Foghat (1972 album)
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Foghat is the debut album by the band Foghat
Foghat
Foghat are a British rock band that had their peak success in the mid- to late-1970s. Their style can be described as "blues-rock," or boogie-rock dominated by electric and electric slide guitar. The band has achieved five gold records...

. The first of the band's two self-titled albums, it was released in 1972 on Bearsville.

Track listing

  1. "I Just Want to Make Love to You
    I Just Want to Make Love to You
    In 1961, Etta James recorded the song for her debut album At Last!. Her rendition also served as the b-side to her hit "At Last." In 1996, Etta James' version became popular in the UK after featuring in a Diet Coke ad campaign. As a result, the single was re-released there...

    " (Willie Dixon
    Willie Dixon
    William James "Willie" Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the Upright bass and the guitar, as well as his own singing voice, Dixon is arguably best known as one of the most prolific songwriters...

    ) - 4:21
  2. "Trouble Trouble" (Dave Peverett
    Dave Peverett
    David Peverett or Lonesome Dave was a British musician. He is best known as the original singer and rhythm guitarist of Foghat, which he founded following his tenure in Savoy Brown....

    ) - 3:20
  3. "Leavin' Again (Again!)" (Peverett, Tony Stevens
    Tony Stevens
    Tony Stevens is an English musician, best known as the bassist with the bands Foghat and Savoy Brown.- Career :...

    ) - 3:36
  4. "Fool's Hall of Fame" (Peverett) - 2:58
  5. "Sara Lee" (Peverett, Rod Price
    Rod Price
    Rod Price was an English guitarist who was best known for his work with the rock band Foghat...

    ) - 4:36
  6. "Highway (Killing Me)" (Peverett, Price) - 3:51
  7. "Maybellene
    Maybellene
    "Maybellene" is a song recorded by Chuck Berry, adapted from the traditional fiddle tune "Ida Red" that tells the story of a hot rod race and a broken romance. It was released in July 1955 as a single on Chess Records of Chicago, Illinois. It was Berry's first single release and his first hit...

    " (Chuck Berry
    Chuck Berry
    Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...

    ) - 3:33
  8. "A Hole to Hide In" (Peverett, Price, Roger Earl
    Roger Earl
    Roger Earl is the drummer of the band Foghat, famed for their relentless touring and strong live performances...

    ) - 4:06
  9. "Gotta Get to Know You" (Deadric Malone
    Don Robey
    Don Robey was an American record label executive, songwriter and record producer, who used criminal means as part of his business model...

    , Andre Williams) - 7:44

Personnel

  • Dave Peverett: vocals, rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

  • Rod Price: lead
    Lead guitar
    Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...

     and slide guitar
    Slide guitar
    Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles...

    , dobro
    Dobro
    Dobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...

  • Tony Stevens: bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , harmony vocals
  • Roger Earl: drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

    , percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...


Additional Musicians

  • Andy Fairweather Low: backing vocals
  • Dave Edmunds: additional guitars
  • John Ward: additional bass

Production

  • Produced by Tom Dawes and Dave Edmunds
  • Engineered by Ralph Downs and Kingsley Ward
  • Mixed by Dave Edmunds and Nick Jameson
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