John Fogerty was the lead vocalist and lead guitarist for the very successful 1960's supergroup, Creedence Clearwater Revival. Following a prolific run of hit albums and singles between 1968 and 1970, Fogerty’s productivity slowed to a crawl; his solo career became dogged with legal troubles, and he practically disappeared from the radar for a time. The public's expectations of Fogerty were stratospheric, based on the music he'd produced with Creedence, and this proved to be a tough act to follow.
His first solo album was 1973’s The Blue Ridge Rangers, which was entirely comprised of covers. 1975’s John Fogerty was a return to very traditional American music, washed in blues, gospel, country, and bluegrass, but wasn’t nearly as successful as his previous work with CCR. Fogerty played every instrument on the record and sang all the vocals, an impressive feat. Plenty of water had passed under the bridge since Creedence’s peak, and reviews for the album were underwhelming. One song, “Rockin’ All Over the World”, was a minor hit that would go on to classic rock radio ubiquity after Status Quo covered it.
After an almost decade-long silence, Fogerty returned with Centerfield (1985). It topped the album charts on its way to double platinum sales, but it too was the subject of a legal dispute. One track was alleged to defame Fogerty’s former label boss at Fantasy Records, and another was said to be a reprise of an earlier CCR song whose rights were owned by Fantasy. Fogerty agreed to make changes to the former track to avoid the defamation suit, but had to go to court to prove that the second charge was incorrect. This case turned out to be seminal, establishing a legal precedent that an artist cannot plagiarize himself.
His immediate follow-up to Centerfield was Eye of the Zombie (1987). Unfortunately it was criticised by reviewers and sales were not as brisk as those for Centerfield. In 1993, Creedence Clearwater Revival was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, establishing the group as genuine icon in the history of rock music. In 1997 he showed another ace up his sleeve in Blue Moon Swamp. It was well-reviewed and won the Grammy that year for Best Rock Album. It took Fogerty a while to muster a follow-up: Déjà vu (All Over Again) (2004) made comparisons between the Iraq war and the Vietnam war, which he had protested routinely during his time with Creedence. Revival (2007) was a clear return to his swamp rock roots, and was nominated for the same Grammy he had won a decade earlier for Blue Moon Swamp.
Fogerty continues to write and record music, and is now considered to be one of only a handful of great pop/rock songwriters of the twentieth century.
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