Creedence Clearwater Revival released their debut album in 1968, running through the jungle of evolving radio with a steady barrage of hits until their breakup in 1972. But the quartet had been jamming since meeting in middle school in 1959 in El Cerrito, California. They played all the local clubs, sock hops, and school dances as The Blue Velvets and signed to a record label as The Golliwogs, before changing the name and group dynamic. The newly published A Song for Everyone: The Story of Creedence Clearwater Revival from Hachette Books tells the full 13-year story, while putting the band into a larger historical perspective.
Songwriting lead guitarist, vocalist, and sometime sax player, John Fogerty, his late rhythm-guitar playing brother Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford condensed rock and roll, soul, rhythm and blues, and country into a unique sonic blend which has become iconic rock.
“I like Creedence Clearwater,...
Songwriting lead guitarist, vocalist, and sometime sax player, John Fogerty, his late rhythm-guitar playing brother Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford condensed rock and roll, soul, rhythm and blues, and country into a unique sonic blend which has become iconic rock.
“I like Creedence Clearwater,...
- 10/5/2022
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
To anyone who’s studied Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead, their connection to jazz was unmistakable: From their own onstage improvising to collaborations with Branford Marsalis and Ornette Coleman, the Dead clearly saw jazz musicians as simpatico. But how far back did those bonds go? An upcoming, previously unreleased live set — GarciaLive Vol. 15: Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders, May 21st, 1971 — provides a few more clues.
Even in the early days of the Grateful Dead, Garcia somehow found the time to engage in a plethora of side projects, one of...
Even in the early days of the Grateful Dead, Garcia somehow found the time to engage in a plethora of side projects, one of...
- 10/21/2020
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Creedence Clearwater Revival have shared a fan-generated video for their 1970 track, “Long as I Can See the Light,” tied to the upcoming 50th-anniversary reissue of Cosmo’s Factory, out August 14th via Craft Recordings.
Directed by Laurence Jacobs and Kay Anderson, the clip was conceived with Father’s Day (June 21st) in mind. At the end of last month, Creedence put out a call to fans on social media asking them to submit photos and videos capturing memories with fathers, grandfathers and other “guiding lights in their life.” The resulting...
Directed by Laurence Jacobs and Kay Anderson, the clip was conceived with Father’s Day (June 21st) in mind. At the end of last month, Creedence put out a call to fans on social media asking them to submit photos and videos capturing memories with fathers, grandfathers and other “guiding lights in their life.” The resulting...
- 6/18/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
John Fogerty and his children have spent the last few weeks of quarantine jamming on Creedence classics like “Lodi” and “Down on the Corner” for their fans on YouTube. Now, they’ve decided to expand on the concept with a new SiriusXM special titled The Fogerty Rockin’ Family Hour.
The show will air Monday at 4:00 pm Et on Classic Vinyl and feature Fogerty and his kids playing Ccr classics and answering fan questions about his long career. “In this current ‘stay-at-home’ climate we are all living, my family and...
The show will air Monday at 4:00 pm Et on Classic Vinyl and feature Fogerty and his kids playing Ccr classics and answering fan questions about his long career. “In this current ‘stay-at-home’ climate we are all living, my family and...
- 4/20/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
The name of this band was a combination of things they felt were important to them. Creedence was the name of a co-worker of Tom Fogerty’s, Clearwater came from a beer commercial, and Revival came from the fact that they’d been playing together for so long without any real success. So bringing up a new name and creating this kind of sound was a type of revival for them in some sense. But however it happened, Ccr became a household name after their big break in 1960’s, and eventually their run became known around the world as one of the
The Top Uses of Creedance Clearwater Revival Songs in Movies...
The Top Uses of Creedance Clearwater Revival Songs in Movies...
- 9/9/2017
- by Wake
- TVovermind.com
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