The Long Road Home:

In Concert

(Fantasy)

Given John Fogerty's long recording absences and sometimes prickly public persona, it's been easy to forget the fact that the former Credence Clearwater Revival front man remains one of the most significant singer-songwriters of the past half century. A video companion to last year's first-ever career-spanning best-of CD,

The Long Road Home, is a further attempt to remind us of that fact, as he works through 26 of his greatest hits. Shot during a performance at Los Angeles's Wiltern Theatre last September and helmed by Martyn Atkins (the director also responsible for Tom Petty's live-at-the-Filmore flick High Grass Dogs [1999] and 2005's stellar Cream reunion DVD), the 105-minute concert captures Fogerty in fine form, as he seamlessly segues between CCR and solo classics. The track list itself is testament to the enduring power of the man's songbook, which ranges from familiar FM standards like "Proud Mary" to catalog chestnuts like "Rockin' All Over the World" through to newly penned gems like "Déjà Vu All Over Again." Fogerty hammers home each, playing and singing with a vigor that belies 60-plus years and reminds us that he remains a living, breathing rock-and-roll institution. - B.B.

Season One