15 July 2024

Country-rock-blues band CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL, fronted by
living legend JOHN FOGERTY, were one of the most famous bands on the
planet from 1967 to 1972. They had multiple hit singles and released 7 LPs
before the band broke up following several rows between the members.

(Photo taken from the big screen next to the stage)

Fogerty went solo and recorded/released 10 albums (so far). At 79, he’s still touring.
Last Saturday he played at Rock Zottegem Festival – Belgium (20 minutes from
where I live).

It was a celebration of the glorious past of CCR, a retro jukebox revival with an
audience of 25.000, young and old, 3 generations, singing along for 90 minutes
to timeless classics such as Bad Moon Rising, Up Around The Bend, Green River,
Travellin’ Band and of course Proud Mary.

It’s not only about the historic hits itselves, also about but the terrifically electrifying
way Fogerty and his excellent band bring them, with his fantastic Americana voice
lifting the songs to a monumental level.

 

Great artists unite people and make them feel euphorically happy. John Fogerty is one of them. After all these years he knows all the tricks to entertain people from start to finish with a salvo of country-blues-rock earworms, and he was as enthusiastic as all of us and thanking the crowd several times for still loving his songs, singing them along and for being still able at his age to rock all over the world.

Unforgettable concert! Genuine legend!

Thanks to a fan in the front you can watch/experience the full concert.
The sound is not great, but the footage it gives you an idea of Fogerty‘s
arousing performance.

1. Bad Moon Rising
2. Up Around the Bend
3. Green River
4. Born on the Bayou
5. Who’ll Stop the Rain
6. Lookin’ Out My Back Door
7. Rock and Roll Girls
8. It Came Out of the Sky
9. Hey Tonight
10. Effigy
11. Joy of My Life
12. Cotton Fields
13. Fight Fire
14. Keep On Chooglin’
15. Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
16. Down on the Corner
17. The Old Man Down the Road
18. Fortunate Son

Encores
19. Rockin’ All Over the World
20. Proud Mary

(Live photos by Turn Up The Volume)