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His first band may never have existed at the beginning of Fogerty's career as John was nearly drafted into the United States Military in 1966, but instead joined an Army Reserve unit. He served at Fort Bragg, Fort Knox, and Fort Lee before being discharged from the Army in July 1967. In the same year, the band changed its name to Creedence Clearwater Revival and John took his brother's place as lead singer for the band.
They enjoyed success as a band following the release of their self titled debut in 1968 which featured their first hit single 'Susie Q'. The following releases all charted within the top 20 of the US Billboard album charts with the 1969 'Green Water' topping the chart, it is now certified three times platinum selling. CCR hold the record for having five number two singles on the US Billboard charts but never achieving a number one, this includes songs such as 'Proud Mary' and 'Bad Moon Rising'.
After the demise of CCR Fogerty began a solo career, originally under the name The Blue Ridge Rangers for his 1973 LP debut. He began with quite a country & western sound before moving towards more traditional rock & roll on early singles such as 'Comin' Down The Road'. With his first album releases he struggled to match the success he had achieved with CCR, however his first comeback album 'Centerfield' which was released through Warner Bros managed to top the US charts once again. After this his albums' chartings progressively declined before the 2013 LP 'Wrote A Song For Everyone' managed to reappear in the top 5. Fogerty is currently listed on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists at number 40 and the list of 100 Greatest Singers at number 72.
Steve Winwood’s ‘80s solo career saw the musician adopt a slick and polished blue-eyes soul persona, however before going solo Winwood had an eclectic career spanning decades and genres. Growing up in Handsworth, Birmingham, UK, with a semi-professional musician father, Winwood was a part of the rhythm and blues scene playing the organ and guitar on tours for esteemed artists such as Muddy Waters, T-Bone Walker and Chuck Berry.
Aged 14 Winwood joined the Spencer Davis Group with his older brother Muff and collaboratively had the 1965 No. 1 hit single “Keep on Running” after which Winwood was able to purchase his own Hammond B-3 organ. He was noted for his surprisingly Ray Charles-esque vocals with a maturity and soulfulness way past his years.
Tired of the pop-single format Winwood explored his rock & roll and jazz interests and formed the band Traffic with guitarist Dave Mason, hornist Chris Wood and drummer Jim Capaldi, all of whom had played on Spencer Davis Group’s records. Merging the sounds of R&B, psychedelia, and British pop folk, Traffic released their debut single “Paper Sun” in May 1967, followed a year after with the album “Mr. Fantasy”, before the band split.
Winwood then looked to old friend Eric Clapton who had recently diverged with his band Cream. The two began playing together, along with ex-Cream drummer Ginger Baker, which eventually led to the band Blind Faith, named after the faith record labels were putting into the collaboration. The band released their self-titled debut in the summer of 1969 but the pressure was too much and Blind Faith broke up before the year’s end. Winwood subsequently played in the supergroup Ginger Baker’s Air Force however departed after their debut performance at the Royal Albert Hall.
With the aim of creating a solo album Winwood took to the studio in 1970 however he gradually invited more ex-Traffic member so much so it became a reunion. Traffic subsequently released the albums “John Barleycorn Must Die” in 1970 and “The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys” in 1971 after which they reached their peak of commercial appeal. The band broke up in 1974 and Winwood spent the next few years as a session musician.
Finally going solo, Winwood released his self-titled debut in 1977 to disappointing results in the wake of a punk revolution, however his follow-up “Arc of a Driver” where he played all the instruments himself became a platinum selling hit in the U.S. After another disappointing album “Taking Back to the Night” in 1983, Winwood left it until 1986 to release “Back in the High Life”, a sophisticated and polished pop affair. The album sold over three million records and spawned his first No. 1 single “Higher Love” which also won a Grammy for Record of the Year.
Winwood has subsequently released the chart-topper “Roll With It” in 1988, "Refugees of the Heart” in 1990 and the Traffic reunion album “Far From Home”. Returning to his solo career his released “Junction Seven” in 1997 co-produced by Narada Michael Walden, the critically acclaimed “About Time” in 2003 and “Nine Lives” in 2008.
I was really thrilled to get to see John Fogerty. I was a huge Creedence Clearwater Revival fan growing up and know a lot of their songs by heart. I also can play many of them on the guitar. This show was in a small place and it was very quaint. He had a very small band and most of what he played was acoustic. The band was great but he was clearly the highlight.
He also did some of his famous solo tunes that were such big hits in the 1980’s. He did the song “Center Field” which took me back to my childhood and watching the video for that song that had all of the baseball bloopers in it. The show was not that long but it was very good.
The great thing was that he did not shy away from the CCR songs, like "Bad Moon Rising" and "Fortunate Son" that most people wanted to hear. He brought the house down with those famous songs. His voice is still as great as was when he was much younger. He also had such good energy and the audience did as well. It was really just a fun experience and one that I would strongly recommend to anyone. I also would advise any old CCR fans to attend this.
What a brilliant show at the Fox Theatre in Oakland on 26June2014! It was obvious from the start that the band put a lot of time into the sound check. The acoustics, which are normally very good in this refurbished 1920's venue, were crystal clear. Another nice touch was the stage setup. The musicians were arranged in a semi-circle, so you could see each one at any time without craning your neck or turning in your seat. The players were all professionals and it really showed! They just rocked! Each had various solos throughout the set. Even a rather long and entertaining drum solo, which the other musicians stood behind the set to admire. Steve's voice was as good as ever. And he appeared to be having a great time, especially when out in front of the band for one of his superb guitar solos (using both Gibson and Fender guitars).
The material spanned his entire career - Spencer Davis, Blind Faith, Traffic and solo selections. The only misgiving I had was that there were no selections from 'As the Eagle Flies'. The band had a jazzy bent to it, which would have lent itself to those tunes. The show was 1 hr 30 mins with a 15 minute, 2 song encore. Can't wait to see him again on the Tom Petty tour later this year.