I stuck with that size because I could bend the strings so well, and somewhere along the line I must have gotten it into my mind that I had small hands, so I was thinking I'd never be able to play a full-scale guitar, but I also felt like I was cheating or cutting corners.

Fogerty says that he was unable to write music during this period of his life primarily due to stresses from ongoing financial and legal difficulties with Fantasy Records. On August 31 2009 Fogerty released a sequel to his 1973 solo debut The Blue Ridge Rangers called The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again. The group disbanded shortly afterwards.

40 and the list of 100 Greatest Singers at No. The songs "Proud Mary" and "Born on the Bayou" also rank amongst the Greatest Pop songs ("Proud Mary" #41) and Guitar songs ("Born on the Bayou" #53).