John Fogarty, one of the founding members of Creedence Clearwater Revival, has said that although he is not actively pursuing a reunion with former band members’ drummer Doug Clifford, and bassist Stu Cook, Fogarty states that he no longer has the same animosity toward his former band mates as he did many years ago.
Fogarty was quoted as saying “I have to admit, people have asked me more recently, and even though I have no idea how such a series of events would come to pass, I can tell that there isn’t the bombast in my voice, in the denial, in the refusal. It’s more like, ‘Well, I dunno.’ Never say never is I guess what people tell you. In this life, all kinds of strange things come to pass.”
Years ago Fogarty would never have even considered a reunion with his former band mates, and he even sued Clifford and Cook back in 1997 when they performed using the name Creedence Clearwater Revisited.
Creedence Clearwater Revival originally stared back in the late 60’s with Fogarty as the main lyricist and lead guitar player was joined by his brother Tom on rhythm guitar along with Clifford and Cook. The band’s popularity was driven by their country rock roots, and a style that was rock and roll than anything else, and the band still enjoys airplay even today on many classic rock stations across the United States.
A Creedence reunion would almost certainly be a sellout event that would pack such venues as Madison Square Garden, Red Rocks, Mohegan Sun and the Borgata in Atlantic City, and would not only make the fans very happy but the band members very well off, no matter the particulars.