Post by Baronessa on Sept 23, 2019 21:14:52 GMT
John Cameron Fogerty (28 May 1945)
Member Of: The Blue Velvets (1959 - 1964), The Golliwogs (1964 - 1967), Creedence Clearwater Revival (1967 - 1972)
Vocal Range: G2 - A5
{Vocal Summary}From primarily a guitarist and backing singer to the voice of a generation, John Fogerty initially started his career in the shadows of his brother Tom's projects but quickly became more comfortable in his own pipes and evolved to eventually outshine his brother as the defining singer-songwriter of Creedence Clearwater Revival. While his flanger-laden guitar chops drove the arrangements, John's earthy rasp complemented the band's image as the working class' answer to technicolour-ridden psychedelia that dominated rock 'n' roll at the time.
Low notes easy though few and far between, true to the stylings of '50s rock pioneers, John's prime consisted mostly of unrelenting rasping in the upper fourth octave with harshly distorted screams that occasionally embellished CCR's tight instrumental breaks; a style that evolved into a more nuanced, cleaner approach as John's solo career post-Creedence went on. Multiple hiatuses brought on by legal disputes and familial friction, John perhaps didn't get to explore his absolute prime as much as many fans undoubtedly craved, but his existing artistry is more than enough to satisfy any swamp rock fan for a lifetime. If you can belt out "Bad Moon Rising" and make it sound like something one would want for their wedding, and still be recognized as one of rock's greatest singers, you know you have little to prove to the world anymore.
Low notes easy though few and far between, true to the stylings of '50s rock pioneers, John's prime consisted mostly of unrelenting rasping in the upper fourth octave with harshly distorted screams that occasionally embellished CCR's tight instrumental breaks; a style that evolved into a more nuanced, cleaner approach as John's solo career post-Creedence went on. Multiple hiatuses brought on by legal disputes and familial friction, John perhaps didn't get to explore his absolute prime as much as many fans undoubtedly craved, but his existing artistry is more than enough to satisfy any swamp rock fan for a lifetime. If you can belt out "Bad Moon Rising" and make it sound like something one would want for their wedding, and still be recognized as one of rock's greatest singers, you know you have little to prove to the world anymore.
{Vocal Range Timeline}Creedence Clearwater Revival:
Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968): D3 - B4 - C♯5
Bayou Country (1969): D3 - B4 - F♯5
Green River (1969): E3 - B4 - C♯5
Willy and the Poor Boys (1969): E3 - C5
Cosmo's Factory (1970): D3 - C♯5 - D5 - A5
Pendulum (1970): G2 - C5 - D5
Mardi Gras (1972): B♭2 - A4 - D5[1a]
The Blue Ridge Rangers:
The Blue Ridge Rangers (1973): B2 - D5
John Fogerty:
John Fogerty (1975): B♭2 - F5
Centerfield (1985): A2 - B4 - E♭5
Eye of the Zombie (1986): D3 - D5
Blue Moon Swamp (1997): A2 - E5
Deja Vu All Over Again (2004): A2 - B♭4
Revival (2007): C3 - B♭4
The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again (2009): B2 - C5 - E5
Wrote a Song for Everyone (2013): D3 - D5
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[1] Albums with split vocal credits.
a. John sings tracks 1, 5, 8 and 10.
Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968): D3 - B4 - C♯5
Bayou Country (1969): D3 - B4 - F♯5
Green River (1969): E3 - B4 - C♯5
Willy and the Poor Boys (1969): E3 - C5
Cosmo's Factory (1970): D3 - C♯5 - D5 - A5
Pendulum (1970): G2 - C5 - D5
Mardi Gras (1972): B♭2 - A4 - D5[1a]
The Blue Ridge Rangers:
The Blue Ridge Rangers (1973): B2 - D5
John Fogerty:
John Fogerty (1975): B♭2 - F5
Centerfield (1985): A2 - B4 - E♭5
Eye of the Zombie (1986): D3 - D5
Blue Moon Swamp (1997): A2 - E5
Deja Vu All Over Again (2004): A2 - B♭4
Revival (2007): C3 - B♭4
The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again (2009): B2 - C5 - E5
Wrote a Song for Everyone (2013): D3 - D5
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[1] Albums with split vocal credits.
a. John sings tracks 1, 5, 8 and 10.
Significant High Notes:
A5 ("Fight Fire", "Henrietta", "Travellin' Band")
F♯5 ("Brown-Eyed Girl", "I Confess", "Keep on Chooglin'", "Travellin' Band")
F5 ("Good Golly Miss Molly", "Lonely Teardrops")
E5 ("Blueboy", "Brown-Eyed Girl", "Fight Fire", "Keep on Chooglin'", "Never Ending Song of Love")
E♭5 ("Evil Thing", "I Can't Help Myself", "You Got the Magic")
D5 ("Bad Moon Rising" Wrote a Song for Everyone, "Chameleon", "Change in the Weather" Eye of the Zombie, "Headlines", "I Confess", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "Somewhere Listening", "Sweet Hitch-Hiker", "Telephone", "Wasn't That a Woman")
C♯5 ("Almost Saturday Night", "I Confess", "Long as I Can See the Light", "My Toot Toot", "The Night Time Is the Right Time", "Rattlesnake Highway", "Rock and Roll Girls", "Wasn't That a Woman", "The Working Man")
C5 ("Change in the Weather" Eye of the Zombie, "Down on the Corner", "Eye of the Zombie", "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?", "Have Thine Own Way", "Headlines", "Henrietta", "(Wish I Could) Hideaway", "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)", "Jambalaya", "Lonely Teardrops", "Sea Cruise")
B4 ("Almost Saturday Night", "Brown-Eyed Girl", "California Blues", "Centerfield", "Chameleon", "Feelin' Blue", "Flying Away", "Fortunate Son", "Haunted House", "Hey Tonight", "(Wish I Could) Hideaway", "The Holy Grail", "Hot Rod Heart", "I Can't Help Myself", "I Confess", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "I Put a Spell on You", "I'll Be There (If Ever You Want Me)", "Keep on Chooglin'", "Knockin' on Your Door", "Long as I Can See the Light", "Molina", "Mr. Greed", "Natural Thing", "The Night Time Is the Right Time", "Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)", "Pagan Baby", "Porterville", "Rattlesnake Highway", "Rock and Roll Girls", "Rockin' All Over the World", "Somewhere Listening", "Swamp River Days", "Telephone", "Up Around the Bend", "Violence Is Golden", "Walking in a Hurricane", "Wasn't That a Woman", "Workin' on a Building")
B♭4 ("Born to Move", "Call It Pretending", "Evil Thing", "Fortunate Son", "Gloomy", "Good Golly Miss Molly", "Headlines", "Hearts of Stone", "I Can't Take It No More", "In the Garden", "Jambalaya", "Lookin' Out My Back Door", "Sea Cruise", "Soda Pop", "Somebody Help Me", "Tombstone Shadow", "Workin' on a Building", "You Better Get It Before It Gets You", "You Got the Magic")
A4 ("Almost Saturday Night", "Before You Accuse Me", "Between the Lines", "Blueboy", "Born on the Bayou", "Bring It Down to Jelly Roll", "Brown-Eyed Girl", "Chameleon", "Change in the Weather", "Commotion", "Cotton Fields", "Down on the Corner", "Dream Song", "Eye of the Zombie", "Fallin' Fallin' Fallin'", "Feelin' Blue", "Flying Away", "Fragile Child", "Get Down Woman", "Gloomy", "Haunted House", "Hoodoo Man", "Hot Rod Heart", "A Hundred and Ten in the Shade", "I Can't Take It No More", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "I Put a Spell on You", "It Came Out of the Sky", "It's Just a Thought", "Little Tina", "Lodi", "Lonely Teardrops", "Longshot", "Lookin' for a Reason", "Midnight Special", "Molina", "Mr. Greed", "My Baby Left Me", "New Orleans" live Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, LA 3 May 2014, "The Night Time Is the Right Time", "Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)", "Paradise", "Penthouse Pauper", "Porterville", "Premonition" live Warner Bros. Studios, Stage 15 December 13 1997, "Radar", "Ramble Tamble", "Rambunctious Boy", "Rhubarb Pie", "Rock and Roll Girls", "Soda Pop", "Summer of Love", "Rockin' All Over the World", "Sea Cruise", "Searchlight", "She Was Mine", "Someday Never Comes", "Suzie Q", "Sweet Hitch-Hiker", "Telephone", "Travellin' Band", "Try Try Try", "Up Around the Bend", "Violence Is Golden", "Where the River Flows", "Wrote a Song for Everyone", "You Better Get It Before It Gets You", "You Can't Be True (Second Version)", "You Rascal You", "Zanz Kant Danz")
G♯4 ("Between the Lines", "Blueboy", "Born on the Bayou", "Call It Pretending", "Creedence Song", "Deja Vu (All Over Again)", "Don't You Wish It Was True?", "Evil Thing", "Good Golly Miss Molly", "Hearts of Stone", "Henrietta", "Hey Tonight", "The Holy Grail", "Hoodoo Man", "I Ain't Never", "I Can't Help Myself", "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)", "In the Garden", "It Ain't Right", "It's Just a Thought", "Knockin' on Your Door", "Little Tina", "Long as I Can See the Light", "Molina", "My Toot Toot", "Mystic Highway", "Natural Thing", "On the Run", "Pagan Baby", "Please Help Me I'm Falling", "Porterville", "River Is Waiting", "She's Got Baggage", "Somebody Help Me", "Someday Never Comes", "Travellin' Band", "Travellin' High", "Walking in a Hurricane", "The Working Man", "You Got Nothin' on Me")
G4 ("Bad Moon Rising", "Before You Accuse Me", "Born to Move", "Bring It Down to Jelly Roll", "California Blues", "Centerfield", "Commotion", "Cotton Fields", "Creedence Song", "Down on the Corner", "Dream Song", "Effigy", "Eye of the Zombie", "Feelin' Blue", "Fortunate Son", "Fragile Child", "Get Down Woman", "Green River", "Haunted House", "Have Thine Own Way", "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?", "(Wish I Could) Hideaway", "Hot Rod Heart", "A Hundred and Ten in the Shade", "I Can't Take It No More", "I Put a Spell on You", "I'll Be There (If Ever You Want Me)", "It Came Out of the Sky", "Jambalaya", "Joy of My Life", "Keep on Chooglin'", "Leave My Woman Alone", "Lodi", "Long Dark Night", "Longshot", "Lookin' for a Reason", "Lookin' Out My Back Door", "Midnight Special", "My Baby Left Me", "Never Ending Song of Love", "New Orleans" live Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, LA 3 May 2014, "On the Run", "Ooby Dooby", "Paradise", "Penthouse Pauper", "Please Help Me I'm Falling", "Premonition" live Warner Bros. Studios, Stage 15 December 13 1997, "Proud Mary", "Radar", "Ramble Tamble", "Rambunctious Boy", "Rattlesnake Highway", "Rhubarb Pie", "River Is Waiting", "Run Through the Jungle", "Sailor's Lament", "Searchlight", "She Thinks I Still Care", "She Was Mine", "Sinister Purpose", "Soda Pop", "Somewhere Listening", "Southern Streamline", "Summer of Love", "Suzie Q", "Swamp River Days", "Sweet Hitch-Hiker", "Tell Me", "Tombstone Shadow", "Train of Fools", "Travellin' High", "Violence Is Golden", "Walking on the Water", "The Wall", "Where the River Flows", "Where You Been?", "Who'll Stop the Rain?", "The Working Man", "Workin' on a Building", "Wrote a Song for Everyone", "You Better Get It Before It Gets You", "You Can't Be True (Second Version)", "You Got the Magic", "You Rascal You", "Zanz Kant Danz")
Significant Low Notes:
F3 ("Bootleg", "Bring It Down to Jelly Roll", "California Blues", "Change in the Weather", "Cross-Tie Walker", "Dream Song", "Evil Thing", "Fallin' Fallin' Fallin'", "Gloomy", "Gunslinger", "Have Thine Own Way", "Henrietta", "(Wish I Could) Hideaway", "A Hundred and Ten in the Shade", "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)", "I Saw It on T.V.", "I Will Walk With You", "In the Garden", "Joy of My Life", "Lodi", "Lonely Teardrops", "Lookin' Out My Back Door", "Moody River", "Mystic Highway", "Never Ending Song of Love", "On the Run", "Paradise", "Penthouse Pauper", "Radar", "Rambunctious Boy", "Rhubarb Pie", "Run Through the Jungle", "Sailor's Lament", "Soda Pop", "Someday Never Comes", "Sugar-Sugar (In My Life)", "Train of Fools", "Travellin' High", "When Will I Be Loved?", "Who'll Stop the Rain?", "Workin' on a Building", "Wrote a Song for Everyone", "You Better Get It Before It Gets You", "You Rascal You")
E3 ("Back Home Again", "Bad Bad Boy", "Between the Lines", "Big Train (From Memphis)", "Blue Moon Nights", "Broken Down Cowboy", "Creedence Song", "Deja Vu (All Over Again)", "Don't Look Now", "Don't You Wish It Was True?", "Effigy", "Endless Sleep", "Garden Party", "Get Down Woman", "Graveyard Train", "Green River", "Haunted House", "Heaven's Just a Sin Away", "Hello Mary Lou", "Hot Rod Heart", "I Ain't Never", "I Saw It on T.V.", "It's Just a Thought", "Knockin' on Your Door", "Leave My Woman Alone", "My Toot Toot", "Natural Thing", "Never Ending Song of Love", "Nobody's Here Anymore", "The Old Man Down the Road", "Ooby Dooby", "Paradise", "Please Help Me I'm Falling", "Porterville", "Premonition" live Warner Bros. Studios, Stage 15 December 13 1997, "Rattlesnake Highway", "Sail Away", "She Thinks I Still Care", "Someday Never Comes", "Suzie Q", "Swamp River Days", "Walking on the Water", "Wasn't That a Woman", "Where the River Flows", "Wicked Old Witch", "Wrote a Song for Everyone", "You Better Be Careful")
E♭3 ("Evil Thing", "Gunslinger", "Honey Do", "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)", "In the Garden", "Lookin' Out My Back Door", "Moody River", "On the Run", "Sail Away", "Sugar-Sugar (In My Life)", "Today I Started Loving You Again", "When Will I Be Loved?", "You're the Reason")
D3 ("Blue Ridge Mountain Blues", "Broken Down Cowboy", "California Blues", "Change in the Weather", "Dream Song", "Endless Sleep", "Garden Party", "Gloomy", "A Hundred and Ten in the Shade", "I Will Walk With You", "I'll Be There (If Ever You Want Me)", "Joy of My Life", "Longshot", "Moody River", "Nobody's Here Anymore", "Penthouse Pauper", "Please Help Me I'm Falling", "Radar", "Rattlesnake Highway", "Rhubarb Pie", "Run Through the Jungle", "She Thinks I Still Care", "Southern Streamline", "Train of Fools", "Walking in a Hurricane", "Wicked Old Witch", "You Better Be Careful", "You Rascal You")
C♯3 ("Back Home Again", "Big Train (From Memphis)", "Creedence Song", "Graveyard Train", "Hello Mary Lou", "Honey Do", "Natural Thing", "Today I Started Loving You Again", "You're the Reason")
C3 ("Change in the Weather" The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again, "Haunted House", "I Will Walk With You", "I'll Be There (If Ever You Want Me)", "Leave My Woman Alone", "Longshot", "Lookin' for a Reason", "Zanz Kant Danz")
B2 ("Back Home Again", "California Blues", "Garden Party", "I Ain't Never", "Nobody's Here Anymore", "Suzie Q", "Swamp River Days", "Today I Started Loving You Again", "Walking in a Hurricane")
B♭2 ("Lookin' for a Reason", "Dream Song")
A2 ("Honey Do", "Rattlesnake Highway", "Zanz Kant Danz")
G2 ("(Wish I Could) Hideaway")
{Questionable Notes}A2 ("Where the River Flows"[1b])
G2 ("California Blues"[1b], "Somewhere Listening"[1b])
E2 ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine"[1b])
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[1] Questionable identity.
a. Unidentified backing vocal credited to John Fogerty, Tom Fogerty, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford.
b. Unidentified backing vocal.
G2 ("California Blues"[1b], "Somewhere Listening"[1b])
E2 ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine"[1b])
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[1] Questionable identity.
a. Unidentified backing vocal credited to John Fogerty, Tom Fogerty, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford.
b. Unidentified backing vocal.
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• Blue marks falsetto notes.
• Green marks harshly distorted notes.
• Bold marks outstanding passages.
• Italics mark non-melodic notes.
• Underlines mark obscured notes.
