Rod Price was one of rock music’s greatest slide guitarists. Best known as for his work as lead guitarist for Foghat, Price’s electrifying assault helped propel the band to the top of the pack in America during the 1970s. After leaving the band in 1980, Price pretty much vanished from the music scene until he re-joined the group in the mid-90s. They were never able to recapture the glory, so they again parted ways in 1999 when Foghat’s singer, Dave Peverett was diagnosed with cancer. In the early 2000s, Price was making a solid living as a solo artist and teaching guitar. Tragically, he died after falling down his stairs while having a heart attack.
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Lonesome Dave Peverett is best remembered as a one-time lead singer and rhythm guitarist for Savoy Brown and later a founding member and lead singer of ’70s rock band, Foghat. A native of London, Peverett became a member of the blues rock band, Savoy Brown during the mid ’60s. In 1971, he and other members of the group left to form Foghat, another blues-based band, but one that put a bit more emphasis on the rock sound of the slide guitar, famously played by Rod Price. Throughout the ’70s, Foghat released a series of hit records including “I Just Want To Make Love To You,” “Stone Blue,” “Drivin’ Wheel” and their biggest, “Slow Ride.” All quickly became staples of FM rock stations. Foghat was one of the few rock bands that continued to stay popular during the disco era. As their popularity slowed down in the ’80s, Peverett decided to take a break to spend more time with his family. Even though the band had all but disappeared, their music lived on throughout the ’80s and ’90s thanks to Hollywood’s growing nostalgia for the ’70s. Foghat’s music provided much of the soundtrack for films trying to capture that era. During the mid ’90s, Peverett, on the urging of Rick Rubin, reunited with the original members of Foghat, but their second coming proved to be less fruitful, but they continued on in one form or another into the 2000s. On February 7, 2000, Lonesome Dave Peverett died of cancer at the age of 56.
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Rod Price was one of rock music’s greatest slide guitarists. Best known as for his work as lead guitarist for Foghat, Price’s electrifying assault helped propel the band to the top of the pack in America during the 1970s. After leaving the band in 1980, Price pretty much vanished from the music scene until he re-joined the group in the mid-90s. They were never able to recapture the glory, so they again parted ways in 1999 when Foghat’s singer, Dave Peverett was diagnosed with cancer. In the early 2000s, Price was making a solid living as a solo artist and teaching guitar. Tragically, he died after falling down his stairs while having a heart attack.
