I saw Foghat at an Iowa Jam ... stoopid in all the right ways ... they were a blast.
I just don't get the whole Hunter/Wagner thing, never did. They beat that Lou Reed live record to death. WTMN lost what made the original band good, the mystery, the creepiness, the crawliness. I come on, this is the guy who had a band who wrote the music that became Black JuJu ... somewhere he just became a very ordinary heavy metal guy.
Boogie is not without occasional charm. I saw Foghat the first time in '76, sandwiched between Nugent and Aerosmith. Foghat's still touring, believe it or not, but their last live CD was abysmal, and now that Peverett and Rod Price have both passed on - I guess that somehow, seeing Roger Earl in the flesh holds little charm for me.
You're absolutely right - the live Reed thing was overkill, and it wasn't called for. However, Aerosmith's Get Your Wings LP (also Hunter & Wagner, uncredited) had the same overkill, and was called for in every way. I'd flirted with picking up a guitar before hearing GYW, but afterward - it was a done deal. But imagine my continued disappointment every time I went to see Aerosmith live, because Train Kept a'Rollin' never even remotely sounded like the record. When I found out that it was really Hunter & Wagner, it all made perfect sense.
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I just don't get the whole Hunter/Wagner thing, never did. They beat that Lou Reed live record to death. WTMN lost what made the original band good, the mystery, the creepiness, the crawliness. I come on, this is the guy who had a band who wrote the music that became Black JuJu ... somewhere he just became a very ordinary heavy metal guy.
I've never seen Ian solo, someday ...
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You're absolutely right - the live Reed thing was overkill, and it wasn't called for. However, Aerosmith's Get Your Wings LP (also Hunter & Wagner, uncredited) had the same overkill, and was called for in every way. I'd flirted with picking up a guitar before hearing GYW, but afterward - it was a done deal. But imagine my continued disappointment every time I went to see Aerosmith live, because Train Kept a'Rollin' never even remotely sounded like the record. When I found out that it was really Hunter & Wagner, it all made perfect sense.