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{{Short description|American bass player (born 1945)}}
{{About|the American musician|the American psychologist|Stuart W. Cook}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2008}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| 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|Oakland]], [[California]], U.S.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stu-Cook | title=Stu Cook &#124; American musician &#124; Britannica }}</ref>
| alias             = 
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1945|4|25}}
| instrument        = Bass guitar, guitar, piano, vocals, double bass
| genre             = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| occupation        = Musician, songwriter, producer
| years_active      = 1959–2020
| label             = [[Fuel 2000]], [[Fantasy Records|Fantasy]], [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], [[Wounded Bird Records|Wounded Bird]]
| current_member_of = 
| past_member_of    = [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]], [[Southern Pacific (band)|Southern Pacific]], [[Creedence Clearwater Revisited]]
}}

'''Stuart Alden Cook''' (born April 25, 1945) is an [[United States|America]]n 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 Fogerty|Tom]] and [[John Fogerty]], grew up in [[El Cerrito, California]], where all four attended [[El Cerrito High School]].<ref name="fortunate">{{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}}</ref> Cook, Clifford and John Fogerty formed a band in high school which eventually became [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] after Tom joined.<ref>{{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 (magazine)|Uncut]] |date=July 18, 2014 |access-date=March 27, 2018}}</ref> Additionally, Cook attended [[San Jose State University]] alongside Doug Clifford.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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|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 (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]]''.<ref name=AusChron2017>{{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 }}</ref>

Cook was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/creedence-clearwater-revival |title=Creedence Clearwater Revival &#124; Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |website=Rockhall.com |date=1990-09-06 |access-date=2017-04-26}}</ref> Also in 1993, Cook auditioned for the role of the bassist in [[The Rolling Stones]] after the departure of [[Bill Wyman]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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|Roky Erickson and the Aliens]]
*''Roky Erickson and the Aliens'' (1980)
*''[[The Evil One]]'' (1981)

;[[Southern Pacific (band)|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 (Doug Clifford album)|Cosmo]]''
|-
|rowspan=3|1974
|[[Doug Sahm]]
|''[[Groover's Paradise]]''
|rowspan=5|Bass
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Tom Fogerty]]
|''[[Zephyr National]]''
|-
|''[[Myopia (Tom Fogerty album)|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 (musician)|Peter Lewis]]
|''Peter Lewis''
|Bass and producer
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.creedence-revisited.com/ Creedence Clearwater Revisited (Official Site)]
*{{Pop Chronicles|54}}

{{Creedence}}
{{1993 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame}}
{{Southern Pacific}}

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[[Category:1945 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American bass guitarists]]
[[Category:Creedence Clearwater Revisited members]]
[[Category:Creedence Clearwater Revival members]]
[[Category:Musicians from Oakland, California]]
[[Category:Guitarists from California]]
[[Category:20th-century American guitarists]]
[[Category:People from El Cerrito, California]]
[[Category:San Jose State University alumni]]