A cinematic portrait of resilience, rebellion, and the immortal sound of an American legend.
HBO has officially unveiled the monumental 10-part documentary event JOHN FOGERTY โ โDANCING WITH SOUL,โ a sweeping, emotional, and profoundly personal journey into the life of one of the most influential musical storytellers of the last century. This isnโt just a profile โ it is an excavation of a soul shaped by conflict, triumph, heartbreak, injustice, and the relentless fire of artistic truth.
Premiering in stunning 4K Ultra HD, the series paints a vivid portrait of Fogertyโs world โ from the dusty childhood streets of El Cerrito, California, to the explosive rise of Creedence Clearwater Revival, to the battles that nearly cost him everything, and finally, to the long climb back toward artistic freedom, peace, and home.
For decades, Fogerty has been a symbol of a certain American spirit: raw, unvarnished, rebellious, and unashamedly honest. His voice โ raspy, urgent, unmistakable โ carried the storms and hopes of an entire generation. But behind the anthems, behind the guitar riffs and stadium roars, lies a story few have ever truly known.
โDANCING WITH SOULโ reveals that hidden life. Not the myth โ the man.
THE JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME โ TOLD WITH UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS
Across ten meticulously crafted episodes, HBO takes audiences deep into Fogertyโs internal and external battles โ not just the ones written in history books, but the private wars that shaped him.
The documentary features:
โจ Never-before-seen studio archives from the CCR era โ reel tapes, jam sessions, writing notebooks, moments of brilliance preserved only on fragile film.
โจ Rare backstage footage capturing the tension, camaraderie, and explosive chemistry of one of the most powerful bands of the 20th century.
โจ Emotional interviews with Fogertyโs wife, children, close collaborators, and iconic musicians who grew up idolizing him โ creating a living mosaic of testimony and memory.
โจ Candid conversations with Fogerty himself, filmed across two years, where he finally confronts the shadows that haunted him: decades of lawsuits, creative isolation, and the unbearable grief of losing control over his lifeโs work.
The cameras follow Fogerty through ranch fields, rehearsal rooms, quiet corners of his home, and the stages where he rediscovered the joy he thought he had lost forever.
A STORY WRITTEN IN FIRE, LOSS, AND THE LONG ROAD BACK
โDANCING WITH SOULโ is not a retelling of CCRโs rise โ it is the full arc of Fogertyโs human story.
The early episodes trace his youth: the shy boy with a head full of rhythms, teaching himself guitar by listening to the wind, dreaming of sound long before he understood fame. Then comes the meteoric rise โ songs written in minutes that became generational anthems, a band that was both unstoppable and fragile, and a frontman carrying the weight of expectation heavier than any stadium spotlight.
Mid-series, the tone changes. The music industry battles become storms. Fogertyโs identity fractures as he watches lawyers, contracts, and corporate forces take the one thing he loved most: his songs. His voice cracks in interviews. His eyes reveal decades of exhaustion. The documentary shows these years not as downfall, but as eclipse โ a long shadow over a brilliant soul.
But then the resilience comes.
Fogertyโs comeback โ slow, painful, courageous โ fills the final chapters of the series with breathtaking emotional power. The camera lingers on the moment he wins back his catalog. On the moment he steps onto a stage again, guitar in hand, trembling but determined. On the moment his children join him in song, closing a wound that had been open for far too long.
THE TRAILER โ A VOICE THAT STILL CARRIES THE EARTH
In the official trailer, Fogertyโs weathered, soulful voice drifts in:
โI had to disappear for a whileโฆ
to remember who I really was.โ
Over those words, the montage unfolds:
โ Fogerty in the 1970s, hair wild, guitar snarling.
โ A courtroom sketch dissolving into a lonely night in a hotel room.
โ A family dinner, soft laughter in the background.
โ Fogerty walking across his ranch at sunset, the wind brushing through tall grass like the opening notes of a song.
โ A modern stage โ lights dimmed โ as Fogerty places his harmonica near his lips, taking a deep breath that feels like inhaling an entire lifetime.
The trailer ends with a single electric guitar note โ long, bending, aching โ echoing into darkness.
A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT MORE THAN MUSIC
โDANCING WITH SOULโ is a story of:
โญ artistic identity and the fight to protect it
โญ the emotional toll of injustice
โญ healing through family and time
โญ the power of a voice that refuses to fade
โญ the endurance of truth in a world that tries to silence it
Fogerty emerges not as a relic of rock history, but as its conscience โ a man who survived by telling the truth through his music, no matter the cost.
๐ฌโจ JOHN FOGERTY โ โDANCING WITH SOUL.โ
A once-in-a-generation portrait of pain, purpose, and the immortal heartbeat of American rock.
Coming soon, only on HBO.
