Rolling Stone

Watch Roger Daltrey Cover CCR’s ‘Born on the Bayou,’ Paul Simon’s ‘The Boy in the Bubble’

When the Who hit the road every couple of years, fans know exactly what they’re going to get when they buy tickets: All the big hits, a smatterings of songs from Tommy and Quadrophenia, and perhaps a ...
Miami New Times

John Fogerty Wrote the Greatest Southern Rock Songs Without Ever Visiting the South

One of the great classic-rock shockers is learning that Creedence Clearwater Revival actually formed in California. Do you mean the band that wrote the anthem “Born on the Bayou” and sang in “Proud ...
American Songwriter

John Fogerty Shares the Story Behind the Movie and the Guitar Theft that Helped Shape His Classic CCR Song “Bad Moon Rising”

In the video, which was posted on Fogerty’s YouTube channel and social media sites, he explained that after the success of the CCR singles “Proud Mary” and “Born on the Bayou,” which appeared on the ...
American Songwriter

American Songwriter July/August Cover Story: John Fogerty and His Sons Revisit the CCR Classics that Changed American Rock

As the primary songwriter, lead vocalist, and lead guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), John Fogerty was the driving force behind the band’s biggest hits. From the late 1960s through the ...
NOLA.com

From 'Toulouse Street' through COVID, the Doobie Brothers keep rockin' down the highway

John Fogerty wrote Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Born On the Bayou” before he’d ever stepped foot in Louisiana. Doobie Brothers guitarist/vocalist Patrick Simmons, by contrast, drew on his firsthand ...