Creedence Clearwater Revisited, with founding members Doug “Cosmo” Clifford and Stu Cook, brings the music of Creedence Clearwater Revival, an American rock band from the 1960s and 70s, to Penn’s Peak, Jim Thorpe, at 8 p.m. Aug. 1.

The Hall of Famers formed Creedence Clearwater Revisited in 1995 after the original group split up in 1972. Performing live once again in concert the hit songs that have touched generations for decades has generated world-wide tours and a platinum-selling album, “Recollection.”

Fans can expect to hear some of Creedence’s top hits, including “Born on the Bayou,” the song the original group opened up its 1969 Woodstock set with, and “Who’ll Stop the Rain,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “Have You Ever Seen the Rain,” “Green River,” and many more.

“We’ve had a lot of good fortune. We had a five-year plan in 1995, but it wasn’t really detailed. We decided that we would see how we would be received and that would dictate if we would continue or not,” says Clifford, the band’s original drummer.

“It’s our 23rd year now and we are still going strong, so we are very excited about it,” Clifford says in a phone interview.

The original group disbanded acrimoniously in late 1972 after four years of chart-topping success. Tom Fogerty, the group’s original rhythm guitar player, who passed away in 1990 because of complications from AIDS, left the group the previous year.

Lead singer and the group’s songwriter, John Fogerty, Tom Fogerty’s brother, was at odds with the remaining members of Creedence over matters of business and artistic control.

John Fogerty formed his own band, The Blue Ridge Rangers, a bluegrass-country group, in 1973 after the original Creedence breakup, and had a Top 20 hit with “Jambalaya.” His first solo album was released in 1975 with “Rockin’ All Over the World” a No. 27 hit. In 1985, John Fogerty had a No. 1 hit with “Centerfield” from the same titled 1985 album, which also had a Top 10 hit, “The Old Man Down The Road.”

In 1993, Creedence Clearwater Revival was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Clifford and Cook were present, but Fogerty refused to play with his bandmates.

“Being inducted was the highest of highs and the lowest of lows,” Clifford says. “When we realized John [Fogerty] had been rehearsing with Bruce Springsteen [and Robbie Robertson], we were shocked.

“There we are with our family standing by and when it was time to get up and play Creedence we didn’t get up and play. It was heartbreaking and a low blow if you will, but I like positive outcomes on things like that. That night, the seeds were planted and two years later Revisited was created,” Clifford says.

“Now they [Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame] have rules that if the original members aren’t allowed to play then the bands aren’t allowed to play. We set the rules for that. We are still going strong. So it was a happy ending after all,” says Clifford.

The five members of Creedence Clearwater Revisited, in addition to Clifford, drums, are Stu Cook, bass; Kurt Griffey, lead guitar; Dan McGuiness, lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and Steve Gunner, multi-instrumentalist.

Though finding the right combination of musicians was a challenge, Clifford believes they hit it just right.

“It actually was far easier than we thought. Back then we had Elliot Easton from the Cars on lead guitar and Steve Gunner, who is still with us, was there as well.

”The singer was the hardest part. We had 10 candidates that were asked to send us a recording of themselves with just an acoustic guitar. That narrowed it down to four and the fourth was John Tristao. He was with us for 20 years, but due to health issues, we now have Dan McGuiness.

“It’s lots of hits, lots of good times. We know what they [the audience] like, certainly by now, and we bring it.

“We care about every show and everyone in the audience and we just want them to have a fantastic time. The more fun we have, the more fun the audience has.

“There are so many songs that people sometimes forget we do. Our show is high-energy, hit after hit, memory after memory,” Clifford says.

Tickets: Penn’s Peak box office, 325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe; pennspeak.com; ticketmaster.com; 800-745-3000