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.
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.
@@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!
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!!!
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.
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.
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 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
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 !!!
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.
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!
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!
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.
I truly enjoyed this video tribute to one of my all-time favorite musicians "Lonesome Dave" Peverett. Just 56 when he died gone way to soon but man he is a legend for sure. Thanx for the upload my friend.
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.
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.
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.
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 TH-cam. 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.”
Had the pleasure of being in the front row several times here in south florida. Back then 1977- 79 most concerts were general admission down here. They absolutely rocked the house. What a great Classic Rock Band! If you ever want too see an amazing grave site. It's in Macon Ga. Dwayne Allman and Burke Oakley's grave site. What a unreal memory. Very sad, but really well done to honor such legendary artists. Well worth the exploration.
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 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
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.”
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
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....
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.
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!
the live version of Honey Hush is still one of the greatest pieces of music ever..... it never fails to fire me up !! RIP Dave, and thanks edit... In The Mood For Something Rude is one of the greatest album covers .....lol
Foghat was one of the best bands in the 70's and their songs are still played on the radio (I hear it almost every day), they were true rockers! Dave had such a unique voice and one of the best (of all time) singers, it was perfect for the band! RIP Lonesome Dave, you will never be forgotten.
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.
@@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.
I Sure smoked alot of pot in the 70's listening to these guys..so good to hear this story..thanks from Muscle Shoals.Ala.quick edit..hell i stil smoke alot of pot listening to these guys..63y.o.stoner
Absolutely one of my favorite bands of the seventies. The music was top notch but it was the singing that pulled me in, it was a sad day when I heard he passed. Thanks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!!!
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? 🙄
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
Im so glad I got to see this terribly underrated band ....It was in the 90s during their comeback in NW Florida......was cleary mind blowing how dynamic and tight their performance was, Daves singing and playig were,too put it lightly,..... incredible.... Thanks for this .
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.
Have been jamming to Foghat since the 70s, saw them at the Toledo Speedway Jam in 1981 or 82 I forget, also saw them at a small venue in Western Ohio called the Carousel, iconic rock n roll that will never be repeated.
I used to work out lifting weights to Foghat Live best ever - ride around with my 8-Track BLASTiNG the same out my car window in High School and around town - didn't care what anyone thought, as a drummer my old band used to play this song !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice tribute. Knew of them as a freshman in HS '71 but a friend bought Rock And Roll Outlaw which i loved. Bought it Hate To See You Go was a fave as a budding guitar player then. Saw them for "Live" at The Cow Palace. Great!! Rest In Peace, Lonesome Dave.
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
Fog hat, and the outlaws used to come through Louisville.. even if they didn’t have a record to promote.. and I went to see him seven maybe eight times.. they were so awesome. What a great banned the production on the recorded version of slow Rob’s spectacular… the drums and guitar. The production on that record is out of this world.
I wad fortunate to open for them on the all original members tour in roanoke VA. Great guys. Major influence in playing and got to meet and tell them. Great memories to have.
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.
Foghat had some great albums. It is a disgrace that Foghat is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Lonesome Dave will never be forgotten.
Not Rod Price
@@gsdfan8455 who?
@@witchy6978 The other guitar player. He played the slide guitar. I meant to say Nor instead of not.
They can't put Foghat in Rock n Roll hall of fame..they have to put rappers , hip hop , country., & pop artists in first...
@@tommccallan8802 The HOF has lost all credibility.
Absolutely LOVE FOGHAT and FOGHAT LIVE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST LIVE ALBUMS EVER 🙏💚💛❤️🙏
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.
@@dannyhood7433Are you a retard or do you just write like one?
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.
Wow what a story, love it!
This guy was Tremendous. RIP Lonesome Dave.
INDEED!!!
"When I was stone blue... rock & roll SURE HELPED ME THROUGH!" Thanks Dave... you will always be remembered!
That song could lift me up with no drugs, alcohol or anything.
@@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!
who?
A GREAT LP!!!!
@@AudiophileTubes😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃
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!!!
AMEN ❤️
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.
San Ramon? Damn I missed it as I'm right across the valley.
I have many memories of growing up, driving, with foghat on the radio😁😁😁
I've been a Foghat fan ever since the first album. Lonesome Dave was awesome. All the guys in the band were great.
Same here.
Truly was a great band.
You are so right.
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.
Caught them once in the eighties with Wishbone Ash as well, but it was mostly replacement players. Foghat without Lonesome Dave were imposters.
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.
He truly was and he didnt pull any punches. He put EVERYTHING into his music.
Tales of Fame and Fate I totally agree.
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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
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 !!!
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.
My two favorite singers, Lonesome Dave, and the great Steve Marriott.
Excellent choices! Dave was one of the most consistant singers I have seen. Foghat was like ZZTOP still is. A great show every time!
I would take that debate to the streets myself! 🎸✌🌎
@@Magnetron33 if I could only have two choices those would be the two.
You have great taste !
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!
I got to see the original Foghat lineup in concert (Birmingham, AL - 1973). Great show!
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!
A brilliant band, I bought all their vinyl albums as soon as they were released and still have them.
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.
I truly enjoyed this video tribute to one of my all-time favorite musicians "Lonesome Dave" Peverett. Just 56 when he died gone way to soon but man he is a legend for sure. Thanx for the upload my friend.
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.
Try Terraplane Blues instead.
Check out their tune "Nervous Release"
@@455TransamLove this Boogie Motel track!
Love Foghat. One of my favorite bands ever. Thanks Dave, Rod, Tony, and Roger. You made my life better.
One of the best R&R singers to ever live. He could wail like nobody's business!
So young… so sad… loved “Fool for the City” and the live album. The music will live on for generations to come. That will never die.
I saw Foghat twice in the late 70's in Nashville and each time it was like a train coming at you...great gigs, great times.
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.
Rod Price must be the most underrated guitarist of all time.. Easily on my top five list.
Damn right, Rod "the bottle" Price. His guitar is amazing and he is never talked about.
The Lead guitar in " Hate to see you go" Is Rod Price at His best. Absolutely on fire lead guitar....Rod, I hate to see you go Buddy !
No doubt about it. The MOST UNDERRATED PLAYER OF ALL TIME.
Also, never mentioned when great rock n roll slide players are mentioned.
I agree. I Loved Rods guitar playing. I especially loved the lead guitar he played and wrote on the song " Its too late" from their 2nd album. :-)
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.
Looks like his wife passed away the same year.
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 TH-cam. 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.”
I pay my respect to Lonesome Dave all the time. I have to listen to at least one Foghat tune every day. RIP stout fellow.
Had the pleasure of being in the front row several times here in south florida. Back then 1977- 79 most concerts were general admission down here.
They absolutely rocked the house. What a great Classic Rock Band!
If you ever want too see an amazing grave site. It's in Macon Ga. Dwayne Allman and Burke Oakley's grave site. What a unreal memory. Very sad, but really well done to honor such legendary artists. Well worth the exploration.
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 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
Nice job. I'm glad someone called out that buffoon. He has no class.
When I was Stone Blue Lonesome Dave sure helped me through....
Dave LOVED music and gave his all to everyone.
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.”
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
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....
They truly were and Dave gave his all to his music and his fans.
I have seen foghat live 31 times great band
Awesome band.
31 times Wow!
They should have gave u a Free t-shirt at least!!
One of the best brother
Nice!
@@motorcitymanman7711 Last year I received two free shirts from them one of them autographed
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.
Thats is awesome. I would have loved to have met him.
Me too!
This is the band that turned me on to rock and roll while watching The Midnight Special. I went from top 40 AM radio hits to boogie rock and roll.
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!
Slow ride will BE forever, it is timeless, RIP dave. Hope your playing in heaven
Love you brother and the band that rocked me in my youth. Live shows and radio to this day. IM 62 YRS OLD... R.I.P. Dave.
A favorite band in the late 70's with me and my friends. . Saw them live in 81. Still love to listen to the early albums. RIP to the members gone.
the live version of Honey Hush is still one of the greatest pieces of music ever..... it never fails to fire me up !! RIP Dave, and thanks
edit... In The Mood For Something Rude is one of the greatest album covers .....lol
Foghat was one of the best bands in the 70's and their songs are still played on the radio (I hear it almost every day), they were true rockers! Dave had such a unique voice and one of the best (of all time) singers, it was perfect for the band! RIP Lonesome Dave, you will never be forgotten.
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.
Saw them in Philly in 1975. The James Gang opened, then another punk band called Aerosmith came on. Foghat then came out and brought down the house!
Philadelphia Spectrum? Been there for a few concerts
Aerosmith was pretty big by 1975 I'm surprised they opened for Foghat.
@@harrygaul4475 Yes, it was at The Spectrum...good times
@@motorcitymanman7711 not sure if Aerosmith only brought their B Game on that particular evening but Foghat definitely blew them away. Awesome show!
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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.
Excellent presentation. Really enjoyed this, thanks for posting. Love your work.
Saw them in their heyday in the mid 70s great great show….🎸
Well done sir! Thank you for that wonderful treatment of a true rock and roll icon. Lonesome Dave Peverett.
I Sure smoked alot of pot in the 70's listening to these guys..so good to hear this story..thanks from Muscle Shoals.Ala.quick edit..hell i stil smoke alot of pot listening to these guys..63y.o.stoner
Back when they used to call buds "flower tops"
Absolutely one of my favorite bands of the seventies. The music was top notch but it was the singing that pulled me in, it was a sad day when I heard he passed. Thanks.
Honest take on it. Foghat had a moment of brilliance. Rock N Roll is not forever. Those 70s albums were the best and that's all I need.
Foghat live has to be my favorite live album and the best rock slide guitar ever
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.
He was indeed a greatly talented man. Passionate about music.
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.
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I was turned on to Foghat from my dad riding in his 74 442 and listening to FOGHAT LIVE on 8 track back in the 70 s
I saw Foghat with UFO in 1977. The best thing was their Roadies all wore a shirt "No Head No Backstage!"
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.
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.
Rock on! Man $8.00 those were the days!
@@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.
@@cameronlondon5756 It was a great show, buddy!!! I'll never forget it!!!!😁👍
I was 16 too at my first show which was Foghat in 1980 at Oakland Auditorium in CA! Great memories!
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.
Thank you for all the great music. RIP Dave and Rod. ✌️🎸😎
Love Lonesome Dave...fantastic frontman!
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!!!
Many thanks!
They worked hard as a band and Dave keep it going as long as he possibly could have ..I am glad I got to see them ..
In my opinion Dave Peverett had the best voice in Rock. And like it or not slow ride is one of the best songs in Rock history.
This would have been a nice tribute to Lonesome Dave had the narrator not continually mispronounced his name.
You're exactly right! He kept saying "Preverett".
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? 🙄
Bingo! It was a nice tribute but hearing him call him Preverett was driving me crazy!
That’s because of his Boston brogue. It’s like telling an Australian they pronounce “car park” wrong because they drop their r’s 🙄
@@thescarletandgrey2505 However, one should never ADD an "r" where none ever existed!
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
Im so glad I got to see this terribly underrated band ....It was in the 90s during their comeback in NW Florida......was cleary mind blowing how dynamic and tight their performance was, Daves singing and playig were,too put it lightly,..... incredible.... Thanks for this .
Dave Peverett's voice was equal to Bad Company's Paul Rogers in so many ways! RIP Lonesome Dave!!
Personally, I don't see it but Paul and Dave both had total command over what they did. Two exciting singers.
I think Dave was more unique and much harder to imitate. Both are awesome though.
@@toddstrong1353 You're right. Dave put on a show and had a great rock voice. Paul concentrates on the song.
Yes -- Bad Company had great vocals.
@@mitchgawlik1175 Wow. thats a very bold statement
Foghat was an iconic band of the 1970s. I wore out a couple of Foghat 8-tracks.
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.
Have been jamming to Foghat since the 70s, saw them at the Toledo Speedway Jam in 1981 or 82 I forget, also saw them at a small venue in Western Ohio called the Carousel, iconic rock n roll that will never be repeated.
The whole band was rocking, never get tired with their music.
I was lucky to have been there in the 70's with this band. If you weren't there. I'm sorry there is nothing that can compare to it.
Lonesome Dave was fabulous and Foghat was badass!
I saw them with Billy Squire in 1982 in concert at Rochester War Memorial in Rochester,NY.
I saw those guys in 1979 at the Allentown fair grounds. To this day it was the best concert i have ever seen.
Fool For The City brings back so many great memories.
A dear friend and I saw Foghat , At Summers, on the Beach, Ft.Lauderdale, Spring Break, 1985. Frickin Awesome Show!!
Dave we all miss you
I used to work out lifting weights to Foghat Live best ever - ride around with my 8-Track BLASTiNG the same out my car window in High School and around town - didn't care what anyone thought, as a drummer my old band used to play this song !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I saw Lonesome Dave with Savoy Brown then Foghat. Still one of my favorites.
I never got to see him live. I am envious.
Saw them in milwaukee 1973,bought the whole front row for my friends for 25 bucks.couldnt remember their name said it was hogfat.damn that was good
Very thoughtful and excellent presentation of Foghat's Lonesome Dave. Great Job.
Nice tribute.
Knew of them as a freshman in HS '71 but a friend bought Rock And Roll Outlaw which i loved. Bought it
Hate To See You Go was a fave as a budding guitar player then.
Saw them for "Live" at The Cow Palace. Great!!
Rest In Peace, Lonesome Dave.
I believe Foghat were the most successful band on Albert Grossman's Bearsville Records back in the day , their only UK band as well..
Foghat- live, ACDC-Back in Black, Kiss- Alive, the only three LPs this 64 year old rocker can let play without a thought of skipping one song !
I right there with ya, Rhonda!!!!
That's about it right there. Can't get any better than that.
You gotta put led zeppelin 2 in there
I saw them 3 times and they always rocked Rip foghat 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😎
RIP Dave thank you so VERY much of the inspiration
I always loved these guys.
Smart move getting rod price on board.
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
Love it... Seven dollars those were the days.
saw them back in the day, everyone attending seemed to know the words to every song that they played. (they were a very polished live act)
Fog hat, and the outlaws used to come through Louisville.. even if they didn’t have a record to promote.. and I went to see him seven maybe eight times.. they were so awesome. What a great banned the production on the recorded version of slow Rob’s spectacular… the drums and guitar. The production on that record is out of this world.
I wad fortunate to open for them on the all original members tour in roanoke VA. Great guys. Major influence in playing and got to meet and tell them. Great memories to have.
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.
One of my all time favorite bands!!
I so miss Dave , to this day , until we meet again .
Born to be a front man,one of the greatest live bands ever! I always wondered about the name,thanks
Dave was a rocker. We are blessed. Take it or leave it.