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at Melbourne Park 18th November, 1998
personal account by Rod Callaghan The first time I heard the bull frog calling my name was back in 1968, I was still in secondary school and the sounds of Creedence Clearwater Revival where sounding across the airwaves. Their sound was new yet familiar, addictive and powerful, rock blues and country all rolled into one creating what some called a swamp sound. At the very heart of CCR was the musical talents and genius of John Fogerty, the bands singer, lead guitarist and song writer. |
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Before John Fogerty performed "Suzie Q." early
in his Saturday night concert at the PNC Bank
Arts Center in Holmdel, a roadie rolled out an
extra amp and Fogerty plugged his
Rickenbacker guitar into it. The amp, he said,
dated back to his days as a member of the band
Creedence Clearwater Revival in the late 1960s
and early '70s.
The 30-year-old piece of equipment was in remarkably good shape a fitting touch for a show where Fogerty, 53, proved that middle age hasn't slowed him down one bit. As his band played deep-grooved swamp-rock, sweet country-rock and forceful, direct garage-rock, Fogerty sang with undeniable passion and played terse, dynamic guitar solos, hopping (yes, hopping) with joy as he picked out the notes. He has toured only twice in the last two decades. more... |
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John Cameron Fogerty achieved fame as the lead singer/songwriter and guitarist in Creedence
Clearwater Revival and has since gone on to a chart-topping solo career. Born in Berkeley, CA,
Fogerty and his brother Tom organized the group that would become Creedence as the Golliwogs in
the late '50s. As Creedence, they released nine Top Ten singles, all written by Fogerty, between
1969 and 1971, starting with the standard "Proud Mary." They also scored eight gold albums
between 1968 and 1972, all fueled by Fogerty's simple, driving rock songs and his burly baritone,
intoning deceptively poetic ("Bad Moon Rising") and even political ("Fortunate Son") lyrics.
Creedence split up in 1972. Fogerty at first confused his considerable following by releasing an album of covers, on which he played all the instruments, under the name the Blue Ridge Rangers in 1973. This was followed by a formal solo album, John Fogerty, in 1975, and then silence for more than nine years while the artist worked out business problems with Creedence's old label. But Fogerty returned at the end of 1984 with a Top Ten single, "The Old Man Down the Road," and a No. 1 album, Centerfield. Eye of the Zombie was a less successful follow-up in 1986. Following the failure of Eye of the Zombie, Fogerty went into seclusion. For the next 11 years he remained quiet, finally resurfacing in 1997 with Blue Moon Swamp; the live Premonition appeared just a year later. by William Ruhlmann, All-Music Guide |
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