Dave Peverett, singer, 56

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Tuesday February 8 1:37 PM ET

Foghat's Lead Singer Dies
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Writer

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - ``Lonesome'' Dave Peverett, who as lead singer of the
British blues-rock quartet Foghat produced rock staples such as ``Slow
Ride'' and ``Third-Time Lucky,'' has died of complications from kidney
cancer.

He was 56.

Peverett died Monday from pneumonia at an Orlando hospital after a year-long
battle with cancer, Foghat's manager, Michael McConnell, said today. His
wife, Linda, and their three children were with him.

``Dave was one of the hardest working guys in the business,'' McConnell
said.

Heavily influenced by blues and early rock 'n' roll, Foghat built a large
base of fans through frequent touring and produced such hits at ``Slow
Ride,'' ``Third-Time Lucky'' and ``Driving Wheel'' in the 1970s.

Foghat was born from the blues band Savoy Brown. Peverett, drummer Roger
Earl and bassist Tony Stevens quit that band and decided to form their own
group in 1970. Rod Price became the group's lead guitarist.

The group wanted to take the sound of Savoy Brown a step further and add
more of a rock edge to their basic boogie blues. Foghat took their name from
a word that Peverett and his brother invented some years earlier in a
Scrabble game.

Foghat's albums included ``Fool for the City,'' ``Foghat,'' ``Rock and Roll
Outlaws,'' ``Night Shift,'' and ``Stone Blue.'' It was their seventh album,
``Foghat Live,'' in 1977 that brought them their biggest success, going
double platinum.

``It happened suddenly,'' Peverett said in a 1998 interview with The
Associated Press. ``I don't think I realized at the time how big the band
was. We were still playing and had the same mentality of coming up with
songs for the next album. We looked up - we were headlining big arenas.

``It was nice to go through that and survive it. I think we were pretty
levelheaded compared to some people.''

The band, which broke up for a time in the 1980s, reunited in 1993 and found
new fans that year when ``Slow Ride'' and the band's version of ``I Just
Want to Make Love to You'' were on the soundtrack of the movie ``Dazed and
Confused.''

Peverett was born April 16, 1943, in Dulwich, England and raised in London.

After he was diagnosed with cancer, he had a kidney removed, underwent
radiation and chemotherapy and had thought the cancer was in remission,
McConnell said.

A private funeral service will be held Thursday in Orlando.

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