Led by writer, singer and lead guitarist John Fogerty, they headed back to the roots of rockabilly and rhythm & blues. “I said: ‘That’s not what we want. [Verse 1] This served as an important contrast to the dominant streams of popular rock music of the time. Fantasy said no. But contract negotiations with Fantasy had come to a standstill. “The hippies loved it because they could dance to it.”. If Fantasy were concerned about what had happened to the goose that had laid their (one and only) golden egg they tried not to let it show. And they weren’t British. Still, he had a Top 20 hit with his version of Jamablaya (On The Bayou). He covers religion and other issues for TAC. Please deactivate your ad blocker in order to see our subscription offer, Cook: "“We were shocked, particularly when we found out what the band name meant,”, Far from washed up, CCR at their creative peak in the early 70s, Rain man, John Fogerty during the sessions for the Pendulum album, Front and centre, a rejuvenated Fogerty live in 1986. He didn’t even play guitar on them. Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! But I don’t like what he’s done to me, to Stu, to Tom’s widow, to his kids from his first marriage and, above all, what he’s done to himself.”. And that was John’s real skill, to be able to write songs like that.”, Nevertheless, it was still a thrill to play their first gig at the legendary San Francisco Fillmore in the summer of ’68, supporting Paul Butterfield and Steppenwolf. None of us will. But Cook describes that year as “pretty miserable”. They also renamed the band Creedence (“after a friend of Tom’s”) Clearwater (“from a beer commercial”) Revival (“a statement of intent”). But Fogerty claimed that Fantasy did not promote the record properly, and demanded to be released from his contract. [Verse 2] Fogerty was being sued for plagiarising himself. According to Cook and Clifford, the band were offered a deal that would have given them 10 per cent of Fantasy Records – effectively 10 per cent of themselves, as they were the only the only chart act on the label. And Cook produced legendary acid casualty and leader of the 13th Floor Elevators Roky Erickson, taking him out of the mental asylum on a daily basis and recording him as his medication wore off and before the resulting weirdness took hold. Please refresh the page and try again. Mortgage on the car After a temporary halt while Clifford and John Fogerty found ingenious ways to avoid the draft for the Vietnam war, they decided to go full-time in late 1967. The contract still had eight albums to run. She picked the new name after Micky Dolenz of The Monkees. Creedence Clearwater Revival "Ramble Tamble": Move, Down the road I go. Mortgage on my life “John was brilliant at all the musical things, but he had no experience at managing, particularly at the level we were involved at,” says Clifford. This song is about the life as a poor man. I felt that a world tour would keep us in the public eye.”. It holds the record for the longest running chart topper Down Under since the first ever ARIA Chart was listed in 1983. We said it was a majority, and the court saw it that way. Beyond that, Fogerty’s songs struck a chord with those concerned with the effect America’s war in Vietnam at that time was having on the country, let alone what effect it might be having on the Vietnamese. “We were dealing with Fantasy,” confirms Clifford. In the end we settled for money, which didn’t seem to be about saving the name or preserving the honour of his creations.”. It was around this time that John Fogerty started writing songs, initially along with his brother Tom and then on his own as his style came together. Harry Chapin's wife Sandy wrote the lyrics to "Cat's In The Cradle," which were actually about her first husband. Bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug ‘Cosmo’ Clifford were in attendance (guitarist and brother Tom Fogerty had died in 1990), but John Fogerty refused to let them play. There wasn’t anybody else in the studio pulling strings, just the four of us.”, Two months later they did it again with Bad Moon Rising. And I thought John might be getting over his bitterness, but I was wrong”. They're selling independence It featured “Who’ll Stop the Rain,” “Up Around the Bend,” and “Lookin’ Out My Back Door,” among other greats. There's garbage on the sidewalk CCR sought to conserve what was best about the original rock-and-roll sound, while directing it at the social and cultural upheaval of their time. There's garbage on the sidewalk, Highways in the back yard, Police on the corner, Mortgage on the car, Mortgage on the car. But Fogerty issued an injunction over the name, and for a while they went out as Stu Cook and Doug ‘Cosmo’ Clifford Present Cosmo’s Factory – An Evening With Creedence. Ramble tamble We were auditing them repeatedly. “You could scarcely fit it on a ticket,” says Cook. “It was a critical mistake, and ultimately it broke up the band.”, Creedence had signed the usual slavery deal for an unknown band, but Fantasy were now prepared to re-negotiate. In 1995 Clifford and Cook set up Creedence Clearwater Revisited, initially with The Cars’ Elliot Easton on guitar. Asylum – who had already had their fingers burned with the previous album – had told him it was below standard. Do you want to form a band?’ He said: ‘Yeah, but actually I play guitar’.” They were both 14 years old. No problem. Clifford and Cook maintain that the problems began with John’s insistence on managing the band as well as writing, singing, playing and producing. In the mid-80s Fogerty was lured out of retirement – this time by Warners – and delivered what is regarded as his strongest solo album, Centerfield, which went to No.1. “We just went in and did it,” says Cook. Roach in the cellar One week before Hoodoo was due for release, Fogerty withdrew the album. Perhaps CCR’s spiritual potency can also be attributed to how their music honors particular American places. There were no Blue Ridge Rangers – Fogerty sang and played everything on this collection of country covers. Down the road I go. Younger Fogerty brother John, Doug Clifford, and Stu Cook met in 1959 while attending high school in El Cerrito, California. Over the next 20 years he released three solo albums and had three Top 20 hits. Mortgage on the car “That was a wonderful first step,” responded Fogerty. Receive news and offers from our other brands? That gave them a distinctive sound of their own and they decided to pursue it. The "A Thousand Miles" singer on what she thinks of her song being used in White Chicks and how she captured a song from a dream. Green River was their third No.2 single on the trot, in August 1969, and the album of the same name finally gave them a No.1 record in America a month later. It was just how we played together. This article originally appeared in Classic Rock #89.
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