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Stuart Alden Cook anchored the sound of a generation as the founding bass player of one of the classic rock era’s most timeless and culturally relevant ensembles: Creedence Clearwater Revival.
A headliner at Woodstock (they did not appear in the film due to a contract dispute) and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall in 1993 by Bruce Springsteen in a class that included Sly & The Family Stone, The Doors, and Cream – Stu’s musical life started with his parents.
Stu’s father was a professional trumpet player, and his mother played the keyboards professionally; hence there was always music in the house, and instruments to play.
It is not surprising that Stu played trumpet, piano and guitar before picking up the bass guitar. Akin to the youth of his generation, Stu as absorbing the sounds of Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino and Ray Charles as heard