He completed his active duty for training in July 1967, then served as a part-time reservist until being discharged in 1968. During his time in the Army Reserve, Fogerty attended training at Fort Bragg, Fort Knox, and Fort Lee.
Fogerty believes the recruiter dated the paperwork to take effect before the draft letter arrived. The same day he received the notice, he went to a local United States Army Reserve recruiter, who signed him up immediately for training as a supply clerk. Military service įogerty received his draft notice for military service during the Vietnam War in 1966. This group recorded seven singles that were not commercially successful. In 1964, the band signed with Fantasy Records, which without the band's knowledge or approval, changed the band's name from the Blue Velvets to The Golliwogs. Later, Fogerty's brother Tom joined the group. The band was inspired by rock and roll pioneers, especially Little Richard and Bo Diddley. While in junior high school in 1959, Fogerty formed a cover band with bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford called the Blue Velvets. Fogerty spent summer vacations at Putah Creek, near Winters, California, which became the subject of the CCR song " Green River". Fogerty's older brother Tom was a guitarist and bandmate in the group that eventually became CCR. Mary's High School, then transferred to El Cerrito High School, where he met the other future members of CCR and took guitar lessons from Berkeley Folk Festival creator/producer Barry Olivier. In his book, he stated that his parents were alcoholics and that they divorced when he was in the third or fourth grade. Īfter one year, Fogerty enrolled in nearby Harding Grammar School. In his memoir, Fortunate Son, Fogerty was critical of the school, saying when in class he was not permitted to go to the bathroom when he asked, and frequently wet himself and was forced to sit in his wet clothing.
He first attended a Catholic school, the School of the Madeleine, in Berkeley, California. Lucile Fogerty taught second grade and was from Great Falls, Montana.
His father was a native of Iowa, and worked as a Linotype operator for the Berkeley Gazette in California.
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