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My Take
What strikes me about John Fogerty is how a kid from Berkeley conjured the sound of the Louisiana bayou so convincingly. With Creedence Clearwater Revival he wrote a string of songs that feel less composed than excavated, as if they were always part of the American landscape. That gravelly voice and lean, swampy guitar carry an honesty most polished rock never reaches. Decades on, he is still performing and still fighting for the catalog he created, and I respect that stubborn devotion. For me Fogerty is not about the Hall of Fame plaque; he is proof that a song can sound like a place you have never been yet somehow remember.
Overview
John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American musician. Together with Doug Clifford, Stu Cook, and his brother Tom Fogerty, he founded the swamp rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), for which he was the lead singer, lead guitarist, and principal songwriter. CCR had nine Top 10 singles and eight gold albums between 1968 and 1972, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- John Fogerty
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョン・フォガティ
- Reading
- じょん・ふぉがてぃ
- Born
- May 28, 1945 (age 81)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rooster
- Origin
- Berkeley, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / singer-songwriter / songwriter / composer / guitarist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2009 Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.