Posted on 04/28/2021 2:40:02 PM PDT by simpson96
Foghat released "I Just Want to Make Love to You" on their self-titled debut album in 1972. The song was also released as a single and it became their first hit, reaching number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Foghat - "I Just Want To Make Love To You" (1972)
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I remember it.
That is back in the days when FM Stereo radio was like a secret club.
Wore that 8 track out, had to buy another one.
I remember their live album.
Saw them in a double billing with the J. Geils Band.
My very first concert but with BTO around 1977 or so.
I think I would rather have seen BTO than J. Geils.
Saw them three times...the original line up in an arena, the second time in a nightclub...new line-up at an outdoor festival. My girlfriend (at the time) caught the towel at the arena show, and I caught it at the nightclub show...not a matching set. :-)
I saw Foghat open for Blue Oyster Cult back in the early 80s.
It was awesome.
Still lasted longer than the Ford Pinto you drove around listening to it on the player.
A good friend in college loved this song. Played it a lot. LOUD.
Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters obviously stole the song for covers and were never criticized for cultural appropriation for using the Foghat hippie culture music.
Or something. (Kidding)
In real life the influential blues composer and performer Willie Dixon was able to sue Led Zeppelin for stealing his melody on another hit song——
In 1987, Dixon reached an out-of-court settlement with the rock band Led Zeppelin after suing for plagiarism in the band’s use of his music in “Bring It On Home” and lyrics from his composition “You Need Love” (1962) in the band’s recording of “Whole Lotta Love”.
I saw them at the “Carl Casper” auto show at the IMA arena in Flint, MI. Circa 1987-88.
I leaned more towards “Fool for the City”.
You should hear my polka version of this.
Their debut album is great. Perfect for some Spring time rockin’!
Rest in peace Lonesome Dave and Rod Price..... and Tony Travaglini. A friend of mine who was diagnosed with liver and spinal cancer right at the time Lonesome Dave died from his kidney cancer. Tony had just completed his Master’s Degree when he got the news. Just one of those associations you get in life.
The best version is the extended studio with the bass solo... got goose bumbs here recalling the memory...
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