Saturday, 27 September 2025

Lonesome Dave ( Living For The Blues)

 Who remembers The Man in The Long Grey Coat

A Man they called Lonesome adrift on a Boat

Who remembers his shyness, His love of The Blues

Walking everywhere in Baseball boots.


Scratching a living with Savoy Brown

Playing his heart out but feeling so down

Tours of America and Europe abound

But going nowhere as if never leaving Town. 

He met the love of his life whom gave him the lift

The confidence to stretch became a gift

Touring real hard with only one thing in mind

To Share time with his new love and watch the good times unwind


He set off to the states not knowing His Fate

With His compadres they entered the gate

An opening at last with the Bearsville cast  A label that gave of everything they asked.

Foghat were live and centre stage Came the Man they called Lonesome Dave

The new love he found would stay behind. Back in the U,K with love so blind

Linda loved Dave and soon followed The Band  A New life in New York He took her hand


Who remembers The Man in the Long Grey Coat

The Man with the tonsils and the songs he wrote



Foghat became Fools for the city


Touring North America and raising Family



A boy and two daughters would raise there hope



Of a life with Good Music they did more than cope


Life on the Road for Dave and the Band

Became like the Song Home in My Hand

Never stopping to remember the Pub Rock days

Just Hitting The Road set in there ways.


So here's to the Boogie,  Road cases and Men

Been on The Road since God knows when

No going back working to play

Lonesome Dave remembered to this day.

Up stairs in Heaven You can still here him play




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