Check out this google alert I just got.
http://www.straight.com/article-255393/john-fogerty
The most interesting part (NOT!) is the only part I will bother to post!! Check out the link if you want to read the whole thing!
"and Rickie Nelson’s “Garden Party” (the latter made extra sucky by the vocals of Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit)"
and
He sings it high, he plays it low
I'm buying the whole album because Fogerty is one of my heroes (if you remember I saw him in concert last year) and I would like to hear the whole album.
The Rolling Stone review was brief. I could not help thinking that if Bruce Springsteen had done a covers album they would have given it a page and raved about how 'iconic' it was. No offence to Springsteen fans but the endless uncritical adulation of him gets somewhat tiresome.
http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/...rs_rides_again
I can't decide whether to buy the cd or just download Garden Party. I actually had it in my hands tonight in Wally world, but put it back. I do love JF and we have the old vinyl of BRR, but I don't know about this one.
"They will never forget you 'till somebody new comes along"
1948-2016 Gone but not forgotten
With the recent attention I've been giving Glenn's solo songs for the Glenn Frey Video Survivor game I started thinking; wouldn't John Fogerty do a good job on I Found Somebody? I think his vocals would sound great! Right up his alley!
~ Cathy ~
And I dream I'm on vacation 'Cause I like the way that sounds,
It's a perfect occupation for me.
Little piece of trivia - according to this article, apparently his wife Julie, who is also co-producer suggested Tim and Don appear on the album!
Don gets another mention:
P.S. Is anyone else bothered by the grammar error in the title?Originally Posted by TheSpectrum.com
It obviously should be 'Blue Ridge Rangers RIDE Again' but then John was the whole (alleged) band.