John Fogerty
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John Fogerty performing in Lucca, Italy, July 2009
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| Birth name | John Cameron Fogerty |
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May 28, 1945 Berkeley, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1959–present. |
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| Website | johnfogerty |
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Gibson Les Paul Rickenbacker 325 Fender Telecaster |
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John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American musician, singer and songwriter, early in his career best known as the lead singer, lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the band Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) and later as a successful solo recording artist. Fogerty was listed on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists (at number 40) and the list of 100 Greatest Singers (at number 72).
Fogerty, the younger brother of guitarist Tom Fogerty, was born in Berkeley, California, and grew up in El Cerrito, California, one of five brothers born to Galen Robert and Edith Lucile Fogerty, who both converted to Catholicism when John was two years old. Galen Fogerty was a native of South Dakota and Lucile Fogerty was a native of Great Falls, Montana. He first attended a Catholic school in Berkeley, the School of the Madeleine, for one year, where among other abuses he was not permitted to go to the bathroom and frequently wet himself and was forced to sit in his moist clothing. After one year, he was enrolled in nearby Harding Grammar School. He later attended St. Mary's High School, transferring to El Cerrito High School, where he met the other future members of CCR and took guitar lessons from Berkeley Folk Festival creator/producer Barry Olivier.
He spent summer vacations at Putah Creek, near Winters, California, which became the subject of the Creedence Clearwater Revival song "Green River".
Inspired by rock and roll pioneers, especially Little Richard and Bo Diddley, John and his brother Tom Fogerty joined Doug Clifford and Stu Cook in the late 1950s to form the band Tommy Fogerty and the Blue Velvets in El Cerrito, California. After signing with the jazz label Fantasy in 1965, they became The Golliwogs and released a few singles that were largely ignored.
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