Stu Cook

This article is about the American musician. For the American psychologist, see Stuart W. Cook.

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

Stu Cook
Cook in 2016
Background information
Birth name	Stuart Alden Cook
Born	(1945-04-25) April 25, 1945 (age 80) Oakland, California, U.S.[1]
Genres	Rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, producer
Instrument(s)	Bass guitar, guitar, piano, vocals, double bass
Years active	1959–2020
Labels	Fuel 2000, Fantasy, Warner Bros., Wounded Bird
Formerly of	Creedence Clearwater Revival, Southern Pacific, Creedence Clearwater Revisited

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.^[2] Cook, Clifford and John Fogerty formed a band in high school which eventually became Creedence Clearwater Revival after Tom joined.^[3] Additionally, Cook attended San Jose State University alongside Doug Clifford.^[4]

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.^[5]

Cook was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.^[6] Also in 1993, Cook auditioned for the role of the bassist in The Rolling Stones after the departure of Bill Wyman.^[7] Cook later reunited with Clifford, forming the band Creedence Clearwater Revisited in 1995.

Discography

See also: Creedence Clearwater Revival 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

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