Douglas Raymond Clifford (born April 24, 1945) is an American drummer, best known as a founding member of
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival, also referred to as Creedence and CCR, was an American rock band formed in El Cerrito, California. The band initially consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty; his brother, ...
for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. After the group disbanded in late 1972, Clifford released
a solo album and later joined CCR bassist
Stu Cook in the
Don Harrison Band. In 1995, Clifford and Cook formed the band
Creedence Clearwater Revisited, performing live versions of Creedence Clearwater Revival songs.
An early influence on Clifford's playing was
The Beatles, with their appearance on ''
The Ed Sullivan Show'' in February 1964 being of particular significance. "They were a quartet and we said, wow, we can do that. If these guys from
England can come out and play rock 'n' roll, we can do it. We bought Beatle wigs. We went to the drama store, and I guess they were
Three Stooges wigs at that time."
[Crandall, Bill]
''10 musicians who saw the Beatles standing there''
CBS News, February 6, 2014. Clifford, along with Cook and the Fogerty brothers grew up together in
El Cerrito, California.
Discography
*''
Cosmo'' (1972)
*''
Magic Window'' (2020)
;
The Don Harrison Band
The Don Harrison Band were a 1970s American roots rock band that featured Don Harrison on vocals, guitar and keyboards, Stu Cook on bass and piano and Doug Clifford on drums and percussion. Stu Cook and Doug "Cosmo" Clifford were both former membe ...
*''The Don Harrison Band'' (1976)
*''Red Hot'' (1977)
;
Creedence Clearwater Revisited
*''Recollection'' (1998)
;
Clifford/Wright
*''For All The Money In The World'' (2021)
;Other
References
External links
Classicdrummer.com*
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1945 births
Living people
American rock drummers
Creedence Clearwater Revisited members
Creedence Clearwater Revival members
Musicians from Palo Alto, California
20th-century American drummers
American male drummers