I work hard at that, but the fact that there are a lot of good songs means there are also a lot of really bad songs I've written that you never hear.

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).