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"Review: John Fogerty in Chicago" (Chicago Tribune) | John Fogerty | News

Review: John Fogerty in Chicago By Bob Gendron Special to the Tribune November 23, 2009 John Fogerty was in a country state of mind Saturday at a near-capacity Auditorium Theatre. Touring in support of a rootsy covers record, the former Creedence Clearwater Revival leader paid tribute to early legends such as Rick Nelson and flavored his own material with Ozark accents. Moving from swamp rock...

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"Reacting to the music's roll and tumble, Dylan and Sexton squatted and swayed, as if ducking out of the way of the sharp notes, snapping chords and fierce sentiments."

"Vicious currents blew through a majority of the material. Violence cast a pall over 'Ain't Talkin',' while a re-imagined 'Just Like a Woman' threw sarcastic daggers. Better still, the scampering 'Highway 61 Revisited' and scathing 'Ballad of a Thin Man' evoked sinister desires." That was excellently written, by Bob Gendron, for the Chicago Tribune. We were at that concert last night,...

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