Really, the reason why I decided to come to Chile was because I knew Creedence would be performing in Santiago in late March. The above picture features Doug Clifford (3rd from left) and Stu Cook (2nd from right), two of the original four members of this legendary band (both aged 67 now, but rock out and make Tom Petty look like a corpse). It was an amazing show. It was also funny/interesting to go to a concert of an American (or any English-speaking band for that matter) in a Spanish-speaking country. Doug Clifford would yell out the crowd of ten thousand adoring Chileans only to receive mixed reviews as many fought to translate his shouts. A few times he was interrupted by "Ole-ee, ole-ee Chilee-ee." But CCR played brilliantly! Obviously. They played all the hits, like thirty of them, including versions of "I Heard It Through The Grape Vine" and "Susie Q" that would give Phish a run for their money for most awesome live jam sessions and guitar/bass/keyboard/drum solos. I bought a concert t-shirt and I don't regret it. That's how good they are.
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