John Fogerty’s Disciplined Focus

By Timothy Sandefur

Creedence Clearwater Revival was the first major band to agree to perform at Woodstock.¹ But only now, fifty years later, has their performance been officially released. The story of that half-century delay—and of the band’s short but legendary career—is one of vision and discipline, as well as bitterness and heartbreak.

Founded in 1959 by four Northern C…