TOO OLD TO ROCK: FOGHAT

Thursday, November 23, 2023

FOGHAT - SONIC MOJO

FOGHAT - SONIC MOJO 2023.

Sonic Mojo is Foghat’s 17th studio album and is headed up by founding member and drummer Roger Earl. Molly Hatchet veteran Bryan Bassett engineered and co-produced the album and also plays lead slide guitar and contributes backing vocals.

Lead vocalist and guitarist Scott Holt and bass player and contributing vocalist Rodney O’Quinn round out the quartet. Eddie LeFebvre helped out by sometimes assisting with percussion. The album contains 12 cuts with six compositions by Foghat or co-authored with them including three with the late Kim Simmonds.

The other six are covers by blues and rock legends like Willie Dixon, Howlin’ Wolf and Chuck Berry. The vinyl release excludes B. B. King’s “She’s Dynamite”

They are still touring relentlessly and playing with an energy that perpetuates youthful exuberance, no matter how old they may be. On SONIC MOJO, founding member, drummer Roger Earl is joined by guitarist, engineer and co-producer Bryan Bassett (Wild Cherry, Molly Hatchet), bassist Rodney O' Quinn (Pat Travers Band), and on lead vocals and guitar, Scott Holt (Buddy Guy).

Three songs on SONIC MOJO have special meaning for Roger Earl, as they were co-written by Kim Simmonds, the man who gave Roger his first break back in 1967 as a member of Savoy Brown. Sadly, shortly after writing these songs, Kim passed away.

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