As Foghat’s only continuous member since the group’s inception in 1971 and as an early member of Savoy Brown, Roger Earl has seen it all.
Earl was there for the gold-certified years that featured records such as Foghat (1972), Energized (1974) and Rock and Roll Outlaws (1974). And to be sure, when the band’s early lineup was shaken up, Earl proved to be a rock as the group shifted from a straight-up blues-rock band to a world-beating “classic rock” institution on the heels of 1975’s Fool for the City, which featured the eternally loved FM radio staple “Slow Ride.”
In the years since, two more gold records followed by way of Night Shift (1976) and Stone Blue (1978). And, of course, who could forget cult classics like 1979’s Boogie Motel or latter-day albums like 1994’s Return of the Boogie Men and 1998 Road Cases? Indeed, Roger Earl has lent a hand to boatloads of well-loved, always-in-rotation cuts, and no one would blame him — or his bandmates — for resting on their laurels.
But if Foghat’s latest, , is any indication, easing back on the throttle is the furthest thing from the band’s mind, with Earl telling , “We had so much fun doing this album, we really did. This version of Foghat gets along so well, and I think that’s apparent in the music we’re
