Creedence Clearwater Revival

Genres:	Country & Bluegrass • Music & Radio • Music Magazines • Music Videos & Concerts • Pop / Rock
Descriptive "tags":	classic rock • rock • southern rock • 60s • folk
Decades Active:	1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Links online:	BBC Music • Fan Page • IMDb • Wikipedia

Biography

Although generally bracketed with the post-psychedelic wave of San Franciscan groups, Creedence Clearwater Revival boasted one of the region’s longest pedigrees. John Fogerty (28 May 1945, Berkeley, California, USA; lead guitar/vocals), Tom Fogerty (b. 9 November 1941, Berkeley, California, USA, d. 6 September 1990, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA; rhythm guitar/vocals), Stu Cook (b. 25 April 1945, Oakland, California, USA; bass) and Doug Clifford (b. 24 April 1945, Palo Alto, California, USA; drums) began performing together in 1959 while attending high school. Initially known as the Blue Velvets, then Tommy Fogerty And The Blue Velvets, the quartet became a popular attraction in the Bay Area suburb of El Cerrito and as such completed several singles for the local independent Orchestra. In 1964 they auditioned for the more prestigious Fantasy Records, who signed them on the understanding that they change their name to the more topical Golliwogs to monopolize on the...

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