Fogerty Readies Album, Tour

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September Release Eyed For New Set

No one will accuse John Fogerty of being anything resembling prolific as a solo artist. With Creedence Clearwater Revival, he once offered up three classic albums (Bayou Country, Green River and Willie and the Poor Boys) in a single year. But Fogerty's last release, the Grammy-winning Blue Moon Swamp, was his third solo set over the span of twelve years . . . and that was seven years ago. But Fogerty is putting the finishing touches on solo album Number Four (Number Six if you count the 1973 nom de bluegrass self-titled set The Blue Ridge Rangers and 1976's unreleased Hoodoo, which was rejected by his label) in hopes of releasing it in September.

Fogerty will get the chance to showcase some of the new material on a summer tour that begins June 25th in Saratoga, California. The thirty-two-date trek runs into August.

The tour will be Fogerty's first major outing since he supported Blue Moon Swamp, the Mississippi Delta-inspired comeback record that, when released in 1997, was his first new set of songs in a decade. The record had a charting country single with "Southern Streamline" and took home a Best Rock Album Grammy. The subsequent tour also spawned a 1998 live album, Premonition.

The first murmurs about a new album began two years ago when Fogerty announced a new deal with DreamWorks Records, at the time headed by Mo Ostin and Lenny Waronker, who had helped Fogerty get his multi-platinum 1985 album Centerfield made. In 2002, Fogerty recalled that Waronker urged him to, "go make your dream record."

Fogerty has been dogged by label woes for much of his thirty-plus years in the business, and last fall, DreamWorks was shuttered and absorbed into the larger Universal Music Group. His site doesn't say whether or not the album will be released through Universal, only promising that "The wait is over."

John Fogerty tour dates:

6/25: Saratoga, CA, Montalvo Garden Theater
6/26: Lake Tahoe, NV, Harvey's Amphitheater
6/28: Medford, OR, Jackson County Fairgrounds
6/29: Eugene, OR, Cuthbert Amphitheater
6/30: Redmond, WA, Marymoore Amphitheater
7/2: Spokane, WA, Lilac Bowl
7/3: McCall, ID, Brundage Mountain
7/4: Big Sky, MT, Big Sky Outdoor Pavilion
7/6: Milloula, MT, Caras Park Pavilion
7/7: Boise, ID, Idaho Center Amphitheater
7/9: Park City, UT, Deer Valley
7/10: Denver, Universal Lending Pavilion
7/11: Kearney, NE, Tri City Arena
7/13: Kansas City, MO, Uptown Theater
7/14: Omaha, NE, Omaha Civic Music Hall
7/16: Walker, MN, Moondance Jam Festival
7/17: Mankato, MN, Midwest Wireless Civic Center
7/18: Cadott, WI, Chippewa Valley Rock Fest
7/20: South Bend, IN, Morris Auditorium
7/21: Peoria, IL, Civic Center Theater
7/23: Arnold's Park, IA, Arnold's Park
7/24: St. Paul, MN, Minnesota State Fairgrounds
7/27: San Diego, CA, Summer Pop's Bowl
7/28: Costa Mesa, CA, Orange County Fair
7/29: Paso Robles, CA, California Mid State Fair
7/31: Las Vegas, The Joint
8/1: Phoenix, Dodge Theater
8/3: TBA
8/4: Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Casino
8/6: Dallas, Nextstage
8/7: Austin, The Backyard
8/8: Houston, Verizon Wireless Theater

ANDREW DANSBY
(Posted May 25, 2004)

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In the midst of a handful of solo dates that wrap Sunday (Aug. 8) in Houston, John Fogerty is readying the release of a new album, "Deja Vu (All Over Again)," due Sept. 21 via Geffen. The title track is a sharp critique of the war in Iraq, with such lyrics as "Day by day we count the dead and dying / Ship the bodies home while the networks all keep score."

The album includes guest appearances by Tom Petty organist Benmont Tench, drummer Kenny Aronoff, dobro master Jerry Douglas, and Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler.

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LS said:

John Fogerty is readying the release of a new album, "Deja Vu (All Over Again)," due Sept. 21 via Geffen. The title track is a sharp critique of the war in Iraq, with such lyrics as "Day by day we count the dead and dying / Ship the bodies home while the networks all keep score."

The album includes guest appearances by Tom Petty organist Benmont Tench, drummer Kenny Aronoff, dobro master Jerry Douglas, and Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler.

This album sure isn't what I was expecting. I was expecting it to be close to his last one. But looking at the guest list, it does make sense. It's a broad mix of sounds, sometimes Petty, sometimes Dire Straits, a lot of the Blue Ridge Rangers and man, he even throws in some Ramones! I'm liking it though! ;D "Deja Vu" is great and I'm chomping now to hear him do it backed by Bruce & E Street! That one's going to be a perfect fit.

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It's definitely not Centerfield or even Blue Moon Swamp...and thankfully not even close to Eye Of The Zombie- but it's a good solid album and I really likes it too.

Yep...Deja Vu is great...but I'm real partial to Sugar Sugar- can't get that one outta my head. Think here's the news some of us have been waiting for...

Fogerty Readies Fall Headlining Tour

Following his run on the ongoing Vote for Change tour, John Fogerty will launch his own headlining tour Nov. 8 at Nashville's famed Ryman Auditorium. At deadline, 11 stops were confirmed in such cities as New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Boston; more dates are expected.

The former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman is heading out in support of his latest studio album, "Déjà Vu All Over Again." Released last month by Geffen Records/Interscope, the set debuted at No. 23 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 37,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

While the album's title track is a politically charged song that draws comparisons between the war in Iraq and the Vietnam War, the rest of the set is far more lighthearted. "I'm a rock'n'roll musician, and at the time I was growing up, the first order of business for rock'n'roll was to have fun," Fogerty recently told Billboard.

On Friday, Fogerty kicked off a stint on the Vote for Change tour with Bruce Springsteen and R.E.M. in Philadelphia. So far, he has been performing "Centerfield," the new album's title track and CCR's "Fortunate Son," as well as joining in on Springsteen's "The Promised Land."

That leg of the tour plays tonight (Oct. 5) in St. Paul, Minn. (with Bright Eyes rounding out the bill) and Friday in Orlando, Fla. (with Tracy Chapman). Fogerty will also take part in Monday's all-star finale in Washington, D.C., and will join Springsteen and Jackson Browne at a just announced Oct. 13 show in New Jersey.

Here are Fogerty's tour dates:

Oct. 5: St. Paul, Minn. (Xcel Energy Center; Vote for Change)
Oct. 8: Orlando, Fla. (TD Waterhouse Centre; Vote for Change)
Oct. 11: Washington, D.C. (MCI Center; Vote for Change)
Oct. 13: East Rutherford, N.J. (Continental Airlines Arena; Vote for Change)
Nov. 8: Nashville (Ryman Auditorium)
Nov. 9: Asheville, N.C. (Thomas Wolfe Auditorium)
Nov. 10: Atlanta (Tabernacle)
Nov. 12: Washington, D.C. (930 Club)
Nov. 13: Upper Darby, Pa. (Tower Theatre)
Nov. 14: Boston (Orpheum Theatre)
Nov. 16: New York (Beacon Theatre)
Nov. 18: Toronto (Massey Hall)
Nov. 20: Detroit (State Theatre)
Nov. 21: Chicago (Chicago Theatre)
Nov. 26: Los Angeles (Pantages Theatre)

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New York, that's the one! ;D

Sugar Sugar, I might've known. Yea a good one, but I've got to go with the anthem to all married men-- Honey Do. He nailed it on that one. ;D

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snizz said:

Yea a good one, but I've got to go with the anthem to all married men-- Honey Do. He nailed it on that one. ;D

I was rollin' when I listened to that one...yep he sure did nail that one!!