The News Tribune from Tacoma, Washington • 35

TliESbAY AUGUST 19 1997 BAD MOON not settled legally not even settled practically But emotionally I have made a peace in my heart and mind about it jowl ropfijf kishi AGAIN The News Tribune His legal battle continues but John Fogerty is playing oldQeedence Clearwater tunes for the first time in years Billboard Kr LottWmner Bros Records Inc John Fogerty stM is Involved with In legal battles wtth Saul Zaentz the owner of Fantasy Records but It has not stopped the rock icon from playing his gwatest hits on this tout Here he comes again on Saturday night John Fogerty one-time leader of Creedence Clearwater Revival is back on the road after long yean HA back with a five-piece traveling band and a brand new album called Moon Swamp bring his show to the Goige Amphitheatre this weekend Most significantly back with a radically different attitude than he had when he was driving the land cm his last concert tour That was bade in 1986 and Fogerty was not a happy man It showed in hia music Did it ever Creedence had broken up 14 years earlier amid much bad feeling among members of the band Fogerty had been the founder leader and songwriter from the days when he and bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford were classmates in junior high The breakup hum over the other demands to have more input into the way the group was run Feelings between Fogerty and his older brother Tbm the bassist (who joined later) were particularly raw When Tbm died in 1990 the brothers still hadn't reconciled In 1986 Fogerty was touring as a solo act in support of of the Zombie a record with a song titled Is Golden Sample lyric: another plate of shrapnel sprinkle it with Abit of a change of pace from such upbeat Creedence hits as and River" (Although not bo very Car afield when you think about it from Moon Rising and Stop the Fogerty was fed up over a long-running legal battle with Saul Zaentz the owner of Fantasy Records The Berkeley-based label released all of LPs and Fogerty claimed in the protracted legal proceedings kept an unfair high share of the royalties Fighting that battle more of a war actual-flutter and blooty sapped energy and creativity It was largely responsible for the nearly decade-long gap between the release of his 1975 solo album (released by Asylum) and his widely hailed comeback record (Warner Bros) in 1985 was on balance a cheerful album Fans loved it It hit No Ion the charts in the United States and sold millions of copies worldwide It produced three hit singles including the title cut which became an unofficial anthem of baseball rivaling Thke Me Out to the Ballgame in popularity At the time he made it Fogerty felt the worat of his legal woes were behind him On the phone fiwn Denver late last week he said he foh like a let out of prison after being unjustly But then after the exhilaration came another emotion: anger at having wasted so many years in the fight (The anger cut both ways Zaentz sued Fogerty for slander What John Fogerty In concert When: 7 pm Saturday Whan: The Gorge at George Tickets: AR Hiwmiiun Ticketmaster 627-8497 (Tacoma) or 1-2066280888 (Seattle) over two songs on and Kant saying they were attacks on him) It was that anger that fueled of the When he took to the road after the release of that anger was the reason he refused to play any Creedence songs whatsoever Zaentz was entitled to a royalty every time Fogerty performed one Fogerty wouldn't give him the satisfaction or the money Fans were disappointed Fogerty too he admits today consider it a Fogerty said The album The attitude All of it aort of a signpost for he said by phone from Denver late last week look back and go Don't do that So he changed Though it took awhile Eleven years The change is apparent on Moon which is full of rollicking rockers with titles such as Bey and Rod and In them he sings about things like a my The change is also apparent in his live show Along with his songs playing something fans have been waiting to Irar from him for a very long time: Creedence music How much Creedence music? of it With much he said proudly are my So does that mean his legal troubles are over? Nope not settled legally not even settled he said emotionally I have made a peace in my heart and mind about it Because this is between me and my And yes even today Zaentz gets a royalty whenever Fogerty bums into Mary" perform with more honest enthusiasm now than I ever have more joyful and also musically better than ever been the key to the transformation from the bitterness of to the pervasive joy of Moon The change is spelled Fogerty said met right at the end of 1986 and I consider that the only good thing that came out of the They met at a little club in Indianapolis during the tour They moved in together a year later They married in 1991 They now have two children: 5-year-old Shane and 4-yearold Tyler (His wife also has a daughter from a previous relationship) second mamage At 52 he has three grown children ranging in age from 26 to Plane Fogarty Rags 11 On THE COVER John Fogerty took extra time to work on his guitar playing for his latest album Moon (photo: Mark Bryan-BrownWamer Bros) TRiBline To hear a sampling of John Fogarty's call TRIBKne at 5966500 and enter TribCode SONG (7664).