What’s A Faatherton?
You tell me. I was surfing the net and came across some forum called Mohawk or something like that. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the board is composed of people ranging from ages 23-30 something (which is fine, we were all young once.) But the name of one of my favorite bands popped up in the form of rather cynical question: what’s a Foghat? I smiled because my first response was: “I don’t know.What’s a Faatherton?”
I ran across the name “Faatherton” before I did Foghat. It turns out that it is the name of a band. No offense intended, but I have yet to check out their music. I am sure that they are wonderful and their songs probably have “substance” written all over them, and I am sure that none of them have had help from a famous Daddy; I’m simply saying-I don’t know where the name derived from. But if anyone out there knows, I can’t wait to hear from you.
Even if no one can answer my question, this is a “Foghat.” It was started by a guy who used to be in a band called “What’s a Savoy Brown”, from an era that I think produced some pretty decent music (and I’m not talking Abba,the Beegees or any of that other disco crap.)
So here’s something from “What’s a Foghat.”
And all you boys out there who fancy yourselves to be guitar gods and drummers, pay close attention. You might learn something.
The name comes from the t.v. show King of the Hill. The vocalist/guitarist thought the rival propane business was named Faatherton when the actual name was Taatherton. He was quite fond of the “Ton” in the name. Also partly because the band was formed in the small Missouri town named Camdenton.