rambletamble737 wrote:
Creedence Clearwater sold over million records BEFORE Woodstock and millions of records AFTER the festival. 

Proud Mary started to climb higher on the charts already in January-February 1969 - no less than half a year before the hippies gathered together at Max Yasgur's dairy farm. 

Of the singles the band released after Woodstock, six went straight to Top 10 on charts. By late 1990's, Creedence Clearwater had sold appr. 80 million albums in total. All this without appearing on the film. 

It's doubtful, whether the absence on the Woodstock film had any real impact to the band's career. 

I'm not going to disagree with any of the above...CCR's sales/career stats are very closely related to to their 'active' years which is arguably unrelated to Woodstock. Who thought in 1969/70 that it would be all over by 1972 and under those circumstances...? In my opinion it's the legacy of CCR/John Fogerty that has suffered due to the Woodstock decision. 'Lesser' (IMHO of course...) acts such as Richie Havens, TYA, etc. etc are known largely due to the Woodstock film - their recording output (and sales...) being not in the same league as CCR's. Now if CCR's recorded/sales profile was added to that of an appearance in an era defining event such as the Woodstock film then their profile would be higher, even now, 45 years later. As far as limitations in their performance is concerned - well i've never noticed anything untoward on the numerous occasions I've watched their performance - and I'm a fan, nothing more, nothing less. If only such as BMR/PM + KOC had been included then I believe that would have ticked all boxes, a notable hit song plus a guitar boogie....what's not to like? smiley: smile Creedence's (plus John Fogerty's...) place in history and posterity would have been guaranteed.... in contrast to the relatively low profile they have these days.