In January 2025 Foghat called in current Blue Öyster Cult drummer Jules Radino to sub for an ill Roger Earl until Roger was able to return in May.
Also in 2025, one of the group’s crew members, Eddie Lefebvre, began appearing on stage with them playing percussion.
In August 2023 Foghat announced plans to release their 17th studio album, Sonic Mojo , with first single being “Drivin’ On,” co-written by Kim Simmonds from Savoy Brown in November 2023. It was released on 10 November, nearly a year after the ailing Simmonds’ death from colon cancer.
In January 2022 lead singer Charlie Huhn retired and Scott Holt, formerly a guitarist for Buddy Guy , became the new lead singer and guitarist. Holt had previously lent his vocals for Under the Influence and was lead vocalist in Foghat side project Earl & the Agitators.
The lineup of Earl, Bassett, Huhn and O’Quinn went on to record a live record in November 2019 called 8 Days on the Road . The album was released in July 2021.
Longtime bassist MacGregor was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer in 2015. The cancer was first detected at an earlier stage in 2012, but MacGregor was not informed until 2015. Following this incident, he became a proponent of a bill that would require physicians to communicate test results with patients…
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The band went on to release another live album, Live at the Belly Up, in June 2017. On 9 July 2017, Erik Cartwright, who played lead guitar from 1981 to 1984, died at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, from a heart attack. He was 66 years old.
Matt Barranti substituted on guitar for Bryan Bassett for a gig at Palace Theater in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 11 February 2017.
On 10 November 2015, Foghat announced that they would start work on a new studio album, completely fan-funded through PledgeMusic . The album, titled Under the Influence , was released on 24 June 2016. The album went on to chart and debuted at No. 17 on Billboard’s Hard Rock Albums,…
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The band released a DVD in December 2013 called Live in St. Pete .