Great longplayers from yesteryear
23 March 2025
60s/70s country rock hit machine Creedence Clearwater Revival broke
up in 1972 after a series of hit singles/albums. The split was a hostile
affair, everybody sued everybody.
Frontman/songwriter JOHN FOGERTY started his solo career a year later.
In 1973 he released his solo debut The Blue Ridge Rangers, but it was with
his 3rd LP CENTERFIELD that he scored his first No. 1 in the US. It went to the
top seat this day 40 years ago, on 23 March 2025.
The album is dedicated to Gossamer Wump, Fogerty said in an interview, “When I was a young kid, my brothers had a record called ‘The Adventures of Gossamer Wump.’ Gossamer Wump is a little kid who saw a big parade comin’ down the road and thinks ‘Hey, this is what
I want, I want to be a musician.’
AllMusic said: “For as knowingly nostalgic as Centerfield is, deliberately mining
from Fogerty’s childhood memories and consciously referencing his older tunes,
the album is steeped in the mid-‘80s.”
KEY SINGLE
ALBUM
Iam a fan ever since 1971.
Saw him last year in Belgium at Rock Zottegem.
It was glorious – one big jukebox!
https://turnupthevolume.blog/2024/07/15/john-fogerty-and-his-travellin-band-rocked-all-over-belgium/