Summary: <p>In 1969 they sold more records in America than any other band including the Beatles and the Stones but within a few years Creedence Clearwater Revival had split up with a bitterness rarely matched, even in the topsy-turvy world of rock music.</p> <p>Fast forward 50 years, and former leader and main songwriter John Fogarty is back on tour, including the UK and Ireland, so now seems as good a time as any to look back on his former group's unique musical legacy and discover what made them one of the biggest bands in the world....and what destroyed them.</p> <p>In 1993 Bruce Springsteen said that CCR were "not the hippest band in the world, but the best".</p> <p>Writer <a href="https://www.johnlingan.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow">John Lingan</a> has written a critically-acclaimed biography of the band - 'A Song for Everyone - the Story of Creedence Clearwater Revival.' It's an engrossing tale.</p> <p>John's our special guest in this month's episode of Misadventures in Music, with Ian Prowse and Mick Ord." </p>
