Stuart Alden Cook (born April 25, 1945) is an

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n bass guitarist, best known for being a member of the rock band

Creedence Clearwater Revival Creedence Clearwater Revival, commonly abbreviated as CCR or simply Creedence, was an American Rock music, rock band formed in El Cerrito, California. The band consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, h ...

(CCR), for which he is a member of the

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Career

Cook, along with

Doug Clifford Douglas Raymond Clifford (born April 24, 1945) is an American drummer who is nicknamed "Cosmo". He is best known as a founding member of Creedence Clearwater Revival for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. After th ...

and brothers

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and

John Fogerty John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Together with Doug Clifford, Stu Cook, and his brother Tom Fogerty, he founded the swamp rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), for which he was th ...

, grew up in

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, where all four attended

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. Cook, Clifford and John Fogerty formed a band in high school which eventually became

after Tom joined. Additionally, Cook attended

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alongside Doug Clifford. In the mid-1970s, following the breakup of CCR, Cook and Clifford joined the

Don Harrison Band The Don Harrison Band were a 1970s American roots rock band that featured Don Harrison on vocals, guitar and keyboards, Stu Cook on bass and piano and Doug Clifford on drums and percussion. Stu Cook and Doug "Cosmo" Clifford were both former memb ...

, which released two albums. In 1979, Cook produced 15 songs by Roky Erickson and the Aliens, which were released in 1980 on two LPs with different running orders, '' The Evil One'' and ''I Think of Demons''. From 1986 to 1991, Cook was a member of the country band

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. With Southern Pacific, Cook covered the Erickson song "It's a Cold Night for Alligators" for the tribute album '' Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson''. Cook was inducted into the

in 1993. Also in 1993, Cook auditioned for the role of the bassist in

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after the departure of

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. Cook later reunited with Clifford, forming the band

Creedence Clearwater Revisited Creedence Clearwater Revisited was an American Rock music, rock band formed in 1995 by bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford, Doug "Cosmo" Clifford, former members of Creedence Clearwater Revival, to play live versions of that band's music. ...

in 1995.

Discography

;

*''The Don Harrison Band'' (1976) *''Red Hot'' (1977) ; Roky Erickson and the Aliens *''Roky Erickson and the Aliens'' (1980) *'' The Evil One'' (1981) ;

*''Killbilly Hill'' (1986) *''Zuma'' (1988) *''County Line'' (1990) *''Greatest Hits'' (1991) ;

*''Recollection'' (1998) ;Stu Cook /

Keith Knudsen Keith A. Knudsen ( ; February 18, 1948 – February 8, 2005) was an American rock drummer, vocalist, and songwriter. Knudsen was best known as a drummer and vocalist for The Doobie Brothers. In addition, he founded the band Southern Pacific wit ...

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*''Jackdawg'' (2009; recorded 1990) ;Other appearances

References

External links

Creedence Clearwater Revisited (Official Site)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cook, Stu 1945 births Living people American bass guitarists Creedence Clearwater Revisited members Creedence Clearwater Revival members Musicians from Oakland, California Guitarists from California 20th-century American guitarists People from El Cerrito, California San Jose State University alumni