Creedence Clearwater Revival's entire performance at Woodstock finally released 50 years after the band played at the legendary music festival.
Live at Woodstock includes all 11 songs from CCR's set on Aug. 16, 1969. In addition to band classics like "Green River" and "Proud Mary," the album includes covers of Wilson Pickett's "Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won’t Do)" and Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You."
Creedence were scheduled to perform on Saturday night of the festival, following the Grateful Dead's set. But Woodstock almost immediately lost any hope of following a schedule, so they were pushed back. The Dead's longer-than-expected show sent CCR's appearance back even further, and they didn't end up onstage until after midnight.
They refused to allow their set to appear in the hit 1970 movie or the No. 1 soundtrack. Three songs eventually appeared on 2009's Woodstock 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm box set: "Green River," "Bad Moon Rising" and "I Put a Spell on You." The upcoming album marks the first time their historic show has been released in full.
Creedence Clearwater Revival had just released the second of the three albums they put out in 1969. Their second LP, Bayou Country, was released in January. Green River came out just a few weeks before their Woodstock performance. Willy and the Poor Boys followed in November.
by Michael Gallucci, June 11, 2019
1. Born On The Bayou - 5:34
2. Green River - 3:16
3. Ninety Nine And A Half (Won’t Do) (Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett) - 4:46
4. Bootleg - 3:38
5. Commotion - 2:48
6. Bad Moon Rising - 2:13
7. Proud Mary - 3:52
8. I Put A Spell On You (Jay Hawkins And Herb Slotkin) - 4:28
9. The Night Time Is The Right Time (Lew Herman) - 3:30
10.Keep On Chooglin’ - 10:29
11.Suzie Q (Eleanor Broadwater, Robert Chaisson, Dale Hawkins, And Stan Lewis) - 10:52
All songs by John Fogerty except where stated
Creedence Clearwater Revival
*John Fogerty – Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Piano
*Doug Clifford – Drums
*Tom Fogerty – Guitar, Vocals
*Stu Cook – Bass Guitar
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Amazing! Sometimes rock musicians take "wrong" decisions concerning their "career". While not a fatal turn down like The Beach Boys' cancellation to appear at The 1967 Monterey Pop Festival (which turned out to be a real career killer), with refusing a participation in both movie and soundtrack, CCR turned down the chance of being valued (and traded) as "Woodstock veterans",- all the more strange because their performance seemingly was quite good.
ReplyDeleteBut, reflecting the entire festival stripped down to what musically really happened (the unedited truth, one might say), sentimental whitewashing and nostalgic saga took over in most cases. I have struggled my way throught more than 30 hours of "Woodstock - Back to the Garden" - Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive (38 CDs) with at least one fourth being "speeches" and announcements" like "Billie Jean, please meet Michael on left stage entrance - he's not the father of your son" or something. In the end, I was more than relieved to simply put my MFSLs of Woodstock 1 & 2 in my player which allows to select a playlist of about 20 valid tracks (and not one CCR track in it!) that - in my esteem - pretty much sum up what was going on on Yasgur's farm.
Taken for itself, CCR at Woodstock is a decent concert performance of the band, and - crucial for the sound of the band - it has Tom Fogerty on board.
Thanks, Marios!
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