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Yahoo
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
60s Rock Legend Refuses To Pay $40,000 For Long Lost Guitar
60s Rock Legend Refuses To Pay $40,000 For Long Lost Guitar originally appeared on Parade. Iconic rocker John Fogerty has been reunited with a guitar he gave away decades ago — but it was a long journey to get it back. Back in the '70s, the Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman owned a custom Rickenbacker guitar that was hand-painted with the word "Acme," a nod to the Looney Tunes cartoons he loved as a kid, according to Rolling Stone. Fogerty played the guitar on every album from 1969's Bayou Country to the group's final LP in 1972. In the years that followed, Fogerty gave the guitar away — which ended up becoming a major regret later in life. It wasn't until the 1990s that he found it once again but at the time, the owner of the axe wanted $40,000 to return it to him. Looking back, Fogerty admits it wasn't financially possible for him and actually seeing the guitar unexpectedly brought back painful memories surrounding his legal battle with his former bandmates and record label. "I was hurt. I was damaged," Fogerty recalled to Rolling Stone. "I started as a kid full of joy doing music, but during the time of Creedence, and shortly after that, it became certainly not joyful." While he refused to pay for the guitar back then, his wife Julie decided to track it down years later. This time, it had found its way to a different guitar shop and she decided to buy it anonymously. She presented it to her husband on Christmas morning, reuniting them after 44 years apart. That guitar became the driving force behind Fogerty's decision to return to music. It began the healing process — and he even played it on his upcoming album, Legacy – The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years. 'The idea [behind Legacy] was to reconnect and feel that way about everything again. The guy who couldn't even stand to look at his own guitar in the Nineties or beyond would have never done that," Fogerty shared. Legacy – The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years is set to be released August 22, 2025. 60s Rock Legend Refuses To Pay $40,000 For Long Lost Guitar first appeared on Parade on Jun 2, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 2, 2025, where it first appeared.
The Independent
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Former Creedence Clearwater front man John Fogerty celebrates 80th with show in Manhattan
As he turned 80 this week, John Fogerty was in a mood to honor his past and to revise it. We should all be so alive and so remembered at his age. Fogerty, in the midst of an international tour, played a rowdy 100-minute set Thursday night to an adoring, near-capacity audience at Manhattan's Beacon Theatre. Crowd members spanned from those likely to remember 'Proud Mary,' 'Fortunate Son' and other Creedence Clearwater Revival hits when first released a half-century ago to those looking young enough to have heard about them through their grandparents. At least from a distance, Fogerty didn't look or sound much different from his prime with Creedence, which was rarely off the charts between 1969 and 1971. He wore his trademark flannel shirt; had the same shaggy haircut, although with his bangs brushed back; sang with a familiar roar that has mellowed only; and even played the same guitar, a Rickenbacker, that he had acquired back in the late '60s. Fogerty presented himself as a proud rock 'n' roller, and a very proud family man. His band includes two of his sons on guitar, Shane and Tyler, with daughter Kelsy briefly joining them on another guitar. Off to the side was his wife, Julie, whom he praised as the love and the hero of his life, if only because she gave one of the greatest gifts an old rock star could ask for: She helped win back rights to his song catalogue. Fogerty had battled over his copyrights for decades, and at one point found himself being sued for plagiarizing one of his Creedence hits, which at the time he didn't own. He has marked his victory with an upcoming album, 'Legacy,' for which he recorded new versions of 20 songs. If you were in the house Thursday night, you couldn't help hearing about it. A promotional film about 'Legacy' opened the show and Fogerty mentioned it again before his encore set. Both the album, subtitled 'The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years,' and his concert tell a story of how he wants to look back. As Fogerty noted at one point Thursday night, Creedence Clearwater Revival soared to the highest heights before imploding bitterly in the early '70s and never again recording or touring together. Only Creedence diehards would have known the identity of the other band members — drummer Doug Clifford, bassist Stu Cook, and guitarist Tom Fogerty, John's brother, who died in 1990. Their names were never mentioned, their faces near-invisible among the rush of images that appeared Thursday on a screen behind Fogerty and his band. The new tracks on 'Legacy' leave only John from the original group. The Beacon show was very much about where is he now, and how much he is enjoying himself. He dashed about the stage, rocked out on his Rickenbacker with the joy of a teenager on air guitar and even poured himself champagne. Fans clapped and danced, while being showered with confetti and dazzled with lasers and fog. The more informed sang along with 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain' and the baseball anthem 'Centerfield," Fogerty's most famous post-Creedence song. Virtually all stood and cheered to serenade the night's guest of honor, whose birthday was the day before.
Associated Press
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Former Creedence Clearwater front man John Fogerty celebrates 80th with show in Manhattan
NEW YORK (AP) — As he turned 80 this week, John Fogerty was in a mood to honor his past and to revise it. We should all be so alive and so remembered at his age. Fogerty, in the midst of an international tour, played a rowdy 100-minute set Thursday night to an adoring, near-capacity audience at Manhattan's Beacon Theatre. Crowd members spanned from those likely to remember 'Proud Mary,' 'Fortunate Son' and other Creedence Clearwater Revival hits when first released a half-century ago to those looking young enough to have heard about them through their grandparents. At least from a distance, Fogerty didn't look or sound much different from his prime with Creedence, which was rarely off the charts between 1969 and 1971. He wore his trademark flannel shirt; had the same shaggy haircut, although with his bangs brushed back; sang with a familiar roar that has mellowed only; and even played the same guitar, a Rickenbacker, that he had acquired back in the late '60s. Fogerty presented himself as a proud rock 'n' roller, and a very proud family man. His band includes two of his sons on guitar, Shane and Tyler, with daughter Kelsy briefly joining them on another guitar. Off to the side was his wife, Julie, whom he praised as the love and the hero of his life, if only because she gave one of the greatest gifts an old rock star could ask for: She helped win back rights to his song catalogue. Fogerty had battled over his copyrights for decades, and at one point found himself being sued for plagiarizing one of his Creedence hits, which at the time he didn't own. He has marked his victory with an upcoming album, 'Legacy,' for which he recorded new versions of 20 songs. If you were in the house Thursday night, you couldn't help hearing about it. A promotional film about 'Legacy' opened the show and Fogerty mentioned it again before his encore set. Both the album, subtitled 'The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years,' and his concert tell a story of how he wants to look back. As Fogerty noted at one point Thursday night, Creedence Clearwater Revival soared to the highest heights before imploding bitterly in the early '70s and never again recording or touring together. Only Creedence diehards would have known the identity of the other band members — drummer Doug Clifford, bassist Stu Cook, and guitarist Tom Fogerty, John's brother, who died in 1990. Their names were never mentioned, their faces near-invisible among the rush of images that appeared Thursday on a screen behind Fogerty and his band. The new tracks on 'Legacy' leave only John from the original group. The Beacon show was very much about where is he now, and how much he is enjoying himself. He dashed about the stage, rocked out on his Rickenbacker with the joy of a teenager on air guitar and even poured himself champagne. Fans clapped and danced, while being showered with confetti and dazzled with lasers and fog. The more informed sang along with 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain' and the baseball anthem 'Centerfield,' Fogerty's most famous post-Creedence song. Virtually all stood and cheered to serenade the night's guest of honor, whose birthday was the day before.
