Foghat Uriah Heep Concert Poster Allen Park Detroit Michigan 1983

Description

An original concert poster for radio WLLZ Detroit's Wheels Welcomes   Foghat and Uriah Heep performing at the Allen Park Civic Center just south of Detroit, Michigan on June 29, 1983.
Poster is 14x22  vibrant red & gold colors
on almost thinnish glossy finish
cardstock  and in excellent condition for its age with some light general wear/handling  ---  please see pictures for condition and ask questions in advance if helpful. Will be mailed well packed with insurance.   This is the best art/color poster of this often touring combo from back then given that most were black & white.
Wikipedia: "
Foghat
is an English
rock
band formed in London in 1971.
The band is known for the use of
electric slide guitar
in their music. 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.
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 childhood Scrabble game played by Peverett and his brother
)
in January 1971.
Foghat relocated to the United States to sign a deal with
Bearsville Records
.
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
was also known as
Rock and Roll
for its cover photo of a rock and a bread roll, and it went gold.
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 endless 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.
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
.
1980s
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.
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 from Burgeson. Dave Crigger joined on bass in 1991–1993."
"
Uriah Heep
are an English
rock
band formed in London in 1969. It has had the same lineup since 2013: lead and rhythm guitarist
Mick Box
, keyboardist
Phil Lanzon
, lead vocalist
Bernie Shaw
, drummer
Russell Gilbrook
and bassist Davey Rimmer. Of the current lineup, Box is the only remaining original member. Throughout many lineup changes, the band has included many notable musicians, such as vocalists
David Byron
,
John Lawton
,
John Sloman
,
Peter Goalby
and
Steff Fontaine
, bassists
Gary Thain
,
Trevor Bolder
,
John Wetton
,
Bob Daisley
and
John Jowitt
, drummers
Nigel Olsson
,
Lee Kerslake
and
Chris Slade
, and keyboardists
Ken Hensley
and
John Sinclair
.
Over the course of their
50-year career, Uriah Heep have released twenty-five studio albums,
two albums
composed of
re-recorded material, eighteen live albums and thirty-nine compilation albums. Twelve of the band's studio albums have made it to the
UK Albums Chart
(
Return to Fantasy
reached No. 7 in 1975) while of the fifteen
Billboard
200
Uriah Heep albums
Demons and Wizards
was the most successful (#23, 1972). In the late 1970s the band had massive success in Germany, where the "
Lady in Black
" single was a big hit.
The band maintains a significant following and performs at
arena
-sized venues in the
Balkans
, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia and Scandinavia. They have sold over 45 million albums worldwide with over 4 million sales in the U.S,
[4]
where its best-known songs include
"Easy Livin'"
,
"The Wizard"
,
"Sweet Lorraine"
, and
"Stealin'"
"