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Released as a belated tie-in to the recently released
Greatest Hits album "The Long Road Home", Fogerty and a
top notch band of professionals rock out on this DVD. Having
seen Fogerty at the Filmore when he played to promote "Premonition"
and that video I found this to be an exceptional concert.
I personally liked the "Premonition" DVD better although
this one does include material from his last studio album.
***
The direction is sharp keeping most of the focus on
Fogerty. At 61 John can still belt these classics out and
his guitar playing remains top notch (he's also quite good
on dobro and slideAlthough Fogerty can’t quite reach all
the high notes like he used to (it’s quite a stretch after
all you’re voice deepens over time and you loose much of
your high end), he sounds very good here. I’m sure some
post-production dubbing was done to improve some of the
performances but it sure isn’t evident. ***
Now that John is realigned with Fantasy (Saul Zaentz
who went from John's friend to nemesis is gone having sold
the company and the company made overtures to reestablish
a relationship with its most famous musician)perhaps we'll
see his second solo album "John Fogerty" (aka "Shep")released
domestically with improved sound and bonus tracks. It would
be nice to finally h ave this underrated classic available
with bonus tracks (perhaps the pair of singles John released
just before the album was released).
Image & Sound:
A sharp looking transfer “The Long Road Home” looks
marvelous on DVD. The music still sounds great and hasn’t
dated and the 5.1 mix makes nice use of the format. ---
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