Putting their money and talent where their mouth is, Foghat is helping to preserve classic, historic blues recordings.

Recognizing a long-standing debt of rock & roll to the blues that inspired so much of the successful music of the last 25 years, Foghat gave a benefit concert at the Palladium in New York. The proceeds went to the New York Public Library for the purpose of purchasing and conserving rare blues records to be housed in the Rogers and Hammerstein Archives at Lincoln Center. The records will also be cross referenced at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem.

"Lonesome" Dave Peverett, lead singer of Foghat, explained that, "all of us in the group were influenced by and grew up with black music. It's some of the greatest and most beloved music in modern history. The entire rock scene owes an enormous debt to the blues." In fact, two songs from the recently released 'Foghat Live' were written by black writers --- Willie Dixon's "I Just Want To Make Love To You" and "Honey Hush" by Lou Turner, originally recorded by Big Joe Turner.

The Bearsville recording act staged the concert both "to draw attention to the blues greats who are still with us, and to enable the Library to start moving towards having the best collection of rare blues records in the world so that future generations will be able to hear them."

--- Circus Magazine