Bill Payne interview: "A History of Little Feat"

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  • Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
  • Bill Payne reviews a history of Little Feat for the Little Feat Radio Show. Bill talks about how the band's membership has changed over the past 54 years, and discusses one song from each of Little Feat's studio albums. Recorded in Roanoke, VA on April 26, 2023.
    0:00 Intro
    00:57 Little Feat "In 3 Acts"
    01:57 Act 3 - Little Feat Today
    06:04 Act 2 - 1987 - 2019
    25:35 Act 1 - 1969 - 1979
    41:20 Bill on music streaming
    43:53 Go see Little Feat Live!
    Thanks to Hank Randall for most of the Little Feat photos.
    Thanks to Chris Cafiero for his work as Little Feat archivist. Check out his work on these UA-cam channels ‪@JeffSq‬ ‪@LittleFeatArchive‬
    Audio and video used includes:
    "Long Distance Love"
    • Little Feat - Long Dis...
    "Representing the Mambo"
    • Little Feat - Key West...
    "Time Loves a Hero"
    • Time Loves A Hero-Day ...
    "Under the Radar"
    archive.org/details/lf1997-12...
    "Easy to Slip"
    archive.org/details/LittleFea...
    Richie Hayward drum solo recorded at the Downtown Disney House of Blues, November, 1997, courtesy of Mike J.
    Other photos used include
    Neon Park
    www.bahrgallery.com/artist-ma...
    Little Feat on the Riverboat President 1988
    exhibits.tulane.edu/exhibit/r...
    Robert Hunter
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

КОМЕНТАРІ • 65

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +16

    We all love you Master Payne! Live long and keep playing!

  • @TheNaturalust
    @TheNaturalust 4 місяці тому +4

    Bill, I can’t tell you how much your music has meant to me. I was raised in Montana but live in the Bay Area now. You will see me in the first or second row of every local Feat show. Second row, seats 1 and 2 for your upcoming show at the Greek with Teseschi Trucks. Thanks brother.

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +7

    Always my heroes!

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +5

    Six feet of snow!

  • @mvhoyt61able
    @mvhoyt61able 9 місяців тому +5

    I am so happy to have found this interview. Thank you, Bill, for all of these gems you and band mate's created. I consider Waiting for Columbus to be the greatest live album ever produced. Thank you thank you thank you. ❤❤❤❤

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +3

    I feel very lucky to have you all in my life!

  • @jamescox8402
    @jamescox8402 Рік тому +5

    Saw the Feat in Brisbane, Australia in '77 or '78 one of the most 'complete' bands ever. Staggeringly great. In the '80's I was in the Sydney Opera house watching of all things a surf movie and when intermission came sitting in front of me was Bill Payne. I decided when he came back with his popcorn I had to speak with him. He never came back probably 'cause the movie was shithouse. No live rock album was better than "Waiting for Columbus'.

  • @JSSPatent
    @JSSPatent Рік тому +5

    it’s always good Bill !

  • @TheNaturalust
    @TheNaturalust 4 місяці тому +2

    Scott has really done the band and fans proud. Couldn’t be more happy with that choice even though I would be a shoe in if given a chance! 😂

  • @tomgraham7755
    @tomgraham7755 8 місяців тому +3

    Bill and I graduated from Righetti high in Orcutt Calif 1967.

    • @waynemacgregor5614
      @waynemacgregor5614 6 місяців тому +1

      A Warrior, huh? I graduated in 1965. Watched Bill in "Something Wild" when he was just starting out. Have seen Little Feat about 20 times since then. Great band.

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +2

    TDCS was the 1st Feat for me. But afterwards I couldn’t get enough!

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +4

    Sam is the best! As every member of Feat!

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +6

    I miss Richie so much!

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +7

    Thank you Red for all you do!

    • @redmiller1
      @redmiller1  Рік тому +2

      You’re welcome. Grateful to be part of our fan community

  • @jameswestmoreland9717
    @jameswestmoreland9717 Місяць тому +1

    Saw Little Feat in '71 maybe. Small "coffeehouse in Atlanta. Quartet then.

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +3

    Work work work!

  • @barbarasolomon889
    @barbarasolomon889 8 місяців тому +3

    Feats Don’t Fail Me Now-1974 ❤

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +2

    Ha I moved to Atlanta died my hair red and worked on Peachtre st! All for Feat.

  • @TheNaturalust
    @TheNaturalust 4 місяці тому +1

    That era with Craig Fuller and Shaun Murphy was spectacular!!

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +1

    I made a shirt I wrote lyrics on. I wore it in Portland and Richie knew as soon as he saw it! I will always love Feat!

  • @rappere11
    @rappere11 9 місяців тому +2

    Love the band way back at Clover Studios. A very special experience for me. What an incredable band.

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +3

    Just another Sunday!

    • @FeatnikSF
      @FeatnikSF Рік тому +2

      That was the song we did the Mambo line at the Mateel

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +1

    I love you, and so does Bo and all us diehard fans!

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +2

    Love you Bill. You are a legend! I hope to see you in Sisters Oregon once more!

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +3

    Feat had the biggest impact on my life. Not just the music but the community! Lol my boys were at Mateel! They were 7. They still remember and still love you!

    • @shays01
      @shays01 Рік тому

      Candy ... How are you?

    • @davidmoss4606
      @davidmoss4606 Рік тому

      Oh The Mateel! Those were fun shows indeed .... As Fred says, "it was a christian miracle and it rained weed during Willin" .... Hangin on to the good times!

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +1

    Your fans will always love you!

  • @joemcgraw5529
    @joemcgraw5529 29 днів тому +1

    Bill I love Little Feat ,The best Party Band ever, I do have a few albums signed by most of the band, when people ask who is my favorite band I say Little feat and most of it is your style of playing,all members are very talented and thats why I have seen the band so many times

  • @GeoffreyMays
    @GeoffreyMays 2 місяці тому +1

    No band quite like Little Feat! I liked Sailing Shoes, but it was Rock N Roll Doctor that hooked me for life. Saw them twice while Lowell was still alive. Sadly they weren't so well known so they opened the shows (once for ELO, another time for Poco). A big heartfelt shout out to Sam Clayton who put me on the guest list for the second show because I was a poor college student and couldn't afford the ticket (I was the "popcorn guy"). I'll never forget his kindness and generosity! Didn't know how they would carry on after Lowell passed, but they did with flying colors! (just recently saw the Waiting For Columbus anniversary show - fantastic!). And I can thank Bill & company for turning me on to Dolly Parton, when I saw that 3 of them were in her backing band, I bought the album.

  • @jroper7672
    @jroper7672 Рік тому +1

    Hell of a show in Tulsa, loved the Story of your visit to the Bob Dylan exhibit, please come back!!

  • @butchcassidy3373
    @butchcassidy3373 11 місяців тому +1

    Great content. I first discover the Feat in 80 from my friends DrK and Emory. Thanks for turning me on to the best band ever.
    Saw them in the 90s finally. Sure wish I could have seen them with Lowell. Rock on Feat

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +1

    I can’t wait for more Feat!

  • @guineveregruntle6746
    @guineveregruntle6746 4 місяці тому +1

    Great band

  • @rodmitchell831
    @rodmitchell831 10 місяців тому

    Love little feat.......fusion before its time

  • @fatbelly27
    @fatbelly27 2 місяці тому +1

    Sailin Shoes and Dixie Chicken are my favourite Feat albums

  • @KurtWesthNielsen
    @KurtWesthNielsen Рік тому +2

    Thanks to Red for doing this thing through all these years!

    • @redmiller1
      @redmiller1  Рік тому +1

      Your welcome, Kurt. Still ain’t had enough fun. I hope Little Feat make it back to Denmark soon for all their loyal fans like you.

  • @davidmoss4606
    @davidmoss4606 Рік тому +2

    I want to hear about The Little Feat Radio Hour in there somewhere!!!! :) Looking forward!

    • @redmiller1
      @redmiller1  Рік тому +1

      Spoiler: he does give you a shout out

    • @davidmoss4606
      @davidmoss4606 Рік тому +1

      @@redmiller1 :) Looking forward to hearing it!!!

    • @FeatnikSF
      @FeatnikSF Рік тому +4

      The LFRH chatroom was where many of our shared friendships began. Our pals in Europe logged on at crazy hours (their time) to join us in the "Tub". Even band members logged on to join the chat! I made note of a memorable quote from Richie Hayward which I've shared freely: "Never mistake a rut for a deep groove". I had the honor of being a guest on the LFRH once. Thank you Mossman!

    • @davidmoss4606
      @davidmoss4606 Рік тому +3

      Those were some good times for sure! What a connection and early form of the community that has become family!

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +7

    Shaun was a great addition to the best band!

  • @scotttannehill3438
    @scotttannehill3438 7 місяців тому

    Always felt that Sarasota didn't treat them right at the Van Wezal show right after we lost Lowell....not that someone was at fault....a groove was somehow missed....perhaps it was the strict No Smoking rule there. Its a feeling that I've always carried from that particular night. If so....Hope we made it right at the Sarasota Blues Fest a few years later. Thanks for sharing what you've able here and on Radio Margaritaville

  • @barbarasolomon889
    @barbarasolomon889 8 місяців тому

    Billy So sorry you lost your confidant friend. Went to Rio in August! It was magical!

  • @1927su
    @1927su 10 місяців тому +2

    Lowell George was cool.

  • @wimweender1306
    @wimweender1306 Місяць тому

    😅❤🤩

  • @shays01
    @shays01 Рік тому +3

    Well both the Mossman and the Shaggymae are here

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +2

    Nobody can do Richie!

  • @thingsetcetra
    @thingsetcetra Рік тому +1

    Yeah I say too much. But this is special. I know Paul would ask me about my kids! I’d smoke pot with Richie! There is history! I miss 1r and so many!

  • @bobrennegarbe5547
    @bobrennegarbe5547 11 місяців тому +1

    HoyHoy!

  • @robinjones6999
    @robinjones6999 Рік тому +1

    Buy the albums - end of

  • @Parrain0606
    @Parrain0606 9 місяців тому +1

    RRHOF!!!!!

  • @gottadomor7438
    @gottadomor7438 10 місяців тому +2

    That this band is not just in the RRHOF but has its own separate corridor dedicated to within it ... well, it just makes the place invalid.
    Yeah okay I'll accept hiding it way off in the farthest corner & you have to open a couple doorways to creaky staircases too, so only cool people can find it but ... until that wing christened, it's the RRHO Lame not Fame.

  • @w5cdt
    @w5cdt 6 місяців тому

    Hi Bill….played any golf lately?

  • @jonothanhayman2932
    @jonothanhayman2932 2 місяці тому

    Little Feat were unrepeatable, like most of the best bands are. I'd venture to suggest Jim Gordon as a great drummer too, though. ❤