On October 31st, 2006, Fantasy Records will release the audio companion piece to John Fogerty’s 2006 DVD ‘The Long Road Home – In Concert.’ This rousing performance dramatically displays Fogerty’s boundless energy and unmatched skill as a writer/singer/guitarist.
He tears through 26 classic songs spanning the rock icon’s remarkable career, from his Creedence Clearwater Revival smashes, “Bad Moon Rising,” “Proud Mary,” “Down on the Corner” and “Who’ll Stop the Rain” to Fogerty’s signature solo gems like “Centerfield,” “Rockin’ All Over the World,” and “Déjà vu All Over Again.”
Fogerty's first live album since 1998’s Premonition and his first-ever live recording for Fantasy Records, The Long Road Home – In Concert represents another essential piece of the artist’s rich catalog for a fan base that now spans several generations.
The new double album also bookends 2005’s career-spanning hits collection, The Long Road Home, which marked Fogerty’s return to Fantasy after a 32-year separation. That milestone album achieved his highest chart debut (#13) since Centerfield in 1985, while both the album and the live DVD have been certified gold by the RIAA.
Fogerty and Fantasy go back a ways, to say the least: the youngster worked there as a shipping clerk in ’65 and ’66 prior to forming Creedence and taking the then-tiny East Bay indie label to the top of the charts. The historic reunion occurred in 2005 after Fantasy was acquired by Concord Records, whose new owners welcomed the long-disenfranchised artist back into the fold, thus reuniting Fogerty with his treasured catalog of Creedence master recordings “The fact that I’m treated with respect and the music is treated with respect is a great new feeling, it really is,” Fogerty said recently.
The performance, documented on ‘The Long Road Home – In Concert,’ brings one of the most distinctive bodies of work in the annals of rock & roll into the present tense - as Fogerty and band seamlessly juxtapose 18 of his Creedence standards—including all nine of the band’s Top 10 hits as well as indelible album cuts like “Keep On Chooglin’” and “Bootleg”—with eight equally memorable solo songs. What’s striking about these 26 numbers, from the plainspoken eloquence of their lyrics to the resonance of their guitar riffs, is that they’re immediately identifiable as John Fogerty songs.
‘The Long Road Home – In Concert’ was recorded by live specialist Guy Charbonneau (Paul McCartney, the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, U2) and mixed by the renowned Jim Scott (Tom Petty, Wilco, Lucinda Williams). Together, they vividly captured the thrillingly visceral performance from a long-vital artist whose storied intensity is undiminished, and whose spirits have never been higher.
‘The Long Road Home – in Concert’ is now available for pre-order at Amazon . Visit the music database for more information and a complete track listing. ‘The Long Road Home – in Concert’ DVD is now available at Amazon . Visit the DVD database for more information and a link to M&C’s review of the DVD.
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