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.
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.
thinking way
And I now think that Stratocasters and Telecasters are way cool.
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.
evil misogyny evil-women
You evil thing, why do you haunt me?
philosophy greed
Mr. Greed, why do you have to own everything that you see?
names
Washburn's an old American name, but this one was assembled overseas.
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.
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.
hands guy england
Four guys from England took us all by the hand.
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.
stealing controversy
Vanz can't dance, but he'll steal your money.