Why John Fogerty is STILL THE BEST - I'll Prove It to You
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John Fogerty is an American treasure; make no mistake about it. Great voice, great guitar, original ideas and all-American.
Absolutely!
EXACTLY: an American treasure!!!
Fogarty helped define rock of his particular era as much as anyone. Classic stuff.
It’s too bad he was so contentious, proprietary, and like Henley and Frey, couldn’t find a way to get along with the lesser mortals in his band.
Still, he’s a guitarist to really study….
@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 sure, and his son is a great guitarist too!!!
Too bad he's a prima Donna and greedy!
Fogerty's playing was always SO under-rated.
No doubt.
@@MarkZabel NOT the band!
As a 53 yro retired pro musician with Nashville pedigree who's been blessed to sit at the feet & look into the eyes of the likes of Dylan, Cohen, James Brown & many other Legends, i was never a big CCR fan. But about 20 years ago i caught Fogerty opening for Willie Nelson & he blew me away! It wasnt the music for me. It was the fact that ive never seen somebody so happy just to play his songs. He'd played 75% of his set a million times, yet he acted like it was the very first & would be the very last time he would ever get the chance to play his songs for people. He was just a little kid who's dream had come true!😅 It was amazing to behold. Rock On, John!
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Great to hear he’s doing well
That's how he was the other night. Still doing it at 79 with all the gusto he can give.
For many years, he refused to play his old songs, because the money went to Saul Zaentz.
it would be great if you could tell us a bit about your experiences as a professional musician! i too am 53 years old and had a dream of learning to play the guitar well... unfortunately i had to resign myself to my limitations...
@@lucasolari3756 Well, friend, I'd love to tell my story but I lived 10 lifetimes by the time I was 30. Every time I get started here i have erase!😅 But my story is exactly about transcending limitations. I got nerve damage in my chord fingers & ptsd from shell-shocked Vietnam vet turned drill-seargent dad. Started out cause 9th grade friend took guitar lessons & could play every Metallica song including solos so wanted to do high school talent show. Asked me to "sing". Now for backstory: I was blessed to have my sister take me to see Alice Cooper at Tennessee State Fair '81 when I was 10. My 3rd rock show was Ozzy Diary tour, one month to day after Rhoads died. But Brad Gillis is a Beast! I was also blessed to see many greats at a young age, including James Brown, as can wildly be seen on here if look up "Charlie Daniels James Brown Volunteer Jam". I was 11. I later, after having become a fan I was back in Nashville in '96 & heard he was playing the legendary Ryman Auditorium/Mother Church of Country Music home of original Grand Ole Opry. A real church, like in The Blues Brothers!🤘😎 I couldn't find any of my rock friends to go. Just figured I'd get a cheap $20. When I asked for 1 ticket the guy said was my lucky day. They had to fill a seat up front & wound up front-row-center! Anyway, concerts were magical, other-worldy. At the time I was pretty much a pro bmx freestyler, before X-Games. Free Haro bikes, Vision Street Wear, etc. One day when I was 15 in '86 a kid moved in up the street & built a half-pipe, something extremely rare to see in the South. He was a skater into Punk/Hardcore/Thrash & turned me on to the tiny Nashville Underground music & skate scene. That's when I saw kids doing it themselves. If want to see what it was like, check out "F.U.C.T. Infectious World" 7:45 version. The scene also included the likes of Todd Milsap (rip), Ronnie's son, Shelton Williams (Hank III), & Freak😅 Hollywood film-maker Harmony Korine. All of us had to be at at least one of those shows as there was literally nothing else to do. Vid says '90 when starts but that was later promo. Can see stamp '87. Seattle had nothing on us!😅
....Friend, maybe I can add more, or any😅, of what you were asking about later. Too tired & figured since mentioned those vids might as well leave you/y'all with another for music lovers. I worked with Billy Cox for a minute about 20 yrs ago, best friend Jimi Hendrix & bass player for Band of Gypsys & re-formed Experience. Funny story but too long. There's an excellent interview on here, Musician's Hall Of Fame/Billy Cox "Little Known Facts About Hendrix"(?) that tells Jimi's little known 5 year training in Nashville. Also "Jimi Hendrix Night Train '65". His 1st TV appearance on old black Nashville TV show that was inspiration for "Soul Train". Sorry, Luca, gotta get off here. Maybe more later....
Rock on!
One of my best memories with my Mom was seeing John Forgery on his 69 tour we were in row six, what a show!!! I will never forget it.
Wow! Super-cool!
So many iconic riffs and licks. More than that though... cohesive songs. Thank you for doing this video. Fogerty's genius is writing memorable melodic stuff that is not complex, but beautiful and forever embedded in our collective consciousness. Legit Americana.
Thanks!
So many great riffs! John Fogerty is such an amazing musician and composer🙏🎸.
No doubt!
Underrated as a songwriter in a generation that included Lennon-McCartney, Jagger-Richards, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen, Carol King, & Neil Diamond, but he earned rung on the ladder
I've been a CCR and Fogerty fan since I first heard Suzie Q on a transistor radio in '68. I watch anything CCR related that you do.
Awesome. Thanks!
I know ! Me too ! I had a little red Sears ' Silvertone with ONE earjack , and if the wind was blowing just right , I could pick up WLS Chicago or " King Biscuit " Flower hour out of New York . I had a rough childhood and that little radio was like a friend , I wish I still had it , the music got me through . 'Have a good one .
He definitely rocks out more than I thought he would at his shows.. Like you said, John and his son
can flat tear it up live.
No doubt!
Saw him at Musikfest in Bethlehem PA. I new my brother-in-law's taste and took him and he said it was his fav concert ever. Not taking credit, that goes to JF. Such good songwriting.
Amazing classic riffs
Fogerty is a guitarist's guitarist, while still playing for the audience, as you stated.
Saw him back in '98, front row, Melbourne Tennis Centre!
1 of the BEST shows I'd ever seen!
Whenever I'm driving and a CCR song comes I still find myself thinking - jeeez, this is an amazing song. Thanks for highlighting his talents with these good tips.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
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The keyword for John Fogerty is memorable… Memorable guitar parts, chord progressions, lyrics, and singing… that’s why so many of his songs are classics.
Exactly so.
Great video tribute to one of my heroes, as a lifelong John Fogerty fan since I was a teenager in the '60s and I first started buying Creedence records. I've followed John's life and career ever since. We all know about the painful decades of his life that he had to endure over control of his music. But the dark days are over, he has a wonderful wife and family, he has his songs back, and John Fogerty is on top of the mountain where he permanently belongs. He's one of the greatest songwriters of all time, a great guitarist and a truly gifted creative genius beloved by his fans all around the world. He's the only man to ever have one of his songs inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. For me John Fogerty's music comes out of that great era when the MUSIC came first ---- not the technology like today.
Thanks!
I was kinda floored after watching the Netflix doco where they played the Albert Hall in England... I never knew about the alternate tunings he used... also super impressed by the 'odd' blues bars that were 'kinda' 12 bars... but his subtle fills in weird places... brilliant!!!... Born on the Bayou and Green River were both "kick arse"... and I can't say enough about the often 'over-looked' backing by his brother... being able to play the same groove for 16 or 32 bars, is a sublime skill... respect.
alternative tunings by Fogarty? he often tuned a whole step down, but i don't know of any alternative tunings. could you please give me the link about alternative tunings?
@@pkoven You're correct... 'Tuned Down' is more accurate... but for the sake of my point, I said 'alternate tuning'... apologies. I only saw it for the very 1st time on the Netflix doco where John was playing 'Cowboy Chords' in 1st position, where his brother and bass player where playing in seemingly different keys... hence... "alternate tuning"... I didn't mean dropped D or open G or any of that shit... 😂
Great musicality. JF and Mike Campbell are the best for it.
Oh yes, Mike Campbell. Another great one.
You have very eloquently expressed what I have always felt about John Fogerty. A living legend and such an inspiration to us guitarists. Well done sir.
Wow, thank you!
i was thinking the same thing. Mark, a great clip, like all your others. i think an important takeaway from this is that creating riffs from the chords yields very memorable riffs. the Beatles did the same thing [ticket to ride, paperback writer, and many others] and it's not discussed enough.
It's what I learned to play to in 1971. His signature riffs are what I always termed as "accessible". They only thing that throws off new players is he had his Les Paul tuned down a full step so if you didn't know that some of the tunes won't get you "that sound" if you try to play them in standard tuning. Fogerty was such a great writer as well...never wrote a bridge...two (maybe 3) verses ..chorus...solo ...say what you gotta say and get out🤘😎
Hi Mark ! Thank you very much for this vidéo. We musicians (and non-musicians too I guess) are spoilt people and enjoy everything you do.
Like with this John Fogerty choice you dish out. Difficult to find a better guitarist/composer since thé Electric guitar was born... He doesn't loose his time with shreddings or any other "see-me-look-at-me-I'm-the--best-on-this-planet-type-of-thing" : He knows where the essential is and simply plays the right notes at the right time and just nails it !
And the result is great songs that give us PURE JOY that we listen again and again...
Thanks! I totally agree with your assessment of John Fogerty's playing (and singing and writing).
I already loved your content, but to find out john is also one of your favorites increased my respect for you even more!
Thanks!!!
He's one of the bests singers too.
For sure.
I started playing CCR in my 2nd rock band when they were topping the charts back in the 60's and 70's. Always loved them.
Saw him at the old Waldorf in SF, he had just gotten the rights to his songs back,think he was happy?
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Mark I think your my favorite guitar guru to listen to right now. I just really dig what you are communicating. Thanks alot. You've taught me alot. 🙂👍
Wow, thanks!
I will always remember how boring and dull the Gratefull Dead were at Woodstock. Practically everybody was asleep and then CCR! As soon as those first notes of Born on a Bayou played I could feel the energy in the crowd and my excitment to hear that song and the entire set that night made Woodstock for me. Loved CCR before that and never stopped. Of course JF was the number one reason for that affection
Thanks for sharing that. John was upset they didn't play better, but it's good to get another perspective!
Yes! Saw him with ZZ Top in Canandaigua, NY a few years ago...
Cool! George Thorogood was fine, but man ... ZZ Top. Would've been great! BTW, that's where I saw him - at CMAC in Canandaigua.
My favourite is his rendition of I put a spell on you. I can listen all day.
Excellent!
Great video Mark, Thank you! John played Knoxville Tennessee many many years ago, & as a lifelong fan, it was such a treat to see him that evening. I also came away with a guitar pick he tossed to me about halfway through the concert. Will never forget it.
Very cool. Glad you enjoyed the video!
@John Fogerty, he and CCR made it work and combined all styles ( R&R, R&B, soul, rock, blues ) into a single package which appealed to a lot of listeners and fans, I really do not know anybody who dislikes this music. Finally fair justice that John has the rights back to his own songs😊
He certainly seems happy!
Ah, we think alike! The one, the only John Fogerty, who continues to have so much to teach us! As a boy, I can remember a friend and I performed "Down on the corner" and "Proud Mary" by CCR and "Love me two times" by the Doors at a school talent show. Can't remember what else. We both loved CCR. I'll admit I was the Doors fan. What a strange mixed up song selection, I remember that much!
We were lousy! However It was not that, but the second song that nearly got us expelled. We should have stuck with a solid CCR set, and we would have been heroic, if not talented!
Love that trip through memory brother!
5 years and so many hit songs, John Fogherty is probably one of the greatest music writers out there!
Good vid. Fogarty was a master of the catchy riff/guitar hook. And as simple as it might seem, that Around the Bend riff can be a bit tricky to get consistantly super clean since it requires accurate string skipping with the picking hand.
Absolutely!
Thanks. Fogerty is my favorite guitarist!
You're so welcome. Rock on!
Simple, but so effective!
Exactly!
As a younger version of myself my father ran restaurants and I remember at all of those restaurants was juice boxes Yeah to the younger ones they were a machine that you would put money in to play music and CCR was the most played music
Cool!
I was going to get another Strat. for probably my last guitar. (I'm 66) Buy now maybe I'll grab something with p-90s. Love to sing and play Credence..
If you want Creedence tone, don't get P-90s.
Saw the Celebration show last night in NH - great show. Saw John for the 1st time on Saturday night/Sunday morning at Woodstock in 1969 - great show!
Saw him about 12 years ago, the guitar in Old Man Down the Road just blew me away. Unbelievable tone and playing.
Same thing this time around. He totally rocked with his son on OMDtR!
Love the plaid - thought it was a bathrobe 🙏🏼 thanks for the licks🎸
Thanks ... bathrobe? Are my clothes getting that loose?
Very Nice Job Mark 👍 Your really a good player ! and sounded just like John you got the riffs for sure 😊
Rock on!
He's the best, to the point that when I play gigs my following insist I play Green River, Keep on Chooglin and my own personal favorite Born on the Bayou, I never get tired of playing it!!!
Me neither. Never tire of those.
Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful weekend mark ❤😊
Thank you! You too!
Great lesson. Timeless! Love swamp rock. The old man still brings it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice lesson and I agree and love John Fogerty and his guitar work!!!
Thanks Robert!
This video was fantastic. I love ccr and I love all of those songs, but my favorite is Porterville. I just love that song so much.
Thanks David!
It always amazed me how effortlessly he plays, and just perfect !!!! A really amazing man ! 😎🎸🎸🎶🤗🐋💕🐋
Yes indeed!
🎸No Fogherty=No Creedence!!! 🎸
Just saw him on Wednesday night and he was fantastic!
Great analysis Mark!
Thanks!
John wasn't a flashy guitarist but his licks were tasty
Ok, definitely worth watching till the end 👍 Thanks.
Awesome, thank you!
Fun stuff
True words
He was a great songwriter as well. I love “Have you ever seen the Rain” and of course “Proud Mary” as well.
Too many to list!
It's such a shame that infighting (literally between brothers) and greed and misguided philosophies plus frivolous lawsuits split up CCR much, much too soon and probably denied us even more of their great music! Great brief lesson here, M.Z. One can certainly tell you're a huge Fogerty and CCR fan!
Thanks Jim C. Yes, it's a pity CCR down. JF seems happy now
Good stuff as always. I saw somewhere that Fogerty played Bad Moon Rising in a different key (tuned to open B maybe?) that gave it that sound. Makes me wonder how often he tuned to different keys and how it might simplify fingerings.
Thank you!
A friend of mine who’s been a Nashville studio guitarist for years got a call from him and wanted a country style guitar lesson.
Very interesting!
He's had his songs back for quite awhile and he's was tapping since the 80's
And yes John is the greatest maybe after Chuck Berry for opening guitar hooks and sounds that seem simple but are complex. John Mayer may be the modern version of what Fogerty introduced.
Nice one, Mark :) I knew you were gonna play Lodi when you said chords and lead combo. I also like his tone. Not many bands in the rock genre use that sound. At least not ones that attained his success. In terms of tone and style, Rick Miller from Southern Culture On The Skids is another great one who comes to mind with influences surely including Fogerty, as well as surf and rockabilly.
Thanks Bob! Good to hear from you. I'll check out Southern Culture on the Skids!
@@MarkZabel i recommend their earlier records - a good first listen would be Dirt Track Date :)
Right when CCR was in its prime they stop playing their songs on the radio. It was like they never existed. And they did the same thing to the guess who
" Suzy Q... Rock and Roll Girl ... and old Man Down the Road " ...all I need to say .
... and so many more. An all-time great.
I've heard him in an interview explain his "Swamp Chord" but I still don't understand the fingering. Even he said he doesn't know what it's called-some kind of D chord with a couple added notes i think. anyone know this? Here i found it! and STILL don't understand it "That riff and chord shape in 'Bayou' opened up a lot of poosibilities for me," Fogerty points out "I could jump around that E7 voicing and throw in my 'mystery chord.' I don't even know what it is...it's my swamp chord. I flatten my ring finger on the 5th and 4th strings and flatten my pinky down on the 3rd and 2nd strings at the 7th fret. I see it as part of a D chord added to the E7 (E9sus4), and keep the 1st and 6th string open." He added, "I've used that chord for years; it's like a signature for me. It's all through 'Bayou' - especially the way I do it now. I play it like a little horn part that answers my singing." It's a typical rhythm pattern from "Born on the Bayou," in which Fogerty uses the E7 and the E9sus4 "mystery chord." "I originally played "Bayou" on a Rickenbacker 325, the little three-quarter-sized hollowbody John Lennon model. At the time I did'nt think I was able to play a 'man's guitar,' "laughs Fogerty. "I realized early thet I had small hands and therefore should play a short-scale guitar. It became a crutch because it was so much easier to bend strings and finger chords on that small neck.
I've always thought John Fogerty was a great guitarist. Often his riffs sound simple, and often they are.
But it always sounds great. Awesome rhythm!
Many of his riffs are iconic soundtracks in movies.
They're all iconic.
Put me in coach! I’m ready to play!
Yes, fogerty is still the best! in few weeks I'll see him live in europe! I'm looking for exact tabs of Rockin' All Over the World since many years... it has ''easy'' guitar parts but not easy enough to understand how to play it...!!! 🤨😐
John Fogerty still practices every day.
It shows!
He 79 wow . Mick jagger should have been born on the Bayou😅
Long Cool Woman by the Hollies is a really great song inspired by Fogerty. He sued them for it, though
Interesting.
Those opening riffs set the tone, much like Jerry Garcia did.
Yes!
One thing that I think is cool is on Bad Moon Rising there has been a joke for decades, probably due to poor stereo qualities, that when he sings "There's a bad moon on the rise", it sounds like he's saying "There's a bathroom in the right". He acknowledges that and has fun with it by actually singing it on the last verse sometimes.
Yeah, it's cool he can take a joke. As you say, it's been happening for decades.
The song is about the war in Vietnam, like many of his songs
Most of what you show here is pretty basic, but he is a good player. Love his songs. CCR is one of the most underrated 70s bands
Yes, he's a very basic player for sure. Does the fundamentals extremely well.
if he is playing in a relatively small venue, you HAVE TO GO to see him
Absolutely.
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Yep, when my friends were attempting Jimmy Page, Joe Walsh, I was going for John Fogerty and Eric Clapton.
I have to admit, John got to me deeper than clapton.
Cool!
If you want a more modern player that has some great guitar hooks look into Claudio Sanchez and his band Coheed and Cambria. They aren't everyones cup of tea but I love them.
Thanks. I'll check him out.
John clearly listened to a lot of Lonnie Mack
Am I wrong or does Lodi modulate up half way through the song ?
It does modulate.
Noice!
Thanks!
How much for the shirt.
LOL. It's one of those top designer shirts ... Wrangler! (Probably $20 at Walmart.)
JF isn't the best technical guitar player. But he's far and away the best at entertaining with the guitar. That's THE thing.
Gimme swampy riffs.
All day long!
No body dances to blazing riffs. But they can dance to Fogerty swamp chords.
I've seen so many many magazines on the best guitarists where John Fogerty was not included. Bizarrely those magazines included Kurt Cobain and Jack White. What rubbish. I didn't buy them.
"Still the best?!" Please!
LOL! John wishes he can play like Alex Lifeson! Yet Alex can play like John!
I will take a John Fogerty, Lindsey Buckingham, or Mike Campbell any day, and twice on Sunday over EVH, Blackmore, Vai, you name it. Yeah, those guys are great technicians, who cares...boring. The former three created magic which cannot be duplicated.
The tablature is linked in the description. Do yourself a BIG favor and try to learn without the score. Don't get hooked using that crutch. Rock musicians need to be able to play by ear as well.
His brother was a much better guitarist!
Tom Fogerty was a very tight, and in the groove rhythm guitarist, whose playing contributed nicely to the easily identifiable Creedence sound. You really hear it well on the live Woodstock cut of Suzie Q. But, in the words of Mark Knnofler, "he's strictly rhythm, he doesn't wanna make them cry or sing", or similar wording. John was the main git guy, 100 % for CCR and since with his solo career, not Tom.
That's your opinion...CCR was a dynamic influential blues rock band as a whole. As a solo artist he is boring and overbearing, never giving credit to the other CCR members. As I had mentioned before he was part of something great. Unfortunately, he never regained the popularity, success and momentum CCR had. As a solo artist I find him boring and attempting to be CCR as a one man feature act which is boring ! Too bad he screwed up a good thing being egotistical and greedy. Now he's broke and playing CCR covers without CCR. He's stuck in Lodi again!
Only a fat head! He never mentioned or gave credits to his former band members. When his solo songs come on the radio, I change the channel...
You are describing the John Fogerty who WAS, not the John Fogerty who IS. His voice is shot, his playing is poor, and he tries to cover it up with additional musicians who carry the load for him. He's old and used up, but he won't give it up. I love Creedence and the ORIGINAL music, but please, that was 50+ years ago. And "Bad Moon Rising," that you say was written for "us," is a pretty blatant ripoff of an Elvis Presley tune (even eh admits that).
I just saw him 2 weeks ago. Played great, sang great.
As for the other stuff, it would be good to have the name of the song you're talking about.
I never liked Fogerty, not back then, not in his pissy oh-poor-me days, to me he has been so over rated, probably because he's been such a cry-baby all those years. Heck, I don't even know if he's dead or alive, nor do I care.
John's continual moaning about everybody and everything did sully his reputation, mainly because he never acknowledged his own faults in everything that transpired, and beefed about his CCR bandmates for decades while telling everyone how great he was, but also how hard done by he was. ( his jibe about 'couple bums who can't hold time', at Glastonbury, good example, can't let it go!) Pretty lame and insecure, he lost me (and other very keen fans I know) because of that and I was a life long fan. But it became incessant and intolerable. We all have crosses to bear, it's life, 101. He could play, write and sing though, oh yes.
My favorite Fogerty playing is on his long version of I Heard It Through The Grapevine!!!
That's great, I agree.
I love my Black and gold Larry Carlton L-7 like yours😊
You missed “Down on the Corner!” Best intro of all!
Woodstock 69 the real woodstock,,, CCR ,,I put a spell on you says it all