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Post by Roland of Gilead on May 10, 2008 12:44:11 GMT -5
I saw John last night at the Nuggett. He played non-stop for 2 hours and really outdid himself. At his age, it's hard to believe he has so much engergy, and that his voice is still capable of belting out the tunes possibly better than he did 40 years ago. If you go to the tour page at his site at www.johnfogerty.com/tour.html you'll see that he posts his set list from each show. What's interesting is that unlike most rock stars, he doesn't play the exact songs in the exact same order every night, and the amount of songs and the time he plays can vary, probably based on how he's feeling and the enthusiasm he gets back from the audience. He hasn't posted the set list yet from last night, but I believe it will be longer than any of the others from his current tour. He just completed an Australian tour, but didn't visit our friend in Adelaide! I guess the closest he would have come to David was in Melbourne. He's working a lot of traditional cajun zydeco songs into his act, and did rousing renditions of "Them Old Cottonfields Back Home," and "Toot Toot," which, I believe, was written by Doug Kershaw. I saw him sing that song on a Showtime special in 1987, but up until now, I don't think he's ever done it in concert.
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Post by Roland of Gilead on May 12, 2008 13:00:29 GMT -5
OK...here's the set list from the other night, which was 24 songs. I noticed that his set lists from other shows he did on the tour can range from 17 to 25 songs, so he did us good! ________________________ Born On The Bayou Bad Moon Rising Green River Longshot Who'll Stop The Rain Lookin' Out My Backdoor Cotton Fields My Toot Toot Ramble Tamble Midnight Special I Heard It Through The Grapevine Don't You Wish It Was True Bootleg Broken Down Cowboy Keep On Chooglin' Have You Ever Seen Blue Ridge Mountain Blues Down On The Corner Centerfield Good Golly Miss Molly Old Man Down The Road Fortunate Son Up Around The Bend Proud Mary
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Post by Shadout Mapes on May 13, 2008 9:57:27 GMT -5
I'm sure all them good natured Aussie shelahs & blokes down-under would have loved hearing him mate! I'd say! >< Tomasina ChicaWolverina!
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Post by davidlee on May 13, 2008 11:04:57 GMT -5
Interesting that he would pick Proud Mary as the final song. Did he play an encore? My vote would have been make PM first and Born on the Bayou last! Hehe
Forgot how many great songs Creedence had back in the day!!!
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Post by sonofwolfe on May 13, 2008 11:39:43 GMT -5
I was so lost when those guys were at their peak. Trying to keep out of Viet Nam. I remember the first lotto so well. I hit a number just above the quota for the year. My room mate came in just below the quota. they grabbed him last day of the year. He was not living home at the time when his induction letter came. He quit his job and told his mother not to open the letter. He moved to hawaii for a year. When he came home, they were looking for him. An MP visited his home and told him to be on the bus at 6am the next day or he would be returning with shackles. he ended up in Germany for his tour. This was 1971.
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Post by Roland of Gilead on May 13, 2008 12:23:57 GMT -5
One of my favorite songs of his is from "Blue Moon Swamp," about 8 years ago, called "Blue Boy." He never does that in concert anymore...too bad. If you go to his site and look up his set list, he almost always leads off with "Born on the Bayou," to get the audience going. As the band sets up and he walks on stage, the auditorium is filled with "swamp sounds," that is, crickets and bullfrogs all around you, then you hear the opening refrain.
The last two songs are encore sounds, and he's been finishing with "Proud Mary," for for at least the past 10 years. There's an interesting story why.
When Creedence broke up, John was involved in lawsuits with his old label, "Fantasy," as well as former bandmates, including his brother who ended up dying. When he came out with "Centerfield," and began touring again in 1985, he called it "the triumph of good over evil." But for many years he refused to perform any songs from the "Creedence" years. To add insult to injury, his former bandmates have also reformed, and play under the name "Creedence Clearwater Revisited," even though the sound and songs are clearly John's.
In the late 80's, he said he had a long heart-to-heart talk with Bob Dylan, and Dylan told him if he didn't start mixing in his old songs that by rights belong to him, everyone would believe that "Proud Mary" was a song written by Tina Turner. So, he started mixing in 50% new stuff and 50% old stuff, and has always since ended his shows with "Proud Mary."
His latest CD is actually released on Fantasy Records, so that long-standing dispute is ended. And, in his latest "hit," which is "Don't You Wish it Was True," there's a line that goes, "Ain't nothin' wrong with singing an old Creedence song."
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Post by davidlee on May 14, 2008 10:07:56 GMT -5
That's a great story Rick!!! There are always layers to all of us but we rarely get past the surface. I too remember when he made his great comeback with "Center field". I remember thinking whatever....no big deal. But I kept listening and the songs just kept growing on me. Funny how that happens.
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Post by Roland of Gilead on May 14, 2008 12:17:38 GMT -5
I guess I was wrong when I said that reference to Creedence was in "Don't You Wish it Was True." It's actually in another song off the new CD, called "Creedence Song," and it's a story he wrote for his kids about how he met their mom. It's a pretty nice story: __________________ Daddy had a band Played him a little guitar Traveled in a van Livin' that rock and roll Night after night People comin' up to the bandstand Say you can't go wrong If you play a little bit of that Creedence song
It was late one night Cruisin' on down the interstate Stopped into a diner To get him some chili and fries Heard the waitress tell a guy Standin' over by the jukebox Hey you can't go wrong If you play a little bit of that Creedence song
Well daddy took a shine To the lil' girl behind the counter She movin' her hips to the swamp beat Right on time Said could he play her somethin' Over there on the jukebox She said you can't wrong If you play a little bit of that Creedence song
Daddy had a plan He asked that girl to marry With a brand new wife They're livin' on rock and roll Night after night She whispers oh so sweetly Hey you can't go wrong If you play a little bit of that Creedence song
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