John Fogerty recently clarified whether or not Creedence Clearwater Revival would reunite. During an interview with Forbes, the singer was once again asked the question he has been asked many times since the break up of the band.
The interviewer, too, clarified that he was aware the question had been asked a lot and carried on by asking about the possibility of putting the band back together. Fogerty replied with the following:
“Well, I’ve learned in life that you really don’t know what’s down the road. As far as I can see, that probably would never happen. But you just never quite know what’s happening tomorrow, or next year. None of us knows.”
Fogerty had to deal with a legal battle for decades to get the copyrights of his songs, and after more than 50 years, he regained control of his musical legacy and took the songs’ rights back. The rocker was asked to give a piece of advice to the people getting into the music business to avoid the mentioned incident he had been in. He shared:
“Well, it took years and years for me to be released from the bondage my record company had me in. I’m a lot older now. Because I’m a happier man, I try to dismiss all of that. If you had a young kid, maybe your son, and you wanted me to talk to him, I would sit down and give him a good hour’s lecture about what I went through.”
He then shared his current feelings about the incident and continued:
“I feel better, but I haven’t forgotten what happened, you know? It was just wrong. Hopefully, that doesn’t happen to too many people. There’s a tendency to take advantage of youngsters with stars in their eyes. Get a good lawyer, and have him read the contract well. And make sure he’s on your side.”
Earlier, Doug Clifford revealed that he and Fogerty only communicate through lawyers and that the band would never reunite. He stated that it would have been good 20 years ago, and nobody cares about it now.
After the band’s breakup in 1972, the frontman focused on his solo career while Doug Clifford and Stu Cook continue performing under Creedence Clearwater Revisited.
