Song:Fool For The City
Album:The Best Of Foghat
Foghat was a very successful 70s spinoff of the 60s band Savoy Brown. Though Foghat did get some radio airplay, their success was built on live shows. And their biggest selling album was Foghat Live. Guitarist, lead singer and main songwriter Lonesome Dave Peverett, bassist Tony Stevens and drummer Roger Earl all left Savoy Brown in Dec. 1970 and formed Foghat. They added guitarist Rod Price who was a Brit living in New Hampshire. They signed with Bearsville Records and their 1972 debut album Foghat was produced by Dave Edmunds. Their brand of blues rock was well received and it laid the foundation for success. Fool For The City was their fifth album in 1975. Stevens tired of the endless touring and was replaced by Nick Jameson who produced Fool For The City and then was replaced permanently by Craig MacGregor. The album was certified Gold. Fool For The City and Slow Ride charted as singles. Their biggest hit album Foghat Live sold over two million copies in 1977. Live albums were very popular at the time. Foghat started to fade in the late 70s and Rod Price left in 1980 and was replaced by Erik Cartwright. This Rhino comp has all their hits. They disbanded when Peverett left in 1984 but Earl, MacGregor and Cartwright reformed Foghat in 1986. They toured and then Peverett formed his own version of Foghat in 1990. Producer Rick Rubin convinced the original members to reform in 1993. The resulting album, tour and DVD did well. Peverett and Price both retired from the road. Peverett died in 2000 and Price died in 2005. Roger Earl continues to lead Foghat today. Here's Foghat performing Fool For The City during their 1997 reunion tour.
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