LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MAY 28, 2019…HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BAY AREA NATIVE JOHN FOGERTY. TODAY JOHN TURNS 74 YEARS OF AGE. FOGERTY WAS BORN IN BERKELEY AND GREW UP IN EL CERRITO AND CONSIDERS THE BAY AREA HOME. FOGERTY HIT IT BIG WITH HIS BAND CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL AND WAS ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC HIT MACHINES IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC WITH 22 SONGS AT OR NEAR THE TOP OF THE CHARTS IN 5 YEARS ! THE GROUP BROKE UP IN 1971 AND HE RELEASED A
SOLO ALBUM IN 1975, BUT WAS FORCED INTO A LONG HIATUS BECAUSE HIS RECORD COMPANY (FANTASY RECORDS, WHICH HE DESPISED) OWNED THE RIGHTS TO ANY MUSIC HE MADE. IT WASN’T UNTIL 1985 HE SETTLED HIS DISPUTE WITH THE RECORD COMPANY AND WAS ABLE TO RELEASE THE SOLO ALBUM ‘CENTERFIELD’. THINK OF IT, THESE RECORD COMPANY WEASELS BASICALLY PREVENTED HIM FROM RELEASING MUSIC FOR 10 YEARS. THE ONLY BRIGHTSIDE ACCORDING TO FOGERTY, WAS IT ENABLED HIM TO AVOID THE WHOLE DISCO ERA ( FOGERTY’S STANCE IS “DISCO SUCKS” !!)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO JOHN FOGERTY.
HERE’S THE BIRTHDAY BOY WITH CCR PERFORMING AT WOODSTOCK 1969 (THE QUALITY OF THE VIDEO HAS BEEN ENHANCED AND IT IS SPECTACULAR)
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