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Eddie Money revs up racing fest

Pop-Rocker Eddie Money (right) and original Foghat bassist Tony Stevens will perform during the Ford Race and Rock Fest.Eddie_Money.jpg

The event also will feature NASCAR driver appearances and autograph sessions, interactive displays, a pet zone and other activities.

The fest will be 3-11 p.m. Feb. 9 and Feb. 10 in Riverfront Park, just north of News-Journal Center on downtown Beach Street, Daytona Beach. Stevens and his band will be in concert at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and Money at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Admission is free. For more information, call 386-677-2221.

In the early 1970s, the English-born Stevens formed the boogie-fueled, blues rock band Foghat with guitarist "Lonesome" Dave Peverett and others. Stevens left the band in 1975, but reunited with his Foghat mates in the 1990s and worked with them before and after Peverett's death in 2000.

Stevens and his new band have released the album "Join Together," which includes such Peverett-penned Foghat classics as "Slow Ride" and "Fool for the City, " a cover of Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and originals.

Money landed 10 hits in the Top 40 in the 1970s and '80s, including "Baby Hold On" and "Two Tickets to Paradise."

Other activities on both days of the festival include an appearance by the Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales from 4 to 6 p.m., music by the Encore Pro DJ's from 4 to 6 p.m., pop-rocker Chris Via in concert at 6:15 p.m. and the rock band Nickoloff in concert at 8:15p.m.