Slow Ride
| "Slow Ride" | ||||
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| Single by Foghat | ||||
| from the album Fool for the City | ||||
| B-side | "Save Your Loving (For Me)" | |||
| Released | December 1975 | |||
| Recorded | Suntreader Studios, Sharon, Vermont | |||
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| Label | Bearsville | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dave Peverett | |||
| Producer(s) | Nick Jameson | |||
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"Slow Ride" is a song by the British rock band Foghat. It was the lead single from their fifth studio album, Fool for the City (1975), released on Bearsville Records. In 2009, it was named the 45th "Best Hard Rock" song of all time by VH1.[2]
There are five versions of this song on the market. The original LP version from Fool for the City lasts 8 minutes and 14 seconds. The single version, found in several compilations, was truncated to 3:56 with a fade-out ending. The 1977 live version is 8:21, the King Biscuit Flower Hour Foghat version is 10:37 and the 2007 live version is 9:44.
The song was used Used on the TV Series Dexter- season 1 episode 9 Father Knows Best
According to drummer Roger Earl, the song was created during a jam session with then new bassist Nick Jameson.[3]
Nick had a cassette player and he would record whatever we played there. As I recall it, the whole song was written— the middle part and the bass part and the ending were all Nick's ideas. Basically, Nick wrote the song, but we just jammed on it, and Nick cut the stuff up so it made sense as far as the song goes. And then Dave [Peverett, the band's then guitarist and vocalist] said, 'I've got some words.' That's how that came about (laughs).
Chart history
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References
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Foghat – Slow Ride". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "spreadit.org music". Retrieved 7 February 2009.
- ^ Perry, Shawn. "The Roger Earl Interview". Vintage Rock. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "RPM Top Singles" (PDF). RPM. 24 (25). Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada. 20 March 1976. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ "Foghat Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.