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shivermetimbers68 t1_j467gkt wrote

The Albert Hall doc on Netflix is great. They were incredibly tight playing live. Sounded just like the records.

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groggyMPLS t1_j477hmf wrote

That doc made me aware that John Fogerty absolutely was not your typical Rock n Roll frontman. Sort of a quiet and… strange guy. Insanely talented though. The doc also gave me the impression that he was 80% of the talent in the band, and 99% responsible for their success.

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shivermetimbers68 t1_j4783hl wrote

Their last album, where the other members insisted on writing and recording songs, pretty much shows that... John was 99.9999% responsible for their success. :)

I've read where he said he also did a lot of the drum fills on the songs.

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Fedcab t1_j48vrfx wrote

Cosmo was a pretty competent drummer I feel, John must have just needed to scratch that itch of being in control of the work.

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Cilicious t1_j47wgun wrote

> That doc made me aware that John Fogerty absolutely was not your typical Rock n Roll frontman. Sort of a quiet

I haven't seen the doc yet, but as a teenybopper I saw CCR perform in Denver in 1969. John Fogerty really didn't say a whole lot, was demonstratively quiet, but did declare "This is for Nixon" before beginning 'Fortunate Son.'

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