{"id":17270,"date":"2019-11-03T05:30:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T10:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=17270"},"modified":"2019-09-26T08:11:53","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T12:11:53","slug":"album-review-creedence-clearwater-revival-live-at-woodstock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/03\/album-review-creedence-clearwater-revival-live-at-woodstock\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Creedence Clearwater Revival — Live at Woodstock"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Nobody’s quite sure who coined the adage, \u201chistory is written by the victors.\u201d But the inescapable fact remains that nearly every version of history is the product of a subjective point of view. What is left out \u2013 and why \u2013 is often as important to what’s included. Moviegoers who saw Michael Wadleigh’s 1970 documentary film Woodstock<\/i> witnessed breakout performances from Santana, The Who, Jimi Hendrix and many others; those indelible sights and sounds quickly became woven into popular culture.<\/p>\n

But more than a dozen acts who appeared at the landmark 1969 festival didn’t make it into the film, nor for that matter into the 3LP soundtrack or a second volume, Woodstock Two<\/i>. On some level it’s understandable that performances by Quill, Bert Sommer and Sweetwater weren’t memorialized. But it’s far more problematic that several high-profile acts \u2013 Johnny and Edgar Winter; Blood, Sweat & Tears, the Grateful Dead and The Band to name a few \u2013 were omitted from what has become for most the official history.<\/p>\n

At that point in the band’s history, Creedence Clearwater Revival had just released its third album, Green River<\/i>. The Oakland quartet had already scored a pair of Top 40 hits (\u201cSuzie Q\u201d and \u201cProud Mary\u201d), and eight more were to come within the next 24 months. Creedence was at the top of its game, with a rootsy sound that would go on to exert incalculable influence on rock music. CCR was scheduled as Saturday night’s headliner.<\/p>\n

But you won’t see them in the film.<\/p>\n

Why? The story goes that leader John Fogerty had issues regarding the band’s payment, and \u2013 according to bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug \u201cCosmo\u201d Clifford \u2013 Fogerty felt that his rhythm section hadn’t played well that night.<\/p>\n

A middling audio quality bootleg of Creedence’s Woodstock set has circulated among collectors for many years; it provides scant evidence to back up that argument. And now \u2013 a half-century after the festival \u2013 fans have their opportunity to make that determination for themselves. Live at Woodstock<\/i> presents the group’s complete performance in superb audio quality.<\/p>\n

The band is in typically fine and fiery form, delivering the songs with spirit, power and authenticity. Creedence was rarely about jamming; even the longer tunes had structure and purpose. Onstage, the band’s arrangements varied remarkably little from their studio counterparts. And seven of the songs in the group’s Woodstock set would be performed at a hometown gig a few months later. So listeners who’ve purchased The Concert<\/i> won’t find much new here.<\/p>\n

But if for no other reason than to help reinstate CCR’s place in popular culture \u2013 they were<\/i> at Woodstock, after all \u2013 the existence of Live at Woodstock<\/i> is welcome indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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