Foghat Singer Dies

“Lonesome” Dave Peverett, lead singer of the British blues-rock quartet Foghat, died of complications from kidney cancer Monday. He was 56. Heavily influenced by blues and early rock ‘n’ roll, Foghat built a large fan base through frequent touring and produced such hits at “Slow Ride,” “Third-Time Lucky” and “Driving Wheel” in the 1970s. Foghat took its name from a word that Peverett and his brother invented some years earlier in a Scrabble game. The band, which broke up for a time in the 1980s, reunited in 1993 and found new fans that year when “Slow Ride” and the band’s version of “I Just Want to Make Love to You” were on the soundtrack of the movie “Dazed and Confused.”