John Fogerty-John Fogerty (1975)

It took John Fogerty three years to release his first solo album after leaving Creedence Clearwater Revival, aside from his short-lived project, The Blue Ridge Rangers, released the previous year. On this album, Fogerty returns to the swampy, raw rock of his original band, leaving behind the traditional country and folk sounds of The Blue Ridge Rangers. Here, he amply demonstrates that he was the heart and soul of Creedence, producing an album almost on par with his best work with the group. Composed of songs written by Fogerty, as well as several covers, the guitarist, singer, and songwriter crafts an immeasurable work featuring the catchy "Almost Saturday Night", the well-known and rock classic "Rockin' All Over The World", the jazzy "You Rascal You", the swampy "The Wall" and "Dream Song", and the melodic, country-tinged "Where The River Flows".

The Don Harrison Band-The Don Harrison Band (1976)

The Don Harrison Band was a short-lived group popularly known in North America for featuring two of Creedence Clearwater Revival's most famous members: bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford. Along with guitarist Don Harrison and fellow guitarist Russell DaShiell, they formed The Don Harrison Band in 1975, releasing the albums "The Don Harrison Band" in 1976 and "Red Hot" the following year, both on Atlantic Records. Their self-titled debut is undoubtedly their best recording, an album that subtly evokes the country rock, swamp rock, and rhythm and blues influences of Creedence Clearwater Revival. On this first album, standout tracks include the swamp rock anthem "Sixteen Tons," undoubtedly the most tangible example of the Creedence sound, along with the fun "Romance," the southern-tinged "Who I Really Am," the rock and roll "Rock and Roll Records," the folky "Fame and Fortune," the blues rock "Sometimes Loving You," and the melodic "Living Another Day." The album's strong commercial reception led to them opening for The Rolling Stones at the 1976 Knebworth Festival. After the second album, the band definitively broke up, with Cook and Clifford joining Southern Pacific, before later reforming their old band as Creedence Clearwater Revisited, but without brothers John and Tom Fogerty.

Creedence Clearwater Revival-Pendulum (1970)

Sixth album of the Creedence Clearwater Revival and last of their top works, published in 1970, initially raised by John Fogerty in response to criticism that they considered a band to manufacture commercial successes.
In "Pendulum" Fogerty manages to make an album with more serious and compact compositions, where all the songs make up a whole, which is the album itself.
However, it was not proposed as an exercise to put songs together to complete an album, but as a total harmony to create a complete album without highlighting any song over another.
And this would lead to only the single "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?", And the B-side "Hey Tonight" are songs that we can consider identifiable with Creedence.
The rest are themes necessary to build an album, which was both disconcerting and brilliant… despite the disappointment of millions of its fans.

Creedence Clearwater Revival-Green River (1969)

In 1969 the Creedence Clearwater Revival took even more risks and delved into their texts very brilliantly with their album "Green River", surpassing even their previous "Bayou Country" in musical quality.
With a more resounding and powerful sound it is also the darkest and most gloomy album, here John Fogerty's compositions appear without complexes, which can be perceived in his lyrics but also in the melodies of his music.
Fogerty was trying not to be pigeonholed as a bucolic band with its own dark side, which in the end would be as attractive as it was addictive.
"Bad Moon Rising" and "Green River" are two examples clergy, but even the halftime "Lodi" has that connotation of desperation.
The album would climb to the top positions in the North American and British charts and obtained a triple platinum record.

Creedence Clearwater Revival-Cosmo's Factory (1970)

This was the album at the peak of the popularity and creativity of the Creedence Clearwater Revival, also being the first album by the number one band in England and the second to do so in the United States.
It was preceded by the tremendous success of two singles that were later included on the album, "Travellin´Band" and "Up Around The Bend".
The first is an authentic masterpiece of the best rock and roll of the 50s, but not only these two themes were the only highlights, all the songs included here were potential hits, from the tremendous version of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" of the great Marvin Gaye, even the sweet "Lookin 'Out My Back", passing through the elegant "Long As I Can See The Light", or the sensational "Who'll Stop The Rain", this song is claiming against the Vietnam War, a song that has all the ingredients of the deepest reminiscences of American folk.

Creedence Clearwater Revival-Willy And The Poor Boys (1969)

In 1969, Creedence Clearwater Revival's creative output was so prolific that they managed to release three albums in a single year, an unprecedented feat in the history of rock music. In January of that year, they had already released their powerful "Bayou Country", which solidified the group's sound with its raw and basic style that fused rock, blues, country, soul, and rockabilly. In August, they released "Green River", an album that maintained a high standard, giving their sound even more power and impact. Then, at the end of the year, they released "Willy and the Poor Boys", which definitively cemented their powerful and irresistible rock sound with a release that included memorable songs like "Fortunate Son" and "Down on the Corner". However, this superb fourth album did not just live off the excellence of those two songs; the rest was also made up of tremendous compositions such as the rock and roll “It Came Out Of The Sky”, the country rock “Cotton Fields”, the rhythmic “Feelin’ Blue”, the addictive rockabilly “Don’t Look Now”, the melodic rock “Midnight Special” or the bluesy “Side O’ The Road”.

Creedence Clearwater Revival-Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)

In the late 1960s, musical movements were enveloped in a vast array of sounds, inundated with distorted guitars, Hammond organs, early synthesizers, and dozens of other complex instruments. These instruments, used in unison, created a spectacular sonic diversity, distinct from the styles that overflowed the pop and rock landscape. It was in this context that a basic, almost archaic band emerged, with a sound as abrasive as it was traditional. They not only achieved massive worldwide success but also remained at the top for more than five consecutive years. Simplicity and brilliance, combined, were the secret of Creedence Clearwater Revival, who, drawing on the ancestral sounds of North America blues, country, folk, and rock 'n' roll earned the respect and admiration of millions. Led by guitarist and vocalist John Fogerty, who had previously formed a band that contained the seeds and essence of Creedence Clearwater Revival, called The Blue Velvets, which also included bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford, the definitive lineup of Creedence Clearwater Revival was completed with the addition of John's younger brother, Tom Fogerty. John's sonic integrity, combined with the straightforward skill of Clifford and Cook's rhythm section, and Tom's rhythmic strumming, was the perfect synthesis of their successful style known as "swamp rock," which they so brilliantly showcased on their magnificent debut album released in mid-1968. The eight-minute, powerful cover of Dale Hawkins' "Suzie Q" did nothing to prevent it from climbing to the top of the singles charts worldwide. But apart from this classic song, a true rock icon, the album contained a repertoire full of exciting songs such as "I Put A Spell On You", another cover, this time of Screamin' Jay Hawkins, "Get Down Woman", "The Working Man", "Walk on the Water" or "Porterville", which amazingly led this first record to sell close to a million copies in a single week in the United States.

John Fogerty-Wrote a Song for Everyone (2013)

More than forty years after leaving Creedence Clearwater Revival, the charismatic John Fogerty returns to the stage with a new album featuring some of his iconic songs alongside the legendary American band. This time, the guitarist enlists a series of renowned singers to create a work that playfully and engagingly revisits contemporary classics such as "Fortunate Son" sung by Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" with Alan Jackson, "Who'll Stop the Rain" sung by the incomparable Bob Seger, "Lodi" with his sons Shane and Tyler Fogerty, "Born on the Bayou" sung by Kid Rock, and "Bad Moon Rising" with the Zac Brown Band. In each of these renditions, the unique voices of the singers lend a highly personal touch to the songs, yet despite all this, they don't quite surpass the legendary originals.

Tony Joe White-Black and White (1969)

Tony Joe White, one of the great standard-bearers of swamp rock, nicknamed "The Swamp Fox", always possessed the skill and talent to write songs that conveyed the idiosyncrasies and racial tensions of the American South. Many of his songs are now universal classics and have been covered by great artists such as Rod Stewart, Ray Charles, Rory Gallagher, Elvis Presley, and Tina Turner. Born and raised in a small town in southern Louisiana, he grew up harvesting cotton and corn and soon showed an interest in the blues and Southern sounds such as Cajun, zydeco, folk, and country. All of this inspired him to write songs, and after meeting a talent scout who saw in him a nonconformist genius, he secured a contract with the Nashville-based label Monument Records in late 1967. However, his early songs had little media or commercial impact until one of his tracks, "Polk Salad Annie", reached the top 40, mainly because Elvis Presley himself began including it in his concerts in the late 1960s. When "Polk Salad Annie" began receiving massive airplay on radio stations across much of the United States, many initially believed it was a new Creedence Clearwater Revival song, as its style was very similar to that of John Fogerty and company. However, Tony Joe White was actually a native of the swamps, while Creedence was from California. “Black and White”, released in mid-1969, was his first full-length album, showcasing his mastery of fusing blues, zydeco, and hillbilly rock. It features a wide array of tracks that even approach soul sounds, all delivered with that deep, highly personal voice that at times sounds almost like a Black person's. Tracks like “Don’t Steal My Love”, “Who’s Making Love”, and “Scratch My Back” reveal that profound Black sensibility, while race relations, explored in a funky style, are present in tracks like “Soul Francisco”, the luminous “Willie and Laura Mae Jones” and his splendid covers of other artists such as “Little Green Apples” and “Wichita Lineman”. All of these elements combine to form a superb debut, representing the best of the music of the American heartland.