John Fogerty is now being sued by his former Creedence Clearwater Revival bandmates. According to The Hollywood Reporter, ex-CCR drummer Doug Clifford, bassist Stu Cook and Patricia Fogerty—the widow of late guitarist Tom Fogerty, John’s brother—filed a suit in Nevada yesterday that claims the former CCR frontman criticized their use of the “Creedence Clearwater Revisted” name in violation of a previous settlement agreement. They also claim that Fogerty has violated the CCR trademark by billing recent shows as performances of “albums by Creedence Clearwater Revival.”
The conflict stretches back to the mid-1990s, when Fogerty sued his old bandmates for misusing the CCR name. That suit was eventually settled in 2001, though the other members now claim that Fogerty is in violation of the terms of that agreement.
Fogerty has released a statement on the lawsuit that reads:
I was driving my daughter to school yesterday and I was surprised to learn I was being sued by my former band mates who call themselves Creedence Clearwater Revisited.
The people who come to my shows know they will hear me sing and play the songs I wrote and recorded over the past four decades of my career. Every night we play live, I’m thrilled to see all of those fans singing along to the songs that have touched them. I am at a wonderful place in my life. I am playing the music that I love and wrote, with full joy and having my son Shane joining along side of me—it doesn’t get much better than that.
No lawyers, lawsuits, or angry ex-band members will stop me ever again from singing my songs. I am going to continue to tour and play all my songs every single night I am out on the road.
Rockin’ all over the world!
John Fogerty
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