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Press Release: 6/17/21 – ABC-PR:

FOGHAT CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY

WITH RELEASE OF LATEST LIVE ALBUM,

‘8 DAYS ON THE ROAD’

ON JULY 16 VIA FOGHAT RECORDS, DISTRIBUTED BY SELECT-O-HITS

Multi-Platinum rockers FOGHAT celebrate 50 years of Rock n’ Roll with 8 DAYS ON THE ROAD, a 14-track live performance that will be released as a double CD/DVD package on July 16, 2021 on their own Foghat Records label, distributed by Select-O-Hits (which is part of the Sun Records family and is owned by Sam Philips’ son and nephew).

Pre-orders are available on digital outlets https://smarturl.it/Foghat8DaysLive including Spotify https://smarturl.it/Foghat8DaysPresave , and iTunes includes an instant download of “Road Fever” with purchase. A video for the song can be seen on the band’s official YouTube page today. The collection will also be available on 180 gram vinyl in the coming months.

Recorded on November 17, 2019 at Daryl’s House Club in Pawling, NY, the collection features the band’s biggest and most legendary hits, including “Slow Ride,” “I Just Want To Make Love To You,” “Fool For The City,” and so many others.

As original drummer Roger Earl explains, “Eight days on the road is more like 80,000 days on the road for us, but that’s OK, I love my job! It was a change and a real pleasure to play this particular small room. I explained to a couple of folks sitting down front as we were about to take the stage that we sweat a lot, and they might want to finish eating. They just grinned and said, ‘we’re ready.’ And so were we!”

“To play in a small intimate venue like Daryl’s club was really fun and something we don’t do often,” says lead guitarist Bryan Bassett. “Combine that with the fact that this venue has been fine-tuned for acoustics by the on-site recording professionals and this became a great place for us to play and record.”

While bassist Rodney O’Quinn shares, “In 2019, we were definitely living up to the title, 8 DAYS ON THE ROAD. Having played at Daryl’s House once before, I remember that it was such a great sounding room. The energy in the room that night was electric, and the band was hitting on all cylinders.”

Singer/guitarist Charlie Huhn concludes, “Playing in an intimate club is so much more energetic and exciting, because as a performer, when you are close to the audience it’s as though you are really in there with them and they are onstage with you. This closeness feeds on you to bring out the best which is a very cool feeling. After playing in larger, more distant stage scenarios like fairs, festivals, casinos and theaters, it was really awesome to be right in with the audience. The close proximity lends an especially exuberant feel that is infectious, and this show was no exception.”

The band has already started to work on a new Blues/Rock studio album to be released in 2022.

Track listing for 8 DAYS ON THE ROAD:

1. Drivin’ Wheel

2. Road Fever

3. Stone Blue

4. Fool For The City

5. It Hurts Me Too

6. Take Me To The River

7. Home In My Hand

8. 8 Days on the Road

9. Chateau Lafitte ’59 Boogie

10. I Just Want To Make Love To You

11. Chevrolet

12. Maybellene

13. Play That Funky Music

14. Slow Ride

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