Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Creedence Clearwater Revival: Cosmo's Factory
Review by Greg Shaw, Who Put The Bomp!, October 1970
WELL, THEY'VE finally done it. Creedence Clearwater has produced an entire album without a single poor song. And what's more, they don't all sound alike. ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Creedence Clearwater Revival
Review by Jon Savage, MOJO, December 2001
FOR A FEW SEASONS as the '60s turned into the '70s, Creedence Clearwater Revival were the biggest band in the world, with their incredible US ...
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Interview by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 11 August 1968
SEVERAL WEEKS ago I reviewed an outstanding album titled Music From Big Pink (Capitol SKAO 2955) and identified the group playing as the Band, formerly ...
Report by Michael Lydon, The New York Times, 24 November 1968
SAN FRANCISCO — In the heady first days of the "San Francisco Sound," someone dubbed the city the "Liverpool of the USA." The title, though ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bayou Country (Fantasy 8387)
Review by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 19 January 1969
Second Album for Clearwater ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bayou Country (Fantasy 8387); Steve Miller Band: Sailor (EMI ST 2984)
Review by Geoffrey Cannon, The Guardian, 11 February 1969
Transcending the Blues ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 24 March 1969
Californians Play Refreshing Rock At Fillmore East ...
Live Review by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 22 April 1969
In Southland Concerts, Creedence and Ellis Perform ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bayou Country (Liberty)
Review by Mark Williams, International Times, 4 July 1969
HOORAY FOR this bopping, rhythm muslc! What more can a groover of a leaper ask for than to be socked endlessly by the compulsive unpretentious ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Creedence Perkins Fans
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 26 July 1969
CREEDENCE Clearwater Revival are at the top of America's pop group list. They are No. 12 this week in the NME charts with 'Proud Mary', ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Savage Grace: Olympia Stadium, Detroit MI
Live Review by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 1969
A RATHER eventful weekend just passed as Jeff Berk's group played their last performance together Saturday night at the Grande. It's reported Beck and the ...
Albums from Creedence Clearwater Revival, Howlin' Wolf et al
Review by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, August 1969
BAYOU COUNTRY is the second album by Creedence Clearwater Revival and they are undoubtedly the most joyful, exciting rock and roll band since Little Richard. ...
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 18 August 1969
Rock Audience Moves to Dusk-to-Dawn Rhythms ...
Report by Miller Francis Jr., The Great Speckled Bird, 1 September 1969
"Man, what done got into them ofays?" one asked. "It ain't nothing. They just trying to get back, that's all" "Get back?" said the ...
New albums from the Doors, Country Joe, Johnny Cash, Creedence, CS&N and Blind Faith
Review by Geoffrey Cannon, The Guardian, 16 September 1969
Finding a new faith: GEOFFREY CANNON reviews pop music ...
What's In A Name? Creedence Clearwater Revival
Interview by uncredited writer, ZigZag, October 1969
The Blue Velvets (1958-1963) became the Golliwogs (1963-1967), who became Creedence Clearwater Revival (1967-?) – a name which, according to Time magazine, was contrived to ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: John, Tom, Stu And Doug
Interview by Jim Delehant, Hit Parader, January 1970
HP: What kind of music did you hear as a kid? ...
Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 2 February 1970
A Sold-Out Night for Fine Pop ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Willy And The Poor Boys (Liberty stereo LBS 83338; 38s 7d)
Review by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 14 March 1970
CREEDENCE REALLY IS A ROCK BAND ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: An 80 Buck Bummer Made Us Start Learning
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 21 March 1970
ANN MOSES INTERVIEWS JOHN FOGERTYlead singer of Creedence Clearwater Revival ...
John Fogerty (continued): I Gave Up Note-making a Year Ago
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 28 March 1970
The second part of Ann Moses' long rap with John Fogerty, lead singing star of Creedence Clearwater Revival, takes the form of a frank Ask-In ...
Creedence's "Band" Tribute To Rock Stars
Interview by Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 11 April 1970
"IN THE States, they tell us Creedence Clearwater Revival are the stop-gap between the Beatles and the 'next Beatles — whoever the next Beatles may ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Quintessence: Royal Albert Hall, London
Live Review by Geoffrey Cannon, The Guardian, 17 April 1970
2019 Update: I was crazy for Creedence. For The Guardian I reviewed Bayou Country in February 1969, saying "I rate John Fogarty as high for ...
Report by Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 18 April 1970
SCARY GERMAN FUZZ-FAN SCENE! ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 15 May 1970
Garden Audience Dances and Sings To Creedence Rock ...
Creedence John's Convictions Landed Him In Prison
Interview by Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 27 June 1970
For 20 years I was in a 'dungeon' ...
Wilbert Harrison & Creedence Clearwater Revival
Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, July 1970
WHEN CREEDENCE Clearwater Revival made their first whistle-stop tour of Europe recently, they invited Wilbert Harrison to join them. ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Cosmo's Factory (Liberty)
Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 22 August 1970
The flaw in Creedence's brilliance ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Swamp Rock That Wasn't
Interview by Royston Eldridge, Sounds, 31 October 1970
The SOUNDS Talk-in — JOHN FOGERTY of Creedence Clearwater Revival: an exclusive interview by Royston Eldridge ...
Pendulum: Creedence Got a New Kind of Bag
Report and Interview by Joel Selvin, Rolling Stone, 24 December 1970
BERKELEY — Creedence Clearwater Revival is rolling again, and in several directions, with their upcoming new album, Pendulum. ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: The band that means business
Report by Lillian Roxon, Sydney Morning Herald, the, 23 January 1971
Lillian Roxon flew from New York across America to attend a party for an $82 million rock and roll group — a party which, she ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Pendulum
Review by Bud Scoppa, Phonograph Record, February 1971
DON'T LET 'EM fool you. Pendulum is as distinctly Creedence as 'Proud Mary' or 'Lodi'. And that, I think, is good; Creedence music is one ...
Bo Diddley, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tower of Power: Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 19 July 1971
Bo Diddley Returns on Guitar At Forest Hills Rock Concert ...
Interview by Martin Hayman, Sounds, 7 August 1971
Martin Hayman talks to Stu Cook ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Live Review by Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 11 September 1971
ANY DOUBTS as to the impact of the new streamlined Creedence Clearwater Revival were completely erased from people's minds by the time they had roared ...
John Fogerty: I've always wanted to be a rock 'n' roll star
Interview by Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 11 September 1971
IF THERE has been one solitary factor which has completely dominated John Fogerty's lifestyle, it has been his insatiable desire to be a successful rock ...
A Simple But Compelling Sound: Creedence Clearwater Revival
Overview by Greg Shaw, Fusion, 15 October 1971
WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT it would be an old-fashioned rock 'n' roll band to pull us out of the doldrums of 1968's acid comedown/methedrine blues nightmare? ...
Tom Fogerty: "Creedence Clearwater? I've Never Known Such A Bunch Of Egotistical Maniacs"
Interview by Caroline Boucher, Disc and Music Echo, 20 January 1972
IT'S ALWAYS sad when a group splits up amidst much bad feeling. It's even worse when one member leaves amidst equal bad feelings, and then ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Mardi Gras (Fantasy)
Review by Gene Sculatti, Phonograph Record, May 1972
CREEDENCE AGAIN. Their sixth or seventh LP, the first minus Tom Fogerty on rhythm, the first with Stu Cook and Doug Clifford contributing songs and ...
Profile by John Pidgeon, Let It Rock, June 1973
FOR A 'SINGLES' band Creedence Clearwater Revival made a lot of albums: six in two years (1969 – 70), then one as a trio in ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Live In Europe (Fantasy)
Review by Lester Bangs, Let It Rock, April 1974
I MEAN REALLY, who cares about Creedence anyway? They're dead now, I'd already forgot about 'em till this thing came out. ...
Review by Tom Nolan, Phonograph Record, April 1975
BLUESY ROCKIN' quartet from El Cerrito makes debut with this derivative but infectious disc of baker's-dozen-plus-one tunes. Opener, ‘Don't Tell Me No Lies’, will appeal ...
Essay by Dave Marsh, Musician, April 1981
As apocalyptic anxiety at nameless dread descend on the body politic, how relevant the work of Creedence Clearwater now seems. ...
Will Creedence Clearwater ever be revived?
Interview by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 2 September 1982
JOHN FOGERTY, once the driving force behind Creedence Clearwater Revival, is a strange one, and his older brother, former Creedence rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, is ...
Review by Andy Gill, New Musical Express, 6 October 1984
ANCIENT BEAT journalist and hippie doyen Ralph J. Gleason, who could be a daft old coot at the best of times, got it completely wrong ...
Fogerty Wins Unusual Self-Plagiarism Suit
Report by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 12 January 1989
Case is latest round in long fight with Fantasy Records ...
Obituary by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 1 November 1990
Co-founded Creedence Clearwater Revival ...
Retrospective and Interview by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 4 February 1993
John Fogerty looks back on the Glory Days of Creedence Clearwater Revival ...
John Fogerty: Rock Now, Pay Later
Interview by Bill Prince, Q, July 1997
Life's a bitch when you lose a few million in a big banking scam, get sued for plagiarising yourself and haven't released a record in ...
Interview by Craig Werner, Goldmine, 18 July 1997
THE HISTORY of rock'n'roll bears witness to the power of the unmistakably individual voice bubbling up from subterranean reservoirs of the blues, gospel, and country ...
“I Was the Leader Already": Creedence's Beginnings
Book Excerpt by Hank Bordowitz, Schirmer Books, 1998
IN 1958 ROCK music had passed its infancy -- it was more like a toddler -- but it still was not reputable. Not many high ...
Rock 100: Creedence Clearwater Revival
Book Excerpt by Lenny Kaye, David Dalton, Cooper Square Books (reissue), 1999
PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC WAS PEAKING AND rock was undergoing a period of exhaustion in 1968 when Creedence Clearwater Revival arrived out of nowhere with their "lean, ...
John Fogerty: The saddest story in rock
Retrospective and Interview by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 11 July 2000
In 1988 John Fogerty was sued for plagiarising his own songs. Adam Sweeting talks to the Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman about 12 years of bitter ...
John Fogerty: The Long Road Home
Interview by Gene Sculatti, ICE, October 2005
IT'S NOT HARD TO UNDERSTAND how a popular artist might tire of singing the words to his biggest hits after decades of doing so. Year ...
The Long Road Down: How Creedence Clearwater Revival Fell To Pieces
Retrospective and Interview by Hugh Fielder, Classic Rock, October 2006
HAD IT NOT been for the in-fighting, the pressure, crap deals, "stolen" songs and one control-freak member's desire to run the whole show, Creedence Clearwater ...
School of Rock: Monterey to Altamont
Guide by Barney Hoskyns, iTunes, 2008
BETWEEN 1966 and 1970, there was a seismic change in British and American pop. Within a few short years "pop" became "rock", and teenagers who'd ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Reissues
Review by Barney Hoskyns, Uncut, November 2008
40th Anniversary editions of the first six platters by John Fogerty's Bay Area swamp-billies, complete with bonus tracks and authoritative liners. ...
Retrospective and Interview by Alan Light, MSN.com, August 2009
Woodstock was a beginning, and it was an end. ...
Interview by Bob Mehr, MOJO, June 2013
The prime mover behind Creedence Clearwater Revival, he crafted blazing pop songs of soul and protest until band strife and label hell undid him. But ...
John Fogerty is celebrating a spectacular run by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Report by Geoffrey Himes, The Washington Post, 28 June 2015
FEW POP MUSIC acts have enjoyed a year like Creedence Clearwater Revival had in 1969. That year, the John Fogerty-led quartet released three top-10 albums: ...
Doug Clifford Drums Up Memories of CCR on Massive (Vinyl) Box Set
Retrospective and Interview by Bob Ruggiero, Houston Press, 7 December 2018
WHILE IT'S EASY to assume that the Year in Rock 1969 was wholly dominated by English acts like the Beatles (Abbey Road), the Rolling Stones ...
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see also Tom Fogerty
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