foghat Archive
26 Dec 2025
Take Five: Standout Tracks from Foghat
It’s inconceivable to imagine the ‘70s rock era without thinking of Foghat. Neither the biggest commercial success nor the most celebrated critics’ darling, Foghat nonetheless made a significant mark on […]
12 Jun 2024
Album Review: Foghat – Slow Ride: Live in Concert
Too often, Foghat gets a bad rap. They’re unfairly lumped in with faceless boogie bands of the 1970s. They deserve better. An offshoot of Savoy Brown, Foghat were at their […]
14 Mar 2024
Still Got the Mojo: A Conversation with Foghat’s Roger Earl (Part 4 of 4)
Continued from Part Three… With regard to a life in music, what’s the best advice you’ve ever been given? I left school when I was 15. I’d been working after […]
13 Mar 2024
Still Got the Mojo: A Conversation with Foghat’s Roger Earl (Part 3 of 4)
Continued from Part Two… 1977’s Foghat Live was even a bigger smash than was Fool for the City. It came out during that period when everybody put out a live […]
12 Mar 2024
Still Got the Mojo: A Conversation with Foghat’s Roger Earl (Part 2 of 4)
Continued from Part One… Foghat had some commercial success early on, but it was when “Fool for the City” came out that things really took off. With the benefit of […]
11 Mar 2024
Still Got the Mojo: A Conversation with Foghat’s Roger Earl (Part 1 of 4)
Foghat began in 1971 when three of its members – guitarist “Lonesome Dave” Peverett, bassist Tony Stevens and drummer Roger Earl left Kim Simmonds’ band Savoy Brown to start their […]