Fogerty is the sole songwriter on many of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s biggest songs, including “Proud Mary,” Have You Ever Seen the Rain,” and “Fortunate Son,” but he didn’t hold the rights because of decades of bad contracts and bad blood. While a lot of our rock legends are selling the rights to their music, John Fogerty has finally been able to buy his back after 50 years. Read the whole statement here, and learn more in this story from Consequence. They invited teachers to get in touch to share ideas for how to make it a meaningful experience for everyone. “Our hope is that students would be able to come see the soundcheck and ask questions and share in a discussion about creativity, music, playing shows, songwriting or whatever,” the band said in a statement. But Big Thief - whose latest album, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You ( ND review), hit #11 in our 2022 Readers Poll - has decided to take the learning a little deeper by inviting teachers to bring students to soundchecks during their 2023 tour. The band gets a feel for the room, the sound engineers find out each band member’s preferences and needs, lighting gets calibrated, stuff gets plugged in and taped down and fixed. There’s a lot to be learned at a band’s soundcheck.
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