<Archive Obituary> Tom Fogerty (September 6th 1990)
Bill Schenley
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Tom Fogerty, co-founder with his younger brother, John, of
the 1960s rock band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, has died
in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the age of 48. He suffered
respiratory failure stemming from tuberculosis. He was born
on November 9, 1941.
The Fogerty brothers began playing music as 13-year-old
students in El Cerrito, northern California. Their early
bands successively used the names Tommy Fogerty and the Blue
Velvets, and the Gollywogs before arriving at the successful
name Creedence Clearwater Revival.
The core of the band was the two guitar playing brothers
with bassist Stu Cook and a drummer, Doug ''Cosmo''
Clifford. From playing gigs at junior high school in El
Cerrito they graduated to being regular performers at school
hops in San Francisco's Bay Area where, during the height of
flower power, they were known as the Blue Velvets. The name
Golliwogs came at the suggestion of Fantasy Records, after
they had signed a record contract with the label, but they
really began to develop a distinctive style after their
final metamorphosis as Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1967.
Though they were products of ''cool'' San Francisco, their
natural instinct was to shy away from hippie, psychedelic
culture. They looked back to Fifties rock, rythm and blues
and country music and eventually developed an idiom based
on, but essentially updating, rockabilly.
The foursome sold more than 46 million records, with eight
top ten singles and six gold albums. Among their single hits
were:''Proud Mary'' (their debut hit in this country,
reaching number 6), ''Bad Moon Rising'' (from the album
Green River) and ''Travellin' Band''. This last came from
what many regard as their finest album, Cosmo's Factory,
which included an 11-minute version of ''I Heard It Through
the Grapevine''.
Tom Fogerty left the band in February 1971, saying that he
wanted to spend more time with his wife and children in
Arizona. In fact he was unhappy with what he saw as a
departure from the rugged simplicity of the original
Creedence sound, which had been based on solid rhythm and
eloquent lead guitar, in favour of something more
commercial. The remaining members, lead singer and guitarist
John Fogerty, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford continued as a trio
until disbanding in October 1972.
Tom Fogerty later worked as a solo artist, producing the
single ''Joyful Resurrection'' and several albums.
He is survived by his wife, Tricia, and six children.
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Topic Cop
How much blood do you lose during back surgery?
And his widow is still alive. Wouldn't she have gotten it too.
Something ain't right here.
Please discuss
Big Mongo
> He died of AIDS.
Caught from a blood transfusion according to Wikipedia... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Fogerty
> How much blood do you lose during back surgery?
> And his widow is still alive. Wouldn't she have gotten it too.
> Something ain't right here.
> Please discuss
Naw, thanks anyways...
A Friend
> On Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at 8:04:45 PM UTC-4, Topic Cop wrote:
>
> > He died of AIDS.
>
> Caught from a blood transfusion according to Wikipedia...
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Fogerty
>
> > How much blood do you lose during back surgery?
>
> Enough to require a transfusion, apparently...
any, so they went into the general pool. They were happy to get them.