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Author Topic: Musical Selection of the Evening... Tonights Artist: Foghat  (Read 1476 times)
bsnicely
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« on: November 16, 2009, 05:29:02 PM »

Takin a quick break from work to post the Musical Selections tonight. It's great to have a computer and air card in my cruiser!     Enjoy........



Foghat are a British rock band who had their peak success in the mid- to late-1970s. Their style can be described as "blues-rock," dominated by electric and electric slide guitar. The band has achieved five gold records. The group remained popular during the disco era, but their popularity waned in the early 1980s.

The band initially featured Dave Peverett ("Lonesome Dave") on guitar and vocal, Tony Stevens on bass, and Roger Earl on drums. After leaving Savoy Brown in December 1970, they added Rod Price on guitar/slide guitar and formed Foghat in January 1971. Their 1972 album Foghat was produced by Dave Edmunds and had a cover of Willie Dixon's "I Just Want to Make Love to You" which received much airplay, especially on FM stations. The band's second self-titled album was also known as Rock and Roll for its cover photo of a rock and a bread roll, and it went gold. Energized came out in 1974, followed by Rock and Roll Outlaws and Fool for the City in 1975, the year that Stevens left the band after objecting to their endless touring schedule. Stevens was replaced temporarily by producer Nick Jameson in 1975 when the band recorded Fool For The City. In the next year, he was replaced by Craig MacGregor and the group produced Night Shift in 1976, a live album in 1977, and Stone Blue in 1978, each reaching "gold" record sales. Fool for the City spawned the hit single "Slow Ride" (which reached number 20 on the US charts), but the greatest sales figures were for Foghat Live, which sold over 2,000,000 copies. More hits followed: "Drivin' Wheel", "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (from the live album), "Stone Blue" and "Third Time Lucky (The First Time I Was a Fool)". But Rod Price, unhappy with the group's still constant touring and the shift away from their hard boogie sound towards a more New Wave influenced Pop direction, left the band in November 1980. After months of auditions he was replaced by Erik Cartwright by February 1981.

After 1978, Foghat record sales began to slip, and their last album for the Bearsville label, Zig-Zag Walk in 1983, only briefly touched the charts at #192. MacGregor quit in 1982 and Nick Jameson returned to play on In the Mood For Something Rude and Zig Zag Walk before turning things over to Kenny Aaronson(1983) and then Rob Alter(1983-1984). MacGregor returned in 1984.

After Dave Peverett left in 1984 and went back to England, the group disbanded. But Earl, along with MacGregor and Cartwright reformed the group in 1986 with a new singer/guitarist Eric (E. J.) Burgeson and continued touring as Foghat into the early nineties. MacGregor (1986-1987, 1991), Eric's brother Brett Cartwright (1987, 1988-1989, 1992) and Jeff Howell (1987-1988, 1989-1991, 1992) alternated on bass during that time. And Phil Nudelman (1989-1990) and then Billy Davis (1990-1993) took over from Burgeson. Dave Crigger joined on bass in 1992-1993.

Lonesome Dave himself had returned to the U.S. by 1990 and formed his own Lonesome Dave's Foghat that featured Bryan Bassett (ex Wild Cherry), Stephen Dees (bass) and Eddie Zyne (drums). Dees and Zyne had played with Hall & Oates, among others. Former Molly Hatchet bassist Riff West succeeded Dees in 1991 and Rod Price even did the odd guest appearance.

In 1993, at the urging of producer Rick Rubin, the original lineup reunited. Though Rubin ultimately proved to be unavailable to produce their comeback project, the group went ahead anyway and released a studio album entitled Return of the Boogie Men in 1994 and a live album entitled Road Cases in 1998. The final album of the decade, King Biscuit Flower Hour from the syndicated radio show of the same name, was released in May 1999, and consisted of live recordings from 1974 and 1976.

After being back together six years, the original lineup once again ended after Price decided to retire from touring for good. Bryan Bassett (who had been playing with Molly Hatchet in the interim) was brought back on guitar.

The 2000s saw the death of founding members Dave Peverett and Rod Price. Peverett died on February 7, 2000 from cancer, and Price died on March 22, 2005. As of 2005, Tony Stevens has been replaced again by Craig MacGregor. In 2006, a follow up to the best-selling Live album was released - Live II.

Foghat - Slow Ride (Live)powered by Aeva

Slow Ride

Foghat- Fool For The City (live)powered by Aeva

Fool for the City

FOGHAT - HONEY HUSH LIVE 1973powered by Aeva

Honey Hush

Foghat - I Just Wanna Make Love To You (Live 99)powered by Aeva

I Just Want to Make Love to You

Foghat - Drivin' Wheel (Live 99)powered by Aeva

Drivin' Wheel

FOGHAT: SWEET HOME CHICAGO Live 1993powered by Aeva

Sweet Home Chicago

FOGHAT: STONE BLUE Live 1993powered by Aeva

Stone Blue

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« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2009, 03:08:56 PM »

One of my favorite bands I have all their cd's and a couple of them was very hard to come by.Saw them the first time about 78-79 the last a few years ago at the Cherokee Rally and several in between.... Rock On Brian  cooldude
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« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2009, 06:42:14 PM »

That is one of the first albums that I had ever purchased, a 33 back in my senior year in 1978.  Fool for the city.  Wow, am I getting old.
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« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2009, 06:57:50 PM »

  Wow, am I getting old.

It's that hat Dave  cooldude
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« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2009, 07:30:06 PM »

Seen Foghat in early '74.  My senior year of high school was winding down.  Foghat was the headliner.  The opening act was a never  heard of act called Kiss.  We waited for what seemed like forever...they announced that the band that was to open had a flat tire on their bus in Ohio and that was why they were late.  So Foghat finally took the stage and what an excellent show it was.  About halfway through their set, a side door opened (this was a small venue) and some very large road cases came rolling across the floor, stopping in front of the stage.  The cases all were stenciled...KISS.   Well, Foghat finished and it was another really long wait.  All their equipment had to be set up......  Finally, the roadies were done and cleared the stage, the room went completely dark.  All you could see at first were the power lamps on the guitar amps on the stage.  Then the red lamps appeared to flicker, it was because of people walking past them on stage.  Then you could just start to make out human forms as one on the band members approached the front of the stage.  Now...did I mention I was standing right in front of the stage, within arms reach?  Well, this guy coming to the front of the stage looked really tall...he leaned forward...and shined a flashlight on his face.  (you know what I'm talking about)  It was Gene Simmons, and I'll bet every woman in the house screamed.  I admit I was startled as well.  The reason nobody had heard of them was this was their first tour.  I went right out and found a copy of Hotter Than Hell.  I think I have seen KISS as many times as I've seen Lynyrd Skynyrd...too many to remember.  I just wish I would of had the chance to see Foghat a few more times.
Of all the concerts I have been to, the only band as loud as KISS, is Foghat.  I got to see them again a few years back...minus Dave, and they still were very good and LOUD.  cooldude
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bsnicely
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« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2009, 11:43:12 AM »

Thanks for the story Steve, that would have been an awsome concert to see. I had a comparable concert experience. I was able to see the first concerrt Boston ever headlined, opening act was Rick Derringer and his self named band. Both rocked but Boston was so different they blew everyone away!!
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« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2009, 01:47:59 PM »

 in my past life i worked with foghat's we once had lonesome dave's foghat and roger earl's both playing with in 20 miles of each other in jackson mi i worked for a sound company call northern sound & lights nl&s and the parent company was crest artst a band  booking company at that time they[foghat] booked for around $1500.00 plus sound & lights a night then bands split up the dollar value go's down too. the last time i was on the road it was with  Nazareth, Blue Öyster Cult,Uriah Heep,Foghat,Wishbone Ash
i guess that makes me a old man now.. the last show was near pontiac mi. at the palace auburn hills
i bet i seen a few of you old farts too?
i love the old rock still
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Steve K (IA)
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« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2009, 04:50:28 PM »

Thanks for the story Steve, that would have been an awsome concert to see. I had a comparable concert experience. I was able to see the first concerrt Boston ever headlined, opening act was Rick Derringer and his self named band. Both rocked but Boston was so different they blew everyone away!!

That's pretty cool about Boston.  I remember way back when their first album came out, the speculation was that they could never reproduce live what Tom recorded in his basement.

I finally got to see Boston 4 years ago and was extremely impressed.  If you closed your eyes, you would of thought they were playing a recording...and boy, were they loud. 
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