Creedence Clearwater Revisited sticks with the tried and true
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Creedence Clearwater Revisited uses a simple method when creating its set list for each show.
"All Creedence, all night," bassist Stu Cook said with a laugh during an interview with LiveDaily. "That's what people come to hear. They want to hear their Creedence. We don't have a lot of liberty to switch up songs because there's a certain 10 or 15 of them that people would feel cheated if they didn't get to hear."
Cook is a former member of the John Fogerty-fronted, 1960s-bred group Creedence Clearwater Revival who, along with drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford, launched the Creedence Clearwater Revisited project in 1995 in order to once again perform live CCR hits. At the time, Fogerty was refusing to perform Creedence Clearwater Revival songs.
To keep it fresh for themselves, the members of Creedence Clearwater Revisited--which also include singer/rhythm guitarist John Tristao, lead guitarist Tal Morris and multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Steve Gunner--do mix it up a bit.
"We switch them up every now and then," Cook said. "We don't go with exactly the same show. We don't vary it a whole lot. But honestly, sometimes it feels right to put in something we haven't played in a long time."
Some of the hits fans can expect to hear during a Creedence Clearwater Revisited show include "Bad Moon Rising," "Up Around the Bend" and "Proud Mary." Cook explained that CCR tracks, sometimes up to 40 years old, stand the test of time.
"The recordings are timeless that's for sure," Cook said. "No-frill efforts. That keeps them from being dated. It helps, frankly, other bands learn to play them. They're not difficult songs from a musical point of view. All of those little things added up to help making them classics."
Cook said he hasn't considered writing new material because that would defy the purpose of the project.
"It's pretty hard to top the material we're already playing," Cook said. "There would be no time to play (new material) because we'd have to drop a song that people knew and recognized and wanted to hear."
June 2009
11 - Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan - Kewadin Casino
12 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
13 - Dubuque, IA - Port of Dubuque
16 - Verona, NY - Turning Stone Resort Casino (showroom)
17 - Gilford, NH - Meadowbrook - US Cellular Pavilion
19 - Lincoln, RI - Twin River Casino (events center)
20 - Atlantic City, NJ - Harrah's Atlantic City
22 - Vienna, VA - The Filene Center
25 - Manhattan, KS - Tuttle Creek State Park
27 - Trois-Rivieres, Quebec - Parc Portuaire Waterfront Park
30 - Del Mar, CA - Del Mar Fair (grandstand)
July 2009
1 - San Rafael, CA - Marin County Fair
3 - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Hilton Theater
4 - Las Cruces, NM - Meerschidt Recreation Center
5 - Quapaw, OK - The Venue @ Downstream Casino
16 - Brooklyn, NY - Asser Levy Park (Coney Island)
17 - Sloan, IA - Winnavegas Casino Outdoor Amphitheater
23 - Prescott Valley, AA - Tim's Toyota Center
24 - Stillwater, MN - Lowell Park
25 - London, Ontario - Harris Park (Rock the Park)
26 - Belleville, Ontario - Empire Square Live
28, 29 - Rama, Ontario - Casino Rama, Entertainment Centre
30 - St. Jean Chrysostome, Quebec - Parc Champigny
August 2009
1 - Elgin, IL - Elgin Festival Park
2 - Sturgis, SD - Buffalo Chip Campground
5 - Fort Dodge, IA - Fort Dodge Soccer Association Fields
14 - Chautauqua, NY - Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater
15 - Elizabethtown, KY - Freeman Lake Park
28 - Jacksonville, OR - Britt Pavilion
29 - Albany, OR - Oregon Amphitheater
September 2009
3 - Greeley, CO - Union Colony Civic Center
4 - Wendover, NV - Peppermill Wendover Casino (concert hall)
6 - Palmer, AK - Alaska State Fair
17 - Pomona, CA - Los Angeles County Fairgrounds
18 - Saratoga, CA - The Mountain Winery
19 - Cerritos, CA - Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
24 - Santa Ynez, CA - Chumash Casino
25 - Reno, NV - Silver Legacy Hotel Casino/Expo Pavilion
26 - Oroville, CA - Gold Country Casino
October 2009
4 - Atlanta, GA - Turner Field
9 - Richmond, British Columbia - River Rock Casino Resort
10 - Coquitlam, British Columbia - Red Robinson Theatre
15 - Montgomery, AL - Montgomery Performing Arts Center
16 - Jackson, MS - Mississippi State Fair (Budweiser Stage)
