Biography
Creedence Clearwater Revival, led by singer, guitarist and songwriter John Fogerty, was one of the most commercially successful American rock bands of the late 1960s. The group came from the San Francisco Bay Area, yet its music drew on a mythic Southern vocabulary of swamps, rivers and back roads.
By September 1969 the band already had two platinum albums and hits including "Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising" and "Green River."[1] Fogerty wrote and produced the group's records, which were made at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley.[4] He served in the U.S. Army Reserve, an experience that fed the class-conscious anger of "Fortunate Son."[3]
References
- Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son (Louder) — Fogerty's writing of the song, his anger about the draft and the Eisenhower/Nixon wedding.
- Behind the Song: Fortunate Son (American Songwriter) — Writing process, structure, reception and covers.
- The Critique of Class Behind Fortunate Son (Songfacts) — Class reading, Fogerty's Army Reserve service and the patriotic misreading.
- Fortunate Son (Wikipedia) — Release, chart, recording and later-use details.