Stu Cook

{{About|the American musician|the American psychologist|Stuart W. Cook}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Stu Cook

| image = StuCookCCR.jpg

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| caption = Cook in 2016

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| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

| birth_name = Stuart Alden Cook

| birth_place = Oakland, California, U.S.{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stu-Cook | title=Stu Cook | American musician | Britannica }}

| alias =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|4|25}}

| 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

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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.

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.{{cite book|last1=Fogerty|first1=John|title=Fortunate Son- My Life, My Music|date=October 2015|publisher=Little, Brown and Company|location=New York|isbn=978-0-316-24457-2|pages=9–25}} Cook, Clifford and John Fogerty formed a band in high school which eventually became Creedence Clearwater Revival after Tom joined.{{cite news |last=Cavanagh |first=David |url= http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/creedence-clearwater-revival-the-full-story-by-john-fogerty-stu-cook-and-doug-clifford-6563 |title=Creedence Clearwater Revival – the full story, by John Fogerty, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford |work=Uncut |date=July 18, 2014 |access-date=March 27, 2018}} Additionally, Cook attended San Jose State University alongside Doug Clifford.{{Cite web |title=Creedence Clearwater Revival History/Biography Credence |url=https://www.creedence-online.net/history/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=www.creedence-online.net}}

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.{{cite news |last=Bentley |first=Bill |date=2017-04-21 |title=Record Store Day Unearths a Roky Erickson Rarity |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2017-04-21/record-store-day-unearths-a-roky-erickson-rarity/ |work=Austin Chronicle |location=Austin, Texas |access-date=2020-09-10 }}

Cook was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.{{cite web|url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/creedence-clearwater-revival |title=Creedence Clearwater Revival | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |website=Rockhall.com |date=1990-09-06 |access-date=2017-04-26}} Also in 1993, Cook auditioned for the role of the bassist in The Rolling Stones after the departure of Bill Wyman.{{cite web|url=http://www.hit-channel.com/stu-cook-creedence-clearwater-revivalcreedence-clearwater-revisited/2420|title=Hit Channel – Interview:Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival, Creedence Clearwater Revisited)|work=Hit Channel|date=November 25, 2011 |access-date=September 19, 2014}} 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

class="wikitable"
Year !Artist !Album !Comment
rowspan=2\|1972 \|Mark Spoelstra \|This House \|rowspan=2\|Rhythm guitar
Doug Clifford \|Cosmo
rowspan=3\|1974 \|Doug Sahm \|Groover's Paradise \|rowspan=5\|Bass
rowspan=2\|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

class="wikitable"

Year

!Artist

!Album

!Comment

rowspan=2|1972

|Mark Spoelstra

|This House

|rowspan=2|Rhythm guitar

Doug Clifford

|Cosmo

rowspan=3|1974