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In 1975, bassist Nick Jameson joined the group Foghat and brought a song with him. It was an instrumental and was already finished as far as he was concerned, but then the band started jamming around it and Nick liked what he heard.
The jam was more than 8 minutes long, which was perfect for Foghat's album, “Fool for the City,” but way too long to release as a single.So Nick did a little—well, a LOT--of editing and got it down to 3:56. And THEN Dave Peverett, Foghat's lead singer and guitarist said, “By the way, I wrote some words for this...
”In 1976, the finished product took a “Slow Ride” up the charts, peaking at #14 in Canada and #20 in the US. But don't let th
e fact that it missed the Top 10 fool you. The song was big in the clubs and on jukeboxes everywhere, and in 2004, VH-1 named it one of the “Best Hard Rock Songs of All Time!”
“Slow Ride” by Foghat: A “Great Jam of the '70s!”
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