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Fogerty Reveals Proud Mary’s Spark: an Honorable Discharge and a Quick, Classic Creation

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Fogerty Reveals Proud Mary’s Spark: an Honorable Discharge and a Quick, Classic Creation
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John Fogerty says Proud Mary was sparked by his honorable discharge in 1968. He finished the song in under an hour on his guitar, felt he had written a classic, and later experienced the surreal feeling of knowing almost no one else recognized its greatness at that moment.

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