Creedence Clearwater Revival, often shortened to
Creedence and abbreviated as
CCR, was an American
rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The band consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter
John Fogerty, rhythm guitarist
Tom Fogerty, bassist
Stu Cook and drummer
Doug Clifford. Their musical style encompassed the
roots rock,
swamp rock, and
blues rock genres. Despite their
San Francisco Bay Area origins, they portrayed a
Southern rock style, with lyrics about
bayous, catfish, the
Mississippi River, and other popular elements of Southern US iconography, as well as political and socially-conscious lyrics about topics including the Vietnam War.