Friday, May 17, 2013

John Fogerty Is A Genius Still Wearing Kid Shoes

Only a few short days away... Classic Rock wanna-be's and soon to be fans are going to see just how brilliant John Fogerty truly is. Wrote A Song For Everyone hits I Heart Radio. Wait! Moments like this are not for old people. This generation is not their parents. We have better technology. When the mother figure would whip out her classic Charlie Pride and Waylon Jennings...the sound alone said, "This was a different time." Fogerty, McCartney, The Beach Boys, Rolling Stones, Robert Plant and countless others that happened to have been born when they were...refuse to play house in grown up shoes. A world of sound changes by the hour. As do the artists that melted into the pot of what's hot only to pop out the other side within a landscape of music fans bathed in any age. You don't have to be old to enjoy Classic Rock. All you have to do is show up. There's not a man nor woman on this planet that's gonna look into the soul of a 6 year old mimicking Jimmy Page or Hendrix and tell them to find their own. This s**t isn't ours. Classic Rock fans know what the legends of music brought to us between 63 and above...is seventh generation after we're gone. For Forgety. It's an all star collection of CCR lengends. Performed with Kid Rock. Bob Seger and others. For his upcoming collaboration album Wrote a Song for Everyone, John Fogerty joined the Foo Fighters in their Los Angeles studio to record Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1969 anti-war anthem "Fortunate Son." At the studio, Fogerty hashes out that irresistible guitar lick while Dave Grohl, on rhythm guitar, helps him wail "It ain't me," a striking meeting of a rubric rocker and his amped apprentices. "It was palpable, the air," Fogerty says. "You could tell a band was in there. It was a unique group of people." Out May 28th and produced by Fogerty, Wrote a Song for Everyone is an all-star celebration of Fogerty's inimitable songbook, from his days with CCR to his solo efforts since the band separated in 1972. The album features duets with Kid Rock, My Morning Jacket, Bob Seger, Allen Toussaint, Jennifer Hudson and many others, all of whom Fogerty insisted on recording with in person. To celebrate his birthday and the release of the album, Fogerty is hosting a special one-night-only show on May 28th at El Rey in Los Angeles. The performance will be captured with a live broadcast on AXS TV.

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