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Contents.Origin With some help from a friend named Oliver English, Nelson wrote the song in early 1961; at the time he was a journeyman singer-songwriter who had written several hits for other artists but had not yet had a significant recording of his own. Nelson originally wrote the song for country singer, who turned it down for the same reason turned down ' the previous year: that it was 'a girl's song'. The song's eventual success helped launch Nelson as a performer as well as a songwriter.Musically the song is a jazz-pop ballad with country overtones and a complex melody. The lyrics describe the singer's state of bemusement at the singer's own helpless love for the object of his affection.Interviewed for the 2019 American TV miniseries, Nelson says he originally titled the song 'Stupid', but changed it after playing it at and getting fan reaction.Patsy Cline version was already a country music superstar and looking for material to extend a string of hits. She picked it as a follow-up to her previous big hit 'I Fall to Pieces'. 'Crazy', its complex melody suiting Cline's vocal talent perfectly, was released in late 1961, immediately became another huge hit for Cline and widened the crossover audience she had established with her prior hits.
It spent 21 weeks on the chart and eventually became one of her signature tunes. Cline's version is No. 85 on 's list of, becoming the third highest ranked song by a solo female artist, after ' by at #5 and ' by at #70.According to Willie Nelson in an interview with, he was at and had put his own song 'Crazy' in the jukebox. Patsy Cline's husband heard it and wanted to get it to Patsy. They were both drunk, and Willie was reluctant to go, and he even stayed in the car while her husband played it for her. In the end, she recorded it a few weeks later.
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In another interview, Willie says that the song originally was called 'Stupid'.According to Ellis Nassour's biography Patsy Cline, Nelson, then a struggling songwriter known as Hugh Nelson, was a regular at on Nashville's, which he frequented with friends and, both also unknown songwriters at this time. Nelson met Cline's husband Charlie Dick at the bar one evening and pitched the song to him. Dick took the track home and played it for Cline, who absolutely hated it at first because Nelson's demo 'spoke' the lyrics ahead of and behind the beat; an annoyed Cline remarked that she 'couldn't sing like that'.However, Cline's producer, loved the song and arranged it in the ballad form in which it later was recorded. On 's album, Bradley reported that as Cline still was recovering from a recent automobile accident that nearly took her life, she'd had difficulty reaching the high notes of the song on the original production night due to her broken ribs. So after about four hours of trying – in the days of four songs being recorded in three hours – they called it a night. A week later, she recorded the lead vocal in one take.In the same interview, Lynn remembers the first time Cline performed it at the Grand Ole Opry on crutches, and received three standing ovations. Remembers Cline introducing the song to her audiences live in concert sayingAll my recent hits have come true in my life.
I had a hit out called 'Tra-La-La Triangle' and people thought about me and Gerald and Charlie. I had another hit out called 'I Fall to Pieces', and I was in a car wreck. Now I'm really worried because I have a new hit single out, and it's called 'Crazy'.Willie Nelson stated that Cline's version of 'Crazy' was his favorite song of his that anybody has recorded because it 'was a lot of magic'. Personnel The session personnel included:. –. – organ. Patsy Cline – lead vocals.
– piano. – drums. –. Randy Hughes – acoustic guitar. – backing vocals. – electric guitar. – acoustic bassChart performance Chart (1961)PeakpositionU.S.
Billboard Hot Country Singles2U.S. Billboard Easy Listening2U.S. Billboard Hot 1009Australian Kent Music Report56Chart (1987)PeakpositionUK Singles Chart79Chart (1990–91)PeakpositionIrish Singles Chart14UK Singles Chart14LeAnn Rimes version 'Crazy'byfrom the albumReleasedDecember 28, 1999Format,Recorded1997-1998Length2: 53Wilbur C. Rimessingles chronology'(1999)' Crazy'(1999)'(2000)Country singer recorded 'Crazy' for her, released in 1999. It was released as the second and final single from the album. She also performed this song at the for President and particularly for, who said it was one of her favorite songs.Track listing Europe Single. 'Crazy'.
'How Do I Live' (Extended Mix). 'Chart Chart (1999)Peakposition(Official Charts Company)36Other versions Notable versions include those recorded by who reached #6 on 's country chart with her version in 1977, (hit in the Netherlands, UK and New Zealand), (Kenny Rogers version is a completely different song he wrote himself), (Don McClean's is also a completely different song titled 'Crazy Eyes'). (Rogers also wrote and recorded another song with the title 'Crazy', which topped the charts in 1984 and shouldn't be confused with this one). In 2007, the song was covered by English alternative band. Willie Nelson has recorded several versions of the song over the years, including a trio version with. Additionally, it was covered by the and co-released on the soundtrack.In 1980 'Crazy' was part of the soundtrack for the Loretta Lynn biography and was sung by who was portraying Patsy Cline.Norah Jones recorded it live in Chicago at the House of Blues on April 16, 2002.Canadian country music singer covered the song in 1993. Her version peaked at number 29 on the Country Tracks chart.Australian singer covered the song on her album (2010).Canadian musician released a cover of this song on his 2014 album.and covered the song on their album (2014).and Willie Nelson performed a duet of the song on the album Bridges (2014), which peaked at 28 on the country Heat Seekers chart in August 2014.
Willie Nelson elected to sing the song on The Voice after hearing a contestant sing the National Anthem and commenting 'she can sing the crap outta that song'.recorded a version of 'Crazy' with Jitterbug Vipers in Austin, Texas in 2015.recorded two versions of 'Crazy' for as her character (who portrays Patsy Cline in a biopic), one in 2014 heard in the episode 'That's Me Without You' and the other in 2015 as a duet with (playing himself) in the episode 'Can't Let Go.' Canadian singer Brigitte Boisjoli recorded a version of 'Crazy' on the album Patsy Cline, on which all songs are from the well-known country musician.Influential 1990s Emo band Mineral recorded a version in 1996 for the Band Crazy Vol. 1 compilation from Bzar records. The cover also appeared as a bonus track on the band's 2014 release Mineral 1994-1998 The Complete Collection.Italian-French singer and former French First Lady released a cover version on her 2017 album, featuring.Canadian singer released an R&B cover of the song on 15 November 2019. References. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
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Foghat is an English rock band formed in London in 1971.[1][2][3] The band is known for the use of electric slide guitar in their music.[4] The band has achieved eight gold records, one platinum and one double platinum record, and despite several line-up changes, continue to record and perform.
History[edit]
1970s[edit]
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The band initially featured Dave Peverett ('Lonesome Dave') on guitar and vocals, Tony Stevens on bass and Roger Earl on drums, after all three musicians left Savoy Brown in 1971. Rod Price, on guitar/slide guitar, joined after he left Black Cat Bones in December 1970. The new line-up was named 'Foghat' (a nonsense word from a Scrabble-like game played by Peverett and his brother[5]) in January 1971. There is a cartoon drawing on the back cover of the group's first album of a head wearing a foghat. Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin wore a white foghat for a short time during 1970 in concert.
Foghat relocated to the United States after signing a deal with Bearsville Records.[6] Their debut album, Foghat (1972), was produced by Dave Edmunds and featured a cover of Willie Dixon's 'I Just Want to Make Love to You', which received considerable airplay, especially on FM stations. The album also included a remake of Savoy Brown's bluesy ode to the road 'Leavin' Again (Again!)', and 'Sarah Lee', a classic blues burner featuring Price's slide guitar solo. The band's second self-titled album went gold. It was also known as Rock and Roll for its cover photo of a rock and a bread roll. Energized (1974) came out, followed by Rock and Roll Outlaws (1974) and Fool for the City (1975). In 1975, Stevens left the band due to their relentless touring schedule and was temporarily replaced by producer Nick Jameson for the recording of Fool for the City. During the next year, Jameson was replaced by Craig MacGregor, and the group released Night Shift (1976), a live album (1977) and Stone Blue (1978), each attaining gold status in record sales. Fool for the City spawned the hit single 'Slow Ride' (which reached No. 20 in the United States and No. 14 in Canada), but the greatest sales figures were reached by Foghat Live, which went double platinum.[7] More hits followed: 'Drivin' Wheel', 'I Just Want to Make Love to You' (from the live album), 'Stone Blue' and 'Third Time Lucky (First Time I Was a Fool)'. Price left the band in November 1980, unhappy with the group's still constant touring and the shift away from the hard boogie sound toward a more new wave-influenced pop direction. By February 1981, after months of auditions, he was replaced by Erik Cartwright.[citation needed]
1980s[edit]
After 1978, Foghat's record sales began to slip, and their last album for the Bearsville label, Zig-Zag Walk (1983), only briefly touched the charts at No. 192. MacGregor quit in 1982 and Jameson returned to play on In the Mood for Something Rude and Zig Zag Walk before being replaced by Kenny Aaronson (1983) and then Rob Alter (1983–1984). MacGregor returned in 1984.[citation needed]
The band briefly disbanded in 1984 after Peverett left and returned to England. Earl, along with MacGregor and Cartwright, reformed with a new singer/guitarist, Eric (E.J.) Burgeson, and continued touring as Foghat into the early 1990s. MacGregor (1986–1987, 1991), Cartwright's brother Brett Cartwright (1987, 1988–1989) and Jeff Howell (1987–1988, 1989–1991) alternated on bass during that period, while Phil Nudelman (1989–1990) and Billy Davis (1990–1993) took over for Burgeson. Dave Crigger joined on bass in 1991–1993.[citation needed]
1990s[edit]
Peverett had returned to the United States by 1990 and formed his own version of the band, Lonesome Dave's Foghat, which featured Bryan Bassett (ex-Wild Cherry), Stephen Dees (bass) and Eddie Zyne (drums). Dees and Zyne had played with Hall & Oates, among others. Former Molly Hatchet bassist Riff West replaced Dees in 1991, and Price made several guest appearances.[citation needed]
In 1993, the original line-up reunited at the urging of producer Rick Rubin. Although Rubin ultimately proved to be unavailable to produce their comeback project, the group went ahead and released a studio album titled Return of the Boogie Men (1994) and the Road Cases live album (1998). Their final album of the decade, King Biscuit Flower Hour (taken from the syndicated radio show of the same name), was released in May 1999 and consisted of live recordings from 1974 and 1976.[citation needed]
After being back together for six years, the original line-up once again ended after Price decided to retire from touring for good. Bassett (who had been playing with Molly Hatchet), from Lonesome Dave's Foghat, was brought in on guitar.[citation needed]
2000s[edit]
The 2000s saw the deaths of founding members Peverett and Price. Peverett died on 7 February 2000 from complications from kidney cancer at age 56.[7]
Charlie Huhn (formerly of Humble Pie, Ted Nugent, and Victory) was brought in to replace him on lead vocals and guitar. This line-up of Earl, Stevens, Bassett and Huhn recorded the album Family Joules (2003).[8]
Price died on 22 March 2005 at age 57, due to a fall resulting from a heart attack.[4] Later that year, original bassist Stevens left the band and was replaced by former bassist MacGregor.[9]
2010s[edit]
The 2010 version of Foghat consisted of Earl, MacGregor, Huhn and Bassett. Former Rainbow and Black Sabbath drummer Bobby Rondinelli had temporarily replaced Earl for a summer 2010 concert, while Earl was recovering from surgery. At another Foghat concert that summer, after Earl had returned to the band, bassist Jeff Howell temporarily replaced an ill MacGregor. Foghat's next album, Last Train Home (released 15 June 2010), was the culmination of a dream shared by Earl and Peverett. It contained some of their favorite blues songs, three originals ('Born for the Road', 'Last Train Home' and '495 Boogie'), and two songs by special guest performer and longtime friend Eddie Kirkland, who was 86 years old at the time. He had played with Foghat as a guest in 1977 at Foghat's 'Tribute to the Blues' show at New York City's Palladium, and remained a good friend of the band until he was killed in a car accident on 27 February 2011.
Also performing on Last Train Home were Howell (bass), Colin Earl (piano) and Lefty Lefkowitz (harmonica). According to Earl, the album was 'a testimony to Lonesome Dave. We always planned to do this. I am so fortunate to have partners in band members Charlie Huhn and Bryan Bassett who share the same passion for the blues. It was not hard work putting this album together; playing this kind of music is joyous. We had a blast!'[9]
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The band released a DVD in December 2013 called Live in St. Pete DVD.
On 10 November 2015, Foghat announced that they would start work on a new studio album, completely fan-funded through PledgeMusic. The album, titled Under the Influence, was released on 24 June 2016. The album went on to chart of Billboard and debuted at #17 on Billboard's Hard Rock Albums, and peaked at #40 on the Independent Album charts.[10][11]
The band went on to release another live album, Live at the Belly Up in June of 2017. on July 9, 2017 Erik Cartwright who played lead guitar from 1981–1993 died at his home in Nashville, Tennessee from a heart attack. He was 66 years old.[12]
Longtime bassist MacGregor was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer in 2015. The cancer was first detected at an earlier stage in 2012, but MacGregor was not informed until 2015. Following this incident, he became a proponent of a bill that would require physicians to communicate test results with patients promptly. Although still officially a member of Foghat, the effects of chemotherapy made him unable to play music and former Pat Travers bassist Rodney O'Quinn filled in for him on tours.[13] MacGregor died on 9 February 2018. [14]
Matt Barranti substituted on guitar for Bryan Bassett for a gig at Palace Theater in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 11 February 2017.
Members[edit]
Current members
- Roger Earl – drums (1971–1984, 1993–present)
- Bryan Bassett – lead guitar (1999–present)
- Charlie Huhn – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2000–present)
- Rodney O'Quinn – bass (2015–present)
Former members
- Dave Peverett – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1971–1984, 1993–2000; died 2000)
- Rod Price – lead guitar (1971–1980, 1993–1999; died 2005)
- Tony Stevens – bass (1971–1975, 1993–2005)
- Nick Jameson – bass (1975–1976, 1982–1984)
- Craig MacGregor – bass (1976–1982, 2005–2015; died 2018)
- Erik Cartwright – lead guitar (1981–1984; died 2017)
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
Year | Album | US Album Chart | Certification |
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1972 | Foghat | 127 |
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1973 | Foghat | 67 | |
1974 | Energized | 34 |
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Rock and Roll Outlaws | 40 |
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1975 | Fool for the City | 23 |
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1976 | Night Shift | 36 |
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1977 | Foghat Live | 11 |
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1978 | Stone Blue | 25 |
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1979 | Boogie Motel | 35 | |
1980 | Tight Shoes | 106 | |
1981 | Girls to Chat & Boys to Bounce | 92 | |
1982 | In the Mood for Something Rude | 162 | |
1983 | Zig-Zag Walk | 192 | |
1994 | Return of the Boogie Men | – | |
1998 | Road Cases | – | |
2003 | Family Joules | – | |
Decades Live | – | ||
2007 | Foghat Live II | – | |
2010 | Last Train Home | – | |
2016 | Under the Influence | – | |
2017 | Live at the Belly Up | – | |
2018 | Slow Ride | – |
Compilations[edit]
- Best of Foghat (1985) US:Gold[15]
- Best of Foghat Volume 2 (1992)
- Best of Foghat (Rhino Special Edition) (1992)
- Slow Ride and Other Hits (1997)
- Anthology (1999)
- Hits You Remember Live (2001)
- Live 2000 (2001)
- The Essentials (2002)
Singles[edit]
Year | Single | U.S. Hot 100 | Canada Top 100 |
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1972 | 'I Just Want to Make Love to You' | 83 | - |
1972 | 'Maybelline' | – | – |
1973 | 'What a Shame' | 82 | – |
1973 | 'Ride, Ride, Ride' | – | – |
1974 | 'Eight Days on the Road' | – | – |
1975 | 'Slow Ride' | 20 | 14 |
1976 | 'Fool for the City' | 45 | – |
1976 | 'Night Shift' | – | – |
1976 | 'Drivin' Wheel' | 34 | 41 |
1977 | 'I'll Be Standing By' | 67 | – |
1977 | 'I Just Want to Make Love to You' (live) | 33 | 28 |
1978 | 'Stone Blue' | 36 | 61 |
1978 | 'Sweet Home Chicago' | – | – |
1978 | 'Easy Money' | – | – |
1979 | 'Third Time Lucky (First Time I Was a Fool)' | 23 | 33 |
1980 | 'Stranger in My Home Town' | 81 | – |
1981 | 'Wide Boy' | – | – |
1981 | 'Live Now – Pay Later' | 102 | – |
1982 | 'Slipped, Tripped, Fell in Love' | – | – |
1982 | 'Ain't Livin' Long Like This' | – | – |
1983 | 'Zig-Zag Walk' | – | – |
2003 | 'I'm a Rock 'n Roller' | – | – |
2010 | 'Louisiana Blues' | – | – |
2016 | 'Upside of Lonely' | – | – |
References[edit]
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- ^'Ultimate Music Database'. Umdmusic.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^'Foghat Billboard Albums'. AllMusic. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
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- ^'The Official Foghat Website'. Foghat.com. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^Earlwine, Stephen Thomas. 'Foghat Artist Biography at Allmusic'. allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
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- ^'Foghat Exclusive Interview with Charlie Huhn'. Travellersintime.com.
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- ^'Gone But Not Forgotten; Erik Cartwright'. 45 Space. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
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- ^Lifton, Dave. 'Foghat Bassist Craig MacGregor Dies'. Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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External links[edit]
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