![]() It had what they called a harmonic distortion. But the other things – I used all of them. I felt there was enough reverb in the big room I didn’t need to add more. If you pressed reverb, the amp got a little quieter, and I didn’t want that. “The reverb button, I’d just click it on and off to make sure the reverb was off, because the amp was louder when the reverb wasn’t used. It had a little remote pedal that you plugged in with a cord, and it had four buttons on it. And I’m just talking about when I used it clean… That amp had four effects built in one was reverb, which I never used. “It didn’t sound hard and cold and sterile the way so many other solid-state amps of that era sounded. ![]() It was roughly 100 watts and was solid-state, but it was probably the best-sounding solid-state amp ever made. I was playing a Kustom K200A, which was an amazing rig. And those were D130 outs, which is probably still the best rock ’n’ roll speaker ever made – and it hasn’t been made since. Tom had a Kustom with a cabinet that had one 15-inch JBL in it. ![]() What can you tell me about the gear you used for the show? Staying in one country, basically on a stage and in a hotel room for two days and then moving to the next country, really doesn’t give you much of a sense of what’s going on there.” “But, of course, you weren’t there long enough to really even get a sense of each country. So you had very little snippets of information about each country. “Half of your knowledge was in musical terms, but a lot of your knowledge was in historical terms, things you’d read about in school, or on your own, or seen in movies, that sort of thing. It was just amazing for an American to go there. We’d go from one country to another, the same way here in America, you go from Nevada to Arizona to Colorado to Chicago. “We did just a manic, lightning-speed across Europe. What was the experience like going to Europe in your twenties with CCR? It’s not as clear as what I remembered in my mind’s eye, but it’s exciting. But the sound was done very well on that one. I produced that, even though I didn’t get credit for it later when that album came out. There was another album around that time that was recorded in Oakland. But back in the day, I did not listen to the audio. “It doesn’t sound as clear as I remember it. How does the audio from the album release compare with what you remember about the show? We’d go from one country to another, the same way here in America, you go from Nevada to Arizona to Colorado to Chicago We did just a manic, lightning-speed across Europe. It’s the only concert footage of the band’s original lineup to be released in its entirety. The film focuses on the band’s earliest years in El Cerrito, California, through their rise to fame, culminating with the Albert Hall show. The concert film is directed by Bob Smeaton and narrated by the Dude himself, Jeff Bridges. The concert’s audio was mixed by the Grammy-winning team of producer Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell and mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios using half-speed technology. This past September, Craft Recordings, a sub label of Concord, released a live album of the concert, Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall, as well as a companion documentary and concert film, Travelin’ Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall. And all the energy was in a positive direction.” That was at a time when the band was still mostly positive and happy to be there. It was like a whirlwind… Getting to play the Albert Hall was certainly an honor. “By the time we got to Europe, there’d already been four or five hit singles, meaning in most cases, both sides, and also maybe three or four albums by then. “I was writing songs like a maniac,” Fogerty says. The Beatles and the Rolling Stones were among the British groups that had performed there, and when CCR performed, it was just days after the Beatles had announced their breakup. One of the shows was at the Royal Albert Hall, one of London’s most respected venues. earned the band their first European tour. The attention and success while touring the U.S. Hits including Proud Mary, Bad Moon Rising, Green River, Fortunate Son and Down on the Corner showed off the band’s raw, high-energy, no-compromise rock ’n’ roll and tight chemistry. In particular, the band’s April 14, 1970, show at the Royal Albert Hall is one of his favorite memories.Īt the time, CCR – which also included John’s brother (and rhythm guitarist) Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford – were speedily making a name for themselves, already with five Top 10 singles in their first year together. But there is a mythical quality to his first tour of Europe in 1970 with his band, Creedence Clearwater Revival. John Fogerty performed overseas many times throughout his career.
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