11/6/2009
John Fogerty says that he's on pins-and-needles about tomorrow night's (November 7th) performance on PBS' Live By Request. Fogerty will be interacting with fans who'll be requesting songs and asking questions via Facebook, Twitter, and other social outlets. Fogerty admitted to Billboard, "It's pretty nerve-wracking, especially in this modern world. Way back in the old days, when the red light was on everything was live, and you really had to have it all together... That's what this show is going to be like. And then you add the thing that you're gonna be surprised by a request and I've got to turn around to the band and say, 'OK, here we go...'"
Still, Fogerty is ready to rise to the occasion and play some good old fashioned rock and roll for the masses: "It's gonna be fun, though. I did it one time before, and I remember getting very keyed up for it. Certainly that's what's going to happen this time. And once it's over there's something very satisfying about interacting with the fans."
Fogerty says that out of respect for both Creedence Clearwater Revival fans and the songs themselves, he tries to keep the song's live arrangements note-for-note as they were played on the record: "I just feel that because of the fact that touring, and even my career, has been so interrupted for long gaps of time, I think it's up to me to kind of reinforce the reverence that I have for those earlier songs -- and also, I think the way the audience treats them. So that's a way of explaining why when I do 'Bad Moon Rising,' it still sounds like 'Bad Moon Rising.'"
John Fogerty: Live By Request airs at 9 p.m. EST on PBS. Fogerty will perform on NBC's The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien on Tuesday (November 10th)
John Fogerty tour dates (subject to change):
November 12 - Hollywood, CA - Kodak Theatre
November 14 - Primm, NV - Star Of The Desert Arena
November 16 - Denver, CO - Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre
November 18 - Minneapolis, MN - The State Theatre
November 19 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theatre
November 21 - Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre
November 22 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
November 24 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
November 25 - Newark, NJ - New Jersey Performing Arts Center
November 27 - Mashantucket, CT - MGM Grand At Foxwoods
November 28 - Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre
November 29 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
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