A quick, righteous flare of conscience—Fogerty’s working-class compass railing against empty celebrity and excess. “It Ain’t Right” arrived in 2007 as track nine on John Fogerty’s comeback-spirited album Revival—a bracing,…
A Hymn for the Forgotten Laborer, Set Beneath a Sweltering Southern Sun Released in 1997 as part of John Fogerty’s evocative album Blue Moon Swamp, “A Hundred and Ten in…
A Faded Anthem for Idealism Lost Beneath Psychedelic Skies Released in 1997 as part of John Fogerty’s third solo album, Blue Moon Swamp, the song “Summer of Love” did not…
A burst of comeback joy — “I Can’t Help Myself” is John Fogerty’s shimmying, slightly restless sequel to “Centerfield,” a short, gleeful declaration that the long silence is over and…
A small-town elegy made public — “Lodi” becomes, on this night, a soft benediction: a road-weary confession sung by John Fogerty that turns audience sympathy into shared memory. Put the…
A Storm of Conscience in the Twilight of American Innocence When John Fogerty released “Long Dark Night” on his 2004 album Déjà Vu All Over Again, it arrived not as…
A Sun-Baked Reverie of Lost Innocence and the Haunting Call of Home When John Fogerty released “Swamp River Days” as part of his 1997 album Blue Moon Swamp, it marked…
A familiar riff, a different kind of rescue — “Up Around the Bend” (2020) turns a road-song into a room-song, hope scaled to a family living room and a hard…
A Defiant Anthem for the Underdog, Carved in Grit and Gritty Hope When John Fogerty released “Longshot” in 2007 as the closing track of his politically charged album Revival, the…
A Portrait of Fragile Defiance Painted in Dusty Americana Released in 1997 as part of John Fogerty’s third solo studio album, Blue Moon Swamp, the track “Blueboy” found its place…
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