Stu Cook

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title: "Stu Cook" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["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"] description: "American bass player (born 1945)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stu_Cook" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American bass player (born 1945) ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox musical artist"]

Field	Value
name	Stu Cook
image	StuCookCCR.jpg
landscape	yes
caption	Cook in 2016
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth_name	Stuart Alden Cook
birth_place	Oakland, California, U.S.
birth_date
instrument	Bass guitar, guitar, piano, vocals, double bass
genre	Rock
occupation	Musician, songwriter, producer
years_active	1959–2020
label	Fuel 2000, Fantasy, Warner Bros., Wounded Bird
past_member_of	Creedence Clearwater Revival, Southern Pacific, Creedence Clearwater Revisited
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::callout[type=note] the American musician ::

| name = Stu Cook | image = StuCookCCR.jpg | landscape = yes | caption = Cook in 2016 | image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Stuart Alden Cook | birth_place = Oakland, California, U.S. | alias = | birth_date = | instrument = Bass guitar, guitar, piano, vocals, double bass | genre = Rock | occupation = Musician, songwriter, producer | years_active = 1959–2020 | label = Fuel 2000, Fantasy, Warner Bros., Wounded Bird | current_member_of = | past_member_of = Creedence Clearwater Revival, Southern Pacific, Creedence Clearwater Revisited

Stuart Alden Cook (born April 25, 1945) is an American retired bass guitarist, best known for being a member of the rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), for which he is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Career

Cook, along with Doug Clifford and brothers Tom and John Fogerty, grew up in El Cerrito, California, where all four attended El Cerrito High School. Cook, Clifford and John Fogerty formed a band in high school which eventually became Creedence Clearwater Revival after Tom joined. Additionally, Cook attended San Jose State University alongside Doug Clifford.

In the mid-1970s, following the breakup of CCR, Cook and Clifford joined the Don Harrison Band, 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 Southern Pacific. 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 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Also in 1993, Cook auditioned for the role of the bassist in The Rolling Stones after the departure of Bill Wyman. Cook later reunited with Clifford, forming the band Creedence Clearwater Revisited in 1995.

Discography

;Don Harrison Band

• The Don Harrison Band (1976)
• Red Hot (1977)

;Roky Erickson and the Aliens

• Roky Erickson and the Aliens (1980)
• The Evil One (1981)

;Southern Pacific

• Killbilly Hill (1986)
• Zuma (1988)
• County Line (1990)
• Greatest Hits (1991)

;Creedence Clearwater Revisited

• Recollection (1998)

;Stu Cook / Keith Knudsen / John McFee

• Jackdawg (2009; recorded 1990)

;Other appearances ::data[format=table]

Year	Artist	Album	Comment
1972	Mark Spoelstra	This House	Rhythm guitar
Doug Clifford	Cosmo
1974	Doug Sahm	Groover's Paradise	Bass
Tom Fogerty	Zephyr National
Myopia
	1978	Russell DaShiell	Elevator
1981	The Explosives	Three Ring Circus	Producer
1982	Baron Stewart	In Temperature Rising	Bass and producer
1983	Sir Douglas Quintet	Midnight Sun	Bass
1985	Greg Gumbel	California Republic	Bass, rhythm guitar, tambourine, backing vocals and producer
1994	Sir Douglas Quintet	Day Dreaming at Midnight	Bass
1995	Peter Lewis	Peter Lewis	Bass and producer
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References

References

1. "Stu Cook | American musician | Britannica".
2. (October 2015). "Fortunate Son- My Life, My Music". Little, Brown and Company.
3. Cavanagh, David. (July 18, 2014). "Creedence Clearwater Revival – the full story, by John Fogerty, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford". [[Uncut (magazine).
4. "Creedence Clearwater Revival History/Biography Credence".
5. Bentley, Bill. (2017-04-21). "Record Store Day Unearths a Roky Erickson Rarity". [[Austin Chronicle]].
6. (1990-09-06). "Creedence Clearwater Revival | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame".
7. (November 25, 2011). "Hit Channel – Interview:Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival, Creedence Clearwater Revisited)". Hit Channel.

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