MikeTalbot wrote:Mark
I saw CCR open for Allman Brothers. I thought CCR were just a local outfit, they weren't cool looking or anything. But damn, they got the job done. I very much regret that they are in conflict with each other now, a sad ending for a great band.
To the dismay of my southern friends I just don't get the Allmans...never worked for me.
Talbot
Yeah, that was a sad turn that those guys ended up at each other's throats...esp among the Fogerty brothers.
My first concert was seeing CCR at Madison Square Garden.... They came out and played a 45 min set of their hits sounding very much like their records... Then saw them at Forrest Hills Tennis Stadium about six months later... they played the EXACT same set! Then just a cpl mos later saw them at an all day concert festival at Shea Stadium.... once again the EXACT same set!
Fast fwd a few yrs and I'm at some raceway in NJ 1973 , same yr as Watkins Glen fest w the same Iineup of The Band, Allman Bros, and The Dead..... Killer show. One of my favorite moments was the Dead's sound check. The promoters were playing all the best tunes of the day over the PA and Phil Lesh walks out on stage, plugs in and starts jamming along to "Down On The Corner" that was still being played over the PA. And oh man, was he KILLING!