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
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What happens is, especially when I was writing for my band, Creedence, and it's the way I write now, I go into "guitar lick" mode. When I do, it sort of leads into a real song. I'd say to myself, your songwriting is coming up with a guitar lick, and the rest is easy!
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I was deluding myself that the song was almost not important, but I think the real thing that was happening was almost like self-hypnosis or mediation. The guitar lick was the transcendental key that unlocked my brain. It freed me. And then it all became easy. It's funny now, because I've had times when it wasn't easy.
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You should play with real musicians; the best music comes from real people interacting with each other.
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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.
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There's no way to overstate how cool this is,
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I don't know that all the demons have been beaten, but I'm very, very proud of those songs.
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I work hard at that, but the fact that there are a lot of good songs means there are also a lot of really bad songs I've written that you never hear.
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On Eye of the Zombie, I just got some studio musicians who were competent, but some of them weren't right for what I was trying to do.
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We heard rumors over the years that Fantasy was on the market, but nothing materialized,
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The only sliding I did was on the kind of instrument that you put on your lap; no Spanish electrics.
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About a year ago we heard the same rumor again, so Julie and I met with Norman and Hal, and other people at Concord, just to get acquainted. At our first meeting, they expressed great respect and appreciation. When they finally acquired Fantasy, we figured the time was right to see if we could work together.
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The ones I have got great necks; of course, all of the Fenders from that era are incredible.
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I wrote that song for my wife, and it's what some guy who's sitting under a tree would be singing to the woman of his life, telling her how wonderful she is. To me, that's more lasting than something that sounds like it belongs on a movie soundtrack.
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I went pretty much for one tone, and I knew at that time that I wanted to play a Rickenbacker.