John Fogerty Rockin' All Over The World Tour 1986
Dates, venues and reviews
27 Aug 1986 Memphis, TN, USA - Mud Island Amphitheatre
Review. Another review. One more review.
29 Aug 1986 Pittsburgh, PA, USA - Syria Mosque
30 Aug 1986 Rochester, NY, USA - Finger Lakes Amphitheatre
01 Sep 1986 Saratoga Springs, NY, USA - Saratoga Performing Arts Center
03 Sep 1986 Weedsport, NY, USA - Cayuga County Fairgrounds
05 Sep 1986 Binghampton, NY, USA - Broom Country Arena
06 Sep 1986 Philadelphia, PA, USA - Mann Music Center
09 Sep 1986 Middletown, NY, USA - Orange County Fairgrounds
10 Sep 1986 Allentown, PA, USA - Stabler Arena
12 Sep 1986 Columbia, MD, USA - Merriweather Post Pavillion
13 Sep 1986 Holmdel, NJ, USA - Garden State Arts Center 14 Sep 1986 Mansfield, MA, USA - Great Woods Amphitheatre "Goin Back Home" was added after "Mary Don't You Weep"
17 Sep 1986 Hershey, PA, USA - Hersheypark Arena 18 Sep 1986 Cleveland, OH, USA - Blossom Music Center 20 Sep 1986 Detroit, MI, USA - Pine Knob Music Center 21 Sep 1986 Chicago, IL, USA - Hoffman Estates
Review. Another review in Chicago Sun-Times 22 Sep 1986.
23 Sep 1986 Cincinnati, OH, USA - Riverbend
24 Sep 1986 Indianapolis, IN, USA - Music Sports Center
25 Sep 1986 East Troy, WI, USA - Alpine Valley Music Theatre
22 Oct 1986 Miami, FL, USA - James L. Knight Center
24 Oct 1986 Daytona Beach, FL, USA - Ocean Center
25 Oct 1986 Lakeland, FL, USA - Civic Center
27 Oct 1986 Atlanta, GA, USA - Fox Theatre
28 Oct 1986 Nashville, TN, USA - Oprey House
30 Oct 1986 Charleston, SC, USA - Galliard Auditorium
31 Oct 1986 Greenville, SC, USA - Memorial Auditorium
01 Nov 1986 Greenville, SC, USA - Mingus Coliseum
03 Nov 1986 Norfolk, VA, USA - Chrysler Hall
05 Nov 1986 Columbus, OH, USA - Veterans Memorial Auditorium
07 Nov 1986 Normal, IL, USA - Braden Auditorium
08 Nov 1986 Arnes, IO, USA - C.Y. Stevens
09 Nov 1986 Minneapolis, MN, USA - Orpheum Theatre
11 Nov 1986 Kansas City, KS, USA - Memorial Hall
12 Nov 1986 St. Louis, MO, USA - Fox Theatre
08 Dec 1986 Reno, NV, USA - Lawlor Events Center
09 Dec 1986 Sacramento, CA, USA
11 Dec 1986 Los Angeles, CA, USA - Universal Amphitheatre
12 Dec 1986 Los Angeles, CA, USA - Universal Amphitheatre
13 Dec 1986 Los Angeles, CA, USA - Universal Amphitheathre
13 Nov 1986 Merrillville, IN, USA - Holiday Star Plaza 15 Nov 1986 Fayetteville, AR, USA - Barnhill Arena 16 Nov 1986 Tulsa, OK, USA - Brady Theatre 01 Dec 1986 Vancouver, BC, Canada 03 Dec 1986 Seattle, WA, USA - Paramount 04 Dec 1986 Portland, OR, USA - Civic Auditorium 05 Dec 1986 Eugene, OR, USA - Hult Center 07 Dec 1986 Oakland, CA, USA - The Coliseum
Wrap-up Report
To promote his new album, Eye of the Zombie, John Fogerty went on tour in autumn 1986. It was his first concert circuit after the demise of Creedence Clearwater in 1972. After releasing Centerfield in 1985, Fogerty wanted to update his sound and hoped the tour would help him to consolidate the gains he has made. "I wish and desire to be a current recording artist, maing current hit records," he said while talked to Len Righi of The Morning Call on September 4th, 1986.
Fogerty's backing group or the tour consisted of Los Angeles session musicians:
John Robinson, drums
Neil Stubenhaus, bass
Marty Walsh, guitar
Alan Pasqua, keyboards
Bobby King, backing vocals
Willie Greene Jr., backing vocals
Donny Gerrard, backing vocals
Robinson, Stubenhaus, Pasqua, King and Green Jr. had already collaborated with Fogerty in the Eye of the Zombie sessions. Furthermore, King had also appeared with Fogerty in the Showtime Special TV concert in 1985.
The tour consisted of 47 concerts in North America. Venues included such larger arenas as Mann Music Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Coliseum Arena in Oakland, California. Several concerts were held in smaller venues which only have room for less than seven thousand people. In some concert halls, only half of the seats were sold (Micio Nero, 1986 Concerts).
Fogerty followed a standard set list from night to night. He filled in the 100-minute show with no less than twenty songs:
Soothe Me
Mary Don't You Weep
Knock On Wood
Due to serious legal and financial disputes with his former label, the songs from the Creedence Clearwater era were completely skipped. Instead, all tracks off Eye of the Zombie were played. One song was taken from John Fogerty ("Rockin' All Over the World") and six from Centerfield ("Mr. Greed", "Vanz Kant Danz", "Old Man Down the Road", "Centerfield", "Big Train from Memphis", "Rock And Roll Girls"). The show also included an old negro spiritual ("Mary Don't You Weep") and two soul covers (Sam & Dave's "Soothe Me" and Eddie Floyd's "Knock on Wood") which fitted into the Stax/funk influenced environment of Eye of the Zombie without pain. He also played the new non-album single releases "I Confess" and "I Found a Love".
Arrangements were usually true to album versions except the concert opening rocker "Mr. Greed" which Fogerty performed as an instrumental in several shows.
The tour got mixed reviews and most of the critics commented the absence of old Creedence Clearwater hits as did Ken Tucker of The Inquirer:
As it turned out, the show was intrinsically interesting, often exciting, though sometimes a little bit boring. Backed by a seven-piece band that included three backup singers, Fogerty looked fit and cheerful, and his voice - the sound of a very articulate coyote singing the blues - was strong. It had been widely reported that Fogerty wouldn't be performing any Creedence Clearwater Revival material, and so the bulk of the show consisted of songs from last year's Centerfield album and the Eye of the Zombie, due for release any day now. This alone made for an unusual concert: Not the usual collection of greatest hits, but a showcase for new material.
Critics like Daniel Brogan of The Chicago Tribune praised Fogerty's voice:
"--- except for a few high notes, the trademark swamp yowl was in fine form."
Robert Hilburn of The Los Angeles Times agreed:
"Wearing a black shirt, vest and jeans, Fogerty, 41, sang with even more passion and tailored phrasing than in his Creedence days. He combined gospel, blues and country roots with a purity and abandon that marks him as perhaps the finest American rock vocalist since Presley."
All critics were not completely happy with Fogerty's backing band. Wrote Robert Palmer of The New York Times:
"For this listener, the concert's one flaw --- was that the seasoned studio musicians --- failed to really mesh as an ensemble. They provided only intermittently the sort of cohesive group chemistry that Fogerty's tough, soulful brand of music demands."
Besides the regular concert posters, guitar picks and ticket stubs, the tour memorabilia includes
a 20-page (covers included), 9x12 inches concert programme with photos and biography.
a T-shirt featured a picture of Fogerty on the front side and text "Rockin' All Over the World Tour" back.
a more generic 24x36 inches concert poster with a picture of Fogerty and the text "John Fogerty" written top-down.
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Read a more comprehensive report of the John Fogerty 1986 Rockin' All Over the World Tour on Micio Nero's site.
