at the age of 21, price joined the british blues band black cat bones (replacing paul kossoff), which recorded one album, "barbed wire sandwich". the album was released at the end of 1969, when british blues was being supplanted by rock, and though artistically successful it was a commercial failure. the band dissolved, and price joined foghat when the group was first formed in london in 1971. he played on the band's first ten albums, released from 1972 through to 1980. his signature slide playing ability helped propel the band to being one of the most successful rock groups in the united states during the 1970s. his slide playing was featured distinctly on foghat songs "drivin' wheel", "stone blue", and the group's biggest hit, "slow ride", which was a top 20 hit in 1976. price's final performance with foghat before he left for the first time was at the philadelphia spectrum on 16 november 1980. he was replaced by guitarist erik cartwright.