First concert I ever saw was Foghat, right after the live album came out. I was around 18 and had no idea how much louder "live" was compared to a radio, it was incredible......Those guys just toured and toured, Dave just couldn't get enough of the lifestyle........ended up getting him, I guess The drummer is the only one still alive now. Driving Wheel is a hidden gem of a song.
Tom Petty wrote a song titled "Lonesome Dave" and recorded it with the Heartbreakers in 1992. It ended up on the cutting room floor and wasn't released until the posthumous box set "Tom Petty: An American Treasure" in 2018. You can hear the song on RU-vid. It absolutely rocks. Here are the lyrics: Well, whatever happened to Lonesome Dave? Used to play in a rock 'n' roll band He'd be up and on the stage All the kids would raise their hands But oh, then disco came Nothing lasts for long Oh, it's such a shame Lonesome Dave is gone Well, he'd be up there rockin' out Three-hundred-sixty-five days a year Lightnin' Boogie and Amy's Blues Play it so loud that it hurt my ears And oh, somethin' went wrong Yeah, the times have changed Now it's a different song Lonesome Dave is gone All right, Dave! Yeah! Well, three P.M. at the Holiday Inn The room service coming on a tray Tuna melt and an orange juice It was heaven there for Lonesome Dave But, oh, that disco came Oh, the times have changed Now it's a different song Lonesome Dave is gone Well, I wish I was Lonesome Dave I'd lay up with the girls all night I'd run round in the parking lot I'd drink some beer and get into fights But oh, it's only me Now it's a different song What will be, will be Lonesome Dave is gone All right, Dave Hang on, Dave, yeah! Well, whatever happened to Lonesome Dave? He used to play in a guitar band Three-hundred-sixty-five days a year God, I know, we all love him, man Yeah, and he'd go wild Yeah, the crowd would yell Time is moving on Lonesome Dave is gone Bye bye, Dave! Yeah Bye bye, Dave!
Keyboard player Benmont Tench on the song Lonesome Dave: The subject of the song is, or was, a real guy. “Lonesome Dave Peverett was in Savoy Brown and then he was in a band called Foghat,” said Tench. “They were huge… They’d boogie all night, they had a private jet, they dated supermodels, they were all over the world - Foghat! Dave had recently passed away at this point. ‘Oh, the disco came / Oh, what will become of Lonesome Dave?’ If you can follow the lyric in this, it’s just fantastic. I think Tom wrote the lyrics before, because they’re so good. However, he may have written them on the spot, because they’re so good. I had walked into the room when Tom was [improvising] the lead vocal to ‘Free Fallin’,’ so I knew this guy could do write a lyric that blow your mind on the spot. Now, this isn’t ‘Free Fallin’ - this is Chuck Berry on acid. Because Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers could play Chuck Berry like nobody’s business. He was the best singer of Chuck Berry ever, and next to Chuck, he was the best writer of Chuck Berry ever. So this is a Chuck Berry song that Tom wrote.”
They were untouchable from the early 70's until the mid 80's! Their albums and concerts never failed to entertain! Lonesome Dave's guitar work was a great contributor to their success!
@@mooshuguy5141 Indeed! Me too! I still have visions of the twin watt meters on my vintage Pioneer SX-780 jumping up and down while my home made speakers with the 15" woofer shook the house! Placing the needle on the record and hearing a bit of static and pops before the song kicked in.... yeah!
Saw them many times including the Eli’s Hard Rock show in the nineties that was featured on “Road Cases.” Foghat wiki says those shows were in the Roseland. Not true! Dave stood outside the bar for a couple hours after the show and chatted with a handful of fans, including me.
Absolutely loved Foghat in the 70's. Met Dave and the band at a dinner club in San Ramon CA in the early 90's. Super nice guy as were each of the band members. Dave told me a story of the plane they called the Fogliner. RIP Dave- you were one heck of an entertainer.
Daves vocals were very unique. He had a wide range and power that came from the diaphragm, his voice was easily recognizable because he was in a class all by himself.
I saw foghat in the 1980s at Caldwell Missouri at butthile night club bar and party our ass off and I got to shake Dave s hand I will never forget it rip Dave rock out in heaven miss you
I was a senior in high school when Dave passed away. I cried in the hall when I was told. I had just started playing guitar a few years before and fell in love with Savoy Brown and Foghat. Looking in was my favorite album at the time and I annoyed everyone playing that record constantly. Miss you Lonsome Dave
Dave was a great guy and a superior musician. I saw Foghat in the late 1980s in a Bar. He was very accessible and friendly. After the first set he got some water at the bar and sat down at a table next to me. I said great show !!!!! He was very humble and said thanks. I noticed that he was wearing sparkle ✨ tennis shoes which he wore back in the 70s. I said you still wear the sparkle ✨ tennis shoes ? He laughed and said that's my trademark. I think Foghat didn't get the credit for being a true Rock and Roll band they deserve. They truly should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Blues bassed. In 2000 when I heard the news it was a heartbreaker. Always loved Foghat for sticking to true Rock and Roll. When you hear them there's no mistaking their sound. Truly an original sound.
I seen forgot a couple times I was a long beach bar I forget. I didn't pay attention to them even though some guitar harmonies were important to me. I was busy.
Great tribute. I'm a bar band guitar player who has covered a lot of Foghat music over the years. Lonesome Dave had a real joy in his performance that was evident even when he was very sick. He was a real rocker, and rock was his life. I miss him. Thank you for your respectful , thoughtful, and insightful tribute to one of my rock heroes. Keep it up.
I finally this year actually 2020 my wife and I found the crash site of Lynyrd Skynyrd in the swamps of Mississippi . We were driving from my home in Texas up through Georgia to Virginia Beach. But if i do make it south to Florida i do plan to visit his site to me he could be one of the best singers in Rock History in my humble opinion . He was the heart and soul of Foghat
I played the cassette version of Stone Blue so many times. Whatever junkyard my old car is in still has those songs bouncing off the walls. “Buy you a Chevrolet! Buy you a Chevrolet. Buy you a Chevrolet, if you just gimme some o your love.”
@@CTX50 Foghat was one of the Best sounding Live bands I ever saw.....saw em 3 times....twice at a place in Detroit called HARPOS and in a small theater in Ontario California.
Thank you for doing a respectful tribute to a true rock and roll legend who kept his integrity throughout his career !!! And was a class act !!! Thank you !!!
I grew up listening to Foghat, saw them many times. Shook Dave’s hand once. Still my favorite band and I listen to them everyday. Pandora station Foghat. Love it.
I was a Lonesome Dave fan since the Savoy Brown days and was a Foghat fan the entirety of their "main" existence and love these little "factoid" pieces. Sadly, I must voice my complaint about the pronunciation of some of the members' names. Dave's name was Peverett, not Preverett and it was mispronounced five times in this mini-documentary. Come on man, if you can't at least get the people's names right, then get somebody who can. You talk about paying respects to the dearly departed but can't even get their names right. By the way, I just saw Roger Earl with the current version of Foghat at the Imperial Palace in Biloxi Mississippi and sadly, it's not the same. Was good, but not great. RIP, Lonesome Dave Peverett
Damn straight...and he kept doing it throughout the video! Were the cameramen & producers so out of touch or clueless that they didn't even bother to point this out? What's so hard about saying the name Peverett? 🙄
As a kid in the 70's Foghat was all over US rock radio. I always assumed they were a Southern band. It wasn't until many years later that I learned they were a British act.
Loved Dave and the bands he was in. I was lucky enough to meet Dave and talk with him a bit, backstage after a show one night. Funny but the few times I met any celebrities, I was star struck and could not think of a thing to say until the next day of course...LOL :-)
Foghat were a great band back in the days.... they were one of the hardest working bands on the road & they certainly paid their dues... they were always on the road which was why they were so great live... there were many many times where they would blow the headlining bands right off the stage until ultimately they became headliners themselves.... but they were great to see live....
A fabulous rocking hard band, we grew up in the 1970's and They represented our whole attitude as Hippies n Rockers like it was a trademark!!!! I Just Wanna Make Love To You is one of our anthem songs that had awesome vocals n funky grinding n rolling guitars!!! Foghat exemplified our entire rocker personas, and Slow Ride was another anthem of our music in our generation!!! When you heard Foghat you could stand up n salute!!!! Still love those songs they gave us that represented our generation of Hippies n Rockers of the 1970's!!!! Rock On Foghat!!!
Seen FOGHAT & UFO & RONNIE MONTROSE at the ARAGON BALLROOM CHICAGO it was FOGHATs ENERGIZER TOUR it was so LOUD my EARS rang for days ROCKIN SHOW for SEVEN DALLARS
One of the 70s top hard rock boogie bands. Dave`s voice/vocals are unique/one of a kind. Their music stood the test of time and still sounds great to this day. I still remember that Monday morning laying in bed after "working the night shift" and seeing the news flash on VH-1 that Lonesome Dave had passed away. 😢
Saw them at the Troubadour, ... it was Lonesome Daves Foghat - but still a great show. I miss the days of real rock bands. So glad I lived through those years of guitar mayhem! Just lost David Lindley - another slide master like Rod Price ... lost Jeff Beck and David Crosby too... Sheeesh.... we are getting old.
all were incredible artists, I knew Lonesome Dave & he was not a only a great musician & singer, he was a genuine human being. he signed all of my lps(multiple copies) & even drew some cartoons on them. I always took him a CD of music I knew he would like : Allman Brothers @ Fillmore East(24 carat gold MFSL), James Gang live at Carnegie hall, Steve Cropper "with a little help from my friends"(he went on & on about how he & friend has started a Stax,/Volt fan club when he was growing up in the UK, & Sarah Vaughan "live-in Japan" 2cd set. I wanted him to record "summertime"
Rock and Roll Outlaws was the first album I bought by them in 1975. After that, I went and seen them three different times, all at The Aragon Ballroom. If my memory is right, they were with Montrose each time. The Aragon Ballroom was the place to be in the 70's, a lot of really great bands played there. It was general admission and got the nickname, Aragon Brawlroom, because as soon as them doors flew open, it was off to the races. People were literally trampled but I don't remember anyone getting killed.
Tryin to talk my band into playing "Slow Ride" Sunday at practice. Shouldn't take long!!!😁 I've seen bar bands butcher this song.... But slowed down and the right time......SH@T!!!!! Childhood memories before Kenya"no talent" West. I can't even listen to the radio anymore. 😲 Long live 🎸 rock!!
I'll always remember the joy I felt when I would visit a record store back in the 70's and 80's and see that a new Foghat album was releases. Just a great band. Dave was a great musician and from what I hear a very nice human being. Married to the same woman for many many years. May he, Rod and Craig rest in peace. Nothing like driving on the NJ Parkway from the shore at 2AM, with my girlfriend sitting with her bare feet on the dash and Foghat blasting on the 8-track. Those were the days.
In my grande tour of Florida's rock star cemeteries, his will definitely be on the agenda--after I've paid a visit to Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington
Grew up listening to Foghat in the 70's Was lucky enough to see them in 1980 in Greensboro NC. They played Eight Days on the Road exactly like the record. Dave had a unique voice and style.
Saw them at a rock festival called Bull Island and I am pretty sure Dave said it was their first show in the states. Pretty sure it was 72. They sounded absolutely grreat!
My very first rock concert i was 15 yrs old and a girl in my chemistry class took me to see Foghat open for Triumph in 1982. Not a bad first concert. She went on to be Miss May Playboy magazine 6 yrs later. True story!
My 1st concert was Foghat in 1980 in West Palm Beach, Florida..... Eddie Money opened up. For $8.00!!! Great show!!!! The good old days!!!!!😁👍 I was 16.
@@TalesofFameandFate Yes sir. Saw alot of great concerts back then. I saw Savoy brown, Cheap Trick and Blue Oyster Cult for $10 in Ft. Pierce, Florida in 1982.👍😁
Certainly Foghat, but I enjoyed your mention of Eddie Money too, because he was one of the greatest live. I got to see him a few times and he never disappointed. What a show those two would have been to see.
I saw them in 1978 with lasers shining off the guitars as they exchanged riffs back and forth. Great times to be alive. Glad they gave credit to the great Willie Dixon.
Foghat opened me up to the Blues when I was in high school waaay back in the 70's. I must have seen them 30 times, each time making me sweat. Those were great times!
I had the most awesome pleasure of playing "Slow Ride" with Lonesome Dave back in 76 in Fayetteville, N.C.. I was on my friends shoulders and he set me on the stage, dead center...but there was so many girls trying to climb on stage and the roadies were getting them off and I just knew I was next. I kept begging my friend to get me down and i happen to look over at the roadie and he gave me a thumbs up. Lonesome Dave came over to me and said "put your finga right here" So I put my finger where he told me on the neck of the guitar and he Slayed Slow Ride!!! After a bit he shook my hand on stage. I will forever cherish my memory with Lonesome Dave! May he continue to rest in heavenly peace.
I was too young to see them in concert in the 1970s. So I happened to catch the 1990 version, in Fort Myers, Florida, at a small venue, which was really just a large bar. It was OK, but not anywhere near as good as the Foghat Live album, as Rod Price, arguably one of the greatest slide guitar players ever, was not with them at the time, and I was unaware of the changes in the band lineup. Needless to say, I was underwhelmed. But at the same time, it was better than nothing. I have their 'Fool for the City' album and I just made a compilation CD of all their other great songs from their other albums, and I have their Live album. Also let it be said that, when I listen to Foghat on my Sony home stereo with dual 3 ft tall speakers, my neighbors do too, whether they want to or not. Turning the Live version of 'Honey Hush' up to full volume is mandatory every time. I never fail to get that same intense Adrenaline rush! And yes, I love it so much, I can whistle along with the entire guitar solo. My lips are numb by the time I'm done, but I can do it LOL.😂😆🤣😄 I'm shocked and disappointed to find out they are not in the rock and roll hall of fame, but knowing how fucked up the hall of fame is, it doesn't surprise me. It's bad enough that certain bands that should be inducted, aren't, while they're inducting Hip-hop groups and country bands; insane. Foghat is one of the top 20 greatest rock and roll bands ever!
My very first concert was Foghat in 1981 at the Met Center in Bloomington, MN. Saw them a few more times in the 80's, but the best one was the last one with all four original members at the Town House in Springfield, MO in 1996. Definitely one of the best, if not the best live band I've ever seen. They even stuck around after the show to sign autographs and meet their fans. I had to quickly drive back to my apartment to get 'Rock and Roll' album for them to sign. All of them were very friendly and totally cool!
Loved Lonesome Dave. He was a great leader of the band, fantastic musician and songwriter. Their Live album is truly one of the greatest collection of live recordings ever made. As for them being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I seriously think they really need to rename the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the "Music Hall of Fame" because some of the acts they have inducted here in the last few years have absolutely nothing to do with Rock and Roll. It really makes their museum look like a joke. The way they treat some of the artists they "honor" is appalling.
Was lucky to see lonesome Dave on foghat summer daze tour at the mud island amphitheater in Memphis they kicked ass this was 1997, I Saw foghat after he passed but not the same after he died for sure it was at a casino in Mississippi
We sure do miss Lonesome Dave... well done Ed, a fitting tribute to a great rock and roller who captured my attention big time, thanks for your work on this tribute I learned a few things, great job!!!
Thanx for this! For Christmas I got the debut album by Foghat. Had asked for new album " Rock and Roll". I met Dave and Roger 2 &5 X . Roger confirms it was in fact Dave who thought of their name while playing Scrabble.I was heartbroken and surprised when Peverett passed. Jim Varney passed shortly after Feb 10th . Rod Price left after a fan punched his tooth out then took up karate.
I always loved Foghat and I still do. My son and my husband, had a band and they were supposed to open for Foghat!! We were so excited to meet the band my husband, Craig and I had listened to for years, less than 2 weeks before the gig, we got the news Lonesome Dave was sick with cancer and Dr. Hook would be doing the show. Such sad news. So the Max Hendricks Band played at the Amphitheater, opening for Ray Sawyer, Dr. Hook and the medicine show. That was good. Not too long after that, we heard Lonesome Dave had passed away. I'm still listening to those songs and I always will. ❤ Such a raw, get down, gritty good music. I still love Savory Brown too!! ❤❤ He lives on.
Great tribute to a greatly talented man. I'd also like to say to the Pevrette family that Lonesome Dave was the soundtrack to my life during my formative years. He is greatly missed. Superb talent but an unrivalled showman/entertainer. Cheers.
When you said unrivaled it made me think of how Dave got that nickname, and I still don't know for sure how he did get that nickname but was just thinking it was quite likely because he was in a Class by Himself, with that guitar, that voice, and always so joyous and genuine and doing what he loved doing. Very talented. I certainly appreciated their hits on the radio back when I was growing up. I'm only regretting that I didn't actually see them live because for me loving all that classic rock and roll, Foghat would have been one of the best to see live.
Nice tribute, but there are some holes. After it’s shown that he left Spooky Tooth and formed Foghat they show a picture with Craig McGregor, instead of Tony Stevens. Maybe it’s hard to find pictures. I don’t know. It’s still nice to see it though. And kudos to Whoever put this video together. I’m really not complaining because I’m a big fan so thank you.
His Love of being on the stage doing his thing until the end.What a great guy.My Brother passed away from Liver Cancer at 50.I never heard my Brother complain one time.Not a why me or anything.I hope when I go, that I can be half the man about it too.
