Zig-Zag Walk is the twelfth studio album by the British hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 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...

, released in 1983. Unlike the previous year's In the Mood for Something Rude

In the Mood for Something Rude

In the Mood for Something Rude is the eleventh studio album by British hard rock band Foghat, released in 1982. All eight tracks on the album were penned by outside writers, and the record is something of a covers album in which the band applies its bluesy rock and roll style over a collection of...

, which consisted of all outside material, lead singer 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....

 wrote five of the album's ten songs, with guitarist Erik Cartwright

Erik Cartwright

Erik Cartwright is an American rock guitarist.He was born July 10, 1950 in New York, New York and is best known for playing with Foghat. Cartwright replaced original Foghat guitarist Rod Price in 1981...

 contributing a sixth. A few of the songs are given a rockabilly

Rockabilly

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...

 treatment augmenting the blues rock the band is better known for. It would be the band's last album for over a decade until their comeback album, Return of the Boogie Men

Return of the Boogie Men

Return of the Boogie Men is the thirteenth studio album by British hard rock band Foghat, released in 1994.-Track listing:#"Jump That Train" - 5:16#"Louisiana Blues" - 5:47#"Motel Shaker" - 4:39...

, in 1994.

Prouducer "Franz Leipkin" and keyboardist "Eli Jenkins" are pseudonym

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s for old bandmate Nick Jameson

Nick Jameson

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, who had played in Foghat in 1975 and produced several Foghat albums around that time.http://www.tntbooking.com/bios/foghat.htm Paul Butterfield

Paul Butterfield

Paul Butterfield was an American blues vocalist and harmonica player, who founded the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in the early 1960s and performed at the original Woodstock Festival...

 makes a guest appearance on one song,http://classicrockmusicblog.com/interviews/foghat-the-roger-earl-interview/ playing harmonica

Harmonica

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 on "Seven Day Weekend".

Track list

1. "That's What Love Can Do" (Peverett) – 3:54
2. "Zig-Zag Walk" (Peverett) – 3:28
3. "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
   Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
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   " (Darling, Gabler, Horton) – 2:43
4. "Jenny Don't Mind" (Cartwright) – 4:37
5. "Three Wheeled Cadillac" (Peverett) – 3:55
6. "It'll Be Me" (Jack Clement
   Jack Clement
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   ) – 3:29
7. "Silent Treatment" (Peverett) – 3:17
8. "Down the Road a Piece
   Down the Road a Piece
   "Down the Road a Piece" is a boogie-woogie song written by Don Raye. In 1940, it was recorded by the Will Bradley Trio and became a top 10 hit in the closing months of the year...
   
   " (Raye) – 2:35
9. "Seven Day Weekend" (Peverett) – 4:10
10. "Linda Lou" (Jelmer) – 3:46