Congratulations to the following people, who’s submissions had the most votes toward The Word (of Rock N’ Roll) photo lyrics contest.

Steve Reinis
Jani Minkler
Carl Davino
Edward Pulcher
Jane Noneya
Glenn Reddick

Be sure to look for your photos in our new video, which will be done soon!

It’s not often that fans get the opportunity to collaborate on a song with a rock band that has had the success that Foghat has obtained. But that was exactly what happened to a gentleman by the name of Phil Dessinger, when he won a contest asking fans to add lyrics to the originally all-instrumental tune, “495 Boogie,” from Foghat’s latest CD, ‘Last Train Home.’ And on July 9th, fans can hear the winning version, dubbed “The Word of Rock n’ Roll,” which is being issued via the band’s own label, Foghat Records.

The contest entries were narrowed down to the final three by the band and judges Ken Dashow of WAXQ FM Classic Rock Radio in NYC and Jeb Wright of ClassicRockRevisited.com and then put up for voting by the fans. As Foghat explained in a statement: “Thank you to all of you who entered the ’495 Boogie’contest. What great lyrics! What an extremely difficult choice. We seriously like all three of the final entries (and many of the others), so for us they are all winners! But the votes are in and it was a VERY…VERY close contest.”

“495 Boogie”(the most downloaded track on ‘Last Train Home’) was recorded in two takes. It came out of a jam with Roger’s brother, Colin Earl, who came up with the song, Jeff Howell on bass and Lefty Lefkowitz on harmonica. Eventually, just for fun, Classic Rock DJ Charlie Ocean from Mobile, Alabama, added lyrics to “495 Boogie” renaming it “Big American Blonde,” and sent it to the band. Realizing that this was a very cool idea, Foghat decided to run a contest and invite their fans and all songwriters to add their own lyrics to the tune. Sadly, Charlie Ocean passed away on July 6, 2011, which led to the idea being put on hold. But eventually, the group felt it would be a fine way to pay tribute to their fallen friend, resulting in the contest running from October 2012 through February 2013.

And the lucky winner turned out to be Mr. Dessinger, whose back-story is an interesting one. The son of an original member of the CBS Orchestra through the golden years of live radio and TV, Phil followed his dad to all of the shows and grew up at what is now called the Ed Sullivan Theater. He has seen everybody perform from Sophie Tucker to the Beatles. He has written songs for a UNICEF-Special Olympics global campaign, an Off-Broadway rock musical and a series of independent artist projects.

Due to such anthems as “Slow Ride” and “Fool for the City,” Foghat has remained a classic rock radio staple since first appearing on the scene in the 1970′s. And the band continues to rock on today, as evidenced by their aforementioned latest album, ‘Last Train Home,’ which was comprised of both original tracks and some fantastic re-worked blues classics. And Foghat’s winning streak continues with the upcoming release of “The Word of Rock n’ Roll.”

“CONGRATULATIONS PHIL DESSINGER! Nice Job! Great lyrics…great story! Great positive song: ‘Love my life, come on! May be a grind, but I’m strong’.”

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Thank you all for submitting photos to The Word (of Rock N’ Roll) photo lyrics contest! We rounded up all the photos into a Facebook album and have posted them below. You can vote on Facebook by clicking “LIKE” on the photo. If you don’t do Facebook, you can leave a comment on the photos you like best.

Here are all of the photos, by lyric.

Alarm clock rings in the dark

Photo by Sv Reinis

Photo by Glenn Riddick

Photo by Paul Goerke

Ain’t No Birds Singin’ In The Park

Photo by Keith Krejci

Photo by Paul Goerke

Photo by Garage Sale Junkie

Shower is cold and the razor stings

Photo by Sv Reinis

Photo by Doris Noel

My eyes are red and my ears ring

Photo by Foghat

Photo by Steve Reinis

My rig is loaded and I’m ready to go

Photo by Steve Rowloff

Photo by Mark Schaffert

Photo by Sv Reinis

Photo by Garage Sale Junkie

Photo by Carl Davino

Photo by Heather Busch

Down four ninety five to another show!

Photo by Edward Pulscher

Photo by Sv Reinis

I’M BRINGIN’ THE WORD, THE WORD OF ROCK N’ ROLL

Photo by Garage Sale Junkie

TURNIN’ THE PEOPLE ON

Photo by Garage Sale Junkie

CLOUD OPENS UP IT BEGINS TO POUR

Photo by Garage Sale Junkie

Photo by Janie Noneya

HOUSE LIGHTS ON, COPS AT THE DOOR

HAPPY VOTING!

So be sure to get us your photos to any of the lyrics posted!

See contest details at www.foghat.net\foghatcontest\

Post your photos on our facebook page www.facebook.com\foghat or upload to Instagram!

Check out some recent additions to our photo lyrics contest that came in over the past week.

SHOWER IS COLD AND THE RAZOR STINGS

Photo by Doris Noel

MY EYES ARE RED AND MY EARS RING

Photo by SV Reinis

Photo from Foghat

MY RIG IS LOADED AND I’M READY TO GO

Photo by Heather Busch

Photo by Carl Davino

So the new photo lyrics contest for The Word of Rock N’ Roll is underway and it is rocking! Keep those photos coming!

Here is what we have so far.

ALARMS CLOCK RINGIN’ IN THE DARK

Paul Goerke

Sv Reinis

AIN’T NO BIRDS SINGIN’ IN THE PARK

Keith Krejci

Paul Groeke

DOWN FOUR NINETY FIVE FOR ANOTHER SHOW

In 2010 Foghat released their first Blues CD “Last Train Home”. The reviews were fantastic and the biggest surprise was the response to our ONLY instrumental ever recorded ‘495 Boogie’.  So we ran a contest for our fans to add lyrics to the music and that was fantastic too.  The winner of the contest was Phil Dessinger and the new song is called ‘The Word (of Rock n’ Roll)’.

Foghat has re-recorded ‘495 Boogie’ with Charlie singing and we will be releasing the single on July 9^th!

Now…to continue the fun we are having a LYRIC VIDEO CONTEST and we want you to be part of it!

We will be posting lyrics from “The Word (of Rock n’ Roll) to our Facebook Page www.facebook.com/foghat every few days.  We want you to POST A PHOTO corresponding to that lyric. Feel free to post more than one, and tell your friends!

Please listen to the contest entry of the song and read the lyrics to get a head start.  For easy instructions about the contest, just go to www.foghat.net  and click on the link.  Winners will get their name in the video credits  and win an autographed copy of  “Last Train Home” a free download of the single  AND if you come to a show we will be sure to get you to meet the band! Just let us know you are coming!

Come and join in. We would love to see your photos!!

LYRIC #1 – ALARM CLOCK RINGS IN THE DARK

THE WORD (of Rock n’ Roll) / 495 Boogie

Alarm clock rings in the dark
Ain’t no birds singin’ in the park
Shower is cold and the razor stings
My eyes are red and my ears ring
My rig is loaded and I’m ready to go
Down four ninety-five to another show.
 
Drive all night, come on!
Love my life, come on!
May be a grind, but I’m strong
CruIsin’ and singin’ a song
I’m bringin’ the word, the word of rock ‘n roll.
 
A little late gettin’ to the back stage door
Cloud opens up it begins to pour
Loadin’ down the ramp gettin’ soakin’ wet
Got no roadies or a private jet
Smokin’ that cigar with the evil grin
The club owner says, “Boy, we’re packin’ ‘em in!”
 
Well all right, come on!
Love my life, come on!
May be a grind, but I’m strong
Turnin’ the bright lights on
I’m bringin’ the word, the word of rock ‘n roll

The Word of Rock n’ Roll
The Word of Rock n’ Roll
I’m bringin’ the word, I’m bringin’ the word
The Word of Rock n’ Roll
I’m bringing the word, the word of Rock n’ Roll
YEAH
 
Drummer sits down starts hittin’ the sticks
Full-throttle band just getting’ the kicks
E-lec-tricity up the spine
Surrender to the feelin’ every time
Room full ‘a people start to bop ‘n sway
Forget about the problems that they had today 
 
Rock all night, come on!
Love my life, come on!
May be a grind, but I’m strong
Turnin’ the people on
Gotta hear The Word, The Word of rock ‘n roll

Another encore but they still want more
House lights on, cops at the door
Drummer in no hurry packin’ up his kit
Surrounded by a half a dozen chicks
Club owner’s got that evil smile
Splittin’ up the cash in a little while
 
Ain’t no fight, come on!
Love my life, come on!
May be a grind, but I’m strong
Drive right through the dawn
I’m bringin’ The Word, The Word of rock ‘n roll

The Word of Rock n’ Roll
The Word of Rock n’ Roll
I’m bringin’ the word, bringin’ the word
The Word of Rock n’ Roll
I’m bringing the word, the word of Rock n’ Roll

We will be playing at the beautiful Tarrytown Music Hall along with local Westcheter musicians,  our good friends ‘Hip Pocket’ opening for us.  And we plan on having a great time! Maybe even a couple of ‘jams’!  This is a very cool venue and we will be doing a meet n’ greet after to show to say hello!  Come on out and Boogie!