John Fogerty is best known as the songwriter and voice of the band Creedence Clearwater Revival. A lot has happened since the days of his hits Susie Q and Proud Mary. So much so that the 70-year-old has written a memoir, Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music to get everything down. He hired Neil Young’s ghostwriter, Jimmy McDonough (Shakey, 2002), to help him “put the pieces together.”
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While making his rounds on talk shows promoting Fortunate Son, Fogerty stops by The Voice to help Adam Levine mentor his singers. Most of them weren’t born when Fogerty made a comeback with Centerfield (1985) but they’ll probably remember Fogerty performing with last season’s winner, Sawyer Fredericks (see video below), who also fancies himself a songwriter. When recently interviewed by Rolling Stone, Fogerty was asked if he was working on any new songs. Fogerty said: “I find myself writing down titles and bits of music. I practice guitar every day. I’m obsessed with it. Lately I’ve started to go, ‘Wow, that could be a cool little lick. Maybe you should make a song out of that.’ It means I’m gearing up.” The Voice airs Mondays at 8pm and Tuesdays at 9pm on NBC.