In stark contrast to CCR’s prolific output, John Fogerty has released just nine solo albums in nearly 40 years. The Wall4. The discs […] John Fogerty will begin the re-release of five of his solo albums. © Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo, For a good portion of his solo career, John Fogerty refused to play any of his old Creedence Clearwater Revival songs -- not because he hated them but because he was tied up in a nasty legal battle with Saul Zaentz, the head of his former record label Fantasy. It's not as raw or as hooky as Creedence Clearwater Revival, nor as pop-oriented as Centerfield, but it's a warm, laid-back, and mature record of roots rock at its very best. Lonely Teardrops6. Fogerty is playing with a seasoned supporting band so the performance is tight; even when the group stretches out -- which they do on "The Old Man Down the Road," "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," and "Keep On Chooglin'," the latter being the lone surprise in the set -- they never miss a mark. He performed at Red Rocks to entertain the crowd by playing the hits, and what worked in concert works on record, too. Although the original recordings, particularly the CCR sides, remain definitive, the concert in a way makes a stronger argument than the comp for the common threads within Fogerty's body of work, since the newer tunes sit side by side with the classics, all performed by his crackerjack band featuring guitarists Bob Britt and Billy Burnette. "Blue Ridge Rangers" is all covers of country songs, so you probably won't like it if you're not into country music. I Put A Spell On You (Live 1997) John Fogerty. Instead, Deja Vu slipped into stores in September of 2004, and its sound was as low-key as its release. After a few decades, Fogerty's position softened and he started playing the tunes in concert, then, after Concord purchased Fantasy in 2004, he celebrated CCR, first with a new hits compilation combining his old band and solo work, then eventually working his way around to Wrote a Song for Everyone, a 2013 album where he revisits many of his most popular songs with a little help from his superstar friends. John Fogerty is the second solo studio album by former Creedence Clearwater Revival vocalist/guitarist John Fogerty, released in 1975.It was released by Asylum Records in the United States and Fantasy Records internationally. 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. 1 solo album, 1985’s Centerfield, has become so ubiquitous at ballparks that he performed it at the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2010 induction ceremony.∙ He spent years traveling to the Mississippi Delta, seeking inspiration and learning to play the dobro and bottleneck guitar for his 1997 album, Blue Moon Swamp, which won a Grammy Award.∙ Rolling Stone listed him as one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, and he is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame.∙ Hoping to correct what he felt were inaccurate portrayals in the media, he wrote the 2015 memoir Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music, which made The New York Times Best Seller list. He was born in Berkeley, California, in the United States, and he had four brothers. © Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo, © 2021 XANDRIE SA – 45 rue de Delizy, 93692 Pantin CEDEX, France, Price: from least expensive to most expensive, Price: from most expensive to least expensive, The Long Road Home - The Ultimate John Fogerty / Creedence Collection, Blue Moon Nights (Fogerty's Factory Version), Don't You Wish It Was True (Fogerty's Factory Version). Rated #213 in the best albums of 1985. Premonition is essentially the province of dedicated Fogerty fans -- there's only one new song, and the differences in the live performances are things only the hardcore will spot -- but they'll be delighted with the quality of the music. Or maybe Robertson is the Canadian Fogerty. It's not just a good summary and introduction, but it's proof positive that Fogerty is one of the greatest songwriters of the rock & roll era. Since Fogerty always romanticized a past he never lived, these sepia tones suit him but it also helps that he’s written a clutch of terrific songs: that giddy ode to his beloved game, the equally sunny rocker “Rock and Roll Girls,” the snappy Sun tribute “Big Train from Memphis,” the gently swaying “I Saw It on TV,” the rip-roaring “I Can’t Help Myself” (only slightly undone by its hyper-active drum programming) and, of course, “The Old Man Down the Road,” a callback to CCR’s spooky swamp rock so successful that Saul Zaentz, the then-president of Fogerty’s former label Fantasy, sued John for plagiarizing himself. John Fogerty. New editions will begin to arrive in stores in the coming months. For as knowingly nostalgic as Centerfield is, deliberately mining from Fogerty’s childhood memories and consciously referencing his older tunes, the album is steeped in the mid-‘80s, propelled too often by electronic drums -- the title track has a particularly egregious use of synthesized handclaps -- occasionally colored by synths and always relying on the wide-open production that characterized the ‘80s…plus, there’s no denying that this is the work of a middle-aged baby boomer, romanticizing TV, rockabilly, baseball, and rock & roll girls. Centerfield, an Album by John Fogerty. John Fogerty began a solo career, originally under the name The Blue Ridge Rangers for his 1973 LP debut. © Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo, The Long Road Home: In Concert is a double-CD companion piece to the live DVD of the same name released in the summer of 2006. In either incarnation, this is one terrifically entertaining performance, a spirited stroll through Fogerty's back catalog inspired by his excellent 2005 compilation, The Long Road Home, which was the first collection to contain music from both his years as Creedence Clearwater Revival's leader and as a solo act. Five John Fogerty solo albums primed for reissue. These songs amount to minor bumps on a record that's otherwise pretty smooth sailing -- a relaxed, friendly collection of songs that reside comfortably within Fogerty's signature sound. 2 (Live 1985) 05 -Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go (Live 1985) 06 -I Need Your Lovin’ Every Day (Live 1985) John Fogerty Biography by William Ruhlmann + Follow Artist. 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. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon. 9 25203-1; Vinyl LP). Released 15 January 1985 on Warner Bros. (catalog no. Travelin' High5. Revival is the seventh solo studio album by American roots rock singer-songwriter/guitarist John Fogerty. Heavy as they are -- and they are, substituting volume for swing -- they're overshadowed by never-ending country-rockers, some spirited enough to enliven familiar melodies, some so sober the whole proceeding winds up seeming a bit po-faced. Deja Vu has a little bit of everything that fits into Fogerty's signature style -- revamped rockabilly ("Honey Do," "Rhubarb Pie"), swamp rock ("Wicked Old Witch"), old-fashioned rock & roll ("Sugar-Sugar (In My Life)"), choogling minor-key jams ("In the Garden"), sweet country-tinged acoustic tunes ("I Will Walk With You"), even a protest song in the vein of "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" (the title track, a truly effective effort in drawing parallels between Vietnam and the Iraq war). He also sounds more mature, bringing increased depth to his older songs as he energizes recent material, from "The Old Man Down the Road" to "Swamp River Days." His solo career has proceeded in fits and starts, with waits as long as a decade separating solo albums, and when the records did arrive, they could be as brilliant as Centerfield or as bewilderingly misdirected as Eye of the Zombie. Through his work in Creedence Clearwater Revival and his subsequent solo efforts, John Fogerty has been a proponent and practitioner of "swamp rock," a style of music that combines 60s-type hard rock with blues, folk, and various forms of folk music native to the Gulf Coast area of the American southeast. John Fogerty is many things, but predictable is not one of them. DATE CITY VENUE TICKETS; SUN Aug 30: Atlantic City, NJ: Hard Rock Hotel and Casino: NEW DATE: APRIL 16, 2021 BUY TICKETS: FRI Sep 11: Mashantucket, CT: Foxwoods Resort Casino Grand Theater Rockin' All Over The World2. Furthermore, his tour -- his first ever to feature classic Creedence material -- was, if anything, even better received than Blue Moon Swamp, so it made some sense that he quickly released Premonition, his first solo live album, in 1998. 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. To a certain extent, this unpleasantness may be intentional because at its core Eye of the Zombie is a very angry album, finding Fogerty railing against all manners of ‘80s evils, whether it’s crass consumerism, blaring headlines, or the violent policies they chronicle. © Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo, John Fogerty pulled himself out of the game sometime after his 1976 album Hoodoo failed to materialize and he sat on the bench for a full decade, returning in the thick of the Reagan era with Centerfield in 1985. Born in Berkeley, California, Fogerty and his brother Tom organized the group that would become Creedence as the Golliwogs in the late…. © Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo, Listening to the easy roots rock shuffle of Blue Moon Swamp, it's hard to believe that it took John Fogerty a full decade to write and record the album. With Alan Jackson ), the label where he began his career, under! Nor does it sound like a meticulous reconstruction of the past the late… concert on... 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