Foghat, with sole remaining original member Roger Earl, will mark the 50th anniversary of its debut album with a concert Friday at Penn’s Peak, located on Maury Road, Jim Thorpe.

The boogie-blues rock band, which has endured numerous personnel changes, released its self-titled debut in July 1972. The set included a cover of Muddy Waters’ 1950s classic “I Just Want to Make Love to You,” later re-released as a live single in 1977.

Aside from drummer Earl, Foghat’s original lineup - formed in London - featured rhythm guitarist/vocalist “Lonesome” Dave Peverett, slide guitarist Rod Price and bassist Tony Stevens. The band’s name came from a Scrabble-like game Peverett played with his brother.

In all, eight Foghat albums sold in excess of 500,000 units, with 1977‘s “Foghat Live” topping 2 million and 1975’s “Fool For the City” topping 1 million. Five singles cracked the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40: “Slow Ride,” “Drivin’ Wheel,” the live version of “I Just Want to Make Love to You,” “Stone Blue” and “Third Time Lucky (First Time I Was a Fool).”

From 1972 to 1983, Foghat - which relocated to Long Island, New York, in 1973 - recorded a dozen studio albums and “toured all the time, except when we were in the studio,” Earl said. “Sometimes, we were still touring then, as well.”

Foghat, whose lineup first shifted with Stevens’ departure in 1975, disbanded in 1984 when Peverett, disenchanted with the band’s lack of a record deal, returned to England. A decade later, Foghat’s four original members reunited to record 1994’s “Return of the Boogie Men.”

The band toured through 1999, at which time Price left and Peverett became seriously ill. Peverett and Price passed away in 2000 and 2005, respectively, with Stevens leaving the group in 2005.

Foghat’s current lineup includes guitarist Bryan Bassett, a member of Wild Cherry in the 1970s. Bassett joined Foghat in 1999 after playing with Peverett and later Molly Hatchet, with bassist Rodney O’Quinn taking over for Craig MacGregor in 2015. O’Quinn previously played with the Pat Travers Band, set to open for Foghat at Friday’s show.

Earlier this year, Charlie Huhn retired after 20-plus years with Foghat. Guitarist Scott Holt, who played with blues legend Buddy Guy, took over as lead singer.

“It’s always challenging when somebody departs for whatever reason,“ Earl said. “The band still carried on. It’s always about the music. That’s why you do it. It’s the fans that enable us to keep going.”

Growing up in West London, “there was always music in my house,” said Earl, whose favorites included Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Muddy Waters, Jerry Lee Lewis and John Lee Hooker. “My father played piano. My mother used to sing. Any excuse to have a party in our house was a good one.”

Earl, whose father introduced Lewis’ music to he and older brother Colin, recalled “Mean Woman Blues” wowing him. Some months later, Earl saw Lewis perform live and “was never the same. My mother said it addled my brain.”

As an early teen drawn to the loudness of drums, Earl took lessons and, with money earned from after-school jobs, purchased a drum kit and cymbals. (Colin had taken up piano, later joining rock band Mungo Jerry, known for the 1970 hit “In the Summertime.”)

Before forming Foghat, Earl worked as a commercial artist and played in a band with Mungo Jerry’s Ray Dorset. After recording five albums with blues-rock band Savoy Brown from 1968 to 1970, Earl - with Peverett and Stevens, also Savoy players - formed Foghat in 1971.

In between Foghat’s disbandment in 1984 and the 1994 reunion project, Earl played in the New England Jam Band and got a group together with then-remaining Foghat members Erik Cartwright and MacGregor. The latter two passed away in 2017 and 2018, respectively.

Earl, reflecting on memorable moments in his career, cited two favorites from the late 1970s: introducing his parents to Waters at a blues tribute, and meeting Willie Dixon. The latter, who wrote “I Just Want to Make Love to You,” invited Foghat to his Chicago home.

Looking to the future, Earl plans to perform indefinitely and make more memories.

“I’m 76 now,” said the drummer, who exercises regularly. “I’ve had repair jobs done over the years - broken back, hands, feet, knees. I have to have work done on my shoulder in December, but I can play. The doctor said, ‘if you want to play until 80 or 90, you have to have this fixed. I said, ‘OK, 90 sounds good, why not.’”

Foghat, at work writing a new album, will head to its Florida recording studio after the Penn’s Peak show to resume recording.

“It’s not a race anymore,” Earl said. “It takes us about two to three years before we get a record finished.”

Foghat’s most recent studio album, 2016’s fan-funded “Under the Influence,” features appearances from Nick Jameson, producer and player on various Foghat albums, and Savoy Brown’s Kim Simmonds. The set houses a new version of “Slow Ride.”

Aside from music, Earl has produced Foghat Cellars wines with wife Linda. In addition, the father of three grown daughters plans to co-write a book featuring stories and highlights of Foghat and life.

As for Foghat’s future when he departs this world, Earl “will leave that to somebody else.” In any event, “I’m gonna outlive them all,” he quipped. “Ninety-five is a reality about retiring. My future’s looking bright. I’m going to try and hold on as long as I can.”