John Fogerty
John Fogerty
John Cameron Fogertyis an American musician, singer and songwriter, early in his career best known as the lead singer and lead guitarist, as well as the principal songwriter, for the band Creedence Clearwater Revivaland later as a successful solo recording artist. Fogerty was listed on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Guitaristsand the list of 100 Greatest Singers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth28 May 1945
CountryUnited States of America
way coming-back materials
I usually destroy unreleased material. It has a way of coming back to haunt you.
stay-strong real cutting
I thought what I was good at doing was playing real simple guitar licks, since I'd cut my teeth on what Duane Eddy was doing; licks that were simple but had staying power.
years people elements
I've studied a lot of great people over the years - Pete Seeger, James Brown - and tried to incorporate elements that I've admired, though I can't say I dance like James.
rocks rock-and-roll people
The Telecaster doesn't really sound that good for the kind of rock and roll that a lot of people played.
names
Washburn's an old American name, but this one was assembled overseas.
philosophy greed
Mr. Greed, why do you have to own everything that you see?
song work beer
I ain't got no time for a Caribbean cruise, just give me a song and a beer.
swings giving tuning
I loved Western Swing and Hank Williams' music, and I now know that it's a 6th tuning that gives you all of those classic licks.
simple guy style
In those days, I didn't know how guys like Clapton and Beck were getting that searing blues lead sound, so I developed my style to be rhythmic and chord-based, with simple lead lines that you could almost hum.
musician wanted
I've also become much more the musician I've always wanted to be.
song equipment old-song
I'm now comfortable playing a lot of the old songs, and I've gotten out a lot of the old equipment.
eye zombie musician
On Eye of the Zombie, I had so-called studio musicians.
moon
There's a bad moon on the rise.
hands guy england
Four guys from England took us all by the hand.