In a sense, Fogerty is the Taylor Swift of classic rock. Years before Swift waged war with music executive Scooter Braun over her catalog of recorded music, and even before Swift was born in 1989, Fogerty was battling over the rights to his songs he recorded with the classic rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival with Fantasy Records then-chief Saul Zaentz.
“It did a lot of damage to my psyche and personality as far as confidence,” Fogerty told this writer in an interview for The Billboard Book of Number One Albums. “There were times in those years when I was scared to go in and buy a pair of socks in a department store.”
The music executive threatened to sue Fogerty over the song “Zanz Kant Danz,” a thinly veiled stab at the record executive that contains the lyrics, “Zanz can’t dance/But he’ll steal your money.” On subsequent pressings, the song’s title was changed to “Vann Kant Danz.” Zaentz went a step further by suing Fogerty, claiming that “The Old Man Down the Road,” a hit single featured on Centerfield, infringed on the copyright of the Creedence song “Run Through the Jungle” — a copyright that Zaentz held, even though Fogerty had written both songs. In the end, Fogerty prevailed.
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On his official Instagram account, Fogerty shared video highlights of the Hollywood Bowl show along with a recording of the song “Fight Fire,” a song he originally recorded with his pre-Creedence band the Golliwogs as well as the CCR classic “Have Your Ever Seen the Rain?”
Fans agreed in the comments.
“If the Bowl had a roof, you all would’ve blown it right off. ?What an incredible night! Thank you for coming to see us and giving my family a night to rock out together. ?????,” added another.
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