rock & Roll Band.

Fogerty is awesome! It’s a shame that he had to go through all that with his brother and members in the band. He is CCR, and you can’t even come close to any group like him.

One of the first bands I really got into.... had all their albums. My favorite CCR tunes include Feelin Blue, Ramble Tamble and of course Green River and Born On The Bayou. Covers Midnight Special and Heard It Though The Grapevine (long version) are not bad either.

All of the songs that been composed by John forgery, all of them I like 🤛🏽👊🏽🫵🏽👏🏽

John is definitely my favorite singer/songwriter/performer. My biggest wish with music would be if the unreleased album Hoodoo masters were really still around and he released that album. IMO that whole album is great.

What a time for music. CCR rocked. If I only had a dollar ,for every song I've sung.? We know that ,right, R/D great Doc.

I was privileged to see John some years ago. Simply wow. CCR is classic for sure, but what they and the label did to John is criminal and immoral. Thank you John for continuing to share you gifts with us.

Loved all the old CCR songs. After they ended and seemed to be done, I remember hearing the song center field on the radio. No question who the singer was, I was hoping they had gotten back together.

Man, weren't they not just great. Fogerty was always known as the leader . Gotta throw in Fortunate Son on that list. He nailed the hypocrisy and insanity of those war years. Heard it through the grapevine, a cover that is chilling. Again, you did a bang up job making a doc. I sure thank you!

Looking out my back door was and is a great track

One of my favorites is (Wish I Could) Hideaway off of the Pendulum LP. Of course I like just about all of their music and the more popular ones like Have You Ever Seen The Rain. It's a shame that it took up until just recently for Fogerty to get the rights to his music back. But at least he finally did recently. I haven't really seen a lot about that other than a news story or two online and the mention of it on a different RU-vid channel. But I'm hoping it leads to some releases of maybe something previously unreleased? That would be nice. I was a little disappointed in the Live At the Royal Albert Hall that came out at the end of last year. It wasn't that the show wasn't good but the audio had apparently been through hell and back and it wasn't the best sounding official release. I have had two different DVDs of that concert that I've gotten through the years. And the audio on those was horrible. In fact, I always hoped that someday that show might be released so some good audio could be put over the video and synced. Even though I haven't got it, they did release the video with good sounding audio of that RAH 70 concert. But I've only seen it streaming and I'm not sure it ever got released on a DVD or Blu-ray? So it has me scratching my head as to why the 2 LP release didn't sound any better than it did. But at least I won't have to try to sync up a decent video with the audio now. Great video and definitely a great band! Thanks 👍 Brian in Fort Worth 🎶

Excellent video. It’s hard to pick a favorite. He has the same knack as Buddy Holly coming up with great melody and words over basic chords. I play a little sing around the campfire guitar, and when you play a John Fogerty song from his Creedence days, everybody knows the words. I guess if I had to pick a favorite, it would be Lodi.

wish I could have seen CCR John is one of my fav pickers

Fortunate Son is my favorite. So well written.

A couple of their songs as the Golliwogs actually were quite successful regionally. John has even said so in recent concerts, where he performs "Fight Fire" from the Golliwogs years, despite it being one that Tom had been the lead vocals. This particular song has even been featured on soundtracks.

Spot On. CCR was my Absolute Favorite group in H.S., & Green River pulled me in as a "4EVR FAN". I KNEW something was terribly wrong after Pendulum & Mardi Gras were released. It's taken 50yrs, but John can finally Officially Own what's ALWAYS been his - HIS Music. Thanx RD's, for telling John's story the way it Really happened!👍🎸

Awsome episode,love Fogerty,he’s a beast.

John is a great songwriter and singer. Hard to keep a favorites list down to a manageable size! I'll try... It Came Out Of The Sky Wrote A Song For Everyone Fortunate Son Run Through The Jungle (This was my best bud's fav...He was a Viet Nam vet; Swift boat) Before You Accuse Me And, of course, all the standard favorites...tried to keep my list to the lesser known songs!

I'm a fan. Share John's BD of May 28. These guys released 3 albums in '69 and they all yielded hits. No one did that.

It's terrible what happened to John Fogerty. He REALLY got screwed by Fantasy Records, and the other three in the band! Such a waste of money, time and tears John shed over the years. But thank goodness he's doing well now! I've seen him a bunch of times, and he has still got it as far as I'm concerned? Every live show I've seen has been EPIC! All of the material he's put out since the early 80's, is as good if not better than C.C.R's stuff? I'm still a huge fan! Got to meet him once, kinda... Got back stage, saw him, told him I was a fan. He smiled, and signed my CD I handed him. Then he quickly ran off with some other guy! Hmm, I guess maybe nature was calling? Somebody from his road crew said he'd be back, but my ride was leaving so I couldn't hang... Wished that I did! Doesn't matter really. I'd go see him again. I know he's gonna put on a great show. Glad he finally got the rights back to his songs!

I saw them on their last tour with bo diddly and tower of power

5 songs for a quarter. thats what that shiny new wurlitzer jukebox had on the glass my aunt had a restaurant she had a delivery of it that morning i was awestruck all those records it was like candy lol i put my quarter in and was reading though the play list and i saw this song called traveling band i thought hum sounds interesting so i punched the keys it light up and changed my life i knew right then and there what music i loved my aunt never took that song off till the day the doors closed for good and to this day like most folks in our age category i have memorized most if not all of the music from ccr and when my son and i get together and jam we play many of those songs i use to hunt soda bottles and play that jukebox just about every Saturday ty doc for a great trip back to memory lane!

my favs are It Came Out Of The Sky, Lodi, Traveling Band, Around The Bend. Midnight Special

I was 13 in 1969, when CCR came to the Forum in L.A., but I was too young to go. So I've seen Fogerty twice as a solo, and CCR Revisited at a fair. That's the best I could do.

I'm only 46 years old, I grew up listening to old rock, I couldn't even tell you about these newer bands, and I NEVER knew John was from Cali. I thought he was from New Orleans lol.

yep truly a giant of the whole scene. great everything.

Thanks this was great.

Imagine how much great music we’ve been robbed of through the greed of record companies. Its deplorable.

Good stuff brother! I think Heard it through the Grapevine is my favorite of his tunes.

thank goodness for CCR! being raised listening to like Hank Williams sr-- i tried to be a rebel and started listing to music like the Carpenters [😆] -- my big brother bought the 45 Bad Moon Rising and after hearing that i KNEW it was Rock & Roll i would listen to the rest of my life! 😎✌

left out hiz side project…the blue ridge rangers….way back….felt it waz important to mention…

Chronicle front-to-back.

Someday never comes

You left out when zant sued John because he sounded like himself.

CCR WAS MY FAVORITE BAND. SAW THEM ON JULY11, 1971 IN DETROIT. THE NEXT DAY THE DETROIT FREE PRESS COMMENTS ABOUT THE SHOW SAID JOHN FOGERTY WAS 85% OF CCR. THE OTHER GUYS WERE AVERAGE MUSICIANS. I LOVE JOHN FOGERTY AND HIS MUSIC. NOW HIS SONS TYLER & SHANE PLAY WITH HIM ALONG WITH KENNY ARONOFF THEY ARE WAY BETTER THAN THE OTHER GUYS IN CCR. I HAVE SAW JOHN FOGERTY 42 TIMES IN CONCERT AND IT NEVER GETS OLD. MY WIFE TAKES YEARLY VACATIONS TOO LAS VEGAS TOO TAKE IN THREE SHOWS EACH TIME . HIS SONS HAVE THEIR OWN BAND HEARTY HAR AND ARE THE OPENING ACT FOR ALOT OF JOHNS SHOWS. FAST FOREWORD ALOT OF THE HEARTY HARD BAND MEMBERS ALSO PLAY WITH JOHN. ITS A TRAVESTY THAT JOHN FOGERTY IS NOT IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AS A SOLO ARTIST‼️‼️ JOHN FOGERTY IS THE BEST EVER BAR NONE🎼🎵🎶🎸🎤

John was (imho) one of the best there ever was! Luckily for songwriters across the board John won one of the most important music court cases in history, when he was being sued for millions by CCR's record label "Fantasy Records/Saul Zaentz" for plagiarism! (Sounding too much like himself!)😂🎶🎸 the way I understand it was primarily due to the sound on his solo release of "Old Man Down The Road" vs HIS CCR hit "Run "Through The Jungle" at that time Fantasy owned all of the rights as Doc said, but fortunately jurors watched & listened closely as John demonstrated (in the courtroom with his guitar & amp) as he explained it wasn't the same, but rather just part of his own "swamp style sound" and they agreed! Basically he proved he was the sole songwriting genius behind CCR' s monumental power house hits! Again imho his solo album "Centerfield" lives on as a testament to his incredible talent! (Just my 2 cents) This is another great video Doc, and I Thank You!✌

Yeah CCR just straight ahead no nonsense rock n roll with at times profound lyrics. John's solo material is right up there Centerfield., Rock 'n' Roll Girl and CCR classics like Born on the Byou and the gospel like As I Can See the Light

How did the CCR name came about? My wife at the time and I went to a show and after about the 3rd song, we couldn't stop dancing at our seats. We were having so much fun that other couples started dancing as well around us. My ex and I still talk about that night.

FORTUNATE SON; the best anti-war song ever! THE PROTEST song of my Boomer generation--

50% publishing is the standard in da biz if you haven't had a hit cut and negotiate a better deal.John apparently signed a ridiculous long term commitment just to get a record deal. The vitriol is well-founded but the reality is he signed the deal. Fogerty now finally has control of the songs back now but I see they're showing up in car commercials, etc. John always made tons of money during the Fantasy /Zaentz control years of course with his 50% ..he just couldnt control what the songs were used for. Until streaming came along all the money was in publishing royalties... Which is why so many managers /companies got their names on the records as writers. You rob the bank because that's where the money is. This story has happened over and over. Go watch the Kansas doc Miracle Out Of Nowhere ..Don Kirshner did the same thing to naive musicians who thought publishing was "sheet music" .

At age 75 plus and a guy whose been playing in cover bands since 1963, there is no doubt as to who was the talent and leader of CCR… John Fogerty… one of a kind. If that voice isn’t singing a CCR song.. then it’s just a poor imitation!