Commotion: A Tribute to the Music of Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Orpheum Theatre -- May 24.
Saturday, May 24, 7:30 p.m.
Orpheum Theatre, 57 South Kellogg Street, Galesburg IL
Inviting audiences to step into a virtual time machine and journey back to the glory days of the late '60s and early '70s, the musicians of Commotion: A Tribute to the Music of Creedence Clearwater Revival bring their tour to Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre on May 24, performing from a legendary repertoire that boasts seven studio albums, five live albums, 43 compilation albums, and 29 singles, among them "Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising," and "Who'll Stop the Rain."
Commonly abbreviated as CCR or simply Creedence, Creedence Clearwater Revival was a band formed in El Cerrito, California. The band consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, his brother, rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford. These members had played together since 1959, first as the Blue Velvets and later as the Golliwogs, before settling on Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1967. The band's most prolific and successful period between 1969 and 1971 produced 14 consecutive top-10 singles (many of which were double A-sides) and five consecutive top-10 albums in the United States, two of which—Green River (1969) and Cosmo's Factory (1970)—topped the Billboard 200 chart. The band performed at the 1969 Woodstock festival in upstate New York, and was the first major act signed to appear there.
CCR disbanded acrimoniously in late 1972 after four years of chart-topping success. Tom had quit the band the previous year, and John was at odds with the remaining members over matters of business and artistic control, all of which resulted in lawsuits among the former bandmates. John's disagreements with Fantasy Records owner Saul Zaentz led to more court cases and John refused to perform with the two other surviving members of the band—Tom had died in 1990—at Creedence's 1993 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Though the band has never publicly reunited, John continues to perform CCR songs as part of his solo act, while Cook and Clifford performed as Creedence Clearwater Revisited from 1995 to 2020.
With the band's iconic hits including "Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising," "Down on the Corner," "Fortunate Son," "Travelin' Band," "Who'll Stop the Rain," "Up Around the Bend," and "Have You Ever Seen the Rain," CCR's music remains popular and is a staple of U.S. classic rock radio airplay; 45 million CCR records have been sold in the U.S. alone. The compilation album Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, originally released in 1976, is still on the Billboard 200 and reached the 600-week mark in August 2022. It has been certified 12-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for at least 12 million copies sold in the U.S.
Commotion: A Tribute to the Music of Creedence Clearwater Revival brings their tour to the Galesburg theatre on May 24, admission to the 7:30 p.m. concert event is $31-41.20, and more information and tickets are available by calling (309)342-2299 and visiting GalesburgOrpheum.org.
