Multi-instrumentalist Steve “The Captain” Gunner is the only other constant member besides Cook and Clifford. The original lineup included Cars‘ guitarist Elliot Easton for the first decade, while John Tristao was frontman until 2015, when Dan McGuinness took over. This just seemed like a good time to wrap it up.”ĬCRevisited formed during 1995, at a time Cook and Clifford’s former bandmate John Fogerty was still refusing the play the band’s material. I’d like to try other things and explore other ideas and places before my time’s up.
We’re not retiring, but the idea right now is to put the band to bed and see what else comes along and how we feel about it moving forward. We’re still playing great, but we are pretty tired of the road. “We’re gonna miss it, but there’s still time to do other things in life. “Both of us are approaching 74 this month and just thought, ‘Y’know, we’ve been there, done that, seen it, we know how it feels, we know how it tastes’,” Cook explains. And the bassist tells Billboard that there’s not a lot of drama behind the decision to stop keeping on chooglin’. The group, formed 25 years ago by Creedence Clearwater Revival bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford, plans to stop touring after its 2019 itinerary, which currently lists 21 dates starting April 27 and will add more before it’s all over, according to Cook. The big wheel is about to stop turnin’ for Creedence Clearwater Revisited.
