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Foghat
Foghat are an English rock band formed in London in 1971. The band is known for the use of electric slide guitar in its music. The band has achieved eight gold records, one platinum and one double platinum record, and despite several line-up changes, continue to record and perform. History 1970s The band initially featured Dave Peverett ("Lonesome Dave") on guitar and vocals, Tony Stevens on bass and Roger Earl on drums, after all three musicians left Savoy Brown in 1971. Rod Price, on guitar/slide guitar, joined after he left Black Cat Bones in December 1970. The new line-up was named "Foghat" (a nonsense word from a Scrabble-like game played by Peverett and his brother) in January 1971. There is a cartoon drawing on the back cover of the group's first album of a head wearing a foghat. Foghat relocated to the United States after signing a deal with Bearsville Records. Its debut album, ''Foghat'' (1972), was produced by Dave Edmunds and featured a cover of Willie Dixon's " I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Peverett
David Jack Peverett (16 April 1943 – 7 February 2000), also known as Lonesome Dave, was an English singer and musician, best known as the original lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Foghat, which he founded following his tenure in Savoy Brown. Early years Peverett was an avid fan of the blues and of blues-based rock and roll, and mastered these forms while performing. In the formative pre-Beatles early 1960s, he was the vocalist and lead guitarist of The Nocturnes, which included his brother John Peverett (later to be Rod Stewart's road manager before becoming a Baptist pastor in the USA) on drums, Keith Sutton on rhythm guitar, and Brixton neighbour Al "Boots" Collins (later to be editor of tourist magazines in the West Indies and Middle East) on tenor sax. The Nocturnes achieved London popularity as a pub and club band and provided backing for other performers at a recording studio in Soho. After a brief tour with Swiss blues band Les Questions (during which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bearsville Records
Bearsville Records was founded in 1970 by Albert Grossman. Artists included Todd Rundgren, Elizabeth Barraclough, Foghat, Halfnelson/ Sparks, Bobby Charles, Randy VanWarmer, Paul Butterfield's Better Days, Lazarus, Jesse Winchester, and NRBQ. The label closed in 1984, two years before Grossman's death. Sally Grossman, Albert Grossman’s widow, was running Bearsville Records from 2010 until her death in March 2021, at the age of 81. Bearsville's initial distributor was Ampex Records. From 1972 until its folding, the label was distributed by Warner Bros. Records in most countries. In the UK it was distributed by Warner until 1979, and then Island until 1981; its last few British releases were licensed to independent labels Avatar and Lamborghini. Rhino Records currently distributes the Bearsville catalog. Many of the artists on the roster recorded at Grossman's Bearsville Studios. Notable artists * Elizabeth Barraclough *Paul Butterfield *Jonathan Cain *Felix Cavaliere *Bobb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Huhn
Charles Huhn (born January 11, 1951) 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. Career Ted Nugent Born in 1951 in Portland, Oregon, Huhn moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan at the age of four when he began his music career. He started with piano and voice lessons, and soon after taught himself the guitar. He began performing in rock bands in 1967, initially with Cirrus, composed of high school friends; in 1973, he performed in Tanglewood, a full-time successful mid-west bar band. In 1975, after graduating from Michigan State with a bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, he then played with longtime friend and drummer Vic Amato for two and a half years, before auditioning for Ted Nugent. He came to prominence when he joined Ted Nugent's band in 1978. Huhn replaced band member Derek St. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foghat (1972 Album)
''Foghat'' is the debut studio album by American-based English rock band Foghat. The first of their two self-titled albums, it was released in 1972 on Bearsville Records. Track listing #" I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon) – 4:21 #"Trouble, Trouble" (Dave Peverett) – 3:20 #"Leavin' Again (Again!)" (Peverett, Tony Stevens) – 3:36 #"Fool's Hall of Fame" (Peverett) – 2:58 #"Sarah Lee" (Peverett, Rod Price) – 4:36 #"Highway (Killing Me)" (Peverett, Price) – 3:51 #"Maybelline" (sic) (Chuck Berry) – 3:33 #"A Hole to Hide In" (Peverett, Price, Roger Earl) – 4:06 #"Gotta Get to Know You" (Deadric Malone, Andre Williams) – 7:44 Personnel Foghat *Dave Peverett – vocals, rhythm guitar *Rod Price – lead and slide guitar, dobro *Tony Stevens – bass guitar, harmony vocals *Roger Earl – drums, percussion Additional musicians *Colin Earl – piano *Dave Edmunds – additional guitars *Kipps – unknown *Todd Rundgren – piano on "Trouble Trouble" *Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Energized
''Energized'' is the third album by rock band Foghat, released in January 1974. It peaked at #34 on the ''Billboard 200'' and was certified as an RIAA Gold Record in the United States. Track listing # "Honey Hush" – 4:19 (Big Joe Turner as "Lou W. Turner") #*Interpolates music from "Train Kept A-Rollin'" by Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, and Lois Mann. # "Step Outside" – 6:18 (Dave Peverett, Rod Price, Roger Earl, Tony Stevens) # "Golden Arrow" – 4:03 (Peverett, Price) # "Home in My Hand" – 5:09 (Peverett, Price) # "Wild Cherry" – 5:27 (Peverett, Price, Earl, Stevens, Tom Dawes) # "That'll Be the Day" – 2:33 (Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) # "Fly by Night" – 4:47 (Stevens) # "Nothin' I Won't Do" – 6:54 (Peverett, Price) An edited version of "Step Outside" was released as a single, with a B-side of "Maybelline" from the band's first album, ''Foghat''. Personnel Foghat * Dave Peverett – guitar, vocals * Rod Price – guitar, slide guitar, dobro, vocals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig MacGregor
Craig MacGregor (September 13, 1949 – February 9, 2018) was an American musician. He was the longtime bassist for Foghat, a rock band he joined in 1976. Biography MacGregor was born on September 13, 1949, in Iowa. He developed an interest in music at an early age, taking up piano at age seven before switching to trumpet and then drums. Following a three-year period as a drummer, MacGregor switched to bass guitar as his primary instrument as a result of his desire to be more out front while performing. As a teenager, he played with a variety of local Connecticut bands. One of these bands, Swan, had some moderate success and toured the United States. Two of his bandmates in Swan, Bobby T Torrello and Joe Kelly, went on to perform with Johnny Winter and Ike & Tina Turner. MacGregor joined Foghat in 1976, replacing their interim bassist Nick Jameson. His debut recording with the band was 1976's '' Night Shift.'' He continued with the band until 1982, recording on many more albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foghat Live
''Foghat Live'' is a 1977 live album by Foghat. The release is Foghat's bestselling album with over two million copies sold, and certified double platinum in the United States. In 2007, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the album, Foghat released the '' Live II'' double album. Track listing Side one # "Fool for the City" (Dave Peverett) - 5:31 # "Home in My Hand" (Dave Peverett, Rod Price) - 4:56 # " I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon) - 8:36 Side two # "Road Fever" (Peverett, Price) - 5:29 # "Honey Hush" (Big Joe Turner) - 5:38 # "Slow Ride" ( Peverett) - 8:21 Personnel Adapted from album liner notes ;Foghat * "Lonesome" Dave Peverett – Rhythm Guitar and Lead Vocals. *Rod Price – Lead Guitar and Backing Vocals. *Craig MacGregor – Bass and Backing Vocals. *Roger Earl – Drums. ;Other Musicians *Dan Craig - Percussion. *Dave Lang - Percussion. *Nick Jameson - Percussion. ;Recording Unit *Nick Jameson – Engineer and Producer. *Bill Inglot – Remas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Price
Roderick Michael Price (22 November 1947 – 22 March 2005) was an English guitarist best known for his work with the rock band Foghat. He was known as 'The Magician of Slide', 'The Bottle', and 'Slide King of Rock and Roll', due to his slide guitar playing. Career Price joined British blues band Black Cat Bones at the age of 21, replacing guitarist Paul Kossoff. They recorded one album, '' Barbed Wire Sandwich'', which was released in early 1970, when British blues was being supplanted by rock. The album was successful artistically, but failed commercially. Black Cat Bones disbanded and Price joined Foghat when it formed in London in 1971. He played on the band's first ten albums, released from 1972 through to 1980. His signature slide playing ability helped propel the band to be one of the most successful rock groups in the United States during the 1970s. His slide playing was featured distinctly on Foghat songs "Drivin' Wheel", "Stone Blue", and the group's biggest hit, "S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Shift (album)
''Night Shift'' is the sixth studio album by the rock band Foghat. It was released in 1976 by Bearsville Records. The album peaked at No. 36 on the ''Billboard'' 200. It has sold more than 500,000 copies. Production ''Night Shift'' was the first Foghat album to include bassist Craig MacGregor, who had toured with the band in support of '' Fool for the City''. The album was produced by Dan Hartman. Critical reception '' MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide'' called the album "a consistent serving of meat-and-potatoes hard rock." ''Record Collector'' wrote that "the title track is Foghat boogie at its very best, while their version of 'Take Me To The River' is one of the best you’ll ever hear." Track listing # "Drivin' Wheel" (Dave Peverett, Rod Price) - 5:11/4:30 # "Don't Run Me Down" (Peverett) - 6:32 # "Burnin' the Midnight Oil" (Peverett) - 5:38 # "Night Shift" (Peverett, Price) - 5:32 # "Hot Shot Love" (Peverett) - 4:00 # " Take Me to the River" (Al Green, Mabon " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Stevens
Tony Stevens (born 12 September 1949) is an English musician, best known as the bassist with the bands Foghat, Savoy Brown, and Nobody's Business. Career Stevens joined the British blues-rock band Savoy Brown in 1968, and contributed to four of that band's albums over the next two years as bassist and songwriter. Savoy Brown, which also included drummer Roger Earl, guitarist Kim Simmonds and singer/guitarist "Lonesome" Dave Peverett, built a healthy following in the U.K. and U.S. through extensive touring; they were notable enough in the U.S. that, on 7 September 1969, Stevens became a subject of American performance artist/groupie Cynthia Albritton, better known as "Cynthia Plaster Caster." Savoy Brown's most successful album during Stevens' tenure with them was ''Looking In'', whose centerpiece song, "Leavin' Again," he co-authored. Released in 1970, ''Looking In'' reached number 39 on the U.S. Billboard album charts. After a concert tour of the U.S. to support ''Looki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Bassett
Bryan Bassett (born August 11, 1954) is an American guitarist who has played with several notable bands but is best known as a member of Wild Cherry in the 1970s who had a hit with "Play That Funky Music". Early career Bryan was born on August 11, 1954 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He began playing with some local Pittsburgh bands in the late 1960s and early 1970s before joining Wild Cherry in 1975 which was actually a reformation of a popular local Ohio band led by vocalist/guitarist Rob Parissi. They recorded the hit "Play That Funky Music" that same year. Bassett plays the recognizable guitar figure that introduces the song. Bassett continued on with Wild Cherry until their breakup in 1979, and they charted a few more hits. He went on to a successful career as a music producer in the 1980s. Bassett began teaching the Contemporary Ensemble class at Daytona State College in 2010. Molly Hatchet and Foghat In 1989 Bassett formed a friendship with Foghat's "Lonesome" Dave Pever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foghat (1973 Album)
''Foghat'' is the second album, and the second self-titled album, by the English rock band Foghat, released in March 1973. It is generally known by fans as ''Rock 'n' Roll'', because of its cover picture depicting a rock and bread roll.Pete Prown, HP Newquist, Jon F. Eiche ''The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists'', 1997, Foghat n Bearsville Foghat (1972), Rock and Roll (1973), Track listing #"Ride, Ride, Ride" (Dave Peverett, Rod Price) – 4:24 #" I Feel So Bad" (Chuck Willis) – 5:09 #"Long Way to Go" (Peverett, Price, Tony Stevens, Roger Earl) – 5:07 #"It's Too Late" (Peverett, Price) – 5:45 #"What a Shame" (Price) – 3:52 #"Helpin' Hand" (Peverett, Price, Stevens, Earl) – 4:41 #"Road Fever" (Peverett, Price) – 4:23 #"She's Gone" (Peverett, Price) – 3:12 #"Couldn't Make Her Stay" (Peverett) – 1:57 Personnel *Dave Peverett – vocals, rhythm guitar *Rod Price Roderick Michael Price (22 November 1947 – 22 March 2005) was an English guitar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
