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It's
been almost exactly 2 years now, that the former leader of Creedance
Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty had been in Munich at the Zenith venue.
And remembering this event leaves some mixed feelings as it was rather
short with an obviously very moody artist. And that's why some of us,
who had been at this concert are somehow suspicious tonight. No
supportact again, but Mr. Fogerty doesn't need any, does he? I mean,
this man, already 65 years of age, has somehow jumped back acrosse an
age gap. He's sparkling of great mood and energy. He is surrounded
by a very young band, who is underlining this fresh vibe. And of course
Fogerty himself, who presents himself as the focus of the magic here.
Yes of course, he as a musician has reached everything what can be
reached: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame mit CCR, then the Grammy for Blue Moon
Swamp, the Orville Gibson Lifetime-Award, furthers a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame
and the intoduction into the songwriter's hall of. So John Fogerty has
definately written Rock'n'Roll History and not too bad at all.
Tonight we get a big part of this backcatalog offered.
The
audiance, mainly an elderly generation, who have experienced the big
time of CCR with Proud Mary’, ‚Bad Moon Rising’ etc.
are having a nostalgic time here and sing along to all these well known
tunes. And those are aprox. 4.000 fans of all ages. It is very hot in
here, too hot, thanks to the current summer heat, but noone is bothered,
because what John Fogerty and his band is performing up there is simply
phantastic, not only what the band is playing but also how they are
performing. Some of these tunes have got some brilliant guitar solos of
Fogerty, though he takes definately care, that his band gets some
attention as well. Inbetween he walks out on the catwalk and even shakes
hands with the audiance. And he
is telling us some good words to the lost semi final at the soccer world
championships, running across the stage with a germany flag. This is
honestly soul palm for some die hard soccer fans and the sympathy
for Fogerty increases every second. The nicest thing is, that compared
to last time at the Zenith, the band is playing more than 2 hours and no
lack of condition. The setlist reads like the who is who, or
better what is what. And I think everybody gets happy here.
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There is only
one song not beeing played, which I dearly miss personally, and this is:
'I Put A Spell On You' an old Blues number, which has been covered by
many artists. But the version of CCR is the very best in my opinion. But
as I said, that's a rather personal thing and doesn't matter here. It's
a fact, there ain't not even a little bit to criticise on this show here,
as it is just absolutely great.
And that's why I tell everybody to go out and see John Fogerty live on
this tour if you got another chance, you definately won't regret it....
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