In the speech he sent along with his daughter Annabelle to Foreigner’s belated induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Mick Jones described his band’s near-50-year journey as an odyssey. That notion was hardly dispelled by the optics and brouhaha attending the HOF bash in Cleveland on October 19.
Just two original members made it along on the night: former frontman Lou Gramm and ex-keyboard player Al Greenwood. They were joined by former bassist Rick Wills, a 1979 replacement for the late Ed Gagliardi. Like Gagliardi, multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald is no longer with us.
