John Fogerty Brent Hallum James Schafer Jennifer Henry Chris Jackson

The Beginning  Born May 28, 1945  Berkeley, Ca  Late 50’s-Brother Tom Fogerty and John start band The Golliwogs  John-Songwriter and guitar  Tom-Singer and guitar

Creedence Clearwater Revival  John takes over as lead singer  Creedence Clearwater Revival is formed  Stu Cook (bass)  Doug Clifford (drums)  John Fogerty (sonwriter/leadsinger/guitar)  Tom Fogerty (guitar)

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Eight Gold Albums CCCCreedence Clearwater Revival BBBBayou Country GGGGreen River WWWWilly and the Poor Boys CCCCosmo's Factory PPPPendulum MMMMardi Gras PPPPendulum

Solo Career  After problems within the band, John left CCR in attempt for solo career  Under name Blue Ridge Rangers, played all the instruments and played only cover songs  Then released one more album in 1975 before remaining silent for ten years

Solo Career  In 1984, Return of Fogerty with Centerfield  Number One Album  Top Ten Single “The Old Man Down The Road”  One more album before seclusion for 11 years

Solo Career Solo Albums

Solo Career  1997-Blue Moon Swamp  Received first Grammy for Best Rock Album of the Year.  Received 1997 Lifetime Achievement Award from National Association of Songwriters  Orville Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award as instrumentalist  Performance Magazine’s Tour of The Year Award

Songs in Movies  “Up Around The Bend”- Remember The Titans  “Fortunate Son”- Forest Gump  “Bad Moon Rising”- American Flyers, My Girl, & My Fellow Americans  “Lookin’ Out My Back Door”- Blue Chips  “Born On The Bayou” The Waterboy

Nine Top Ten Hit Singles  Proud Mary  Bad Moon Rising  Fortunate Son  The Old Man Down The Road  Lookin’ Out My Back Door  Travelin’ Band  Up Around The Bend  Green River  Who’ll Stop The Rain

Questions 1.What was the name of John’s first band? The Golliwogs 2.What was the name of John’s brother who was also in CCR? Tom Fogerty 3.What did John win in 1997 for the album Blue Moon Swamp? Grammy- Best Rock Album of the Year 4.Name one top ten single written by John Fogerty.

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