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
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.
might missions energetic
I'm much more energetic now; you might say live performance is my mission.
player guitar guy
There's just not a lot of guys around playing like that these days; a lot of steel players are plugging into stomp boxes, trying to sound like Jeff Beck on a steel guitar.
inspirational looks records
When I'm standing at the Pearly Gates, I want to say to God, 'Don't look at the records. Look at my family. I'm much prouder about that part.'
cheating cutting thinking
I stuck with that size because I could bend the strings so well, and somewhere along the line I must have gotten it into my mind that I had small hands, so I was thinking I'd never be able to play a full-scale guitar, but I also felt like I was cheating or cutting corners.
eye zombie musician
On Eye of the Zombie, I had so-called studio musicians.
moon
There's a bad moon on the rise.
beautiful thinking simple
But I think beautiful is simple and elegant, like a ballad with simple harmony.
memphis tag gone
Big train from Memphis, now it's gone gone gone, gone gone gone. Like no one before, he let out a roar, and I just had to tag along.
hands guy england
Four guys from England took us all by the hand.
stealing controversy
Vanz can't dance, but he'll steal your money.