![]() ![]() Yet, the virtuosity of lead guitar, Tal Morris, was at times overbearing and too experimental given the simplicity of the band’s original arrangements. Revisited’s power is largely attributed to the unfathomable talent and unwavering rhythmic backbone of drummer Doug Clifford. It was an energetic, innovative, and entertaining recollection of all the CCR hits one could pack into an hour and 15 minutes. Nonetheless, I don’t think the band of yore could have performed any better 40 years later than these men performed on Thursday. You can’t talk about Revisited without the inevitable mention of the Fogertys, because their absence-John’s characteristic vocal growl and the power in Tom’s rhythm guitar-is so blatant. As I penned my review, I couldn’t help but hear the groans of the CCR fans around me as they read my first thoughts: I missed the Fogerty brothers. Being raised by a Creedence Clearwater Revival fan has given me the privilege of knowing details of their tumultuous breakup-and the consequent “revisiting” of members Stu Cook and Doug “Cosmo” Clifford-told with more devotion than I am willing to recount out of respect for my father’s reputed sanity. The track was “Born on the Bayou,” which happened to be the opener of Thursday’s concert at the Chumash Casino. “My father used to tell me to turn this track up whenever I played it,” my father reminisced three days before I (unknowingly) was to review Creedence Clearwater Revisited. ![]()
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