John Fogerty Irving Plaza, New York, NY June 8, 2005
Schoeps CCM4's > Sony PCM-M1
Please excuse the digression from the WLIR Pre-FM series, but the brand spanking new must take precedence over the old, and I vowed to myself that I would get this up within 24 hours of the show.
Through the generous courtesy of Bob (who has my back), 'Ol Schoeps and I were invited to see this stellar performance. For those who don't know, Irving Plaza is another one of those small ballroom type venues in NYC, about « the size of your average high school gym. I'm guessing the capacity is somewhere near 500-700 people, and though technically "sold out", the place did not feel as crowded as other shows I have seen there. I'd say 500 people tops, which was great on a hot steamy New York City night.
Positioned myself on the sweet spot dead center of the floor, about 10 rows of bodies from the stage and an equal distance directly in front of the soundboard. Only moments before the show started as the lights went down a young taper with a mini disc got busted right in front of me as he crouched down in his place to set up his equipment. Sorry kid, hope you see this so that you can download a copy of a really great show that you missed.
As you can see from the set list, this show has it all. I can't think of one Fogerty hit that wasn't played. Having said that I'm sure some of you will take up the challenge and name a few that slip my mind. Fogerty was in a great mood and really rocked the place. His energy level was high throughout the performance, reminding me of some kind of aerobic workout. By the end of the show his shirt was completely soaked through with sweat down to the tails and his hair slicked to his scalp. Everyone left exhausted and satisfied ... didn't hear one complaint, but the general buzz was "He played it all!!!"
Hope you enjoy this recording. Please let me know what you think of it. Feel free to convert to whatever format you like (I can't stop you from making an MP3 to listen to on your IPOD's anyway), but please don't pollute the gene pool by releasing copies of this show to others in lossy formats.
-TA
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Set List:
CD1 Travelin' Band Suzie Q Green River Who'll Stop The Rain It Came Out Of The Sky Lodi Sugar-Sugar (In My Life) Lookin' Out My Backdoor Rambunctious Boy Blue Moon Nights Sweet Hitch Hiker Born On The Bayou Midnight Special Run Through The Jungle
CD2 Bootleg Deja Vu (All Over Again) - Acoustic Hey Tonight Down On The Corner I Heard It Through The Grapevine The Night Time Is The Right Time Have You Ever Seen The Rain Tombstone Shadow Centerfield Up Around The Bend Old Man Down The Road Fortunate Son Encores: Bad Moon Rising Proud Mary
John Fogerty, guitar Matt Nolen, keyboards and guitar Billy Burnette, guitar Bob Britt, guitar George Hawkins, Jr., bass John Molo, drums
John Fogerty
ReplyDeleteIrving Plaza, New York, NY
June 8, 2005
Schoeps CCM4's > Sony PCM-M1
Please excuse the digression from the WLIR Pre-FM series, but the brand spanking new must
take precedence over the old, and I vowed to myself that I would get this up within 24 hours of
the show.
Through the generous courtesy of Bob (who has my back), 'Ol Schoeps and I were invited to see
this stellar performance. For those who don't know, Irving Plaza is another one of those small
ballroom type venues in NYC, about « the size of your average high school gym. I'm guessing
the capacity is somewhere near 500-700 people, and though technically "sold out", the place did
not feel as crowded as other shows I have seen there. I'd say 500 people tops, which was great
on a hot steamy New York City night.
Positioned myself on the sweet spot dead center of the floor, about 10 rows of bodies from the
stage and an equal distance directly in front of the soundboard. Only moments before the show
started as the lights went down a young taper with a mini disc got busted right in front of me as
he crouched down in his place to set up his equipment. Sorry kid, hope you see this so that you
can download a copy of a really great show that you missed.
As you can see from the set list, this show has it all. I can't think of one Fogerty hit that wasn't
played. Having said that I'm sure some of you will take up the challenge and name a few that
slip my mind. Fogerty was in a great mood and really rocked the place. His energy level was
high throughout the performance, reminding me of some kind of aerobic workout. By the end of
the show his shirt was completely soaked through with sweat down to the tails and his hair
slicked to his scalp. Everyone left exhausted and satisfied ... didn't hear one complaint, but the
general buzz was "He played it all!!!"
Hope you enjoy this recording. Please let me know what you think of it. Feel free to convert to
whatever format you like (I can't stop you from making an MP3 to listen to on your IPOD's
anyway), but please don't pollute the gene pool by releasing copies of this show to others in lossy
formats.
-TA
------------------------------------------------X
Set List:
CD1
Travelin' Band
Suzie Q
Green River
Who'll Stop The Rain
It Came Out Of The Sky
Lodi
Sugar-Sugar (In My Life)
Lookin' Out My Backdoor
Rambunctious Boy
Blue Moon Nights
Sweet Hitch Hiker
Born On The Bayou
Midnight Special
Run Through The Jungle
CD2
Bootleg
Deja Vu (All Over Again) - Acoustic
Hey Tonight
Down On The Corner
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
The Night Time Is The Right Time
Have You Ever Seen The Rain
Tombstone Shadow
Centerfield
Up Around The Bend
Old Man Down The Road
Fortunate Son
Encores:
Bad Moon Rising
Proud Mary
John Fogerty, guitar
Matt Nolen, keyboards and guitar
Billy Burnette, guitar
Bob Britt, guitar
George Hawkins, Jr., bass
John Molo, drums