On The Run: This is a great Fogerty original, with strong melody and a good song to close the album. Henrietta: Nice and rocking with lots of guitar, this is the second cover (of a late 50's song by Jimmy Dee) on the album. Good, but a bit too much of the electronics. Midtempo and a great lyric make this a definite classic.Įvil Thing: A spooky song about not getting over a woman who still haunts the narrators mind ('You Evil Thing - Why do you haunt me'). Telephone: A song with a strong melody, this is one of my favorites on the album. Narrator is a strange man who's 'got the devil by the horns'. With strong vocals and tight guitar solo's, this is one of the man's best.
Hoodoo Man: A rocking tune sung in the best Fogerty style. Nothing special, but it grows on you, though. Marchin' To Blarney: This is the only instrumental on the album and it's a simple tune backed by a maritime drum rhythm.
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This song resurfaced when John attended the 1985 'Rock And Roll All-star' TV show. John really makes a great cover while keeping the sound and arrangement in the style of the album. Leave My Woman Alone: Using great percussion, this is a cover from of Ray Charles song. This one is definitely up there with other Fogerty classics. Talking about 'Voodoo', 'Magic' and 'Children Of Night' this a-side of the only 'Hoodoo' single sets the scene for the album.īetween The Lines: Midtempo, great melody and good lyrics make this a personal favorite of mine. You Got The Magic: This song opens the album with a few loose chords before going into a pounding groove.
The old 'Hoodoo' album really wasn't very good.'' Perhaps some day I will re-write and re-record some of those songs. I still think that was the correct decision, too. But some years later, while being asked if he would ever release 'Hoodoo', be it as a mid-priced compilation or as bonus tracks on future CD's, John said: ''I instructed Asylum to destroy the master tapes sometime in the 80's. Hopes still ran high among fans because John didn't destroy the material. And so an illegal bootleg recording eventually reached the fans. John Fogerty, who always destroys un-released material probably didn't have the courage to destroy his material this time. It was a doubtfull decision, the record would've been a big hit. OK, the record was not up to John's high standards - and a bit short-, but it certainly wasn't bad. The record was short -only 9 tracks- so there was no room for fillers and errors, and maybe they were a bit afraid. If I had been stronger at the time, I would have worked harder to bring things up to the level that I demand.''Īsylum Records however must have been looking to the matter from a commercial point of view. I feel that the songs and the music started out with inspiration, but were left unfinished and unresolved. I still feel the decision not to release it was the correct one. This was a confusing and very painful time in my life. This may have been hard for John to take and admit, and this is what John said: ''It was a mutual decision between Joe Smith and myself. It never really became clear what happened, but the story is that John and Joe Smith (the head of the label) together decided the album was not up to the high John Fogerty standard. Shortly before shipment of the album, the decision was made to withdraw the album. 'Hoodoo' was given a catalogue number (Asylum 7E-1081), and a cover was printed (which you can see here for the first time on the 'net). A date which never came.Īfter the complete failure of the single, John had offered Asylum Records his material for the album. But as time passed 'Hoodoo' 's release was cancelled and set to a later date. The single, so was announced, would be an advanced single from the soon to be released new John Fogerty album 'Hoodoo'. In April 1976 he released a new single, 'You got the Magic/Evil Thing' which barely made it to the charts and did not sell a great deal. Hoodoo: The unreleased John Fogerty album Hoodoo -Īfter the ' John Fogerty' solo album, John wasted no time proceeding to record more material for a new album to be followed with a tour, backed by his favorite musicians.