John Fogerty's Musical Revival

After Years Of Inactivity, Sixties Star Returns To Forefront

(CBS) 
"His career had basically stopped," Julie recalls.

But then one day when she came home, Julie says, "I remember walking into the house and hearing him playing, and strumming that guitar.
And I remember just standing in the, the foyer, just jumping up and down, so excited and thrilled, that maybe, maybe we're gonna get through this thing. You know."

Fogerty was playing again, but still largely estranged from the music he wrote for Creedence. That all changed this year when he resigned with Fantasy Records after the label was taken over by new owners, Concord Music.

Fogerty is even being paid royalties again on all those Creedence hits and he's just released a new CD, 25 songs spanning his whole career.

But Fogerty's life now is about a lot more than music.

John and Julie have Shane, 14, and Tyler, 13. The boys have only recently seen John on stage.

There's Lindsay, 21, from Julie's first marriage. John has kids from a previous marriage, too.

And then there's Kelsey, 4-years-old. To call her a daddy's girl doesn't quite capture it.

"She's a princess. She's beautiful," Fogerty says.

He wrote a song for Kelsey, titled "I Will Walk With You," for a solo CD of new music he released last year.

The title song, "Déjà Vu," is another anti-war offering, same perspective, different war. This time it's Iraq he's protesting; still liberal after all these years.

"I have held onto my liberal beliefs. It makes people uncomfortable sometimes," Fogerty admits.

He joined the "Vote for Change" tour during the 2004 election campaign. And of course he brought the house down with "Fortunate Son."

And now he can look at the gold records from the past and see his future. John Fogerty is loving his revival.

Fogerty concludes, "You know, aside from my children and marrying the most beautiful woman in the world, the feeling of playing and making people happy, is maybe the second-best feeling in life, at least for me."