John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American musician, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) and as a solo recording artist. Fogerty has a rare distinction of being named on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists at No. 40 and the list of 100 Greatest Singers at No. 72. The songs "Proud Mary" and "Born on the Bayou" also rank amongst the Greatest Pop songs ("Proud Mary," #41) and Guitar songs ("Born on the Bayou," #53).
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Links
- Official homepage at concordmusicgroup.com/artists/John-Fogerty and johnfogerty.com
- Fanpage at cmt.com/artists/az/fogerty_john/artist.jhtml
- Twitter at twitter.com/John_Fogerty
- MySpace at myspace.com/johnfogerty
- Wikipedia article on John Fogerty
- IMDb at imdb.com/name/nm0004928
- Last.fm page on John Fogerty
- Discogs at discogs.com/artist/John Fogerty
- MusicBrainz entry on John Fogerty
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Personal Relationships
- Sibling of Tom Fogerty
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BBC Reviews
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The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again 2009
Reviewed by David Quantick
Fogerty, despite the famous friends and the elderly tunes, still rocks.
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Revival 2007
Reviewed by Martin Longley
This recording's primed with excitement.
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The Long Road Home 2006
Reviewed by Chris Jones
Just about everything recorded by this man is worth a listen, but this is a very fine...
