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John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945 in Berkeley, California, USA) is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival and as a solo recording artist. John Fogerty began a solo career, originally under the name The Blue Ridge Rangers for his 1973 LP debut. Fogerty played all of the instruments on covers of others' country music hits, such as "Jambalaya" (which was a Top 40 hit). Prior to performing country & western tunes he released a rock & roll single in late 1973, also as The Blue Ridge Rangers. |
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Latest News in english
about John Fogerty
John Fogerty’s Blue Ridge Bridges Stylistic Gap Date: 31 Dec 2009
Great American Country -
Thanks to his role as the primary singer and songwriter for Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty’s name is permanently etched in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. But his first post-CCR project, 1973’s Blue Ridge Rangers album, put him on the pop charts with a cover of Hank Williams’ “Jambalaya (On The Bayou).” John went back to the country well in 2009 with a sequel, The Blue Ridge Rangers ...
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John Fogerty - (Fantasy) (Hour.ca)
Date: 17 Dec 2009
Immediately after the breakup of Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1972, John Fogerty released a critically acclaimed album as The Blue Ridge Rangers, playing all the instruments himself and performing cover versions of his favourite country songs.
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Food-fight arrests? C'mon Date: 04 Dec 2009
The Myrtle Beach Sun News -
A recent headline in the New York Times was for me, as John Fogerty sings, like deja vu all over again: "25 Chicago students arrested for a middle-school food fight."
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Carter fine on the pine for one year Date: 30 Nov 2009
Rutland Herald -
Proctor's Ryan Carter will leave the lyrics "Put Me in, Coach" to John Fogerty this spring. ... - By TOM HALEY STAFF WRITER
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Fogerty keeps on chooglin' Date: 30 Nov 2009
The Philadelphia Inquirer -
Midway through his show Saturday night at the Tower Theater, John Fogerty strummed through Rick Nelson's "Garden Party." The 1972 hit, featured on Fogerty's new country-leaning collection of covers, The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again, is about an artist who learns his fans want to hear only the old hits.
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John Fogerty gives Creedence fresh revival Date: 30 Nov 2009
Boston Herald -
One of the surprise cover tunes that John Fogerty played Sunday night was "Garden Party," Rick Nelson's 1972 kiss-off to the oldies circuit. Fogerty, the former...
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John Fogerty @ Kodak Theater 11/12/09 Date: 25 Nov 2009
LAist -
It’s hard to pinpoint the moment it occurs, but at some point while watching John Fogerty run through the highlights of his career at the Kodak Theater, one gets the distinct sensation of tapping the source. Though the songs he wrote for Creedence Clearwater Revival were conceived roughly forty years ago, they seem to be as old as the mountains. They’re so ingrained in the collective ...
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Review: John Fogerty in Chicago Date: 23 Nov 2009
Chicago Tribune -
John Fogerty was in a country state of mind Saturday at a near-capacity Auditorium Theatre. Touring in support of a rootsy covers record, the former Creedence Clearwater Revival leader paid tribute to early legends such as Rick Nelson and flavored his own material with Ozark accents. Moving from swamp rock ("Born on the Bayou") to slow-burn R&B ("The Night Time is the Right Time"), jangly folk ...
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