2008 Woodie Awards
Music Review
Creedence Clearwater Revisited at the Wildhorse
Rachael Herron
Issue date: 10/3/07 Section: Features
Creedence Clearwater Revisited put on an excellent performance at the Wildhorse Sept. 29, but something was missing. Personally, at this concert, I was expecting John Fogerty. John Fogerty was the heart and soul of the CCR. Not only did he bring lead guitar and vocals to a show and album, but he was the prominent songwriter of the band. He pretty much kept the band afloat. It was only until I looked at my ticket that I realized that CCR stands for Creedence Clearwater Revisited. That means no Fogerty.
The band all around put on a great performance, and the crowd reaced to John Tristao's energy. The problem is that this performance can be found on Broadway at bars like The Stage, and Tootsies. Clifford and Cook have been inducted, as CCR, into the rock and roll hall of fame, so the quality of talent and performance was there. No doubt everyone had a good time, even if the band sounded similar to a ordinary cover band.
A band that started out as the "Blue Velvets" in the late 1950s, John Fogerty, Doug Clifford, and Stu Cook have come a long way to what is now CCR. Fogerty's brother Tom joined the "Blue Velvets," and the band Creedence Clearwater Revival, or CCR, was born in 1967. The name Creedence came from Tom's friend Credence Numball, Clearwater came from the band's concern for ecology and Revival was for the four members' recommitment to the band. This was after John and Doug where drafted into the military.
CCR is known for their "Swamp Blues Genre" which derived out of southern Louisiana. CCR brought us songs like "Proud Mary," "Down on the Corner," "Travelin' Band," "Have You Ever Seen the Rain," and "Fortunate Son." The song "Susie Q" was the first to reach the top 40 charts placing at 11 in 1968. This song was one of the only successful songs CCR put out that was not written by Fogerty.
Due to Fogerty's dictatorship over the band members, CCR parted ways and Fogerty began a successful solo career. Tom Fogerty's death in 1990 ended all hopes for a full, original band, reunion.
We knew them as Creedence Clearwater Revival, but with the absence of John and Tom Fogerty original members Stu Cook (bassist) and Doug Clifford (drummer) now go by Creedence Clearwater Revisited. Of course they could not be complete without Tal Morris's guitar rifts and the diversity Steve Gunner brings to the table with the keyboards, acoustic guitar, harmonica, percussion and vocals.
The question is, who replaced the heart and and soul of the band, John Fogerty? His name is John Tristao. The band jokingly describes him as the man with big feet, big hands, big shoes and that means a … big voice. Yes Tristao does have a great voice that is shockingly similar to Fogerty's.
The band all around put on a great performance, and the crowd reaced to John Tristao's energy. The problem is that this performance can be found on Broadway at bars like The Stage, and Tootsies. Clifford and Cook have been inducted, as CCR, into the rock and roll hall of fame, so the quality of talent and performance was there. No doubt everyone had a good time, even if the band sounded similar to a ordinary cover band.
A band that started out as the "Blue Velvets" in the late 1950s, John Fogerty, Doug Clifford, and Stu Cook have come a long way to what is now CCR. Fogerty's brother Tom joined the "Blue Velvets," and the band Creedence Clearwater Revival, or CCR, was born in 1967. The name Creedence came from Tom's friend Credence Numball, Clearwater came from the band's concern for ecology and Revival was for the four members' recommitment to the band. This was after John and Doug where drafted into the military.
CCR is known for their "Swamp Blues Genre" which derived out of southern Louisiana. CCR brought us songs like "Proud Mary," "Down on the Corner," "Travelin' Band," "Have You Ever Seen the Rain," and "Fortunate Son." The song "Susie Q" was the first to reach the top 40 charts placing at 11 in 1968. This song was one of the only successful songs CCR put out that was not written by Fogerty.
Due to Fogerty's dictatorship over the band members, CCR parted ways and Fogerty began a successful solo career. Tom Fogerty's death in 1990 ended all hopes for a full, original band, reunion.
We knew them as Creedence Clearwater Revival, but with the absence of John and Tom Fogerty original members Stu Cook (bassist) and Doug Clifford (drummer) now go by Creedence Clearwater Revisited. Of course they could not be complete without Tal Morris's guitar rifts and the diversity Steve Gunner brings to the table with the keyboards, acoustic guitar, harmonica, percussion and vocals.
The question is, who replaced the heart and and soul of the band, John Fogerty? His name is John Tristao. The band jokingly describes him as the man with big feet, big hands, big shoes and that means a … big voice. Yes Tristao does have a great voice that is shockingly similar to Fogerty's.
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