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The day John Fogarty took Bob Dylan’s advice

Stung by lawsuits and loss of royalties, John Fogarty stopped performing Creedance songs until Dylan asked him at the Palomino Club in 1987

John Fogarty Proud Mary The day John Fogarty took Bob Dylans advice photo

John Fogarty 1987 performing Proud Mary for the first time in 15 years

“We’re gonna do this ah because Bob Dylan asked me to do this” is the short intro to Proud Mary in 1987, that spoke volumes the dirty side of the music business and about musical friendship.

For the previous 15 years, John Fogarty the lead singer and songwriter in Creedance Clearwater Revival had refused to sing his own songs. He didn’t want to put money into the pocket of Fantasy Records, his old label.  Continue reading →

Born on the Bayou Creedence Clearwater Revival

Rock and roll at it’s smoky, swampy best

Not quite a one hit wonder but with only a career spanning 1968 to 1971, Creedence Clearwater Revival is still one of the great rock and roll bands. The sandpaper high lead of John Fogerty is famous. His simple, building guitar leads show how real guitar playing can beat pyrotechnics.

Along with his brother Tom Fogarty (rhythm and backup vocals), Doug Clifford (drums) and Stu Cook (bass) they had a brief but important career. Their hits like “Suzie Q”, “Green River”, “Proud Mary”, and “Who’ll Stop the Rain” are still getting heavy air play today.

The rhythm section of CCR, which John Fogarty discounted as unimaginative, was one of the most solid harking back to 1950′s Chess house bands. Without that rhythm section, John Fogarty’s simplistic, long and mesmerizing lead breaks would have died.

CCR broke up over internal bickering and a loss of their muse in 1972 – still one of the best rock bands of all time. As usual, Fantasy their label cheated them out of their royalties and the copyrights on their songs. See Wikipedia and Creedence Clearwater Revival Born on the Bayou Creedence Clearwater Revival photo and Creedance Clearwater Revival Store Born on the Bayou Creedence Clearwater Revival photo on Amazon.com.

Wheelchair platform needed to be bigger

By John Pollack Times & Transcript Staff

Eagles+Concert+Moncton+1a edited 1 Wheelchair platform needed to be bigger photo

Concert goers (ed: Stephen Pate and Edith Larkin) watch the show from the wheelchair accessible platform. Viktor Pivovarov Times & Transcript

The concert experience was a bit different for patrons in wheelchairs. In spite of special steps to make the concert site a bit more wheelchair friendly like a separate disabilities entrance and a special wheelchair accessible viewing platform, many of the music fans in wheelchairs had a few complaints.

“I feel they oversold the place,” said Doreen Richardson about the wheelchair platform. “There’s a lot of people in wheelchairs that can’t find a place to sit and that’s unfortunate.”

“I feel they oversold the place,” said Doreen Richardson about the wheelchair platform. “There’s a lot of people in wheelchairs that can’t find a place to sit and that’s unfortunate.”

Doreen injured her foot less than a week before the concert and was in a wheelchair for the show. Continue reading →