John Fogerty

In Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty often sounded like a country singer hiding out in a rock band, and he proved it on his first solo album, the 1973 covers disc The Blue Ridge Rangers. This long-delayed follow-up finds him backed by fiddles, mandolins, dobros and pedal steel guitar ”“ not to mention guests like Don Henley and Bruce Springsteen ”“ covering obscure chestnuts such as John Prine’s wistful 1971 environmentalist anthem ”˜Paradise.’ Fogerty plays it too safe on sleepy tunes like John Denver’s 1974 ”˜Back Home Again,’ but you can’t deny his scratchy growl on deep cuts like the rockabilly barnburner ”˜Haunted House.’