Ranking the Studio Albums: Little Feat (Top 5- w/Martin Popoff)
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- Join Pete Pardo & Martin Popoff as they rank their top 5 albums from California swamp rock/funk/Cajun/Southern Rock legends Little Feat. #littlefeat
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My favourite band of all time.
I'm gunna say it...yep....I didn't know much about little Feat in 1977 until I went to see them with a buddy of my mine that year on a whim....and
Holy Shit !!!! I was Absolutely positively 100% blown away!!!
I went back home and proceeded to buy all the albums right up to the newest Time loves a Hero album.
It was was a religious experience.
From roughly 1973 to around 1976 when punk took over, Little Feat were one of many American rock bands that had a big following in the U.K. At the time, most of the best bands seemed to come from the U.S. and 'The Feat' were really loved. They were as tight a band as we'd ever heard and all great musicians. The late Richie Hayward was a marvellous drummer. I had all their albums up to when Lowell died, and treasured them all. Their finest one to me though, from start to finish, was always Dixie Chicken. Thanks Pete and Martin for a great discussion.
I have one more item of trivia to add. Sam Clayton is a New Orleans native, and the brother of Merry Clatyon, the woman who sang the classic ending vocal on the Stones' "Gimme Shelter".
She 💯 makes that song. That @ “ extra credit” is HOF classic IMO 👍💯
When Jimmy Page calls your band his favorite American band, you’re doing something right 😉.
It makes sense. Little Feat structured and layered their music with the same finesse shown by Jimmy Page on the Zeppelin records.
Tell ya something, Richie Hayward was the only drummer who could have replaced John Bonham and have Zeppelin be an ongoing affair
@@dagsouleyedblue407 I agree, Richie was absolutely awesome, saw him with Clapton early 90s filling in between Clapton losing Steve Ferrone and acquiring Steve Gadd.
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@@dagsouleyedblue407 I remember Hayward playing on Robert Plant's "Shaken 'n' Stirred" album (oh they mentioned that in the video after I typed this...sorry) and I think he got with Plant on part of "The Principle of Moments" tour when Phil Collins had to drop out for other commitments (like Genesis perhaps?).
Waiting for Columbus is #1 for me. One of the best live albums ever. After that ranking gets a lot harder.
Totally agree!
It has nearly all the great tracks so of course it is brilliant! but is not a studio album so does no count. Electrif Lycanthrope is my favourite live album, it is a bootleg but been released a few times. Have you heard it?
@Keith Shapland. You may already know this. A small record company called Smokin' Records released Electrif Lycanthrope on CD back in 2014. The tracks are not in the same order as the vinyl version, breaking up the medley "Spanish Moon/Skin It Back/Farman In The Bathtub" (SM/SIB/FITB). But there is an encore medley of "Cold, Cold, Cold/Dixie Chicken/Tripe Face Boogie" from the same gig apparently, making around 52 minutes of music. Don't know if it was a limited release, but have a look for it on Amazon. I made a disc for my car and put the tracks in the same order as the vinyl version, which put the famous SM/SIB/FITB medley back together and the encore in their rightful places! Little Feat in the days of Lowell George were so good it's a crying shame that so few people heard their music. Lowell George, Richie, Hayward and Paul Barrere may you all RIP.
@@markmiwurdz202 Thanks for the reply. I had noted there was a CD of it but presumed it was the same set list..But as you have pointed out it is ,ore or less the full show. I have looked it up but sadly it is very expensive as not available any more. But will keep an eye out for cheaper copy.
So sad that those three greats have left us RIP indeed!
This is pretty easy for me. Love the original Little Feat with Lowell George.
1. Sailing Shoes
2. Dixie Chicken
3. Feats Don't Fail Me Now
4. Little Feat
5. The Last Record Album
Electrif Lycanthrope is irresistible also...sustained groove.
Just read this after my comment. Revisit first album.
"Let it roll" is such an underrated album, nice to see this here, Martin knows his stuff. "Red Streamliner" is maybe my favourite tune.
Underrated band, one of the best ever. Nice from you guys 👏
I have seen Little Feat about 11 times and they still rank as my #1 concert of all time
Neon Parks' illustrations really gave the Little Feat albums a singular identity.
What a great band! Jackson Browne called them a 'Band of assassins', as I recall. Rhythmically, there is a definite influence of The Meters in much of their stuff too!
The Meters, now there's a band.
Parks' artwork always fit the band so well. It felt laid-back and southern.
Yes, you're right. Definitely that funky Meters sound in Little Feat's rhythmic stew.
Lowell George plays sweet slide on the mighty Just Kissed My Baby.
@@PhilBaird1 Touch of The Wailers, Beefheart & Dr. John in there as well. Simpatico!
Nice to see The Feats getting their due here. Everyone has their faves, of course. I started with the debut after reading a bit about them. Loved the cover. That album has some amazing songs, reflecting a sort of deranged post-Zappa-dead-California-desert-vibe. The one-two-punch of "Snakes on Everything"/"Strawberry Flats" should convince any doubters. Lowell George also trades licks with Ry Cooder on the Howlin' Wolf covers! The 4-piece could really deliver, as they do on the follow-up, SAILIN' SHOES. This is chocked full of songs that would stay in the live repertoire forever including the definitive version of "Willin'". It's one of the great sophomore albums in rock. DIXIE CHICKEN matches it song-for-song and boasts the expanding 'classic' 6-piece line-up. A perfect album, period. Things get complicated after that marvellous run. FEATS DON'T FAIL ME NOW has more classics ("Rock and Roll Doctor", "Spanish Moon", the title cut plus the whacked-out "The Fan") but ends with a 10-minute medley of two SAILIN' songs. On THE LAST RECORD ALBUM, the proportion of classics-to-fillers is a slightly disheartening. Still, "All That You Dream" and "Somebody's Leavin'" are profound while "Long Distance Love" is a heartbreaker. George was starting to slip (only 3 writing credits) so Ted Templeman is behind the desk to produce TIME LOVES A HERO. There's even less George but the rest of the band pulls up the slack for a fun listen. This is around the time they were a primo live act so WAITING FOR COLUMBUS acts as a spirited Greatest Hit package. DOWN ON THE FARM is the album the band finished after George's death. It's surprisingly strong and features their departed leader singing lead on the majority of the tracks. Underrated. Better yet is the 'odds & sods' post-break-up package, HOY-HOY! It contains some beautiful unreleased songs, energetic live cuts, transformative covers, interesting demos ("Rocket in My Pocket"!) plus a few performances from a tribute concert featuring Linda Ronstadt, David Sanborn and Michael McDonald. A fitting epitaph on their initial run. Musicians loved Lowell George so check out the all star tribute album ROCK AND ROLL DOCTOR from 1987. Bonnie Raitt belts out "Cold, Cold, Cold" and you can hear wheels turning in the heads of Barrère, Payne & Co.
The next year, Feats reunited! To everyone's delight, LET IT ROLL is great... not that surprising since the band had a deep bench and talented friends in Tackett and Fuller to fill the void. The songs are there and the band hums along like an 18-wheeler on an open highway. Sadly, REPRESENTING THE MAMBO isn't as filled with memorable songs ("Texas Twister" excepted) and Warner dropped the band after a 20-year run. SHAKE ME UP came and went but Feats continued to be a viable live draw. Picking up Shaun Murphy gave them an interesting vocal kick (shades of Raitt) and turned them into the best Little Feat cover band in the world. AIN'T HAD ENOUGH FUN is very good album because it energetically ticks off all the boxes: slide guitars, barroom pianos, tight rhythm section and lots of fun songs. Too bad all the songs (except the title cut) clock in between the 5-7-minute-mark. It feels pretty long. There wouldn't be as many studio albums as the millennium closed in: lots of live albums mining their classic material. These are worthy mementos for anyone who was hip enough to catch them on stage.
Dive in anywhere and prepare to have the time of your life!
Once watched a show from the side and a little behind drummer Richie Hayward at a club in Kansas City. Such an underrated drummer and missed. Love the Let It Roll album.
Richie Hayward was a great drummer . Robert Palmer , who recorded a number of his albums with Little Feat members , said that " Richie always seemed to be a half a beat behind the music , which was what made him such a great , funky drummer " .
Let It Roll is my favorite LF record.
Almost have to rate the records pre- and post- passing of Lowell George, much like analyzing the catalog of Chicago pre- and post- passing of Terry Kath. Interested to see the direction this takes on this wonderful band.
Love that you guys cover so much ground, great band, fun music
I love Little Feat. In many ways an unique band. Så many great songs and such a good groove and that feel.
I’m so impressed by you guys, Pete and Martin. You’ve got that ever burning fire inside. For the music and everything around it.
Feats don’t fail me now with the incredible atmospheric Spanish Moon. Dixie chicken, Sailing Shoes, the last record album although sound is very distant, and Time loves a hero. Next week they could all interchange.
1. Sailin' Shoes
2. Dixie Chicken
3. Little Feat
4. Feats Don't Fail Me Now
5. Time Loves a Hero
6. Representing the Mambo
7. Let It Roll
8. The Last Record Album
9. Rooster Rag
10. Under the Radar
11. Chinese Work Songs
12. Kickin' It at the Barn
13. Shake Me Up
14. Ain't Had Enough Fun
15. Down on the Farm
Great ranking episode. Nice that you both called out “Let it Roll” such a under appreciated gem that I reach for often.
Jazz is Dead is the band I was thinking of, not Uncle Moe's Space Ranch
Ok PETE. Either way. You got me stumped. Lol
@@garyjoyce2160 Actually, the band was Endangered Species! Richie & Kenny from Little Feat along with T Lavitz and Jimmy Herring. Terrific one off album!
@@seaoftranquilityprog Thanks PETE. I always always check out , stuff that I don’t know about. Lol. Which is a lot. You and your unreal co- hosts showed me ton of music, that I would never on my own would know. Thx again
Thank you, a great review, and reminds me that I am missing an album or two. So thank you for that too For such a great band they seem a little underrated. When the musicians serve the song and not their egos, they don't get the acclaim they are deserved, for example, you never see Kenny Gradney on the lists of 100 best bassists. He should be on that list. As the other members too. I've seen them a ton and never once a bad or mediocre show. Always amazing. As Bonnie Raitt stated: I miss Little Feat more than I miss being 8 years old. She would know Lowell George taught her to play slide guitar. Hard to rate such a great catalog. Some of my favorites.
1. Feats don't fail me now.
2. Dixie Chicken
3 Little Feat
4. Time Loves a Hero
5 Last Record Album
5. Sailing Shoes
I know my list is a little Lowell heavy. They had a little more soul when he was around. But all their albums were great. One of my favorites and I wasn't a big fan of southern rock.
Thank you for all your hard work. The discovery of you channel certainly helped get me through this covid time.
Yeah, Kenny Gradney. The man on bass who played the "holes" for all the members of the band to play and shine through. Kenny's contribution to the Little Feat sound is seriously overlooked and under appreciated.
“ Time loves a hero “ was my entry album for Little Feat and many years later I still enjoy it .
I must be getting old. I started to blurt out to the television asking Martin to turn Time Loves A Hero around see I could see the back cover.
Another fine video gentlemen, well done! But.....both had Feats Don't Fail Me Now on their lists and neither mentioned the best cut on it - Spanish Moon. That's an amazing song!
Bonnie Raitt had a great quote about Lowell George. She said she missed his slide playing as much as she missed being five years-old.
Great show! I’m with Pete on Time Loves a Hero - timeless classic and the top shelf. Thank you Martin for telling me about the Shawn Murphy 90’s period, I had no idea! What a great band and they did admirably post Lowell. Seen them live several times thankfully.
Phenomenal band, cannot wait to hear Martin's list
Great job, Pete and Martin! One of my favorite bands of all time. Should be in the R&R Hall of Fame.
NOT being in the Rock 'n 'Roll HOF is more of a badge of honour...Imagine what an abstract genius like Lowell would make of that corporate lunch!
Great job guys! Love that you discussed Little Feat who I always thought was one the most underrated bands of all time, and very difficult to categorize. Dixie Chicken is my favorite, a drop dead classic!
Bonnie Raitt & Jackson Browne never tire of flying the flag for Little Feat...
First saw Little Feat on the Waiting For Columbus Tour, ironically with The Fuller-Kaz Band featuring future Little Feat Vocalist and Guitarist, and Lowell George sound alike, Craig Fuller. i even saw them as Chicken Legs after Lowell passed, in a small 500 seat club, and I stood about five feet from Kenny Gradney all night. Saw them later with Craig Fuller and Shawn Murphy in smallish venues. Little Feat are always great no matter who they have on stage. All the originals, plus Roy Estrada, Fred Tackett, etc. Top Five Studio albums for me: 1. Sailing Shoes, 2. Time Loves A Hero, 3. The Last Record Album, 4. Dixie Chicken, 5. Let It Roll. Good discussion, good info.
Bumped into Robert Plant at their Birmingham Odean gig in 1976 - they were the coolest of the cool at the time. Robert is a Brummie so no surprise.
Thank you Pete & Martin, great show!!
I always thought Little Feat were one of the great bands of the 70's. Unfortunately they never were really popular here in Europe, so it was difficult to catch them live.
Dixie Chicken 2 Feats Don’t Fail Me Now 3 Time Loves a Hero
I'm looking forward to seeing the ranking the albums of: Neil Young's 70's albums, Fleetwood Mac and Cheap Trick.
Popoff and Pardo at it again with their favorite Little Feat albums. Thought this might be coming when Martin commented in a recent show his fondness for Little Feat. Great choices by each of you and certainly not sure why Martin might think Let It Roll is a contrarian choice as it would place firmly in my top five. Thanks as always, gents, for an interesting discussion.
I like limiting to Top 5, allows for more detail and going through all the songs on the albums, very cool!
Richie Hayward was in the movie " Buddy Holly Story". He played Eddie Cochran s drummer at the Apollo Theater segment.
John Bonham is to Led Zeppelin, what Richie Hayward is to Little Feat!
cheers!
I've never heard any of the Feat albums after Craig Fuller left the band. Martin rates them so high, I may have to investigate them! One of my favorite covers of a LF song is Robert Palmer's on his debut album. It was a part of a 3 song suite with each song segueing into the next: LF's "Sailin' Shoes", Palmer's "Hey Julia!", and Allen Toussaint's "Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley" (the title track of the LP). Palmer's great voice and the backing of the (funky, funky New Orleans) Meters on Sailin', a NY Rhythm Section on Julia, with Cornell Dupree and Bernard Purdie, and Lowell George & Simon Phillips on Sally, is an inspired set of musicians to pull that off.
One of those bands you just had to see live. Epic concert, lucked into a Feat concert back in my early college days. So much fun...... I think. lol.
It was always great energy at the record store I was working at when Little Feat was getting ready to release a new album 🎶
All the Lowell albums are fantastic, some more so than others, the first two or three reunion records are good too. I lost contact with them after I left working in a record store and got married. But I definitely divide their catalog into pre and post Lowell.
Got the Original album Series and I couldnt agree more. Good stuff. Waiting for new Styx, sounds promising
I got to see Little Feat in 78. Great show with opening act Eric Kaz band and with Craig Fuller whom Craig did a few tracks with Little Feat in their set. And whom Craig as Martin and Pete pointing out yea replacing the late Lowell George on other albums. Hara Dayton Oh. the show I saw. And later being replaced with Sean Murphy as Martin and Pete you point out. They have alot of swell tunes in their catalogue on the albums.
If one of them hadn't mentioned, "Time loves a hero," I would have said no thanks to their opinion. To me, the best track on that album was, "New Delhi Freight Train." Man, that tune cooks. And George's vocals soar. Just a great album..."Red Streamliner," another fabulous track...Not to take away anything from the overall talent in the band, but post George is a whole different entity. It's like The Doors, sans Morrison; great musicians, but the frontman ain't there. George was a force, akin to his pal, Harry Nilsson...bad hearts and addiction leads to little but broken dreams...
hm maybe im finally going to catch one live?. i dont even know how this works. we'll see. Little Feat and Lowell were phenomenal. looking forward to this
We don't air them live-record, then live premiere shortly thereafter.
Enjoyed this. Little Feat is such a unique, fantastic band. I like all eras but I really enjoy all the records with Craig Fuller. First time I saw them was the Let It Roll tour. I remember Neil Peart saying how much he liked Ritchie Hayward. That speaks volumes
You mentioned Ritchie and Kenny. Check out Endangered Species with them, jimmy Herring and T lavitz
THAT's the band I couldn't think of on the show-Endangered Species! Thanks!
Richie Hayward's drumming in the killer track Day At The Dog Races is superhuman. Saw this drum work live on July 23, 1977 in concert "Rockpalast Nacht (Rockpalace Night)" at Gruga Hall in Essen/Germany
@@tomtrana3449 Hayward is stunning in that footage from Holland in 1976...
If you want to hear some more great Little Feat , listen to Robert Palmer's album : Some People Can Do What They Like . They are the backing band for Mr. Palmer , and are all over that record . Robert Palmer's version of their song Spanish Moon is killer . My ranking would be :
The Last Record Album. ( the remastered version has some great bonus tracks on it )
Time Loves a Hero
Dixie Chicken
Let it Roll
Feats Don't Fail Me Now
Cheers !!!
Great album
Where Sally's Sneakers designed for Little Feat?!!
@@wigorobby6480 Agreed !
@@philiphalpenny3783 Also great , and parts of Pressure Drop as well . They worked well together.
Also "Just A Stone Throws Away" album by Valerie Carter (produced in part by Lowell, backed on some tracks by Little Feat, 4 tracks co-written by Lowell).
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i think i would have not known about these guys except i was working at the tower theater in the 1970’s and got to see them live not once but twice. for a then devout punk / hard rock fan i expected the. to be lame and wimpy. man was i surprised they blew me away. richie hayward is still one of my favorite drummers. can’t say i kept up with them post lowell but i love the lowell led albums for sure. nice show featuring a truly great american rock band.
I love the Feat. Here is a fun fact: Fred Tackett is The Pretender, the inspiration for the great Jackson Browne Tune.
1A Dixie Chicken
1B Feats Don't Fail Me Now
2 Time Loves A Hero
3 Let It Roll
4 Sailin' Shoes by a hair over Down On The Farm
Honestly, I haven't heard anything after Shake Me Up
I saw them on the Let It Roll tour and they were fantastic
The thing that Little Feat and UFO have in common is that their live albums show them at their best
...likewise Thin Lizzy.
(1) Sailin Shoes
(2) Dixie Chicken
(3) Time Loves a Hero
(4) Feats Don’t Fail Me Now
(5) Last Record Album
Love Little Feat, great show guys!! 1st time I heard them was at Jeff Beck's Blow by Blow tour in Toronto 1975 at the O'Keefe Centre. Jeff Beck played the entire Feats don't Fail me Now album prior to his show opening. Also loved when the great British singer Robert Palmer used Little Feat as his band on a few of his early albums. I later seen them live in Toronto in 80's and 90's in a few different venues. Sad I never seen them, with Lowell George, but they still blew me away.
Going to see them on Saturday. Even now they sound absolutely phenomenal live.
Don't know if anyone beat me to this but the band you're thinking of is Endangered Species with Richie Hayward, Kenny Gradney, T Lavitz & Jimmy Herring. GREAT ALBUM!!! As an aside, I met your friend Jack Toledano at my cousin Lee's house last Sunday. Great Guy.
1. Time Loves a Hero
2. Feats Don't Fail Me Now
3. The Last Record Album
4. Ain't Had Enough Fun
5. Rooster Rag
ain't had enough fun is a fantastic album
Even if I love the Lowell George era, my top three is
1."Representing the Mambo"
2."Shake Me Up" ( "Mojo Haiku" wonderful southern rock vibe)
3."Let It Roll" ( "Voices on the wind" featuring Linda Ronstadt, one of the most beautiful songs ever written)
Saw them open for Gary Moore at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival in 1990.
Mojo Haiku. Love that track.
Thanks I'll Eat it Here from Lowell George is one my favorite albums 🎶
20 Million Things is unbearably poignant given Lowell's genius was lost to us at only 34. All the things he left undone!
Saw them at Charlton in London, with Lowell George. Really very good indeed.
They were on the Bill supporting The Who saw the Gig in Swansea Great memories
Loved the Lowell George era, and a lot has been said already, so i would like to give some love for Under The Radar, Chinese Work Songs and Rooster Rag, all really cool albums worth a listen.
Little feat to me are one of the most original bands out there love their mixture of styles some of my top faves are time loves a hero, feats don't fail me now, last record album and representing the mambo
Waiting For Columbus, Dixie Chicken, Little Feat, Feats Don’t Fail Me Now, The Last Record Album my favourite albums.
Nice conversation, bout time little feat got some love,
Sailn' Shoes #1
Feats don't fail me now #2
Let it Roll #3
Waiting for columbus
I love their seventies stuff! The other stuff especially from the 90s is hard to get where I live. "Juliette" off of Dixie Chicken is my favourite song by them
"Juliette" from "Dixie Chicken" is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
That one always reminds of John Martyn...
It is indeed. Such a simple melody & so laid back. It always ends too soon tho ... Replay 1-2 times for sure ...
I saw them several times, the best was in the late seventies in support of the Waiting for Columbus album. Sneaky Peet on the pedal steel during Willin' Also saw them in DC when they celebrated the 20 year anniversary of Waiting for Columbus. Nothing like Feat live!
I imagine many Feat fans dig Bob Marley & The Wailers swamp grooves also...tonally similar, Keith...
I saw little feet open for the allman brothers band back in the 90’s and they gave them a run for the money in the jamming department
Swamp rock for me .Love Dixie chicken but all their 70's output just superb.
Remember watching them on BBC The Old Grey Whistle test back in early 80's. Love them and Creedance Clearwater Revival.
Great band. Saw an acoustic show at La Zoma Rosa in Austin Texas back in the 1990s. Richie crushed it on a cardboard box all night long!
Speaking of under rated, you guys familiar with my favorite band? NRBQ. Been around since 1969. Like to hear you rank their output.
Heard of them of course, but never listened to a lick of their music that I can recall.
Brass Tacks! I loved this album. The band has a vast catalogue and would be an interesting ranking show.
How timely this is. I have been listening to a lot of Lowell George and Little Feat lately. A few years ago I made a "best of" cd primarily focusing on Lowell's songs from "Sailing Shoes" thru "Feats..." I love this disc. "Waiting for Columbus" is truly one of the best live albums I have ever heard...and it covers a lot of "Time Loves a Hero". I put "Down on the Farm" on another disc along with Lowell's solo lp. "Thanks...." To me Little Feat was not the same without Lowell. It was such a strange mixture of country, rock, boogie and jazz, and the different directions they wanted to go...Billy and Paul wanting to go in a more jazz-rock direction, while Lowell wanted to stay in a more rock oriented vein. I didn't really follow them after he died. There will be no other Lowell George. R.I.P. Shotgun Willy.
The Last Record Album was the first Little Feat album l bought. Quite a few albums later, it's still my favourite. Mercenary Territory, Somebody's Leavin', Romance Dance, just great songs. My next studio album would be Feat's Don't Fail me Now, doesn't get much better than Spanish Moon! Then of course live album Waiting for Columbus, absolutely superb 👌
Definitely one of their best. I found that it got better the more I played it too. Bought it the week it was released in 1975 !
@@PhilBaird1 I'm a bit surprised that TLRA doesn't seem to be as popular with Little Feat fans as it is with me. Like you, I bought the album on release, and it took me a few listens to get into the album, but I've found that is true of other albums that it's taken longer to appreciate. It's definitely one of my favourite albums from the 70's, and there were some fantastic ones from that wonderful era for music.
My Little Feat top 5 (My favorite album is Waiting For Columbus but this is studio albums)
1. Dixie Chicken
2. Feats Don't Fail Me Now
3. Sailin' Shoes
4. Last Record Album
5. Time Loves A Hero
Bravo Pete...Time Loves a Hero is great. I do think Waiting for Columbus is Top-5 too. The post-George stuff don't appeal to me at all.
my favorite Little Feat album is the live bootleg Live at Ebbetsfield, Colorado 19th July 1973. I love Waiting for Columbus too but I like hearing the 1973 sound a bit more with no synthesizer, i feel like it was really their prime.
Always loved the Feat.Lowell,Paul Barrerre and the master of the keys,Bill Payne are stellar musos.They released one of the greatest live albums of all time... Waiting for Columbus.Could you please review it sometime?
Robert Palmer's solo album. All Little Feat.
PRESSURE DROP
@@jimfritz9503 Actually they played on his first 3 albums.
@@georgewilliams1470 You are correct. That s the one I remembered. " Sneakin Sally .." and " Some People ...". Great stuff.
@@jimfritz9503 Yes, i'm thinking Sally's Sneakers were designed for Little Feat!
For many years ive been dieing to get into this band but never pushed the button on their cds...so this was really educational for me...i know this is sacrelìdg but think ill buy a best of..!!
As Time Goes By-The Very Best Of Little Feat is a great introduction!
Quote from the great Lowell George "I don't make money, I make music"!
I saw them once in Boston on the same tour that Waiting for Columbus was recorded. The cover for WfC shows things that were in the Americas but absent in Eur-Afro-Asia like tomatoes and cacti.
I need to check these guys out. Only heard the title track from “Dixie Chicken” as far as I know. They sound pretty cool from what you 2 are saying!
I got into them because of Lowell George being in The Mothers of Invention and i started out with Sailing Shoes and really liked it. Played it to a few friends and they didn't seem that impressed lol. Which surprised me but it took years for me to check out more. Dixie Chicken took me a while to get into. One of my faves is Fat Man in the Bathtub that took so long to click. I was addicted to the song Rock 'n' Roll Doctor off of Feats Don't Fail Me Now. Took me a long time to dig the album. But as time goes by, i love them more and more. Also, Robert Palmer's 70's albums have a few Little Feat covers which Lowell and co play on some of the tunes.
Feat was a band that influenced me as a musician and songwiter hugely. Being a huge Zappa fan and Laurel canyon student I am a bit at odds with the choices you guys made. I remember buying Down on the Farm when it was released and always covered multiple tracks from this album which in my opinion was the most mature Lowell release song-wise and musicallly slick. Time(Templeman) and Farm(not Lowell) both had a different production quality that was a clean and focused. . Second might be Let It Roll(one of the greatest come-back albums ever), Times Loves a Hero, Dixie Chicken , Feats Don't Fail Me Now. Down on the the Farm saw Lowell's truck driver Stockton country maturity. The outtakes from Farm released on Hoy-Hoy had Gringo with Sanborn and other material that was Bill and Paul and their jazzier material. Read the attributions and Mick Taylor is featured on some stuff. I saw Warren with Feat as his band, and the Blues Busters/Chicken Legs working with Catfish Hodge . cool stuff
The greatest band that ever was. I'll Eat It Here" is Lowell and his much more folksy country style....great cover of the Ricky Lee Jones "Easy Money"
Debut album reminds me of the Stones. I was surprised the first time l listened. Waiting for Columbus is the best and could be considered a studio album with the post concert overdubs ( which was common for live albums then ). I read that LG left the band before his death. He didn’t like the fusion direction. My opinion, big fan.
Agreed Shannon...Strawberry Flats always reminds me of Keith Richards...imagine a record with Lowell, Keef & Dr. John!
Feat is a group not to be missed live.
1) Time Loves A Hero (1977)
2) The Last Record Album (1975)
3) Feats Don’t Fail Me Now (1974)
4) Sailin Shoes (1972)
5) Dixie Chicken (1973)
Pete's #1 is mine as well. Time Loves a Hero is a phenomenal album. I'd slot Dixie Chicken in at #2.
Little Feat to me is like Santana, they basically can't do anything wrong...Don't know if I have everything but including live & best-of albums I've got 25 of their records. I agree with Pete, hard to categorize (and that's what I like about them). Wonderful best-of = Rad Gumbo-The Complete Warner Bros. Years 1971-1990, also Hoy Hoy. For Live: Transmission Impossible & Live In Holland 1976 (I like this more than Waiting For Columbus).
My Top 5 picks (Studio only):
#1: Time Loves A Hero..."Day At The Dog Races" is their Jeff Beck number. The title track is fantastic pop. "Rocket In My Pocket" is just so cool. My fave album by a landslide
#2: The Last Record Album...Wonderful songwriting on this one, maybe has the most high-quality songs. "Day Or Night" is just a great pop song with some proggy elements (well that's the band in a nutshell isn't it)
#3: Sailin' Shoes...2nd album produced by Ted Templeman, the title track . Original appearance of "Cold Cold" & "Tripe Face Boogie". "A Apolitical Blues" with its wonderful slide guitar, "Willin" is a great ballad full of soul. "Easy To Slip" is my fave track from this record
#4: Feats Don't Fail Me Now...Title track is extra-funky & "Oh Atlanta" is a classic, so is "Spanish Moon". "Cold Cold/Tripe Face Boogie" is a boogie number a la Little Feat, very high energy
#5: Hotcakes & Outtakes...Not a "real" studio album as such but I'm counting it
I listened to a ton of Little Feat back in the day. My list:
5) Let It Roll (A really good comeback album after George's death.)
4) Dixie Chicken
3) Sailin' Shoes
2) Feats Don't Fail Me Now
1) Little Feat (It's a kind of different album, but I have always dug it a lot.)
I need to give a shout-out to their live album "Waiting For Columbus", as well as Lowell George's solo album, "Thanks I'll Eat it Here". Both are great. Thanks for the video, guys!
it started with me also with let it roll and after looked into the older records
The Lowell George era was their peak.The first couple reunion albums were damn good it's when they had Shaun Murphy singing that my interest waned some songs she tore up but the thrill was gone.
Brilliant band hard to categorise
A mix of steely Dan Doobies and Alanta rhythm section and a jazz influence especially later 70s the greatfull dead in the mid 70s were very similar musically
My top 5
Last record album
Feats don't fail me
Dixie' chicken
Time loves a hero
Sailing shoes
Time loves a hero is excellent and overlooked
Down on the farm is a good solid album
Great band waiting for Columbus album kicks ass don’t bogart that joint my friend pass it over to me lol!,all that you dream love Linda Ronstadt’s version from 1978
Best Little Feat album just might be the Lowell George solo album 👍
20 Million Things is as gorgeous as anything he ever wrote...
Honest Man, Easy Money (RL Jones), What Do You Want.. Girl.. Do (A. Toussaint) are terrific. But there is a certain spice (or a few of them) missing that is present in the 1st 4-5 LF studio albums.
@@cliodyncycwatch924 That being said, '20 Million Things' is as achingly poignant as anything Lowell ever wrote...
Dixie Chicken and Last Record Album are the best 2 for me. Every album with Lowell George was totally killer although all band members were incredibly talented, especially Richie. Can't really listen to those post 70s album though.
I like the first record they released because it has “The Brides of Jesus” and “I’m Takin’ my Time” and it is so weird and listenable.
How about ranking the albums of running wild?
In the 70s, Little Feat were a critic's darling.
Best band!
Love Dixie Chicken. Turned me on to Little Feat.
Fan for 50 years.Could they do prog?yea Southern Rock?You’d swear they werefrom Georgia.New Orleans
Funk oh yea.Put it in a pot
Mix it up and you’ve got Gumbo a mighty rad Gumbo
Waiting for Columbus is my all-time favorite but since you're probably going with studio albums...
1. Dixie Chicken
2. Feats Don't Fail Me Now
3. Time Loves a Hero
4. Sailin' Shoes
5. The Last Record Album
#5 is fitting. It's the last one I really liked. As much as I enjoyed Craig Fuller's work with Pure Prairie League as I just couldn't get into him as a replacement for Lowell George. My apologies to those who enjoy the later albums, but they're just not for me.
The first Little Feat album is unreal. Lowell George dominates it.