About John Fogerty

John Fogerty is an American singer, guitarist as well as songwriter whose genre of focus is rooted into rock and branches out into roots rock and swamp rock. He is widely renowned as Number 1 solo recording artist. In the Rolling Stone magazine, John Fogerty has been rated at Number 40 amongst the 100 Greatest Guitarists and at Number 72 amongst the 100 Greatest Singers. His song Proud Mary has been rated at Number 41 in the list of 100 Greatest Pop Songs while Born on the Bayou has been ranked at Number 53 amongst the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs.

John Fogerty began his career in the 1950s with his brother, Tom Fogerty and formed a band, Tommy Fogerty and the Blue Velvets together with Stu Cook and Dough Clifford. The band was later renamed to The Golliwogs. With this band, Fogerty released singles that remained largely unnoticed. In 1996, Fogerty joined Army reserve unit and in 1967, he was discharged. The same year, the band changed its name to Creedence Clearwater Revival which released its fifth album and from there, things began to change and the band came to limelight. Later on, due to problems differences amongst the band members, the band broke up and John Fogerty began his solo career. In early in 1970s, he released songs that received widespread acclaim but then he went into a hiatus. N 1985, he re-emerged with full force and released songs that charted high.

With a long discography to his name and much of success, John Fogerty is continuing his musical journey and still working towards making more music. In addition, he has also been performing in various events and concerts. He also boasts Grammy nominations.

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Still rocking 20 years later - Stuff
Of course, the original band's demise is a well-known tale, as is lead singer John Fogerty's legal attempt to stop Cook and drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford trading on the band's name. But that was almost 20 years ago, and these days Creedence Clearwater ...
Bowl crowd stays away in thousands - Stuff
But then neither was the act, with some concert-goers lamenting the absence of original CCR frontman John Fogerty, and others ho-hum about the vocal performance. However, Fogerty himself hauled in only 4000 followers in 2005. New Plymouth District Council ...
Drummer Kenny Aronoff: Chickenfoot is the gig that everybody has wanted - Examiner
That's Kenny. Are you a fan The Smashing Pumpkins, Bob Seger, John Fogerty, Melissa Etheridge, Jon Bon Jovi, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Alanis Morissette, The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Puddle of Mudd ...
Travis Tritt, Creedence Revisited to headline Prior Lake music fest - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Blues is out, and country and classic rock are in. Veteran country star Travis Tritt and the half-baked Creedence Clearwater Revisited (the version without John Fogerty) will headline the Lakefront Music Fest July 13-14 in Prior Lake.
Moondog Coronation 60th anniversary concert kicks off Rock Hall of Fame events - Examiner
For many rock purists, Creedence Clearwater REVIVAL is John Fogerty who sang and wrote nearly ever song from 1967 to 1972. But, co-founding members Stu Cook (bass) and Doug "Cosmo" Clifford (drums) and their band Creedence Clearwater Revisited has ...
Sons will play tribute to Ricky Nelson in Peekskill - LoHud.com
"We tailor the show around the truth, and not just our version of the truth," Gunnar says. "It's the truth of Paul McCartney, John Fogerty, Kris Kristofferson and (the vocal quartet) The Jordanaires people who were there at the ...