Stu Cook

Stuart Alden Cook is an American retired bass guitarist, best known for being a member of the rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, 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.

;Other appearances

Year	Artist	Album	Comment	-
1972	Mark Spoelstra	This House	Rhythm guitar	-
1972	Doug Clifford	Cosmo	Rhythm guitar	-
1974	Doug Sahm	Groover's Paradise	Bass	-
1974	Tom Fogerty	Zephyr National	Bass	-
1974	Tom Fogerty	Myopia	Bass	-
1978	Russell DaShiell	Elevator	Bass	-
1981	The Explosives	Three Ring Circus	Bass	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 (musician)\|Peter Lewis]	Peter Lewis	Bass and producer	-