LAist (Free subscription) | yesterday
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 consciousness,...
Music News & Events (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thursday, November 26 9 am to 11 am Back to the Garden: Woodstock Remembered. Recalling the 1969 music festival that rocked the world including performances by: Jefferson Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joe Cocker, CSNY, The Who, Arlo Gut... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: News , Exclusive , Movies , Politics as Usual When John Fogerty wrote the lyrics to 'Fortunate Son' in 1969, he didn't know how resonant the song would be. In fact, he didn't know if anyone would still care about his music in the near future. "I had no idea what the future would hold," the former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman tells Spinner. "I used to tell people...
Verve music group (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
John Fogerty Revives CCR Hits at Ryman Show Posted: November 23rd, 2009 at 3:25 pm | By: Chris Parton So many of John Fogerty 's songs are like time machines. By the time the first three notes ring out, my mind has already pulled up some long-forgotten memory. And since I was one of the younger people in the crowd at Sunday night's (Nov. 22) show at the Ryman Auditorium , I can only imagine what the...
musings (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Arctic Monkeys - 18 Nov 2009 Fri, 20 Nov 09 Duration: 20 mins Matt Helders and Nick O'Malley from Arctic Monkeys dropped in to chat with Steve Lamacq about the music that influced their current album 'Humbug'. We discovered their love of Nick Cave, Roky Erickson - Creedence Clearwater Revival plus we found out that Matt is not a morning person - that they fell in love with the 80's Matchbox B-Line...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News The sound of a lonesome fiddle ringing out from the stage of Nashville's venerable Ryman Auditorium just before the curtain rises is nothing unusual. But it was also no indication of what was to come when John Fogerty and his nine-piece band ripped into 'Hey Tonight,' and nearly a dozen other Creedence Clearwater Revival swamp-rock classics. Sprinkled throughout...
Verve music group (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Review: John Fogerty in Chicago By Bob Gendron Special to the Tribune November 23, 2009 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...
Verve music group (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
John Fogerty Rocks On Q: I love Creedence Clearwater Revival co-founder John Fogerty. How come there’s no musical à la Mamma Mia! of his work?—Terry Miller, Monmouth, Ill. John Fogerty Rocks On Q:I love Creedence Clearwater Revival co-founder John Fogerty. How come there’s no musical à la Mamma Mia! of his work?—Terry Miller, Monmouth, Ill. A “I guess I...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
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"),...
with both hands (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
It looked like a convention of guys from the Frequent Pee-er Commercials! Me at 57, the guy to me right 60 Something and the guy immediately in front of me, behind me - the Chicago Auditorium Theatre was thick with Middle Age until WXRT's Frankie Lee - rather generous in the length of his buckers himself - heads-upped the crowd of silver, white, flesh, and dye -jobbed gents and the infinitely younger...
CNET.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
With the news that Will Smith appears in a new video singing a song about Windows 7, we went in search of the worst Microsoft celebrity video howlers
Verve music group (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Some of my earliest memories of really connecting with music come from a Creedence Clearwater Revival Chronicle Vol. 1: The 20 Greatest Hits CD that my mother owned, and usually it started with a guitar lick. The riffs that John Fogerty wrote with Creedence were so iconic and natural that I never gave any thought to his skill with his instrument. But according to this interview in The Tennessean ,...
Off the Kuff (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
So, I didn’t get around to the news about NASA finding water on the moon until after I’d published my Friday Random Ten for last week. But the great thing about Fridays is that there’s always another one coming. So here I present to you ten moon songs. 1. Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival 2. [...]
Verve music group (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
John Fogerty at Riverside Theater The CCR frontman played, tapping of feet ensued CJ Foeckler by Steven Hyden November 20, 2009 Along with ranking among the greatest of all-American rock ‘n’ rollers and contributing dozens of enduring songs to our national songbook, John Fogerty showed Thursday at Riverside Theater that he says “Thank you” better than anybody in rock history....
Turn It Up (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
John Fogerty: The long-ago Creedence Clearwater Revival singer remains a vital force; his guitar playing has never been better and he continues to record and release credible solo albums. His latest, “The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again” (Verve), is primarily...
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