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':
Often played during the River tour (93 times)
It only saw the light less than a dozen times in the whole Born in the U.S.A. tour
Bruce inserted it 21 times in the setlists of the Human Touch tour
Played once in the whole Reunion tour (26/06/1999 Idraetsparken, Copenhagen ,Denmark)
It only saw the light less than a dozen times in the whole Rising tour
Played once in the whole Magic tour (02/08/2008 Gilette Stadium, Foxborough, MA ,USA)
Played only a couple of times in the whole Working on a Dream tour (04/06/2009 Stadium, Stockholm ,Sweden and 11/07/2009 RDS, Dublin ,Ireland)
Just less than a dozen shots during the Wrecking Ball tour
Bruce gave this song one only shot through the High Hopes tour (01/02/2014 FNB Stadium, Johannesburg ,South Africa)
One only rendering for this song in the 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