The Quest: For those of you who were within driving distance... you missed a pair of great shows! The show was about 3 hours from my home and was well worth the drive (both ways!).

The Setting: Dusk on a sunny but cool afternoon. Sun setting behind the stage. The guys just getting in from an incredibly long commute (they had left their hotel in Houston, TX around 4:00am (2:00am local time!) to arrive at this show before 6:00pm. It's cooling off rapidly (the temperature was somewhere in the 60's at the start of the first show and dropped to somewhere in the 40's by the end of the second set). The guys are tired, they're cold... so they do what they do best. They Rock! If you were in the crowd you would never have known any of the above without hearing Dave's thanks to the crowd for the added energy (and it was a great crowd).

The Players: Dave was in top form all around but I felt his singing was exceptional tonight and he really pulled in the crowd with his solo on It Hurts Me Too. Besides being an incredibly nice guy, Bryan Bassett is Good. Real Good, but I knew that from seeing him with Dave in the past! Bryan looked like he was having fun up there and his own personal guitar licks really enhanced and added to the Foghat "sound." (for anyone with doubts, Bryan is a most welcome addition/returnee to Foghat in my view). Roger was bang on as usual (pun intended). While I think he looks better behind his DW set, he kept everything in synch and was sounding good to everyone there! Tony looked like he was having alot of fun as well. I spent alot of time on his end of the stage watching him play (I still love watching him go to town at the end of Slow Ride)... I have even more appreciation of the Bass and his talents. To quote Nickie Scarsone "move dem fingers fast!" (Make sure you check out Tony's solo CD on the discography pages, it's a departure from Foghat and really grows on you!)

The Songs: The combined set lists included the following songs; Home In My Hand (Opened both sets), Drivin' Wheel, Angel Of Mercy (Sounded _great_ live), Somebody's Been Sleeping In My Bed (Deja vu' for me with Bryan up there), Rock Your House, Stone Blue (Bryan can Slide!), It Hurts Me Too (Dave reeled the crowd in on this one!), Sweet Home Chicago (Enhanced intro with bass & drums), Fool For The City, IJWMLTY, Slow Ride.

The Result: Foghat is a whole lot of fun to see at a fair as opposed to a concert where everyone knows them... it's fun watching when the crowd becomes completely hooked and coverted to fans.

News: Expect to see some official Foghat Guitar Tabs (yes!), updates to the Equipment page including new shots of the current equipment as well as info on Bryan's equipment, some more pictures on The Band pages, Lyrics for Tony's CD, and a new tee shirt on the merchandise page.

-----Evin Mulron

10/13/99 ... Santa Anna, CA ... The Galaxy Theatre

Boogie Rock Legends Foghat in Concert

Review from ElectricBasement.com

Wednesday October 13th-Santa Ana, CA: Foghat may just be the last of a dying breed. Other than AC/DC and a few others, no other artists embrace the rudimentary riffs and bluesy based structures of rock 'n' roll like Foghat. In its 3 decades of existence, Foghat has delivered accessible, meltdown boogie rock for the masses, yet retained credibility with their high octane blues covers.

The band, playing as well and brilliantly as ever, showcased both sides of the band's repertoire, rock and blues, with much success. The rockers, "Home in My Hand", "Drivin' Wheel" and "Honey Hush" opened the show with a frenzy. The band then shifted into blusier territory with "Sweet Home Chicago", "Louisiana Blues" and "It Hurts Me Too." Although the crowd's recollection of the blusier tune's seemed fuzzy, the end of each brought huge applause simply based on the band's outstanding playing. "Lonesome" Dave Peverett can be credited for keeping the "little boy" feeling throughout the evening, grimacing and contorting with every note delivered from both his guitar and still very powerful lungs.

The concert was brought to a boil with "Fool for the City" and "I Just Wanna Make Love to You." The band briefly left the stage only to return with "Live Now, Pay Later," "What a Shame" and the barnstorming, crowd rousing rendition of "Slow Ride" that deservedly encompassed ten minutes of increasingly fast guitar and drum batterings.

My only wish is that boys threw in a few other classics like "Stone Blue" and "Easy Money." Or perhaps "Ride, Ride, Ride." At the same time, the band should be credited for not being afraid to throw in the obscure tune and not bowing to a greatest hits revue. Either way, it was a thrilling show I'd see again in a heartbeat.

----- Brian Coles

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