Celebrity Graveland

April 16, 1943 – February 07, 2000

As legend would have it, young Dave Peverett and his brother, John, parlayed their active childhood imaginations into one of the best-selling rock groups of the 1970s. While playing a word game with John, Dave coined the nonsense word “foghat”. This led to an imaginary friend named “Junior Foghat” and the adoption of the personal persona of “Lonesome Dave.” Both would shape much of the rest of Peverett’s life.

Born in London, in 1943, Dave Peverett grew up idolizing blues musicians like Chuck Berry. He learned to play guitar and eventually joined the band, Savoy Brown, in the late 1960s. The band found some decent success, releasing 5 albums during Peverett’s tenure. By the early 1970s, Lonesome Dave wanted to embark on something new, so he and fellow Savoy bandmates Roger Earl and Tony Stevens teamed up with guitarist, Rod Price, and formed a new band…called Foghat.

Originally signed with U.S. label, Bearsville, Foghat would go on to produce 5 Gold records and the Platinum 1975 release, Fool for the City, which gave the band their biggest and most-recognizable hit, “Slow Ride.”

Peverett left Foghat in 1984 to return to England. He rejoined the band in the 1990s and continued recording and touring with them until his death in 2000. He was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 1998 but continued to perform throughout his treatment. He died of complications from the disease and pneumonia at the age of 56. He was buried in Orlando, Florida where he had made his home.

Burial

Woodlawn Cemetery – Gotha, FL

Specific Location

Section S – At the southwest corner of the cemetery, walk along the curved north side of this section (with the big bell in the middle) until you reach a marker with SANTANGELO on it and Dave is buried just 2 rows toward the center of the section (south) from this marker. True to his “Lonesome” moniker, his grave is surrounded by a fair amount of empty space.

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