Hey everybody welcome back again to Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy where the proof is
in the singing. I'm doing a series and the series is
called What Makes This Singer Great and next up to bat
is John Fogerty from Creedence. Now uh before we get started if you don't mind,
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and we negotiate talking about all these different vocalist,s their styles, their
techniques, what made them great in hopes to help
make you great at singing. So with that said what do I think of when i
think of John Fogerty. Well of course I think of Creedence right.
I think of just incredible songwriting that's one thing.
I think of being kind of a one-man band, I mean he did everything, he wrote the
songs, he played guitar, he recorded it, he produced it, you know he plays it etc, he
sings it. So one-man band that's for sure. I
think of his gritty vocals, his kind of Middle America, in fact he's probably
really again the perfect example of great, Middle America
vocals and songwriting. I think of his songs being very engaging,
good storytelling. I know i use that term quite a bit as far as
describing you know good songwriters but maybe the perfect
balance between a great singer-songwriter and a great singer/
performer. He's kind of got both of those going on, he's not just a
singer-songwriter but he's also a great singer that
performs songs. He's got great guitar riffs right, his guitar
hooks, down up around the bend and you know all
these different songs right. I think of that
and of course I think of you know great songs by him, Creedence and whatever. I
think "Bad Moon Rising", I think of "Fortunate Son", Fortunate One,
"Fortune Son" yeah and again that was an anti-war song
and there were a lot of bands back then that were really against the war.
I just did "Child In Time", that was an anti-war song.
I know "American Woman" was kind of an anti-war song, "Baba O'Riley" was a
anti-war so there was a bunch of bands at the time or even before that or around that
time they were really anti-war and certainly he was no exception. In fact
a friend of mine who was from that era said
that that "Fortunate Son" kind of single-handedly turned around the war
because everyone was so fed up with it at the time. So anyway think of "Bad Moon
Rising", I think of "Proud Mary", by the way I've
done, by the way, by the way, by the way. I've done a few songs by Creedence and
I'll put those in the description so you can see how I
did, my student Tori did some, I'm going to do some more
but um we did "Bad Moon Rising", did "Proud Mary", did "Travelin' Band", I did "Fortunate
Son" but anyways so "Travelin' Band's" another
really good one, good belting song so he's definitely got the belting that an
"Fortunate Son", great belting tune. "Suzie Q",
"I Put A Spell On You", very cool "Looking Out My Back Door", just what a
great, just sitting on your back porch having a cup
of tea or coffee, just cranking that up "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" you know
is another great tune, "Down On The Corner", love that guitar riff right.
I sang that as well, that'll put that in the description "Up Around The Bin",
I sang that also I'm not sure if I did or not, I think I did.
Anyway "I Heard It Through The Grapevine", "Who'll Stop The Rain",
you know again just great, simple, guitar hooks that really are engaging,
very relatable as far as the music, the lyrics,
just kind of turn it on on a Sunday or Saturday, just have it you know cranking in
the background. Just feel good music you know what I
mean and then trend setting you know, very influential and very trend setting.
Back then there weren't a lot of people doing what he was doing and so uh just
again everyone was competing for greatness and uniqueness and he sure
certainly carved out himself in that category. So
with that said I'm gonna fire this up, we'll talk about it more and let's do this.
Can you see your guys just singing this tune, so catchy and memorable.
How great is that man. So again yeah just timeless, timeless songwriting. His stuff is
still being played out the wazoo today on radio all over the world, just
incredible. Now I also did a vocal coach reaction to
Creedence, to John so I'll put that in the description as well and this was one
of the songs I used but tell me what you think of. What do
you think of when you think of John Fogerty. There's also this, the
the song about the baseball thing or whatever it was baseball whatever
anyway but first uh gosh I can't remember.
There's a baseball song but what do you think when you think of John. I mean
you know tell me if I missed something, whatever. I
want a nice well-rounded thing, I welcome your thoughts and comments
so please put those in the comment sections and I'm doing this by request
so if you have someone you want me to do What Makes This Singer Great reaction to,
please put that in there as well and definitely, definitely check out my next
video.