Happy Birthday Doug "Cosmo" Clifford
Doug “Cosmo” Clifford laid down the gritty backbeats for Creedence Clearwater Revival, one of the most successful bands of the late ’60s and early ’70s. CCR’s twenty hit singles still enjoy ever-present airplay, and the group’s album sales have surpassed a hundred million worldwide. On stages as far flung as the Royal Albert Hall in London and the Woodstock Festival in upstate New York, and during the band’s furiously creative four-year recording career—the legendary albums Bayou Country (“Born on the Bayou,” “Proud Mary”), Green River (“Bad Moon Rising,” “Lodi”), and Willy and the Poor Boys (“Down on the Corner,” “Fortunate Son”) were all released in 1969! Creedence powered out a swampy roots-rock/country/R&B mix that remains influential to artists aligned with the current Americana scene and well beyond.
Today, teamed with original bassist Stu Cook but sans vocalist/guitarist John Fogerty and rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty (the latter died in 1990), Clifford co-leads a successful touring band dubbed Creedence Clearwater Revisited. The quintet has been bringing Creedence hits to audiences around the globe since 1995, supported by guitarist/vocalist John Tristao, lead guitarist Kurt Griffey, and multi-instrumentalist Steve Gunner.
Source | Modern Drummer
