When was ccr popular

After releasing The Blue Ridge Rangers , a collection of country and rockabilly covers he recorded on his own, John Fogerty released an eponymous solo album in on Asylum, then entered a decade-long silence.

Fogerty won the case and by the end of the '80s, he began playing CCR songs again. Eventually, he returned to Fantasy, long after Zaentz had left the company. Tom Fogerty maintained a solo career through the s, sometimes recording with the band Ruby , but he became ill in the '80s after an unscreened blood transfusion.

During that procedure, he contracted HIV, which led to his death in Doug Clifford recorded his own solo album, Cosmo , in , but he also developed a career as a producer and continued to drum with a variety of bands, often in conjunction with Stu Cook. John Fogerty sued the duo over the name, leading them to perform as Cosmo's Factory for a while, but eventually Clifford and Cook won the dispute.

As the four members of CCR pursued new musical ventures, Fantasy continued to reissue their classic studio albums over the decades. The box set Creedence Clearwater Revival: Box Set dug into unreleased material, including recordings from the Gollywogs. Many years later, the Gollywogs received their own anthology. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country. Electronic Folk International. Jazz Latin New Age.

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Despite living among fellow soldiers, Fogerty told the Military Times that the Vietnam War was still unpopular with his fellow countrymen: "The war was very unpopular. Even with us in the military — we weren't in love with that war. Nobody really wanted to go fight in a jungle. By , as the war was still raging on, Fogerty's and Clifford's stints in the Army had concluded.

Joni Mitchell's lyric in her song honoring the famous festival, "by the time we got to Woodstock, we were half a million strong" could summarize Creedence Clearwater Revival by the time of Woodstock. The band was at their zenith, having released their third album, Green River , two weeks prior.

CCR came into Woodstock as arguably the top act. John Fogerty had this to say about walking onto the stage that night: "By the time we got to Woodstock, I felt we were the number one band. Assuming that The Beatles were God, I thought that we were the next thing under them. However, as reported by the Chicago Tribune , Fogerty was so disappointed in CCR's performance that he refused to allow their music to be a part of the documentary and live album released the next year.

The band's performance, because of technical difficulties and weather delays, was pushed past midnight on Sunday, August As CCR performed to the ,strong audience, Fogerty said the concertgoers were "all intertwined and asleep, covered with mud. In an interview with the LA Times , Fogerty looked back on the festival and partially blamed their performance on the Grateful Dead playing too long before them, stating, "At Woodstock, they were just a bunch of drugged-out hippies.

Whether it was the Beatles in the s , Fleetwood Mac in the s , or Guns N' Roses in the s , bands tend to hit snags once they've reached the top of the mountain. Creedence Clearwater Revial is only unique in this perspective in terms of how much contempt the bandmates felt for each other — or, to be honest, toward their leader, John Fogerty. According to River Rising , following the release of their debut album and the success of the single "Susie Q," the band entered their first Hollywood studio to work on "Proud Mary.

Fogerty, who, aside from rehearsals and live recordings, worked alone on the band's music, sat down at dinner with the band and plainly told them that his direction could keep them from returning to washing cars. Despite being the youngest member of CCR and the younger sibling to bandmate Tom Fogerty, John was in charge, and under his strong and uncompromising leadership, the band, according to Louder , was the hottest group in America between and The group was a regular at summer festivals and on the pop charts.

However, they were also a ticking time bomb, with Tom threatening multiple times to leave because of John. Despite overthrowing the Beatles by as the highest-selling band in the world, Creedence Clearwater Revival could not sustain itself. John Fogerty was described as an "autocrat" by Uncut and even admitted later in life that he held "maniacal control" over the band. Doug Clifford had this to say: "Things were getting very difficult in the business arena. It was taking a toll on John, it was taking a toll on us because we weren't involved in these meetings and we weren't getting information back from John.

A meeting was called on the eve of recording their seventh album, and the three other members of CCR demanded more say in the band. Rising pressure within the band, his failing marriage to his wife Martha Paiz, and the desire to remain on top of the music scene eventually led John to concede to their demands. Soon after the meeting that was supposed to ease the tension between John and the rest of the members of Creedence Clearwater Revival, the first shoe fell. Tom announced he was leaving CCR in January Tom tried to downplay his exit, saying "it wasn't planned," that there was no bad blood, and that he needed to develop his own talent.

Still, Tom left the biggest band in the world at their peak. According to the Houston Chronicle , the band had been named the world's top vocal group by NME right before his exit. With Tom gone and the quartet now down to a power trio, it was time for Creedence Clearwater Revival to return to the studio and pump out another classic album, 's Mardi Gras. That was the plan, at least.

With the continued tension and anger in the band toward leader John Fogerty, the three split the songwriting and singing responsibilities between them, and CCR's seventh studio album became their final and most disappointing. Rolling Stone 's Jon Landau referred to Mardi Gras as "Fogerty's Revenge" and called it the worst album released by a major rock group.

According to Ultimate Classic Rock, the album was boosted to No. The album failed to generate the same critical and commercial success as CCR's previous efforts.

According to the Daily Review, Fogerty told Jon Landau that he allowed the members to sing their songs to illustrate how much better he was by comparison. Unsurprisingly, Mardi Gras was the last straw for Creedence Clearwater Revival, and the group dissolved shortly after. Fogerty fought everyone connected to CCR's music, and in the years after the band's breakup, that included the label that owned the songs he wrote and sang. According to Ultimate Classic Rock , Fogerty refused for decades to perform his old CCR songs, blaming the bad deal he made with Fantasy Records in his early days for his boycott.

Per the deal, Fantasy had the exclusive publishing rights to Fogerty's music. Fogerty said of the situation, "I realized I was being treated very poorly and that I wasn't being paid anywhere near a proper way. In the back of my mind, I wanted to own my songs — my children, you might say. When the group broke up in , Saul refused to let John out of his contract, something he did for the other members, until he fulfilled the agreement.