Little Feat
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Biography
[Edit]Though they had all the trappings of a Southern-fried blues band, Little Feat were hardly conventional. Led by songwriter/guitarist Lowell George, Little Feat were a wildly eclectic band, bringing together strains of blues, R&B, country, and rock & roll. The bandmembers were exceptionally gifted technically and their polished professionalism sat well with the slick sounds coming out of Southern California during the '70s. However, Little Feat were hardly slick — they had a surreal sensibility, as evidenced by George's idiosyncratic songwriting, which helped the band earn a cult following among critics and musicians. Though the band earned some success on album-oriented radio, the group was derailed after George's death in 1979. Little Feat re-formed in the late '80s, and while they were playing as well as ever, they lacked the skewed sensibility that made them cult favorites. Nevertheless, their albums and tours were successful, especially among American blues-rock fans.
However, Little Feat weren't conceived as a straight-ahead blues-rock group. Their founding members, Lowell George (vocals, guitar, slide guitar) and Roy Estrada (bass), were veterans of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention. George had a long musical career before joining the Mothers. As a child, he and his brother Hampton performed a harmonica duet on television's Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour. During high school, he learned how to play flute, which led to him appearing as an oboist and baritone saxophonist on several Frank Sinatra recording sessions. He formed the folk-rock group the Factory with drummer Richie Hayward in 1965. Before disbanding, the Factory made some recordings for Uni Records, but the tapes sat unreleased until the 1990s. Following the group's demise, George joined the Mothers of Invention, where he met Estrada. Zappa convinced George to form his own band after hearing "Willin'," but the guitarist was reluctant to begin a band until he participated in a brief Standells reunion.
George and Estrada formed Little Feat in 1969 with Hayward and keyboardist Billy Payne. Neither their eponymous first album in 1971 nor 1972's Sailin' Shoes were commercial successes, despite strong reviews. As a result, the group temporarily disbanded, with Estrada leaving music to become a computer programmer. When the group reconvened later in 1972, he was replaced by New Orleans musician Kenny Gradney. In its second incarnation, Little Feat also featured guitarist Paul Barrére and percussionist Sam Clayton, who gave the music a funkier feeling, as demonstrated by 1973's Dixie Chicken. The band toured heavily behind the record, building a strong following in the South and on the East Coast. Nevertheless, the group remained centered in Los Angeles, since the members did a lot of session work on the side.
Though the band was earning a cult following, several members of the group were growing frustrated by George's erratic behavior and increasing drug use. Following 1974's Feats Don't Fail Me Now, Barrére and Payne became the band's main songwriters and they were primarily responsible for the jazzy fusions of 1975's The Last Record Album. Little Feat continued in that direction on Time Loves a Hero (1977), the double-live album Waiting for Columbus (1978), and Down on the Farm (1979). Frustrated with the band's increasingly improvisational and jazzy nature, George recorded a solo album, Thanks I'll Eat It Here, which was released in 1979. Following its release, George announced that Little Feat had broken up, and he embarked on a solo tour. Partway through the tour, he died of an apparent heart attack. Down on the Farm was released after his death, as was the rarities collection Hoy-Hoy! (1981).
After spending seven years as sidemen, Payne, Barrére, Hayward, Gradney, and Clayton re-formed Little Feat in 1988, adding vocalist/guitarist Craig Fuller and guitarist Fred Tackett. The heavily anticipated Let It Roll was released in 1988 to mixed reviews, but it went gold. Each of the group's subsequent reunion albums — Representing the Mambo (1989), Shake Me Up (1991), and Ain't Had Enough Fun (1995) — sold progressively less, but the band remained a popular concert attraction. On the latter album, the band traded the strongly Lowell George-esque voice of Fuller for female singer Shaun Murphy; this lineup went on to release Under the Radar in 1998 and Chinese Work Songs in 2000. Numerous compilations and live recordings peppered the next few years, followed by 2003's Kickin' It at the Barn, the group's first album for its own indie label, Hot Tomato Records. Rocky Mountain Jam arrived in early 2007. Join the Band, a collection of duets with Feat friends and fans, followed in 2008 on Proper Records.
After a struggle with liver disease, founding Feat member Richie Hayward passed away from pneumonia and lung disease on August 12, 2010. Little Feat continued to tour after his death, enlisting Gabe Ford as their new drummer. The first album of new material from Little Feat in nine years, Rooster Rag, appeared in 2012.
Title: Live At Ebbets Field, Denver, 1973 (Fm Radio Broadcast) (Live)
Artist: Little Feat
Genre: Rock
Title: Waiting For Columbus (Live) (Super Deluxe Edition) (CD7)
Artist: Washington, Little Feat, DC
Title: Waiting for Columbus (Live) (Deluxe Edition)
Artist: Little Feat
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Waiting For Columbus (Live) (Super Deluxe Edition) (CD1)
Artist: Little Feat, The 8
Title: Waiting For Columbus (Live) (Super Deluxe Edition) (CD8)
Artist: Washington, Little Feat, DC, The 8
Title: Live: Nakano Plaza Sun Hall, Tokyo 8 Jul '78
Artist: Little Feat
Genre: Blues, Rock, Punk Rock, Country Rock
Title: Waiting For Columbus (CD2)
Artist: Little Feat
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Country, Country Rock, Retro
Title: Sailin' Shoes
Artist: Little Feat
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Heavy Metal
Title: Waiting For Columbus (Live) (Super Deluxe Edition) (CD3)
Artist: Little Feat, 7, Manchester, England
Title: Live: Tower Theater, Philadelphia 4 Dec '88
Artist: Little Feat
Genre: Blues, Rock, Punk Rock, Country Rock
Title: Chinese Work Songs
Artist: Little Feat
Genre: Blues, Rock, Alternative Rock, Blues Rock, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Little Feat
Artist: Little Feat
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: Waiting For Columbus (Live) (Super Deluxe Edition) (CD2)
Artist: Little Feat, The 8
Title: The Best of Little Feat (Remastered)
Artist: Little Feat
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: Join the Band
Artist: Little Feat
Genre: Gospel, Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Electrif Lycanthrope: Live At Ultra-Sonic Studios, (Live)
Artist: Little Feat
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock
Collections
Title: Ultimate Blues Guitar 2018
Genre: Blues
Title: 70's Rock Gems
Genre: Rock, Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Punk Rock
Title: Yacht Rock 45's
Title: Keep On Rockin'!
Genre: Glam Rock, New Wave, Post Grunge, Power Pop, Heavy Metal, World Music, Country, Folk
Title: 100 Hits From The 70's (CD1)
Title: 100 Greatest Acoustic Songs (CD1)
Genre: World Music, Pop Rock, Folk
Title: 70s Blues Rock 2019
Genre: Blues Rock
Title: Blues Rock Giants 2019
Title: 100 Greatest Soft Rock Anthems Ever 2019 (CD2)
Genre: Soul, Blues, Jazz, Rock, World Music, Disco, Acoustic, Classical, Smooth Jazz, Folk
Title: WestCoast Classics (Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group)
Genre: Rock, Jazz Rock, New Wave, World Music, Disco, Pop, Folk
Title: 70’s Blues Rock Classics
Genre: Blues Rock
Title: 100 Greatest Acoustic & Chill Songs 2019 (CD1)
Genre: World Music, Country, Pop, Indie, Folk
Title: 100 Greatest American Songs 2019 (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Blues After Hours: Boogie Woogie And Jump Blues 2020
Genre: Blues
Title: 70s Rock Radio
Title: Play: 70's Music
Title: Classic Rock 70's
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Punk Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: 70s Blues Rock Essentials
Title: Roadhouse Blues 2020
Genre: Blues
Title: 70s Rock Originals
Title: Message Of Love: Rock Love Songs
Genre: Rock, Punk, Punk Rock, Metal, Alternative
Title: 100 Greatest Coffee Break Songs (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: 100 Greatest Dinner Party Songs 2020 (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: 70s Dinner Party
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Soft Rock Dinner Party
Title: 70s Road Trip Classics
Title: Blues Rock Box
Genre: Blues
Title: Electric Blues Bands
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Title: Country & Western Anthems
Genre: Country
Title: 70's Rock Classics (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: 50 Rockin Blues
Title: 70's Americana 2021
Genre: Blues, Psychedelic Rock, World Music, Country, Acoustic, Indie, Experimental, Folk
Title: Baker Street - 100 Classics From The 70's (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Punk, Punk Rock, Pop, Alternative
Title: Original Rock Anthems
Title: Dig! Rock Classics (CD1)
Title: 70's Rock Power
Title: 70s Rock Essentials (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, New Wave, Rock & Roll, Heavy Metal, World Music, Rockabilly, Classical, Folk
Title: Alternative Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Classics Rock 'n' Roll (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Ain't Nothing But The Blues
Title: Greatest Ever Decade The Seventies (CD3)
Genre: Gospel, Avant Garde Jazz, Rock, New Wave, Punk, Avant Garde Metal, World Music, Country, Disco, Synth Pop, Funk, Folk
Title: Southern Rock Summer 2021
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Punk Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: American Acoustic 2021
Genre: Pop
Title: Southern Rock Essentials 2021 (CD1)
Genre: Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: 70's Mixtape: Warner Music Group (CD2)
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll, Disco, Theatre/Soundtrack, Funk, Classical
Title: Jazz Rock Essentials (CD1)
Title: Forever Folk & Country
Genre: Reggae, World Music, Country, Folk
Featuring albums
Title: Sahara (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture)
Artist: The Faces
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Rock and Roll Doctor: A Tribute to Lowell George
Artist: Various
Genre: Blues, Rock, Alternative Rock, Country, Alternative Country
Title: Indecent Proposal (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Road House (Original Soundtrack)
Artist: The Jeff Healey Band
Genre: Blues Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack