“I had a plan, and the plan was: I outlived all those sons of [expletive,]” so said John Fogerty Friday night at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway as he talked about the folks responsible for the very bad business deals that kept him alienated from his own work for decades.

The Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman and songwriter churned out an almost incomprehensible amount of classic, enduring material over the course of a mere four years, and he owned none of it. And with zero stake in his songs, he forged a path forward without it.

But bit by bit, Fogerty gradually reclaimed his legacy. A visit to blues legend Robert Johnson’s grave made him realize that no matter who they made money for, the songs belonged to him. His wife Julie tracked down the Rickenbacker guitar that he played at Wood

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