Happy Birthday John Fogerty - 69 Today!

Exactly a year ago today on his 68th birthday John Fogerty stepped on stage at the El Ray Theater in Los Angeles to perform a set based around his latest album (that was released the same day) 'Wrote A Song For Everyone'.

I can't believe that I found the whole show on You Tube!

It's surely worth watching again to see a man long into his years still passionately rocking out to some of the finest tunes in the American Rock and Roll Songbook.

Happy Birthday John Fogerty.

The Soundtrack4Life Albums of the Year 2013

It's a tough choice this year thinking about what the possible favourite Album of the Year is. I started with a very long list and have edited it down to a bit of a shorter long list. Out of that I selected what I can consider to be my best of the year. I make no apologies for the choices because they are my choices. They may not have been the biggest selling albums or even by artists who are particularly "hip", but they are my choices. These are the things that excited me in music this year and as ever it is a nice mixture of different sounds that somehow have collided together give me a whole lot of joy.
Here's a Playlist of some of my favourites from the year including many that didn't quite make the Top Ten.

#10

Boz Scaggs - Memphis

 Click here to see a previous post where I spotlighted the 'Memphis' Album.

  #9

Eddie and the Hot Rods - Live at The Rainbow 1977

Previous Post relating to 'Live at The Rainbow 1977'.

#8

Jars of Clay - Inland

Click Here to Listen to the 'Inland' Album in Full.

A Brief History of Jars of Clay.

#7

Jelly - Troubadour, Wizard, The Queen and The Machine

Previous Post regarding Jelly.
 

#6

Various Artists - A Concert For Kirsty

Previous post regarding Kirsty MacColl that included a spotlight on this superb concert.

#5

The Godfathers - Jukebox Fury

Interview with Del Bartles of The Godfathers originally posted in March 2013.

 #4

The Strypes - Snapshot

Previous post relating to The Strypes.

#3

Tankus The Henge - The Last Days Are Coming.

Previous post spotlighting Tankus The Henge and this really exceptional album.

#2

John Fogerty - Wrote A Song For Everyone

Previous post from May 2013 spotlighting this brilliant album by a true Rock and Roll Legend.

#1

Ruts DC - Rhythm Collision Volume 2

 

Click Here to Listen to The Soundtrack4Life Album of The Year.

Previous Post spotlighting The Ruts DC Live.

John Fogerty - Wrote A Song For Everyone (27th May 2013)

What to do for your 68th birthday?...How about release a kind of Greatest Hits album backed by a few friends and family? Yep, that's exactly what John Fogerty has done with the release of 'Wrote A Song For Everyone'.

The list of friends contributing to the album is pretty impressive: Foo Fighters, Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert, Tom Morello, Zac Brown Band, My Morning Jacket, Kid Rock, Dawes, Bob Seger, Brad Paisley, Alan Jackson, Jennifer Hudson and Allen Toussaint. As for family his two sons Shane and Tyler.

Many of the songs are so familiar having grown up listening to Creedence Clearwater Revival or listening to Fogerty's solo works but what really stands out is the quality of songwriting and the sheer joy that Fogerty has performing these classic tunes with a real mixed bag of artists from the world of Rock, Country and Jazz.

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM HERE.

Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball Tour - Hyde Park London 14th July 2012

With Macca

with John Fogerty

Only a few full song vids around at the moment but the ones that are here are pretty sweet.

Setlist:
Rockin' All Over the World (Bruce guesting with John Fogerty)
* * *
Thunder Road (piano)
Badlands
We Take Care of Our Own
Wrecking Ball
Death to My Hometown (with Tom Morello)
My City of Ruins
Spirit in the Night
The Promised Land (with John Fogerty)
Take 'Em As They Come
Jack of All Trades (with Tom Morello)
Empty Sky
Because the Night
Johnny 99
Darlington County
Working on the Highway
Shackled and Drawn
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Raise Your Hand
The River
The Ghost of Tom Joad (with Tom Morello)
The Rising (with Tom Morello)
Land of Hope and Dreams (with Tom Morello)
* * *
We Are Alive
Born in the U.S.A.
Born to Run
Glory Days
Dancing in the Dark
I Saw Her Standing There/Twist and Shout (with Sir Paul McCartney)

The Plug Gets Pulled On The Gig