Tony Stevens Slow Ride Original Foghat to play Saturday, June 18

Posted: 12:00am on Jun 16, 2011; Modified: 11:03am on Jun 17, 2011

  • IF YOU GO

    What: Tony Stevens Slow Ride Original Foghat

    When: 8 p.m. Saturday, June 18

    Where: Phenix City Amphitheater, 508 Dillingham Street, Phenix City

    Cost: $10

    Details: 334-291-4719

    Note: No coolers or outside food or drink will be allowed in the amphitheater. Concessions will be available.

Tony Stevens Slow Ride Original Foghat includes the most famous hit song from the British blues-rock band Foghat in its name, so it’s no surprise that “Slow Ride” is in the band’s repertoire.

But take it easy -- you’ll have to wait to hear it.

Tony Stevens, bassist and singer for Tony Stevens Slow Ride Original Foghat, said they usually reserve their most requested song for the end of the show. But that doesn’t stop concert-goers from requesting it.

“All the way through the concert they’ll ask for it,” he said.

Tony Stevens Slow Ride Original Foghat plays the Phenix City Amphitheater this Saturday at 8 p.m. Admission is $10.

Besides “Slow Ride,” Stevens said those at Saturday’s concert can expect a performance of “Fool for the City” and lots of “fun and loud music.”

Stevens was a member of the original Foghat until the 1970s, but he’s not the only member of the new band with classic rock credentials. Tony Stevens Slow Ride Original Foghat also includes musicians who have performed with Savoy Brown, Rick Derringer, Hall and Oates and Brian Howe of Bad Company.

“It’s a great bunch of lads. It’s just a pleasure to play with them all,” Stevens said, adding that no one in the band plays the prima donna.

“I’m not a prima donna. I’m more of a Lady Gaga,” he said.

Stevens may not share the younger generation’s enthusiasm for social networking -- he lets other band members handle his Facebook page -- but he’s seen plenty of younger fans at concerts, usually accompanied by their parents and grandparents.

“I’m seeing three generations of Foghat fans,” he said. “And they’re all loving it. They love classic rock.”

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