PROUD FOGERTY VETERAN ROCKER HOLDS LITTLE ANIMOSITY NOW THAT CCR HAS BEEN 'REVISITED'.Byline: Fred Shuster Music Writer John Fogerty's rootsy classic rock songs have always been best appreciated in a live setting. All you have to do is ask any of the countless club bands that keep the customers satisfied and the cash register jingling on any given Saturday Any Given Saturday (foaled January 29, 2004 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. From the mare Weekend in Indy, a daughter of the 1992 U.S. Horse of the Year and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, A.P. night with renditions of ``Green River,'' ``Proud Mary'' or ``Born on the Bayou.'' Fogerty's music is clearly designed to be heard in person and that opportunity is at hand. The Creedence Clearwater Revival Creedence Clearwater Revival (commonly referred to by its initials CCR or simply as Creedence) was a southern rock American rock band, which consisted of John Fogerty (vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano), Tom Fogerty (guitar, vocals, piano), Stu Cook (bass guitar, founder, along with New Orleans soul queen Irma Thomas and Big Easy jazz-funk pianist Dr. John, appear Sunday in the ``Acura Music Festival: Destination New Orleans'' show at the L.A. Tennis Center on the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX campus. ``It's kind of a traveling mini jazz festival,'' said Fogerty, who has been touring across the country this summer with a similar lineup. Much to Fogerty's chagrin, Creedence Clearwater Revisited Creedence Clearwater Revisited is a band that was formed in 1995, by former Creedence Clearwater Revival bassist and drummer - Stu Cook and Doug Clifford, respectively. The band , a tribute group consisting of a couple of estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. original members, is also on the road at the same time. ``I used to have stronger feelings about it,'' he said. ``It's more sadness than anything. But I can't do anything about it. Way back, when I thought I could stop it from happening, I thought I could keep the name Creedence kind of virginal. But they've long since proven what they are. I don't go through lots of angst about it. I mean, the world isn't sitting around in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of a presidential election worrying about some old rock 'n' roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. band. But, yes, it did affect me, but I don't think it does anymore.'' The Los Angeles-based Fogerty's disputes with his old band, which split in 1972, and former label, Fantasy, are well documented. Today, he's writing new material, but hasn't released an album since 1998's ``Premonition,'' an 18-track career-spanning live disc. He is currently between labels. ``I come from a time when you admired the great American songwriters all the way back to Stephen Foster, who didn't have a drum beat and wasn't able to record something and play it over and over again in the studio,'' Fogerty, 55, said. His songs for Creedence, including the Top 40 smashes ``Bad Moon Rising Bad Moon Rising can refer to:
``I wrote those songs 30 years ago to hold up,'' the singer-guitarist said. ``Just using 'Proud Mary' as an example, when I was finished with it, I played back the chorus and said, 'That's my first Tin Pan Alley Tin Pan Alley Genre of U.S. popular music that arose in New York in the late 19th century. The name was coined by the songwriter Monroe Rosenfeld as the byname of the street on which the industry was based—28th Street between Fifth Avenue and Broadway in the early song,' and I meant that in all the positive ways. I grew up learning about the great early popular composers even though their era was well over. I very much wanted to be able to do something like that. ``I always felt if I was casting my fate to the wind as a songwriter, I wasn't going to model myself on some guy who had one novelty hit.'' The facts --What: ``Acura Music Festival: Destination New Orleans.'' --Who: John Fogerty, Irma Thomas and Dr. John. --Where: L.A. Tennis Center, adjacent to Pauley Pavilion, UCLA campus, Westwood. --When: 7 p.m. Sunday. --Tickets: $27.50 to $75, parking $6. --Information: (213) 480-3232. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: John Fogerty plays at the ``Acura Music Festival: Destination New Orleans,'' Sunday on the UCLA campus. |
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