John Fogerty was born in Berkeley, California, and grew up in El Cerrito, California. He happens to be the third of five boys of his parents – Galen Robert and Edith Lucile Fogerty. His father was born in Iowa and worked as a Linotype operator for the Berkeley Gazette in California. He was born on May 28, 1945, hence, he is 77 years old as of January 2023.
John Fogerty siblings: Meet Tom Fogerty, Dan Fogerty, Bob Fogerty, Jim Fogarty
Fogerty John has 4 siblings and has been identified as Tom Fogerty, Dan Fogerty, Bob Fogerty, and Jim Fogarty. Tom Fogerty, Tom is the older brother, who played the guitar and played with the group that would become CCR. In the vicinity of Winters, California, Putah Creek, the setting for the CCR song “Green River,” was where Fogerty spent his summer vacations.
Fogerty enrolled in the neighboring Harding Grammar School after a year. He said in his book that his parents had a drinking problem and had separated while he was in the third or fourth grade. Later, he attended St. Mary’s High School before transferring to El Cerrito High School, where he met the other future CCR members and studied guitar with Barry Olivier, the founder, and producer of the Berkeley Folk Festival.
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