John Fogerty Doubling Up on Releases for 2009

John Fogerty , who normally has multi-year waits between releases, is preparing new CD and DVD sets for 2009.

For the CD, Fogerty is returning to his 1973 roots-based Blue Ridge Rangers album with The Return of the Blue Ridge Rangers . Unlike on the original album where he played all the instruments, he's bringing in other musicians. Fogerty told Billboard "I've known for years that if I ever did a Blue Ridge Rangers album again I sure didn't want to play all the instruments. I had long felt that was probably something that was wrong with the first album."

Instead, he brought in musicians like Buddy Miller, Greg Leisz and Dennis Crouch for the ten-day recording session at Village Recorders in Santa Monica, California. During that time, the group recorded 15 songs from an original list of 40 put together by Fogerty and co-producers T-Bone Burnett and Lenny Waroneker.

Also coming next year is Comin' Down the Road, a DVD of his show at London's Royal Albert Hall from earlier this year and a documentary on his career.

No release dates have been set for either project.