BY HANK REICHMAN

Over the years that I’ve been writing for this blog I’ve occasionally posted links to music videos that have some resonance for the concerns of our readers (I’m especially proud of my two Trump playlists, here and here–a few of the links have expired, however).  The other night my wife and I saw John Fogerty perform at an outdoor venue in Napa, California.  For those too young to recall, Fogerty was the lead singer and creative force behind Creedence Clearwater Revival, one of the great rock bands of the late ’60s-early ’70s.  The band’s classic “Fortunate Son” remains one of the great antiwar protest numbers.  The theme of the concert was “1969” (I suspect the tour had begun in 2019, repeatedly postponed owing to the pandemic, so it was sort of a 50th anniversary thing) and unsurprisingly the audience was on the graying side, although not without a strong contingent of Gen Xers and younger.  (Fogerty himself must, however, dye his hair.)  He did perform one new song, “Weeping in the Promised Land,” a meditation on COVID-19, racism, and “Pharaoh” (the former guy), that evoked, albeit in a different way, some of the same feelings that “Fortunate Son” had, especially given the video that played behind it.  I checked on YouTube and found the official video dates from January 6 of this year (yes! the day of the insurrection) and that the images projected on stage were mostly the same as in the official video.  So, I thought I’d share that video (sadly, there’s an ad first):