Lonesome Dave Peverett, lead singer and founding member of Foghat, died Monday, February 7, 2000 after a year-long battle with cancer. He passed away in an Orlando, Florida hospital from double-pneumonia, at the age of 56.

Dave was born April 16, 1943, in Dulwich, England and raised in south London. After a tenure with Savoy Brown in the early seventies, he and fellow members Tony Stevens and Roger Earl left to form Foghat, with Rod Price added on lead guitar.

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