The 2010 version of Foghat consisted of Earl, MacGregor, Huhn and Bassett. Former Rainbow and Black Sabbath drummer Bobby Rondinelli had temporarily replaced Earl for a summer 2010 concert, while Earl was recovering from surgery. At another Foghat concert that summer, after Earl had returned to the band, bassist Jeff…
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Price died on 22 March 2005, aged 57, due to a fall resulting from a heart attack. Later that year, original bassist Stevens left the band and was replaced by former bassist MacGregor.
Charlie Huhn (formerly of Humble Pie , Ted Nugent , and Victory ) was brought in to replace him on lead vocals and guitar. This line-up of Earl, Stevens, Bassett and Huhn recorded the album Family Joules (2003).
The 2000s saw the deaths of founding members Peverett and Price. Peverett died on 7 February 2000, aged 56, from complications from kidney cancer.
In 1993, the original line-up reunited at the urging of producer Rick Rubin . Although Rubin ultimately proved to be unavailable to produce their comeback project, the group went ahead and released a studio album titled Return of the Boogie Men (1994) and the Road Cases live album (1998). The…
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Peverett had returned to the United States by 1990 and formed his own version of the band, Lonesome Dave’s Foghat, which 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…
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The band briefly disbanded in 1984 after Peverett left and returned to England. 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, 1993), Cartwright’s brother Brett Cartwright (1987, 1988–1989) and Jeff Howell (1987-1988,…
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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 Just Want to Make Love to You “, which received considerable airplay, especially on FM stations.…
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After 1978, Foghat’s record sales began to slip, and their last album for the Bearsville label, Zig-Zag Walk (1983), only briefly touched the charts at number 192. MacGregor quit in 1982, and Jameson returned to play on In the Mood for Something Rude and Zig Zag Walk before being replaced…
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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 December 1970. Rod Price , on guitar/slide guitar, joined after he left Black Cat Bones . The new line-up was named…
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