He also picked out an accompanying story about his wife tracked it down for him just last year after a 30-some-year separation.
He literally hit the stage running and launched into two high-revving CCR classics, “Traveling Band” and “Hey Tonight.”Īs oldies sets go, his packed plenty of oomph, thanks in part to his still-vibrant frog-man voice and an impressive band featuring ace drummer Kenny Aronoff, son Shane Fogerty on guitar and a hard-chooglin’ horn section.Doubling down on the nostalgia bet early in the set, Fogerty pulled out the 1968 Rickenbacker guitar he played at the original Woodstock. There are still kinks to be worked out - especially the inexcusably long security lines - but once the show got going, the venue hit the mark with acoustics and sight-lines.Īlternating the headlining slot from night to night, the 73-year-old Fogerty went on first Friday.
(Tickets were a reasonable $30 to $62.)įriday’s concert, with an attendance of 12,500, was the first at Treasure Island’s new amphitheater. The two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame hitmakers hit the Red Wing casino on a joint summer tour that amounts to 30 classic-rock radio staples per night and one of the best Father’s Day gifts ever. So the hot and extra-humid Minnesota weather that greeted ZZ Top and John Fogerty outside Treasure Island Casino on Friday night seemed fitting, even if it felt brutal. They hail from the swampy, gritty roughneck sprawl of Houston, and he channels the thick bayou sounds of Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta.