Brothers Patrick and Michael Burns bought rock star John Fogerty’s Eastern Oregon ranch 22 years ago, enjoyed family gatherings lip-syncing with mimicking growls to the Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman’s “Have You Ever Seen the Rain,” and rented out the musician’s former lodge-style residence as a vacation getaway.

Now, with the right offer, the Burns brothers are ready to sign the deed to the rustically cool house on 274 acres in Wallowa County over to the third owner. The asking price: $1,950,000.

The Burnses’ Grande Ronde Lodge and Cattle Ranch, which is being marketed as Fogerty Ranch by listing broker Caleb Howard, is a short stomp to the Wenaha Bar & Grill in the unincorporated community of Troy. The bar is famous for singer, guitarist and songwriter Fogerty’s hours-long impromptu jam sessions starting in the 1970s. Word would get out, local musicians would join in and the honky-tonk and rock hootenannies would go on well into the night, the Burnses said.

California born and raised Fogerty, now 79, along with Creedence Clearwater Revival bandmates and Southern rock bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd popularized swamp rock in the 1960s. Fogerty’s “Born on the Bayou,” “Proud Mary” and other hit songs are a blend of rockabilly, country, funk and swamp blues, with lyrics evoking Southern settings and tales.

Creedence Clearwater Revival, which Fogerty founded with his older brother, Tom, and others, broke up in 1972, and John Fogerty became a successful solo artist.

The Burnses said Fogerty discovered the remote Oregon ranch while elk hunting. The single-level, vaulted ceiling house on the banks of the Grande Ronde River was completed in 1974.

Most of the 1,698 square feet of living space is a time capsule of 1970s decor — vintage orange shag carpet and the two bathrooms have either a turquoise or dark mustard colored tub, sink and toilet. There are also rustic touches like wagon-wheel chandeliers. Steel plates connecting the exposed ceiling beams were made by Fogerty who modeled them after gussets used in an old sawmill.

Behind the rock fireplace is a hidden stone stairway to a secret loft overlooking the open living room, dining room and kitchen. Two of the three bedrooms also have lofts. Some appliances and the heating-cooling system have been updated.

A canoe left behind by Fogerty was hoisted into the open rafters in the living room to be on display. Lore also comes with the house. One short-term renter mistakenly thought Fogerty wrote “Looking Out My Back Door” while at the scenic property, but the hit song was released in 1970.

An attached one-car garage is used as a gaming room, and a 1,500-foot-long grass runway allowed Fogerty’s pilot and later the Burnses to land a small plane.

The Burns brothers, retired commercial fishermen who live in Washington state, own other ranch properties and founded Alaska-based Blue North Fisheries, one of largest Pacific cod harvesters in the country.

Howard of the LandLeader real estate network told The Oregonian that Fogerty Ranch is an investment that will interest a wide range of buyers. In addition to having a famous first owner of a well-built home, the land has income opportunities and 1.5 miles along the Grande Ronde River.

“The ideal buyer is an outdoorsman wanting to utilize both the property and surrounding area for the fishing, hunting, hiking, rafting and other outdoor activities while enjoying the remoteness this getaway offers,” Howard said.

The property is in Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife’s Sled Springs Hunting Unit and qualifies for landowner preference hunting tags, said Howard, who added, “all prospective buyers must be prequalified prior to entry.”

In October 2023, Fogerty paid actor Sylvester Stallone just over $17 million for a guard-gated 2.2-acre ranch in California’s San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, according to the Robb Report. Fogerty then tried to sell the Hidden Hills equestrian estate six months later for $21.5 million. That listing was removed in October 2024, according to public records.