“Good rock ‘n’ roll”: The band John Lennon called “beautiful”
“They make good rock ‘n’ roll music.”
Creedence Clearwater Revival
“He was precise”: the songwriting icon Bruce Springsteen called a musical “prophet”
Tapping into the heart of American songwriting.
Back to Blues: The songs Brian Jones was in love with before his death
The final inspirations of a rock icon.
1970: the year Creedence Clearwater Revival were the biggest band in the world
From the bayou to the big time.
Record scratch: 10 artists that ruined their careers with one song
The single slips that tarnished reputations.
The Creedence Clearwater Revival song written to insult John Fogerty
Putting the leader in his place.
The “betrayal” that stopped John Fogerty playing Creedence Clearwater Revival songs
It darkly lingered over his career for decades.
‘Proud Mary’: The Creedence Clearwater Revival song that “vibrated inside” John Fogerty
“I ran out into my little patch of lawn and turned cartwheels…”