Then as it was, then again it will be And though the course may change sometimes Rivers always reach the sea. –Led Zeppelin, “Ten Years Gone” A funny thing happened while I […]
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Cartoon Saturday: Foghat, ‘Boogie Motel’
Artist: Foghat Title: Boogie Motel Year: 1979 Label: Bearsville Cover Artist: Jim Baikie
Deep Cuts: Live Tracks Better Than Their Studio Cousins
My daughter can’t stand live recordings of her favorite songs. For her, it’s studio versions or bust.
From the Stacks: Foghat – ‘Boogie Motel’
Foghat was one of the great boogie rock bands of the ’70s, if not the great boogie rock band.
This Week on Paste: Foghat Cellars (and a Chat With Drummer Roger Earl)
When I was a kid my sister’s boyfriend used to keep me out of their business by bringing over a case of 8-tracks. They’d wrestle around on the couch while I stared […]
Foghat, Lincoln, California 11/29/2013
One thing about gigging for forty years: You get really good at it. Foghat might not draw the way they did during their seventies heyday, but that has nothing to do with […]
33. I Don’t Know How You Were Inverted
My sister’s boyfriend Mike, the crown prince of The Guys In Black Tee Shirts Who Jam, and his brother Neil were the first guys like me to dip their toes into the […]
12. Does Anybody Want To Get Mellow?
By the time we settled in South Carolina I had embraced fully my outsiderness. This is not to say that I didn’t want to make friends; rather, it’s more akin to a […]
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