Creedence Clearwater Revival

[suites]

Sounds nice. I was just talking about Rick Nelson on that song "Garden Party" at lunch.

 

I wonder if he tours will Bruce come along?

[Analogman]

Anyone heard this - it has been out for a little while now:

 

The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again

[stooka]

This is tonight!

 

The Americana Honors & Awards will be held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Thursday September 17, 2009 at 7PM. Presented by the Gibson Foundation, the ceremony features host Jim Lauderdale, Buddy Miller with his all-star band and special appearances by Asleep at the Wheel, Jerry Douglas, Rodney Crowell, Nanci Griffith, Raul Malo, The Belleville Outfit, Reckless Kelly, John Prine, Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles, Sam Bush, Justin Townes Earle, The Flatlanders, The Gourds, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit and John Fogerty.

[Analogman]

I saw this on Billboard.com this morning:

 

John Fogerty on New TV Gig, Next Album, & CCR's Deep Rift

 

John Fogerty is going up around the TV bend this week, making a guest appearance and providing the theme song for Fox TV's new series "The Finder," which debuts at 9 p.m. ET on Jan. 12.

 

"The producers of the show, I guess they're big fans and had this idea that they wanted me to play a character," Fogerty tells Billboard.com. "They had a storyline that was inspired, I guess, by some events in my real life. And then as things rolled along, they asked me to create a theme for their show." Fogerty says "The Finder" tune "sounds very much like me... kind of my swampy sort of sound. It's short; it's enough for an opening credit theme but it's fun to play it. I have to admit when I got to the point where I was mixing that I remember thinking to myself, 'Wow, this sure is cool. It will be great to hear something like this on TV,' because it's much more my kind of element rather than the usual sort of spacey, techno stuff you always hear."

 

There are no plans to make "The Finder" theme available for sale, but Fogerty did perform a stripped-down version of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son" for the episode and will post it for free download on his johnfogerty.com website for a week after the show airs.

 

In the episode, Fogerty plays a musician whose stolen guitar is returned to him by main character Walter Sherman (Geoff Stults). But Fogerty says the script felt more like "a metaphor for all that I've lost... It's kind of their take on my life. I was surprised that they knew so much about me."

 

Fogerty says he enjoyed working on the episode. "It's fun to try new stuff. I must say the people on the set, the producers and other actors, were very supportive. There was no 'Who's this guy coming in here? He's not a professional! He doesn't know anything about this stuff!' Everybody was kind of 'roll up your sleeves and do the episode the best you can,' that sort of thing. I really liked the work ethic of how it comes together. It was fascinating."

 

The theme for "The Finder" isn't the only new music Fogerty has been working on. He says he's been "working on an album for a few months" and recording original material with several possible guests, including the Foo Fighters and country stars Brad Paisley ("A person I really admire for a whole bunch of reasons and a heck of a nice guy, too") and Miranda Lambert ("She's a great voice and a great, soulful presence in music, and really a delightful person.") No release date has been determined yet for the album, though Fogerty will also be touring this year, including March dates in Australia and New Zealand and a possible North American run later.

 

He's also heard about negative comments from former CCR mates Stu Cook and Doug Clifford in response to a gentle reunion overture Fogerty made during 2011. "Somebody just asked me about a reunion and that sort of thing...and I said that I suppose if somebody started talking about it, I'd at least sit down and listen," Fogerty recalls. "I was surprised I was so mellow about it...But I've heard through the grapevine the other fellas were really upset or something over that. So I sent back, 'Oh. I guess there's no reunion then.'"

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

I saw this on Billboard.com this morning:

 

John Fogerty on New TV Gig, Next Album, & CCR's Deep Rift

 

You'd think Stu Cooke and Cosmo Clifford would finally realize after all these years that they owe everything they have to the genius of John Fogerty.