Fogerty Tweets About CCR’s ‘Green River’ [VIDEO]

There was a time he'd perform absolutely no Creedence Clearwater Revival tune live, much less a full album.

Time is mellowing the great John Fogerty: he's embraced CCR over the past years, has recently stated he'd be open to the idea of reuniting with Stu Cook and Doug Clifford - his two remainging original Creedence members - and has now gone as far as performing full CCR albums from start to finish live.

Last Friday night (November 18th) at The Beacon in New York City, Green River was the night's subject matter.

The landmark 1969 album from CCR that featured the classic hits "Bad Moon Rising", "Lodi" and the title track as well as the underrated "Wrote a Song for Everyone": a tune that chronicles the disilluison of John's first marriage.

Before that show, John went to his twitter account to share his thoughts on the record:

• "Green River": "This is one of my favorite songs. When I was quite young my family use to travel toa little campsite by a little river in Northern California. Part of the lore was that the old man we saw occasionally was a direct descendant of Buffalo Bill Cody. . . (son or grandson? He was like, 90 and this was 1949!). I loved it there and this place has informed what I feel is important ever since. At about the age of eight, I became fascinated with the label on a soda fountain drink and it came
  
  to represent the whole mystical dimension of youth, freedom, nature, exploration, and life 'on the river.'
• "Commotion": "I love to play the train beat. It's not so obvious in this song but that's where it started. Even 40 years ago, I was irritated by the fast pace and rapidly increasing information
  
  overload of modern life."
• "Tombstone Shadow": "Sometime early in 1969, I played a show in San Bernardino, California. Right across the street from the hotel there was a little shop advertising 'Fortune Teller.' I went in
  
  and got my fortune read. This song is a note for note replay of that experience."
• "Wrote A Song For Everyone": "The late-'60s was, of course, a time of great turmoil in America and around the world. Politically and socially this new energy seemed to be affecting
  
  everything. As some of this conflict played out in our media you could watch famous people from the older generation having trouble communicating with the younger generation. I had in mind a so called leader of millions who couldn't even lead his own son."
• "Bad Moon Rising": "I think I knew I was going to write this song for a long time. There is an old black and white movie called The Devil And Daniel Webster. In this classic story a farmer is down on his luck and the Devil shows up and offers to make the man successful beyond his wildest dreams. There is only one catch. . . the man has to agree to give the Devil his soul. Of course, the farmer says yes.' Soon after, there is a great storm, a hurricane really, that lasts all night while the farmer cowers in his barn. The next morning, he awakens to see devastation everywhere. All the crops of his neighbors are smashed completely into the ground and yet his crops are straight up to the sky. That scene made a big impression on me."
• "Lodi": "This is another song title that I had carried around since my childhood, somehow knowing that I would someday write a song about it. I just liked the sound of it. Funny thing is though my
  
  family had traveled all around Northern California when I was young, I'm pretty sure that I had never been to Lodi."
• "Cross-Tie Walker": "Well, here it is then. I love trains. I love stories about trains. I love to watch trains. And especially, I love songs about trains! When I was quite young, we were stopped
  
  in our family car, at a railroad crossing. It was a long, long train. I think we were somewhere in Montana where my parents came from. My dad made a point of telling me that the engine was one of those very old and rare engines that you probably won't see much anymore. It was a steam engine from by-gone days and this romantic and mythic vision has inspired me throughout my life. Thanks,
  
  Dad."
• "Sinister Purpose": "Ahhhh. A song about de Devil. I don't believe I have ever played this live before."
• "The Night Time Is The Right Time": First of all, let me just say I LOVE Ray Charles! Incredible singing, great songs, great playing, great band. . . you get the idea. There is an album by Ray somewhere, out there. It used to be called In Person. It was recorded almost accidentally with the simplest of equipment. It is, in my opinion, the greatest live album EVER recorded. Get it. Anyway, this song is one of the great songs on Ray's record and a song I have been performing since high
  
  school."

Here John performs "Green River" and "Fortunate Son" on David Letterman  last Tuesday night (November 15th).