Zig-Zag Walk

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Field	Value
name	Zig-Zag Walk
type	studio
artist	Foghat
cover	Zig-Zag Walk.jpg
released	11 May 1983
genre	Rock
length	36:04
label	Bearsville (Original release)
Rhino (2006 CD reissue)
producer	Nick Jameson (as Franz Leipkin)
prev_title	In the Mood for Something Rude
prev_year	1982
next_title	Return of the Boogie Men
next_year	1994
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Zig-Zag Walk is the twelfth studio album by British hard rock band Foghat, released in 1983. Unlike the previous year's In the Mood for Something Rude, which consisted of all outside material, lead singer Dave Peverett wrote five of the album's ten songs, with guitarist Erik Cartwright contributing a sixth. A few of the songs are given a rockabilly treatment augmenting the blues rock the band is better known for. It would be the band's last album for over a decade until their comeback album, Return of the Boogie Men, in 1994.

Producer "Franz Leipkin" and keyboardist "Eli Jenkins" are pseudonyms for old bandmate Nick Jameson, who had played in Foghat in 1975 and produced or co-produced various Foghat albums in the 1970s and 1980s. Paul Butterfield makes a guest appearance on one song, playing harmonica on "Seven Day Weekend".

Track listing

1. "That's What Love Can Do" (Dave Peverett) – 3:54
2. "Zig-Zag Walk" (Peverett) – 3:28
3. "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" (Denver Darling, Milt Gabler, Vaughn Horton) – 2:43
4. "Jenny Don't Mind" (Erik Cartwright) – 4:37
5. "Three Wheel Cadillac" (Peverett) – 3:55
6. "It'll Be Me" (Jack Clement) – 3:29
7. "Silent Treatment" (Peverett) – 3:17
8. "Down the Road a Piece" (Don Raye) – 2:35
9. "Seven Day Weekend" (Peverett) – 4:10
10. "Linda Lou" (Jon Jelmer) – 3:46

Personnel

• Dave Peverett — lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
• Erik Cartwright — lead guitar, slide guitar
• Eli Jenkins — bass, backing vocals, keyboards
• Roger Earl — drums

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1983) | Peak position | |---|---| ::

References

References

1. "Zig-Zag Walk - Foghat | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic".
2. (January 2020). "Foghat".
3. "Interview with Foghat's Roger Earl".

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