Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "The Saddest Story in Rock and Roll" -- Part One: Blue Velvet Golliwogs: 1958-1967 -- 1 "I Was the Leader Already" -- 2 "I Had the Money to Pay for the Sessions" -- 3 "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" -- 4 "He Had a Sound" -- Part Two: We're Creedence Clearwater Revival: 1967-1972 -- 5 "We Knew Saul Mostly as a Friend" -- 6 "We Were in the Right Place at the Right Time" -- 7 "I, for One, Didn't Want to Go Back to the Car Wash" -- 8 "No Substitute for Plain Old Talent" -- 9 "Four Individuals Who Make Up a Fifth Person" -- 10 "Richard Nixon Is a Great Inspiration" -- 11 "A Very Healthy, Positive Organization" -- 12 "That's Why I Do This" -- 13 "John and Tom Were at Odds" -- 14 "The Night of the Generals" -- 15 "We're Going to Retire Tom's Number" -- 16 "Better as a Trio" -- 17 "You Do Yours and I'll Do Mine" -- 18 "The Success Became a Nightmare" -- Part Three: Put Us in Coach: 1972-1987 -- 19 "He Wanted to Play All the Positions" -- 20 "A Death Grip on My Ankle" -- 21 "It Just Didn't Ring My Bell" -- 22 "Depositions in the City" -- 23 "That Makes Me Choke" -- 24 "A Nice Metaphor for My Comeback Album" -- 25 "All I Did Was Write a Song about a Pig" -- 26 "Devious Perfidy" -- 27 "There They Are, Screwing Me Again" -- Part Four: "The Only Way We Talk to John Is Through Our Lawyers": 1988-2007 -- 28 "A Divorce That Never Heals" -- 29 "Don't Let Him Go Without Saying Good-bye" -- 30 "Down to the Crossroads, to Get the Scent Back" -- 31 "The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...Was a Really Ugly Event" -- 32 "Fogerty Hijacked the Whole Creedence Thing" -- 33 "We're Not Doing This to Hurt Him" -- 34 "When Are You Going to Play Something Where You Actually Earn Money?" -- 35 "I Get More Amazed by the Weirdness of It All" -- 36 "Oh John, I Saw Your Commercial" -- 37 "I'm Not Angry".

38 "Deja Vu All Over Again" -- 39 "Flying Pigs and Frozen Hell" -- 40 "I Was His Biggest Fan" -- Discography -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.