07-13-2019, 08:18 AM
Being able to get home on Friday, grab a bite, get pretty inebriated, and walk down to the front-of-stage in a few minutes is such a joy. It's like blaring my stereo at 11, except it's a concert on the beach and I can get right up in the speaker - my happy place.
Foghat sounds pretty much like expected. Still a four piece, only the drummer is an original member, and I couldn't see him from f-o-s because the stage is too high. I only saw him when he came out to toss drumsticks. The guitarists tossed picks after every song. The lead guitarist had decent well-rehearsed slide licks (he's had like 40 years). The rhythm guitarist and vocals reminded me of what Scapino might be like if he was a rocker - flamboyantly dressed but lost most of his vocal range and apart from one jam, seemed inconsequential to the sound. The bass player reminded me a bit of a young Phil Lesh but only physically because he was lanky. He only really played the top two of his four strings but wasn't too bad percussively speaking. I faintly recognized all of there songs, and their big hits like 'slow ride' 'stone blue' 'i just wanna make love to you' and 'fool for the city' brought back memories, even though I wasn't really that into Foghat back in the day. Cheesey and overdone, but that's how these shows go.
The audience was our age (old). I was surrounded by dancing 'rocker' chicks, all in their 50s & 60s, with knee braces and joint operation scars - but they were still rockin goddammit. Still rockin! There were a couple of old guys with backpacks of Foghat vinyl because the band was signing and doing a meet & greet after set 2, but I only went for set 1 (I imagine both sets were the same because they played most of their big hits). Not too crowded.
Beautiful day on the beach.
Foghat sounds pretty much like expected. Still a four piece, only the drummer is an original member, and I couldn't see him from f-o-s because the stage is too high. I only saw him when he came out to toss drumsticks. The guitarists tossed picks after every song. The lead guitarist had decent well-rehearsed slide licks (he's had like 40 years). The rhythm guitarist and vocals reminded me of what Scapino might be like if he was a rocker - flamboyantly dressed but lost most of his vocal range and apart from one jam, seemed inconsequential to the sound. The bass player reminded me a bit of a young Phil Lesh but only physically because he was lanky. He only really played the top two of his four strings but wasn't too bad percussively speaking. I faintly recognized all of there songs, and their big hits like 'slow ride' 'stone blue' 'i just wanna make love to you' and 'fool for the city' brought back memories, even though I wasn't really that into Foghat back in the day. Cheesey and overdone, but that's how these shows go.
The audience was our age (old). I was surrounded by dancing 'rocker' chicks, all in their 50s & 60s, with knee braces and joint operation scars - but they were still rockin goddammit. Still rockin! There were a couple of old guys with backpacks of Foghat vinyl because the band was signing and doing a meet & greet after set 2, but I only went for set 1 (I imagine both sets were the same because they played most of their big hits). Not too crowded.
Beautiful day on the beach.
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