Song title: Who'll stop the rain?
(Fogerty) by Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy 637), 1970
Who'll stop the rain?
Long as I remember
The rain been falling down
Clouds of myst’ry pourin’
Confusion on the ground
Good men through the ages
They try to find the sun
But Lord I wonder, still I wonder
Who’ll stop the rain
I went down Virginia
Seekin’ shelter from the storm
Just caught up in the fable
I watched the tower grow
Five-year plan and new deals
Wrapped in golden chains
Still I wonder, yes I wonder
Who’ll stop the rain
Heard the singers playin’
How we cheered for more
The crowd had rushed together
Tryin’ to keep warm
Still the rain keeps falling
Fallin’ through the years
And I wonder, still I wonder
Who’ll stop the rain
I wanna know, baby I wanna know Notes:
A CCR classic, often played upon crowd request in raining days shows….
This song has never been published on any official release.
First known live performance: 18/12/1980 Madison Square Garden, New York,NY ,USA
Last known live performance: 18/02/2017 Hope Estate Winery, Hunter Valley ,Australia
Song 'history':
A discrete number of performances (93) was given during the River tour
Not much used during the Born in the U.S.A. tour, deserving only less than a dozen renderings
21 perfomances were given during the Human Touch tour
Played once in the whole Reunion tour (26/06/1999 Idraetsparken, Copenhagen ,Denmark)
Just less than a dozen shots during the Rising tour
One only performance during the Magic tour (02/08/2008 Gilette Stadium, Foxborough, MA ,USA)
Bruce gave this song only two shots through the Working on a Dream tour (04/06/2009 Stadium, Stockholm ,Sweden and 11/07/2009 RDS, Dublin ,Ireland)
Not much used during the Wrecking Ball tour, deserving only less than a dozen renderings
Played once in the whole High Hopes tour (01/02/2014 FNB Stadium, Johannesburg ,South Africa)
Played once in the whole 2016 The River tour (26/07/2016 Granasen Arena, Trondheim ,Norway)
Performed 1 times during the 2017 Summer tour
The song was also played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database