Foghat biography
Foghat are a British rock band that had their peak success in the mid- to late-1970s. Their style can be described as "blues-rock", or boogie-rock, dominated by electric and electric slide guitar. The band has achieved 8 gold records, one platinum and one double platinum records. The group remained popular during the disco era, but their popularity waned in the early 1980s.
History
The band initially featured Dave Peverett ("Lonesome Dave") on guitar and vocals, Tony Stevens on bass, and Roger Earl on drums. The trio did not use the name "Foghat".
1970s
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Rod Price on guitar/slide guitar joined after he left Savoy Brown in December 1970. The new lineup was named "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.
1980s
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 1990s. 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. In addition, Phil Nudelman (1989-1990) and then Billy Davis (1990-1993) took over from Burgeson. Dave Crigger joined on bass in 1992-1993.
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