The only time Fogerty shows emotion is around 1:50, when there's an unwanted surge of feedback, prompting a live reverb rejiggering. But the quartet is, oddly, still surrounded by the marching troupe – human props, frozen in place and lit in silhouette, trumpets aimed skyward. But there were other, less-watched shows also booking bands - the Carson Dalys of their day - which were regarded by artists and managers as necessary stepping stones.įogerty and the band lean into the tune, doing their best to evoke the idyllic mysteries of a place where bullfrogs call and kids play on rope swings.
in 1964, became an essential stop on the promotional train to mainstream success. The best-known and most coveted platform was The Ed Sullivan Show, which, after introducing The Beatles to the U.S. By 1968, rock was well established as a cultural force even hosts antagonistic to the music were regularly showcasing it. Here are the reputation-making gigs, here are the moments when youngsters became rising stars.īut there's an alternate history, and it involves those same bands as they were presented to America on television variety shows. The official history of rock and roll in the late 1960s is usually written festival-to-festival, Fillmore lineup to Fillmore lineup. L-R: Tom Fogerty, Stu Cook, Doug Clifford, John Fogerty. The original lineup of Creedence Clearwater Revival, at London's Heathrow Airport.
