{"id":10281,"date":"2026-04-16T09:11:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/introducing-the-ultimate-music-guide-creedence-clearwater-revival-154177\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:11:37","slug":"introducing-the-ultimate-music-guide-creedence-clearwater-revival-154177","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/introducing-the-ultimate-music-guide-creedence-clearwater-revival-154177\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the Ultimate Music Guide: Creedence Clearwater Revival!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Down the road he goes<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Down the road he goes<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I first picked up a copy of Willy & The Poor Boys<\/strong> in the 1980s, I\u2019m not sure whether I ever got much further than \u201cFortunate Son\u201d. The riff, the righteous self-definition, the rhythm driving the song forwards. It was excellent, and it seemed \u2013 to someone then far too uptight to choogle \u2013 to give me all I needed to hear.<\/p>\n

40 years later, it\u2019s not unreasonable to think John Fogerty didn\u2019t need to get much beyond \u201cFortunate Son\u201d either. It forms the title of his autobiography, of course, and was one of the key battlegrounds on which his recent conflict with Donald Trump was fought. It\u2019s an urgent and passionate rock \u2018n\u2019 roll record, but also a faintly misleading one \u2013 it might sound raw, but it was anything but thrown together. Fogerty didn\u2019t just write the songs: he gave out the parts, woodshedded his band, and also produced the records.<\/p>\n

As you\u2019ll discover in this updated magazine<\/a>, this approach was the fuel for an 18 month hot streak in which many of his Creedence classics \u2013 \u201cBad Moon Rising\u201d, \u201cProud Mary\u201d, \u201cLodi\u201d\u2026 the Dude-pleasing list goes on \u2013 were written.\u00a0 As one contemporary observer has it in these pages: the place where the Beatles were trying to get back to is where Creedence started out.<\/p>\n

How simple it all sounds. Fogerty\u2019s relationship to his music, however, has proved a complex and conflicted one. As Creedence records sold in their millions, he jostled with other band members about his tight control of the music, and faced tough questions about his management of the group. His brother left the band. Having created joyful music, Fogerty began to question the terms he and the band were working under, the whole enterprise becoming intractably linked to poisonous business disagreements. After creating a one man bluegrass band, Fogerty effectively retired from music, not emerging until the triumphant Centrefield<\/strong> album in 1985.<\/p>\n

His has been a unique journey, marked by periods of intense activity followed by long retreats and deep reflection on his work.\u00a0 In recent years, he has been revitalised by wife Julie and his family, which has lately culminated in his role as a rock Lord of Lockdown, the great Fogerty\u2019s Factory<\/strong> record in which he revisits some of his Creedence classics in the company of his \u201cfamily band\u201d. Having taken back control of his legacy with last year\u2019s Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years<\/strong>, he\u2019s now on the road again, no doubt in better spirits than ever.<\/p>\n

Come with us, as we hitch a ride to the end of the highway. You can get your copy here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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