brother), bassist Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford. Their musical style
encompassed the roots rock and swamp rock genres. Despite their San Francisco Bay Area origins, they
portrayed a Southern ... time. Their musical influence can be heard in many genres including southern rock, grunge,
roots rock, and blues.
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John Fogerty, Doug Clifford ... basic and uncompromising, holding
true to the band members' working-class origins. The term 'roots rock' had not yet been invented when
Creedence came along, but in a real