Hey everybody:

Yall know the score. It is late, early morning flight, not enough sleep....ha! But time enough to say a few words about John's performance tonight in Phoenix at the fair. I have never been to this event, but it is huge. The venue where John played was sold out according to a lady I spoke with after the show. And thank you to the folks that attended - it was as a John Fogerty show should be - those that stood which was the majority did and had a blast and those that chose not to do so enjoyed themselves all the same.

I noticed that this crowd was again a vast spread of ages - from teenagers to seniors. And they all were enjoying themselves. And how could you not!!!! John was in his zone tonight (not surprisingly) and conjured up another youthful, energetic, rockin' good time. I must say the highlight just from a surprise standpoint with songs for me turned out to be Penthouse Pauper. I had only heard this song one other time years ago live and had no clue he would do it tonight. And it was a rockin' bluesy version that was super!!! Wow.....really surprised and really happy he did this. I did not get to hear the Bayou Country album on the Canadian tour so missed this song, so super sweet to hear this tonight.

Show started on time at 7:00 pm. Lights went out and Almost Saturday Night played. When this song finished, the band took the stage first and then John came on and went into Hey Tonight. Dana and his wife Sue was at tonight's show and Dana commented after the show ended something I had also noticed during the concert. John had some facial expressions that I remember seeing him with back during the Creedence years. It was funny when Dana mentioned this because I was thinkin' the same thing. Anyway, was really youthful lookin' and fun to see. I can tell you the audience was into the show from start to finish and why not. John is such an entertainer and his performance tonight truly gave everyone more than what they expected. Many comments about John's guitar playing and how awesome he was and just plain fun with the set list of songs everyone enjoyed. John's vocals were strong probably most evidenced when he did Long As I Can See the Light.

So, following the opening of Hey Tonight, then Green River the rest of the set list was:

Who'll Stop the Rain
Looking Out My Back Door
Hot Rod Heart
Ramble Tamble
Born on the Bayou
Penthouse Pauper
Midnight Special
Grapevine
Long As I Can See the Light
Gunslinger
Keep on Chooglin
Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Pretty Woman
Centerfield
Down on the Corner
Bad Moon Rising
Fortunate Song

ENCORE SONG
Proud Mary

We all know John does at least two encore songs. Dana and I agreed that there had to be some sort of time constraint with the one song tonight. The show was scheduled to end at 8:30 and it was a little past that when Fortunate Son was finished. Plus, I noticed that Kenny did not waste any time with the intro's from one song going in to the next. Definite some sort of schedule that had to be adhered to. John did not do a lot of talking tonight and I think this was a factor in his moving along with the show. John did do some finger pointing into the audience with some of those that were yelling to him and dancing. His smile is so much fun to see when he is communicating with his audience. Again, there was a lot of dancing and singing along tonight even with security dancing to some of the songs. I commended one of the security guys after the show and we high fived each other as a cool way of showing how much we enjoyed the concert.

The place was packed and Dana commented that it reminded him of the Oakland Coliseum show. When I looked around, I could not disagree. Great crowd tonight and the place was full.


Well, that's all for now. Thanks to the Phoenix folks for a super time and for enjoying a John Fogerty concert the way it should be. And of course, mega thanks to John and band for giving another unforgettable show. Allen you missed it!!!

Darlene aka Born on the Bayou