Music: John Fogerty W/ Hearty Har at the Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO

On Monday, we went to a concert at the Red Rocks Amphitheater near Morrison, CO.  We'd wanted to go to this venue for awhile so we looked for an act we knew and John Fogerty was the one we selected.  His selection was a bit serendipitous as we were just looking for someone we knew about in the right time frame.  It turned out to be a lucky pick as his performance was incredible.

We drove up early to get good parking.  We went in when the doors opened a couple hours later.  We had great seats on row nine.  As we waited for the show to start we watched the rain approach.  Then the thunder came.  Then the show postponement was announced.  We went back to our car to wait as the rain started coming down.  About thirty to forty minutes later they texted out the all clear and we went back to our seats.  It continued to rain for about half of the concert and the temperature dropped quite a bit but, despite all this, the show went on.

The warm up was Hearty Har, a band led by Shane and Tyler Fogerty, John's sons.  They were pretty good even though I'd never heard any of their music before.

Then John Fogerty came on.  His sons were also part of his backup band.  For the next almost two hours John Fogerty played nearly all of his old Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) hits which he won back the rights to in 2023 after a nearly fifty year battle in the courts.  He even played a song that predated CCR.  Sadly, one of my favorite songs, "Someday Never Comes", was not played.

Have you ever seen the rain ... in the spotlight?

I have to say, this was one of the best concerts I've been to in a long while.  He played non-stop despite being eighty-one years old.  He kinda sounded like what your grandpa would sound like if your grandpa had good pipes.  You could tell he was having the time of his life and he was really grateful to his fans.  It was also obvious that he enjoyed playing with his sons (and his youngest daughter, Kelsey).  His guitar riff with his son Shane was spectacular.  The rain was at worst, a minor inconvenience.

Kelsey, Shane, John, and Tyler Fogerty on guitars.

Photos can be seen in my 2026-08 John Fogerty w/ Hearty Har, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO Google Photos album.