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Foghat are a British rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band that had their peak success in the mid- to late-1970s. Their style can be described as "blues-rock
Blues-rock
Blues rock is a hybrid musical genre combining bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended boogie jams with rock and roll styles. The core of the blues rock sound is created by the electric guitar, piano, bass guitar and drum kit, with the electric guitar usually amplified through a...

," or boogie-rock dominated by electric and electric slide guitar
Slide guitar
Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles...

. The band has achieved five gold records. The group remained popular during the disco era
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...

, but their popularity waned in the early 1980s.

History

The band initially featured Dave Peverett
Dave Peverett
David Peverett or Lonesome Dave was a British musician. He is best known as the original singer and rhythm guitarist of Foghat, which he founded following his tenure in Savoy Brown....

 ("Lonesome Dave") on guitar and vocal, Tony Stevens
Tony Stevens
Tony Stevens is an English musician, best known as the bassist with the bands Foghat and Savoy Brown.- Career :...

 on bass, and Roger Earl
Roger Earl
Roger Earl is the drummer of the band Foghat, famed for their relentless touring and strong live performances...

 on drums. After leaving Savoy Brown
Savoy Brown
Savoy Brown, originally known as the Savoy Brown Blues Band, are a British blues rock band, formed in 1965, in Battersea, South West London...

 in December 1970, they added Rod Price
Rod Price
Rod Price was an English guitarist who was best known for his work with the rock band Foghat...

 on guitar/slide guitar and formed Foghat in January 1971. Their 1972 album Foghat was produced by Dave Edmunds
Dave Edmunds
David 'Dave' Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with Pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.-Early bands:As a teenager Edmunds first...

 and had a cover of Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon
William James "Willie" Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the Upright bass and the guitar, as well as his own singing voice, Dixon is arguably best known as one of the most prolific songwriters...

's "I Just Want to Make Love to You
I Just Want to Make Love to You
In 1961, Etta James recorded the song for her debut album At Last!. Her rendition also served as the b-side to her hit "At Last." In 1996, Etta James' version became popular in the UK after featuring in a Diet Coke ad campaign. As a result, the single was re-released there...

" which received much airplay, especially on FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...

 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
Fool for the City
Fool for the City was the fifth album released by English rock band Foghat, released in 1975. This was Foghat's first platinum album, and features their most famous song "Slow Ride"...

in 1975, the year that Stevens left the band after objecting to their endless touring schedule. Stevens was replaced temporarily by producer Nick Jameson
Nick Jameson
Nick Jameson is an American actor and voice actor, as well as a songwriter, composer, musician and producer. He has appeared in the television series The Critic, 24, Lost and, vocally, in Star Wars: Clone Wars as Palpatine , the radio adaption of Dark Empire, and several other productions of Star...

 in 1975 when the band recorded Fool For The City
Fool for the City
Fool for the City was the fifth album released by English rock band Foghat, released in 1975. This was Foghat's first platinum album, and features their most famous song "Slow Ride"...

. 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
Fool for the City
Fool for the City was the fifth album released by English rock band Foghat, released in 1975. This was Foghat's first platinum album, and features their most famous song "Slow Ride"...

spawned the hit single "Slow Ride
Slow Ride
"Slow Ride" is the title of a song composed by "Lonesome" Dave Peverett and recorded by the British rock band Foghat, appearing on their fifth album Fool for the City . This was Foghat's top single, peaking at number 20. It also appears on Foghat Live , which was their best selling album at over...

" (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
Erik Cartwright
Erik Cartwright is an American rock guitarist.He was born July 10, 1950 in New York, New York and is best known for playing with Foghat. Cartwright replaced original Foghat guitarist Rod Price in 1981...

 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 briefly. But Earl, along with MacGregor and Cartwright reformed 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
Hall & Oates
Hall & Oates are an American musical duo composed of Daryl Hall and John Oates. They achieved their greatest fame in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s. Both sing and play instruments. They specialized in a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues styles, which they dubbed "rock and soul."...

, among others. Former Molly Hatchet
Molly Hatchet
Molly Hatchet is an American southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1975. They are widely known for their hit song "Flirtin' with Disaster" from the album of the same title. The band, founded by Dave Hlubek and Steve Holland, took its name from a prostitute who allegedly mutilated...

 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
Rick Rubin
Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin is an American record producer and the co-president of Columbia Records. Along with Russell Simmons, Rubin was the co-founder of Def Jam Records and also established American Recordings...

, the original line-up 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
King Biscuit Flower Hour
The King Biscuit Flower Hour was a syndicated radio show presented by the D.I.R. Radio Network that featured concert performances by various rock artists.-History:...

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 line-up once again ended after Price decided to retire from touring for good. Bryan Bassett
Bryan Bassett
Bryan Bassett is an American guitarist who has played with several notable bands but is probably best known as a member of Wild Cherry in the 1970s who had a huge hit with "Play That Funky Music."-Early career:...

 (who had been playing with Molly Hatchet
Molly Hatchet
Molly Hatchet is an American southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1975. They are widely known for their hit song "Flirtin' with Disaster" from the album of the same title. The band, founded by Dave Hlubek and Steve Holland, took its name from a prostitute who allegedly mutilated...

 in the interim) was brought back on guitar.

The 2000s saw the deaths of founding members Dave Peverett
Dave Peverett
David Peverett or Lonesome Dave was a British musician. He is best known as the original singer and rhythm guitarist of Foghat, which he founded following his tenure in Savoy Brown....

 and Rod Price
Rod Price
Rod Price was an English guitarist who was best known for his work with the rock band Foghat...

. Peverett died on 7 February 2000 from complications from Kidney cancer at the age of 56, and Rod Price died on 22 March 2005 at the age of 57 of a fall resulting from a heart attack.

After much soul searching and support from the fans, Roger Earl began to hesitantly review some tapes of singers, without findng anyone suitable. Eventually he recalled hearing vocalist Charlie Huhn at a "Humble Pie" show. Roger contacted Charlie and a rehearsal was set up at SIR in New York. After just a few hours of jamming, the chemistry was undeniable and all agreed that this was the person to join the band and take it into the future. Charlie’s vocal ability and guitar playing fit the music perfectly.

In 2004 they released a live DVD called “The Official Bootleg DVD, Volume 1” and at the end of that year, Tony Stevens was again replaced by veteran Foghat bassist Craig Macgregor.

In 2007 they released a new double live CD entitled “FOGHAT LIVE II” , (recorded in 2005 & 2007) to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the original ‘Foghat LIVE’, and the reviews were exceptional! This opened up a new chapter for Foghat. The band was as good as ever and carrying on their tradition of touring and having a great time.

In 2007 while promoting “LIVE II”, the band was invited to record a live session for DJ Mark Klein’s weekly ‘Long Island Blues Warehouse Radio Show’ which was recorded to 2 track. They ended up releasing it as “Live at the Blues Warehouse” in 2009 and again this CD got rave reviews!

In the last few years the band has reached a whole new generation of fans — due to its songs appearing on such popular home video games as Guitar Hero, the Fox tv show The Good Guys, numerous movies and TV ads, etc. — and as a result, the live dates continued to pile up and the boogie continues. And to keep the band relevant to both old and new fans alike, 2010 brings the inclusion of a newer Foghat song “Mumbo Jumbo” in the new I-Phone application by Universal called ‘Six String’.

Their latest project Last Train Home (released June 2010) is a mix of favourite blues songs, three originals ('Born for the Road', 'Last Train Home' and '495 Boogie)', and two songs by guest performer Eddie 'Bluesman' Kirkland who is 86. Also performing are Colin Earl / piano, Jeff Howell / bass and Lefty 'Sugar Lips' Lefkowitz / harmonica. According to Earl “This CD is a testimony to Lonesome Dave. We always planned to do this. I am so fortunate to have partners in band members Charlie Huhn and Bryan Bassett who share the same passion for the blues.”

The 2010 version of Foghat consisted of Roger Earl, Craig MacGregor, Charlie Huhn, and Bryan Bassett and has been together for 10 years since the passing of Lonesome Dave. At a concert during the Summer of 2010, former Rainbow drummer Bobby Rondinelli had temporarily replaced Roger Earl while Roger was recovering from surgery. At another Foghat concert during the Summer of 2010, after Roger Earl returned to the band, bassist Jeff Howell had temporarily replaced Craig MacGregor because of an illness. As of 2011, bassist Craig MacGregor has returned.

Personnel

1968–1975 1975–1976 1976–1981 1981–1982 1982–1983
  • Dave Peverett
    Dave Peverett
    David Peverett or Lonesome Dave was a British musician. He is best known as the original singer and rhythm guitarist of Foghat, which he founded following his tenure in Savoy Brown....

     - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Rod Price
    Rod Price
    Rod Price was an English guitarist who was best known for his work with the rock band Foghat...

     - lead guitar, slide guitar
  • Tony Stevens
    Tony Stevens
    Tony Stevens is an English musician, best known as the bassist with the bands Foghat and Savoy Brown.- Career :...

     - bass
  • Roger Earl
    Roger Earl
    Roger Earl is the drummer of the band Foghat, famed for their relentless touring and strong live performances...

     - drums
  • Dave Peverett - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Rod Price - lead guitar, slide guitar
  • Nick Jameson
    Nick Jameson
    Nick Jameson is an American actor and voice actor, as well as a songwriter, composer, musician and producer. He has appeared in the television series The Critic, 24, Lost and, vocally, in Star Wars: Clone Wars as Palpatine , the radio adaption of Dark Empire, and several other productions of Star...

     - bass
  • Roger Earl - drums
  • Dave Peverett - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Rod Price - lead guitar, slide guitar
  • Craig MacGregor - bass
  • Roger Earl - drums
  • Dave Peverett - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Erik Cartwright
    Erik Cartwright
    Erik Cartwright is an American rock guitarist.He was born July 10, 1950 in New York, New York and is best known for playing with Foghat. Cartwright replaced original Foghat guitarist Rod Price in 1981...

     - lead guitar
  • Craig MacGregor - bass
  • Roger Earl - drums
  • Dave Peverett - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Erik Cartwright - lead guitar
  • Nick Jameson
    Nick Jameson
    Nick Jameson is an American actor and voice actor, as well as a songwriter, composer, musician and producer. He has appeared in the television series The Critic, 24, Lost and, vocally, in Star Wars: Clone Wars as Palpatine , the radio adaption of Dark Empire, and several other productions of Star...

     - bass
  • Roger Earl - drums
  • 1983 1983–1984 1984 1984–1986 1986–1987
  • Dave Peverett - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Erik Cartwright - lead guitar
  • Kenny Aaronson
    Kenny Aaronson
    Kenny Aaronson is an American bass guitar player.- Early life and career :He started playing drums at the age of eleven, following in his older brother's footsteps. Kenny switched to electric bass at the age 14 after becoming enamored by the bass on Motown records and was strongly influenced by...

     - bass
  • Roger Earl - drums
  • Dave Peverett - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Erik Cartwright - lead guitar
  • Rob Alter - bass
  • Roger Earl - drums
  • Dave Peverett - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Erik Cartwright - lead guitar
  • Craig MacGregor - bass
  • Roger Earl - drums
  • Band Split
  • Eric Burgeson - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Erik Cartwright - lead guitar
  • Craig MacGregor - bass
  • Roger Earl - drums
  • 1987 1987–1988 1988–1989 1989–1990 1990–1991
  • Eric Burgeson - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Erik Cartwright - lead guitar
  • Brett Cartwright - bass
  • Roger Earl - drums
  • Eric Burgeson - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Erik Cartwright - lead guitar
  • Jeff Howell
    Jeff Howell
    Jeff Howell may refer to:* Jeff Howell , American minor-league player* Jeff Howell , American host of The Monsters In The Morning radio show and voice actor...

     - bass
  • Roger Earl - drums
  • Eric Burgeson - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Erik Cartwright - lead guitar
  • Brett Cartwright - bass
  • Roger Earl - drums
  • Phil Nudelman - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Erik Cartwright - lead guitar
  • Jeff Howell - bass
  • Roger Earl - drums
  • Billy Davis
    Billy Davis
    Billy Davis may refer to:*Billy Davis , American songwriter, record producer, and singer*Billy Davis, Jr. , American singer, member of the group The 5th Dimension...

     - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Erik Cartwright - lead guitar
  • Jeff Howell - bass
  • Roger Earl - drums
  • 1991–1992 1992–1993 1993–1999 1999–2000 2000–2005
  • Billy Davis - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Erik Cartwright - lead guitar
  • Craig MacGregor - bass
  • Roger Earl - drums
  • Billy Davis - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Erik Cartwright - lead guitar
  • Dave Crigger - bass
  • Roger Earl - drums
  • Dave Peverett - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Rod Price - lead guitar
  • Tony Stevens - bass
  • Roger Earl - drums
  • Dave Peverett - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Bryan Bassett
    Bryan Bassett
    Bryan Bassett is an American guitarist who has played with several notable bands but is probably best known as a member of Wild Cherry in the 1970s who had a huge hit with "Play That Funky Music."-Early career:...

     - lead guitar
  • Tony Stevens - bass
  • Roger Earl - drums
  • Charlie Huhn
    Charlie Huhn
    Charlie Huhn is an American rock singer and guitarist. He got his start playing with Vic Amato, Andy Dennen and Al Lesert in the band Cirrus, in and around Grand Rapids, Michigan playing many gigs in West Michigan before joining Ted Nugent in 1978....

     - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Bryan Bassett - lead guitar
  • Tony Stevens - bass
  • Roger Earl - drums
  • 2005–present
  • Charlie Huhn
    Charlie Huhn
    Charlie Huhn is an American rock singer and guitarist. He got his start playing with Vic Amato, Andy Dennen and Al Lesert in the band Cirrus, in and around Grand Rapids, Michigan playing many gigs in West Michigan before joining Ted Nugent in 1978....

     - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Bryan Bassett - lead guitar
  • Craig MacGregor - bass
  • Roger Earl - drums
  •  

    Discography

    • 1972 - Foghat
      Foghat (1972 album)
      Foghat is the debut album by the band Foghat. The first of the band's two self-titled albums, it was released in 1972 on Bearsville.-Track listing:# "I Just Want to Make Love to You" - 4:21# "Trouble Trouble" - 3:20...

    • 1973 - Foghat
      Foghat (1973 album)
      Foghat is the second album, as well as the second self-titled album by the band Foghat. It was released in March 1973, and is generally known by fans as Rock and Roll, because of its cover picture depicting a rock and a roll....

    • 1974 - Energized
      Energized
      Energized is the third album by the group Foghat. It was released in January 1974 and certified gold in the US.-Track listing:# "Honey Hush" - 4:19 Energized is the third album by the group Foghat. It was released in January 1974 and certified gold in the US.-Track listing:# "Honey Hush" - 4:19...

    • 1974 - Rock and Roll Outlaws
    • 1975 - Fool for the City
      Fool for the City
      Fool for the City was the fifth album released by English rock band Foghat, released in 1975. This was Foghat's first platinum album, and features their most famous song "Slow Ride"...

    • 1976 - Night Shift
    • 1977 - Foghat Live
      Foghat Live
      Foghat Live is a 1977 live album by Foghat. The release is Foghat's best selling album with over two million copies sold, and certified double platinum in the US...

      (Live)
    • 1978 - Stone Blue
      Stone Blue
      Stone Blue is the seventh studio album by the blues rock band Foghat. The album was released in May 1978 on Bearsville Records. The album is preceded by Foghat Live and is followed by Boogie Motel.-Track listing:# Stone Blue - 5:38...

    • 1979 - Boogie Motel
      Boogie Motel
      Boogie Motel is the eighth studio album by blues-rock band Foghat, released in 1979. It is certified gold in the US. The cover art is by Jim Baikie...

    • 1980 - Tight Shoes
      Tight Shoes
      Tight Shoes is the ninth studio album by Foghat, released in 1980 on Bearsville. The band has commented on the album saying, "It was a tentative foray into New Wave." This was also the last release Rod Price participated on until 1994's Return of the Boogie Men.-Track listing:# Stranger in My Home...

    • 1981 - Girls to Chat & Boys to Bounce
      Girls to Chat & Boys to Bounce
      Girls to Chat & Boys to Bounce is the tenth studio album by blues rock band Foghat, released in 1981. It is the first with new guitarist Erik Cartwright.-Track listing:# "Wide Boy" - 2:44# "Let Me Get Close to You" - 5:36# "Live Now, Pay Later" - 6:08...

    • 1982 - In the Mood for Something Rude
      In the Mood for Something Rude
      In the Mood for Something Rude is the eleventh studio album by British hard rock band Foghat, released in 1982. All eight tracks on the album were penned by outside writers, and the record is something of a covers album in which the band applies its bluesy rock and roll style over a collection of...

    • 1983 - Zig-Zag Walk
      Zig-Zag Walk
      Zig-Zag Walk is the twelfth studio album by the British hard rock band Foghat, released in 1983. Unlike the previous year's In the Mood for Something Rude, which consisted of all outside material, lead singer Dave Peverett wrote five of the album's ten songs, with guitarist Erik Cartwright...

    • 1994 - Return of the Boogie Men
      Return of the Boogie Men
      Return of the Boogie Men is the thirteenth studio album by British hard rock band Foghat, released in 1994.-Track listing:#"Jump That Train" - 5:16#"Louisiana Blues" - 5:47#"Motel Shaker" - 4:39...

    • 1998 - Road Cases (Live)
    • 1999 - King Biscuit Flower Hour (Live)
    • 2001 - Road Cases Version 2 (Live)
    • 2003 - Decades Live (Live)
    • 2003 - Family Joules
    • 2006 - Foghat Live II (Live)
    • 2010 - Last Train Home

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