Or better, tongiht here at the Zenith, this is John Fogerty live within his 3 dates - Germany tour. The venue is just about half full. And the audiance is a mixture of a very lively 60s generation and some youngsters. Whereby the Oldies are dominating tonight. I must say, I do not see this very often, that the first row contains mainly the elderly, who are waiting with exitement to see their idol live on stage again. 
But the old man let's 'em wait. Showtime was set for 8 p.m. without support act. But it takes another 30 minutes, 'till the lights go down. Not before a speaker's voice tells the audiance not to take any pics or do recordings, 'cause it's against the law. And we should beware buying illegal merchandise from any guys outside the venue etc. etc. Yes of course, we know that anyway. But be honest, when I look at the official merchandise stall in here and discover the tourposter with an autograph of the Mr. Fogerty beeing priced 90 Euros, and no T-Shirt under 40,-- then I can understand most people not even getting close to the merch. Then we rather try to rip down the posters from the wall aftershow, although there ain't no signing on it. - But at least it's not illegal. - However, it's just too much charge in fan articles here. 

Okidok, back to the Action, starting at 8.30 p.m. not much spectacular. Oh, by the way, we photographers got some special rules again. Instead of the usual lnght of 3 songs, we are only aloud to shoot 2 songs, and only from the far left or far right. Our superstar up there doesn't like photographers jumping around in front of him. And if you know how short the tracks of him and CCR are, then you can easily imagine, that our session doesn't last longer than just about 5 minutes. 
Anyway, a John Fogerty concert is a very big nostalgic Dejavu' Revival including all the classic CCR tunes, which have written Music History. (see setlist).

You've gotta give John one thing. He seems pretty fit and is looking good for his age, and he is still singing great. His voice has always been the brand of CCR. That the usual awful soundproblems occure within this venue, you can't blame him for. The only thing bothering me personally are the rather long breaks between the songs, sometimes up to 2 minutes. It always pulls the average mood down again. And not even his brilliant band, including guitarrist Billy Burnette, can make this good. 

But that's about the only point of criticism, wich I've got to mention. Apart from that, the southernrock atmosphere is dominating with classics like 'Bad Moon Rising', or 'Have You Ever Seen The Rain', which Fogerty is dedicating to his six year old daughter, who just hast discovered her love for rainbows. 
'Midnight Special' another highlight and also one of my personal favorietes. In fact it always reminds me of the movie sequel from 'Twilight Zone', the film from 1983 with Dan Akroyd. Unfortunately my second CCR fave‚I Put A Spell On You’  is missing. No surprise, at that one ain't written by Fogerty, but by Screamin' Jay Hawkins. But I find the CCR version of this song, the best one, ever beeing done. However, I'll survive it, there are enough other classic tunes to fill a 2 hours show, ending with 'Proud Mary'.
Yep, it has been very nice indeed with a lot of Blues Rock'n'Roll feeling with a Country touch and a hell of nostalgic moments. One thing is for sure, Creedance Clearwater Revival ain't dead at all.... And who is CCR? - Yes well, I presume, John Fogerty has just started his third spring time.....
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