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Like a lot of people, I once assumed that John Fogerty really was “born on the bayou” somewhere in the Deep South. After all, that’s what he sang, and it also explained his gritty vocals. But no, the Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman is a northern California boy — with the streets of San Francisco “out my back door” — to lift another of his song titles.
Fogerty hails from El Cerrito, a pleasant city of about 25,000 people on the East Bay above Berkeley. It was there that he and his four brothers were raised, and where Creedence was formed. He lived in the area until the age of 40. “I am proudly from El Cerrito,” he writes in his memoir Fortunate Son. (El Cerrito should not be lost with either Cerritos or another El Cerrito, which are both in southern California. I doubt there are any Fogerty sites there.)
I have been fortunate to interview Fogerty a few times (including here) and to see seven of his shows. The only task left was to visit his boyhood homes as well as his alma mater El Cerrito High School, which has a respectable demonstrate honoring famous alumni. The lineup includes Maria Remenyi, a former Miss USA in 1966. Anyone can walk in and ta
We all know the great album Brothers in Arms from Dire Straits, but sometimes those brothers are “at arms” rather than in them. In part three of the mini-series with Max from PowerPop who covered Ray and Davie Davies last week, in todays instalment I talk about the Fogerty brothers.
“Proud Mary” written by John Fogerty was CCR’s first big hit solo peaking at #2.
Tom was the elder of the two brothers, he was born in 1941 (1990) and John was born in 1945, now age 78. They were born in Berkley but grew up in El Cerrito, California. Tom signed a record agree in 1959 but had little accomplishment in terms of recording a strike. John and his band would eventually provide backing to Tom and this led to the creation of the Golliwogs where John and Tom joint lead vocals. By the time Credence Clearwater Revival (CCR) had formed in 1967, John had stepped to the forefront as direct singer, guitar player, and principal songwriter.
That is Tom on the left and John on the right.
CCR would depart on to what is now regarded as legendary achievement. Between 1968 and 1970 they released six albums, two of them charting #1. They still hold the register for having five songs reach #2 w
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The meaning of “Centerfield” according to John Fogerty
One of the most famous songs about baseball, “Centerfield” was released on the John Fogerty album of the similar name back in 1985. The track became one of the biggest hits of the former Creedence Clearwater Revival guitarist and singer, being commonly played at baseball games across the Joined States over the decades.
The sense of “Centerfield” according to John Fogerty:
In a conversation with The New York Times back in 2010, John Fogerty explained the meaning of the song and revealed that he first chose the name of the album as “Centerfield” before even writing the song: “Basically, I was reconnecting with that very unique feeling I had about center field as a kid.”
“People didn’t know what it meant, but it was important to me. It took me a while to remember about center field and how I felt about it. But once it came into my mind, I thought: ‘Oh, that’s perfect. That’s exactly what I want to say.’”
The musician continued revealing that the the line “put me in coach” was a memory of what he used to explain his coach when he was a kid and “watch