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Trump Sparks Outrage as 'Fortunate Son' Used as Hype Track for 'Tone-Deaf' Venezuela Raid Video

Donald Trump's use of Creedence Clearwater Revival's anti-war anthem 'Fortunate Son' during a US military raid on Venezuela sparked outrage, highlighting the song's message about draft-dodging elites and John Fogerty's cease-and-desist order against the president.

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“I was imprisoned wrongfully and sent away to the penitentiary for many, many years”: John Fogerty on the long struggle to own his songs again

“I’m just an adventurer, you know, like an explorer coming back to the homeland,” Creedence Clearwater Revival man explains

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“I wanted to call it Taylor’s Version. I lobbied very much to the record company”: John Fogerty has 'done a Taylor Swift' and re-recorded 20 of his greatest songs, note-for-note

Get ready for The Creedence Clearwater Revival revival...

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“Once people were talking about us as the No.1 band in the world, some people took that as the sign that they could do anything they wanted”: The apocalyptic 1969 hit that marked the beginning of the end for one of America’s greatest rock’n’roll bands

John Fogerty’s massive hit inadvertently captured the chaos and turbulence of late 60s America

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Taylor Swift pays tribute to fans as reason she could reclaim master recordings

Swift announced in May that she purchased the rights to all of her concert films, music videos, album art, photography, and unreleased songs.

Evening Standard

Apparently Three Best Picture Winners Were Financed Using Money (Allegedly) Scammed From A Rock Music Legend

Zaentz might not dance, but he knew how to win Oscars.

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John Fogerty Shares Why Losing CCR Rights Made ‘Proud Mary’ Praise Feel Like Insult

John Fogerty is reflecting on the long and painful struggle to reclaim the rights to the Creedence Clearwater Revival catalog

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“I’d heard about these fellows in England. There was quite a mystique...” John Fogerty walks Stephen Colbert through his iconic Acme Rickenbacker mods – which took inspiration from three British guitar greats

The Creedence Clearwater Revival legend was reunited with his Acme decades after he gave it away to a 12-year-old fan

Guitar World

"Then disaster struck. I parked up and when I came back out I could see that someone had thrown a brick through the rear window of my car...": John Fogerty on the making and meaning of rock’s jauntiest ode to the apocalypse

He’s recently re-recorded Bad Moon Rising for Legacy

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“Even my dental hygienist sent me something the other day to say they were all singing it at some wedding reception”: How a British boogie-rock band turned a minor John Fogerty hit into an all-time classic that kicked off the biggest gig in history

Status Quo beefed up John Fogerty’s ‘piddly’ original and struck rock’n’roll gold

Louder

“I didn't know anything about pedals. It seemed like some communist idea or something”: John Fogerty on why he was skeptical of guitar pedals during his Creedence Clearwater Revival days

In a recent interview, Fogerty also looked back on “the best-sounding solid-state amp ever made,” and revealed his perfect guitar-amp combination

Guitar World

“I looked at the page and I went, ‘John, you’ve written a classic – a song like the greats; Lennon and McCartney or Bob Dylan’”: John Fogerty recalls the moment he wrote one of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s most iconic tracks

In a recent interview with Rick Beato, Fogerty discussed his songwriting process, and how being discharged from the National Guard inspired him to write his calling card

Guitar World

“It always takes a certain amount of time to work up to where you were yesterday”: As he revisits his most beloved Creedence Clearwater Revival hits to some of the biggest crowds of his career, John Fogerty's guitar practice regimen is as rigorous as ever

The legendary singer-songwriter and guitarist is currently on the road promoting Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years, a new album of Creedence re-recordings he undertook after finally gaining back the rights to the band's music

Guitar World

“It was a foolish idea. I was heartbroken about my band breaking up… I gave it to a 12-year-old kid”: Why John Fogerty parted ways the iconic guitar he used on CCR hits – and how he got it back

The famed Acme Rickenbacker is the sound of Creedence Clearwater Revival, but when the band broke up and his heart broke, Fogerty gave it away

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“Dumb idea to give a guitar away that has meant so much to you. I had given it to a 12 year-old kid, shortly after Creedence broke up”: John Fogerty explains why he let go of the iconic guitar he played on his classic hits – and at Woodstock

Fogerty admits the return of his Acme Rickenbacker used on many of Creedence Clearwater Revival's greatest tracks gave his Legacy rerecordings an authenticity – but why did he let it go?

Louder

John Fogerty announces Legacy tour

Bringing the best of Creedence Clearwater Revival to an auditorium near you soon

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"I can’t imagine using that song as a political rallying theme, particularly when you seem to be the person who I’m screaming about." John Fogerty on the classic Creedence Clearwater Revival song that Donald Trump has completely misunderstood

Some people can only hear what they want to hear

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"I'm the one that created all this music, and I don't know that the world always understood that": John Fogerty on closure and reclaiming the Creedence legacy

Now at peace with his past and driven by a renewed purpose, John Fogerty's story is not over yet

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The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Newsom says California hopes to redraw maps in response to Texas plan

Republican redestricting move aims to win House majority in midterms. Plus, plastic pollution talks fail in Geneva

The Guardian - UK

‘I tried to be nice. Sometimes I would explode’: John Fogerty on Creedence, contracts and control

As the driving force behind Creedence Clearwater Revival, he wrote some of the 60s’ most enduring songs. But a poor record deal followed by years in the wilderness drove him to the brink of breakdown. Now 80, he looks back

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"You've been a rainbow in my life, and this song has a rainbow in it": Watch John Fogerty play Have You Ever Seen The Rain? at intimate London show

The footage coincides with the new issue of Classic Rock, which includes an in-depth interview with John Fogerty

Louder

Creedence Clearwater Revival's John Fogerty on recriminations,revivals and reunions: Only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Brian Wilson, Electric Light Orchestra, Halestorm, Bush, Rick Derringer, The Black Keys, Volbeat, Steve Harley, Joe Bonamassa & Joanne Shaw Taylor, Orianthi, Wytch Hazel and more

The Independent UK

8 bands divided by lawsuits: It's not just Jane's Addiction

Bands behaving badly

The Independent UK

Gaelic scholars’ island home reopens after major restoration

The project to fully repair and refurbish Canna House cost £3.6 million and lasted nine years.

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“I wanted to call it Taylor’s Version. I lobbied very much to the record company”: As Taylor Swift finally takes ownership of her original master recordings, John Fogerty has re-recorded 20 of his greatest songs, note-for-note

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