Fogerty John: Blue moon swamp (Picturedisc)

It"'s the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Grammy Award-winning Blue Moon Swamp. For a variety of reasons, some notorious and others more nuanced, legendary singer/ songwriter John Fogerty released solo albums in the twentieth century on an almost cicadian schedule. Extended periods of more than a decade would go between them. Wars were won and lost, governments toppled, industries boomed & busted before another John Fogerty album would emerge. And the public"'s response seemed to have no bearing on the release schedule either: 1985"'s Centerfield was a certified hit and return to form for the legendary leader of hit machine Creedence Clearwater Revival, but the following year Eye of the Zombie felt like out-takes from those sessions. Then quietly, I got the call in May 1997 that John Fogerty had emerged from his shadowy virtual swamp with a backpack full of new songs including ""Walking in a Hurricane"",""Blueboy"",""Hot Rod Heart"",""A Hundred and Ten in the Shade"",""Swamp River Days"", and ""Bring It Down to Jelly Roll"". And he was willing to talk about all of it.