John Fogerty. (2015). Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music. Little, Brown and Company.

John Fogerty. 2015. Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music. Little, Brown and Company.

John Fogerty, Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music. Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

John Fogerty. Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music. Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

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The long-awaited memoir from John Fogerty, the legendary singer-songwriter and creative force behind Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Creedence Clearwater Revival is one of the most important and beloved bands in the history of rock, and John Fogerty wrote, sang, and produced their instantly recognizable classics: "Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising," "Born on the Bayou," and more. Now he reveals how he brought CCR to number one in the world, eclipsing even the Beatles in 1969. By the next year, though, Creedence was falling apart; their amazing, enduring success exploded and faded in just a few short years.
Fortunate Son takes readers from Fogerty's Northern California roots, through Creedence's success and the retreat from music and public life, to his hard-won revival as a solo artist who finally found love.

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   • source: Greg Schneider, The Washington Post
   • content: A natural storyteller, folksy and crusty, Fogerty chronicles the brief but brilliant success of his band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and its tragic collapse.
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   • source: Mark Guarino, The Chicago Tribune
   • content: A classic rock 'n' roll survivor's tale.
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   • source: Dave DiMartino, Yahoo! Music
   • content: A very readable, fascinating account of John Fogerty's life.... One of the best stories of the entire '60s rock 'n' roll era, it is Fogerty's, it is here, and it's worth reading his whole account of the thing. Glad it finally arrived.
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   • source: Ken Hoffman, Houston Chronicle
   • content: Fortunate Son will take you on a fascinating journey in the tormented artist's own voice.
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   • content: It is fitting that writing—i.e., songwriting—is the main theme of Fogerty's biography, which was penned with the same depth of feeling as his music.... But this isn't just an account of one musician's ups and downs with art and life; Fogerty has created a solid study of popular music over the past 50 years.
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   • source: Henry L. Carrigan, Jr., BookPage
   • content: A cracking good storyteller.
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   • source: Bill Bentley, The Morton Report
   • content: At the core of this book is a story of redemption fueled by the power of love, and Fogerty's memory is unerring with what brought about that turnaround: wife Julie Fogerty. Some artists cannot be stopped, and that's one of the prime lessons of this book.
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   • source: Rich Kienzle, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
   • content: Mr. Fogerty's story will entertain fans, musicians and lovers of American roots music, yet it stands as one more cautionary tale about the darker side of the music business, where artists not handling their due diligence pay dearly. Fortunate Son is the tale of one who fought those battles and ultimately emerged a survivor.
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     October 12, 2015
     It is fitting that writing—i.e., songwriting—is the main theme of Fogerty's biography, which was penned with the same depth of feeling as his music. Fogerty (b. 1945) has written some of the finest rock 'n' roll songs in the American canon, including "Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising," and the titular "Fortunate Son." Here, he recounts his life chronologically—from his introduction to Stephen Foster's work as a child to the writing of his megahits for Creedence Clearwater Revival starting in the late 1960s. Musicians will revel in the details about chord and tempo changes, while other fans will be interested in the stories behind the CCR classics. Fogerty carefully documents the personal, financial, and legal issues with his band mates and record label that left Fogerty without the rights to his songs and so depressed he was unable to write new music for years. Arguing that his CCR band mates sold him out and explaining why he didn't play with them at the band's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, Fogerty slings just enough dirt to keep the courtroom and tabloid tales interesting; but he mostly focuses on his own battles with alcohol and depression. Interestingly, his wife Julie, whom he credits with getting his life and career back on track, contributes sections towards the end of the book, portraying Fogerty as others saw him. But this isn't just an account of one musician's ups and downs with art and life; Fogerty has created a solid study of popular music over the past 50 years.

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      October 15, 2015
      A memoir by the Creedence Clearwater Revival founder and writer of canonical 1960s songs such as "Proud Mary" and "Down on the Corner."Sensitive readers will cringe from the beginning, when Fogerty, that great exponent of gritty swamp rock though a child of the Bay Area, hazards that the fact that he had a black babydoll as an infant "predisposed me to love black music, black culture," while a beloved recording of "Camptown Races" predisposed him to imagine himself a Southerner just as Stephen Foster, a native of Pittsburgh, did. Certainly the poverty of his childhood gave the author authentic working-class credentials, though he became a working musician as a teenager and hit stardom early on. Fogerty's account of that ascent is full of previously aired grudges against Fantasy Records head Saul Zaentz, who locked him into a punishing contract that he admittedly didn't read. He doesn't have a lot of good to say about his former band mates, either; he grumbles that they were suing him over trademark issues even as he was wrapping up this book. One wishes better of Fogerty, who's written so many enduring songs but whose best moments here are in the fannish geekdom of 45 records and guitar heroes--even if some of the worst moments are tossed-off assessments of his own contemporary favorites. On Brad Paisley: "He is obviously one of the most talented guitar players that has ever lived." On Bruce Springsteen: "A really great guy." The least satisfying moments are when Fogerty turns over authorship to his wife, Julie, who may have saved him from addiction but who can't quite redeem this book. "I try and have him be in the moment," she writes blandly, "unrehearsed and wonderfully him." The effort, joint and individual, is obviously well-intentioned, but the book is largely unrevealing, a pale shadow compared to, say, Keith Richards' Life (2010) or Neil Young's Waging Heavy Peace (2012). Fogerty has had better luck than most, but overall, this is an unfortunate autobiography.

      COPYRIGHT(2015) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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      June 1, 2015
      

      Once songwriter, lead singer, and lead guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fogerty was named one of the 100 Greatest Singers and 100 Greatest Guitarists by Rolling Stone, which also named his Wrote a Song for Everyone one of the 10 Best Albums of 2013. With a ten-city tour and a 100,000-copy first printing.

      Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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