I saw them in August of 1974 at the August Jam. It was a high energy show. The guitarist if I recall only played slide guitar and I remember his ax was a SG. 

I think he has since passed on. 

Update. Yes his name was Rod Price. Known as the king of slide guitar. He and the other three originals formed the band in 1971. Rod died of a fall down a flight of steps and a heart attack in 2005 at age 57. 

He originally left the band in 1980 but returned in 1990. Foghat it says are still together despite many lineup changes and tours in the US and UK. 

Great choice @Allmanfan21.

The original Foghat with it's duo of Dave Peverett (Vocals) and Rod Price on Guitars along with Rod Price on double bass drums and Craig MacGregor on bass were the ultimate stadium rockers.  Rod Price remains the only original member in the current band.

Born out of the British Blues band "Savoy Brown", Foghat is still one of my al time favorites and one can never get tiered of listing to their monster renditions of the likes of Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters and so on and so forth who were their musical hero's.

Foghat and long-time Blues Buddy Eddie Kirkland recorded "Last Train Home," in 2010. I suggest anyone who wants a little taste of the Band at it's best check it out!

Roger Earl is the long time drummer, I grew up on Long Island and Port Jefferson was their base for quite a while. The Boogie Motel was located on Main St in Port Jefferson. Both Foghat and Blue Oyster Cult recorded at the Boogie Motel. Always loved Foghat and Lonsome Dave was always a favorite of mine.

@rcgp20201:  I don't know what you're smoking but please mail me an ounce or so when you can.  As robertdee mentioned, Rod Price passed away in 2005 after falling down a flight of stairs and suffering a heart attack.  I verified this information on Wikipedia.  The only original member of the current version of Foghat is drummer Roger Earl.  I saw them at a free show maybe 5 years ago. The "replacement" members are all experienced pros from bands like Ted Nugent and Molly Hatchet and they rock really hard.

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I saw them in August of 1974 at the August Jam. It was a high energy show. The guitarist if I recall only played slide guitar and I remember his ax was a SG. 

I think he has since passed on. 

Update. Yes his name was Rod Price. Known as the king of slide guitar. He and the other three originals formed the band in 1971. Rod died of a fall down a flight of steps and a heart attack in 2005 at age 57. 

He originally left the band in 1980 but returned in 1990. Foghat it says are still together despite many lineup changes and tours in the US and UK. 

I am a big Foghat fan and saw the original band several times in the mid 1970's. Price was known for his slide playing and is very underrated guitarist IMHO.

He did indeed play an SG but also played Les Paul's and and did play some straight guitar and not just slide but slide is his claim to fame from his Foghat days.

Interesting like a lot of the greats he even played a Fender Tele early in his career. Nice interview with Mr. Price.

https://www.vintageguitar.com/34762/rod-price/

Interesting fact is before Foghat he was in a band Black Cat Bones in 1969 where he replaced another legendary guitarist Paul Kossoff of Free fame. They only recorded one album Barbed Wire Sandwich which is an great blues album in the vein of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac and Savoy Brown.

Posted by: @rcgp2020

Great choice @Allmanfan21.

The original Foghat with it's duo of Dave Peverett (Vocals) and Rod Price on Guitars along with Rod Price on double bass drums and Craig MacGregor on bass were the ultimate stadium rockers.  Rod Price remains the only original member in the current band.

Born out of the British Blues band "Savoy Brown", Foghat is still one of my al time favorites and one can never get tiered of listing to their monster renditions of the likes of Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters and so on and so forth who were their musical hero's.

Foghat and long-time Blues Buddy Eddie Kirkland recorded "Last Train Home," in 2010. I suggest anyone who wants a little taste of the Band at it's best check it out!

I am also a big fan and never thought they got the respect the deserved.

They had some good originals but I thought they really shined doing remakes of classic blues songs and making it uniquely their own. Slow Ride gets all the play from the Fool album but this is a killer cover with amazing slide playing. Price's slide playing is just so fluid I never get tired of it.

And the legendary Robert Johnson original

Price lived in NH near where I work. One of the guys I used to work with was friendly with him and took guitar lessons from him. After he died (in the manner mentioned above) someone made a cd of his later work with proceeds to benefit his family. I'll have to dig it up. 

thanks for posting this. good stuff

My previous post should have included Roger Earl on as the surviving member of Foghat.

I also did not include and the name Tony Stevens who was the original Bass player.

My apologies for leaving that information out.  

Thank you to those who have added more information about this great band.

For additional listening I suggest you check out "Foghat: Return of the BOOGIE MEN on Modern Records.

I was at the Charlotte Jam as well, but two years earlier they came to Knoxville. Foghat opened for Humble Pie about the time "Rockin' the Fillmore" was hot as a firecracker. I won't say they blew Marriott and Co. off the stage, but there's no doubt it would have been extremely difficult to follow them that night. As a side note, when we got inside the Civic Coliseum, there was no equipment on the stage. Nothing. Not even the PA. Some problem with the promoter, I guess. Finally, some guys came out and got to running around like madmen. In probably an hour, Foghat took the stage. There was no sound check or anything. I bet those roadies had a helper. haha And yes, Rod Price was a beast. Look at 'em doing "Chateau LaFitte '59 Boogie" on YouTube. Foghat was probably my favorite 2 guitar, bass, drums band of all time. Johnny Winter And, when Rick Derringer was playing with Johnny, is close. Saw Johnny in the same building a couple of years later when he was doing three pieces with Randy Jo Hobbs and Richard Hughes. One of my favorite Atlanta bands, Hydra, opened. They had a great version of "Going Down." Check it out! 

@wooddog This absolutely SMOKES too!! 

It's T. Bone Walker's Stormy Monday Blues by Gary Moore and Fast Annie. 

I think Annie may have drunk too much electric wine! Vibrato and bends on the guitar is tops! 

@wooddog Stevie Ray Vaughn playing a Gibson L1. Probably circa 1929. 

It's acoustic but man can SVR play and acoustic guitar. He should have done a acoustic album. He is EXCELLENT!! Hope you all agree. 

...so does this!

@jszfunk I hope the Chimpanzee is smoking Camel!! 

Naturally we want him to enjoy the best smoke. For example look at this!! MORE DOCTORS SMOKE CAMEL CIGARETTES THAN ANY OTHER BRAND!! 

This ABSOLUTELY SMOKES!!!!!