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John Fogerty regains ownership of Creedence Clearwater Revival catalogue after 50-year battle

"This is something I thought would never be a possibility," said Fogerty. "After 50 years, I am finally reunited with my songs"

John Fogerty, Santana, Dead & Company, Canned Heat for Woodstock 50

The Black Keys, The Raconteurs, Jay-Z and Janelle Monáe will also play anniversary event

John Fogerty exclusive: “They tried to throw me in a dungeon!”

The CCR founder looks back on his eventful career in the current issue of Uncut

John Fogerty to play CCR’s greatest hits at BluesFest 2018

He'll be joined by Steve Miller Band at London's O2 Arena in October

Five John Fogerty solo albums primed for reissue

Blue Moon Swamp and Centerfield among those to be re-released this spring

John Fogerty sues former Creedence bandmates – again

Fogerty claims breach of contract and non-payment of royalties

Creedence Clearwater Revival – the full story, by John Fogerty, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford

John Fogerty is out on an extensive tour of the US right now, so it seems a good time to dip into the archives and remind ourselves of this great feature from Uncut’s February 2012 issue (177). At the dawn of the ’70s, Creedence Clearwater Revival were the biggest band in the world – a brilliant and driven hit machine with deep roots in American tradition. By 1972, though, it was all over, and the ex-bandmates embarked on a bitter war that still continues, 40 years later.

Bruce Springsteen, Tame Impala, Rodriguez, George Clinton, John Fogerty, Prince and George Jones in new Uncut

I would have bought the issue of Melody Maker in which I first read about Bruce Springsteen on my way into the art school in Newport, where in March 1973 I was in my last term, only a few months away from moving to London and not long after that fetching up on MM as a junior reporter/feature writer, a turn of events that was wholly unexpected and still seems somewhat unreal. Anyway, that was all to come. That Thursday morning, as ever in those days, I picked up a copy of MM at the paper shop at the top of Stow Hill, then eagerly devoured it on the bus into town.

John Fogerty: “The Grateful Dead put half a million people to sleep – Creedence tried to wake them up”

John Fogerty answers your questions in the new issue of Uncut (dated July 2013, and out on Thursday, May 23).

Ask John Fogerty

Ahead of the release of his long-awaited duets album Wrote A Song For Everyone, John Fogerty is set to answer your questions in Uncut as part of our regular Audience With… feature.
 So is there anything you’ve always wanted to ask him? What does he remember of the time he spent in the United States Army Reserve during the mid-Sixties? In 2011, he played two classic Creedence albums live in their entirely. What's his favourite Creedence album, and why?
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