 Lonesome Dave Peverett |
Foghat
w/Sons Of Doctors at House of Blues December 19th, 1997
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 The audience at the house of
blues for the "Foghat"
show was a 'ROCK' audience...no studs, rings in the nose,
eyebrows, or other pierced parts of the body, no tongue
studs, flannel clothes, or clothes that are four or five
sizes too big and no one into angst and depression. This
audience was your basic jeans and 'Rock" T-shirt
crowd who wanted to hear good time blues based rock and
roll, and Foghat provided that with plenty of blues based
songs sung by Lonesome Dave Peverett, and tons of slide
guitar work from guitarist Rod Price [AT
L:EFT]. Foghat is one of those bands who is always been touring and always seems to be the bridesmaid rather than the bride. I have seen them open for just about every other 70's rock band in the world. Formed from the remains of Savoy Brown in 1972, they have toured constantly for the last 25 years and it shows in their show and their ability to rock and roll. They played most of their hits such as "Slow Ride", "Dirvin'Wheel", "Fool for the City", and of course their first hit "I Just Wanna Make Love To You", along with a new song to be released on their next CD, "Baby, I'm Gonna Rock Your House". They also played a good selection of blues songs which fit well into the House of Blues theme. Rod Prices slide work was very popular with the audience. Opening act "Sons Of
Doctors" [ BELOW RIGHT] were
the perfect opener for "Foghat". Using a
playlist that sounded like it was taken from local
"Classic Rock" radio station 96.5, they played
spot on renditions of songs by "Starship",
"Journey", "Boston",
"Styx", "Free", "Bad Co."
and "Foreigner", although about half way
through the one hour show, the vocalist needed to put on
a tighter pair of pants to hit some of the high notes on
the demanding vocal parts. Overall the audience really
enjoyed them The House of Blues is a pretty good venue for a show. There is almost no bad place to see the stage in the house. However, if you are used to getting a table to sit down at, get there early or be prepared to wheel and deal with the underground economy that has developed due to the shortage of seats. Several people had stools that they would only give up for cash and there were people willing to pay for a seat. Maybe the House of Blues should do like the racetracks do and provide two ticket prices, standing room in the pit and seating in the stands. The sound system is excellent and LOUD, however, do not plan to take pictures as it is "verboten" and the "camera police" will grab you immediately.. At the end of every show, they have a large box of cameras removed from the patrons. Also for you autograph types, I have yet to see any of the artists come out and do the autograph routine and I have been to HOB a bunch of times since it opened. Would I recommend the House Of Blues...yes, Are there other places in the area where I would rather see these acts...again the answer is yes, but the HOB has the sound, lighting, and funding to bring name acts to town which some of the other venues will find hard to match. |
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