Show day for the Fogerty's

Tuesday, we headed to the bus to find the 24' banner hanging all off the bus and fluttering in disarray.  We got it put back together, but it made us about 10 minutes late to meet the band.  We were right on time to meet John and Julie as we had a bicycle officer escorting us through the Wynn property to their villa.  Our uber driver this morning warned us of 50 mph winds coming later in the day.

Our first stop was at ABC studios, where they interviewed John and he played a couple of songs on the bus, Bad Moon Rising and Proud Mary.  Julie had my iPhone so she could adjust the volume of the Credence Clearwater music we had playing.  Right as they were getting ready to go live, and people are counting down 5-4-3-2-1 to the live moment, the music switches from CCR to some of the most hard-core Burning Man rave shit you've ever heard and people are yelling for me to fix it!  I don't think that was my music, but however it happened, I got it stopped and they made their live video in time.

After ABC, we went to CBS and did more of the same there.  There's no way we could get tired of hearing John Fogerty playing his songs on our bus.  At one point, I asked John if there really was a Willie and the Poor Boys.  As any Credence fan would know, Willie and the Poor Boys are referenced in the song, Down on the Corner.  His face lit up and he said he wrote it around the time of the birth of their oldest daughter.  They were reading a lot of Winnie the Pooh and he originally wrote "Winnie and the Pooh boys" but ended up changing it to Willie and the Poor Boys.

Tomorrow, our great friends, Bill and Mary Lynn Coffee come to town from LA to hang for the evening with us and see the show.  We can't wait to see them and spend some great time together.   So, on Wednesday afternoon, Bill and Mary Lynn flew in to see us and the show.  What a special treat that was to spend time with them.  The Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion continues to open up the road for our karma to do it's best.

At 1:45, we met about 8 people and filed into the theatre to watch John and the band do their soundcheck.  That was really cool, as you could feel their anguish or satisfaction as things unfolded.  We got to hear him play Everyday People, Shane's rendition of Hendrix's Star Spangled Banner and Tyler's slant on My Generation.  They also did Suzy Q and Run Through the Jungle among a few others.  After that, his guitar tech, Dave brought out all ten of his guitars to give us some background on them.  One is shaped like a baseball bat and "only plays one song"...Centerfield.  His Acme guitar that he played at Woodstock is part of the set as well as '58 Les Paul, a Gibson 175, a Custom Les Paul with a blue plaid design to mimic his signature blue plaid shirt in his shows.   The baseball bat guitar ended up being destroyed in a flood of one of their storage places.  This led John to have three of them made so he never goes without it again.



The show was awesome!  John played so many hits, Suzy Q, Bad Moon Rising, Proud Mary, Down on the Corner, Run Through the Jungle, Green River, Born on the Bayou, Who'll Stop the Rain, Hey Tonight, Have You Ever Seen the Rain, and Centerfield...among other great songs.  It was great to see John playing with his (mostly) young band, who all shined in their own ways.  Both of John's sons, Shane and Tyler, performed very well.  Shane did a very cool electric guitar Hendrix-version of the Star Spangled Banner and Tyler sang The Who's My Generation.  Bob, the keyboard player was an amazing keys player!  Nathan Collins on saxophone kicked some serious ass as well did the rest of the band.

Here are a few photos and clips of the gig...







Here is some video from the last couple of days...

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This was a great week, and we were thrilled to spend some of it with our wonderful friends, Bill and Mary Lynn.  We also much enjoyed hanging with the Fogerty's and their friends and bandmates.

Cheers,

David