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
assumed base felt heart meet millions sure touch
I always assumed I would meet him. I never got to touch base from my heart to his heart, and I'm sure that millions of us felt the same way.
american-musician knew time
I went pretty much for one tone, and I knew at that time that I wanted to play a Rickenbacker.
damn sorry
I'm sorry to say we're doing the same damn thing again,
fantasy heard rumors
We heard rumors over the years that Fantasy was on the market, but nothing materialized,
moon blue errors
When I made Blue Moon Swamp, there was a lot of trial and error; I was trying to find people who would be simpatico with my style, and with what I had in mind for the album.
surfing done magazines
Now that I'm older, I like almost anything that's done well, even surf music and instrumentals; I really enjoyed the interviews with the Ventures in your magazine.
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.
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.
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.
stealing controversy
Vanz can't dance, but he'll steal your money.