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There are no bad tracks on this record. Definitely a contender for best live set ever recorded. Spanish Moon is a great candidate for an upcoming reaction.One of the deepest grooves you'll ever hear.
While I agree with Dave that they did Spanish moon already, I also believe they need to hear the version on this album. I don't think there's any bad bugger sugar in the original. Though I could be wrong.
@@maine420grow8 True -- a live/studio comparison would be really interesting. (And the illegal sucrose references *are* in the LP cut, but they were omitted from the butchered 45 edit.)
Been listening to this album since it came out 45yrs ago....don't like any studio versions of these tracks as much. There are other cuts off their other albums that are great though
Wow now we're talking. Reacting to my personal favorite live album ever. The tune is about "Spotcheck Billy," who seems to be suffering from a lack of sex or drugs or both, depending on your view. Some say it's an autobiographical account of Lowell George himself. This LP also includes the Tower of Power horn section as well. It's an album that's almost impossible to listen to for a song or two. Thanks you two for another superb reaction. 👏
You guys keep hitting my faves Steely Dan, Little Feat. You guys have great taste. I always viewed Little Feat as a funky, New Orleans (Allen Toussaint, etc) influenced R&B band especially after the induction of Sam Clayton, Paul Barrere, and Kenny Gradney. Great, great band. 🙏👍
You guys would love Robert Palmer’s “Sailing Shoes/Hey Julia/Sneaking Sally Through the Alley” medley with Little Feat as the backing band. You gotta listen to all 3 songs together, it just doesn’t work otherwise!
Robert Palmer (RIP) Now there was a great vocalist with killer musical taste. The late great Alan Toussaint arranged on this album and wrote SNEAKIN SALLY...
One thing I love about this track is that the swing on it is so heavy that it almost doesn't sound like it's in 4/4 time anymore. Beyond swing. This song is swung. One of the most underrated bands ever.
You need to hear Spanish Moon live off this album! Ten times better than studio in my opinion. There are lyrics you haven't heard on the live version. And the horns!
When you get to the live version of 'Dixie Chicken,' be sure to combine it with 'Tripe Face Boogie' in the same vid. It's one long medley on the album and best heard together.
Like you gents did with Led Zeppelin, just do the WHOLE album, you will not be disappointed. I saw them on the followup tour for this album, astoundingly great. There is not a ton of video on Little Feat, but the best I have found is their appearance on Rockpalast, a German concert series from the 70's. Basically this album, but with video, shot in Essen Germany, with 70's video technology, plus an add on song from Holland on the same European Tour. They also did an appearance on The Midnight Special, but the audio is not so good. Do Rockpalast.
I've said this before on reactions to Feat but can't remember if I've commented on this channel, but my son was their guitar technician for about 10 years. He left shortly after Paul Barrere died. He was lucky enough to make quite a few of their yearly Ramble on the Island fan fests in Jamaica, and met a lot of great musicians. I have pics of him with all kinds of people, Jackson Browne, etc. They were a great band. ✌️
Sam Clayton (percussionist) and Kenny Gradney (bassist) brought the funk to the band when they joined on the 3rd album, if memory serves. They are from New Orleans and are the black members of the band. Sam Clayton is the brother of Merry Clayton, a famous backup singer, who had the memorable part in the Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter". You ought to check out the movie, "Twenty Feet from Stardom" about women backup singers. Little Feat's first 2 albums had a more country and blues mashup. I enjoy your reactions.
Very few musicians can write a great song, sing it superbly, and then play a great guitar lead on it as well. Lowell George of Little Feat was someone who was truly a triple threat - but also defined slide guitar in a totally unique way. This album will shock you; dive deeper into the songs and the lyrics, and you'll be rewarded with musical magic. Inconic Classic Live Album.
That rhythm section playing that 2nd line New Orleans groove! I inherited this album from my late uncle who knew about music. Great album! RIP Uncle Mike! 😇
Any time you've got Waiting For Columbus dialed in you'll have my eyes and ears on your video. Once upon a time at age 19 I was hired to manage a headshop/record store, and on my first day on the job, after the owner left me alone to get familiar, I found side 1 of this 2 album set on the turntable, and just started it up. I'd never heard, nor even heard of, Little Feat. By the time side 1 was over, I was a serious fan, and have been ever since. Yes, do pull up some live video of them doing any song, they were as much fun to watch as to listen to, and you may find that their appearances aren't what you expect. 😊
I bought this album the first week it came out. Wore it out. It's in my top ten live albums. Little Feat was a unique band. Very hard to describe their sound or categorize them. They do use some interesting timings in some of their songs. I'm not a drummer ( I play guitar) but when drummers I've performed with ask me who my favorite drummer is, I tell them Little Feat's drummer, Richie Hayward (RIP).
Love watching you guys discover these musical Gems - my opinion shared by millions - 2 greatest live albums of all-time - Live at the Fillmore East (Allman Brothers) and Waiting for Columbus (Little Feat)
This is a Bo Diddley beat at heart. Chunk-a-chunk-a-chunk a-chunk-chunk. It’s a memory of West Africa left to melt in the Caribbean sunshine, filtered through Delta mud, and then barged up the Mississippi.
Give "Rock and Roll Doctor" a listen next. Studio version from Feats Don't Fail Me Now is ultra funky, the live version on Waiting for Columbus is a little more rock. Lowell George will forever be known as the the RocknRoll Doctor.
A good live video of the band is from the " Old grey whistle test". A BBC show from the 70s. I've seen "Rock and roll doctor " and " Fat man in the bathtub " from that performance. They kill it in this show.
Yeah! You guys found this album! Ritchie Hayward is the most uniquely funky drummer. I almost wish there wasn't so much percussion going on in this song. Ritchie's snare and accents are a thing of beauty.
Lowell spends the time between his slide guitar parts live playing a second cowbell with Sam the percussionist; a friend recently told me this song personifies more cowbell. You can almost imagine him pitching “we need two cowbells!”
I love love love this song, and this album. I'm surprised you weren't more blown away, but maybe it'll grow on you. It's called swamp rock--that bluesy, chugging beat. I recommend the whole dang album, which is legendary.
You Tube has a live video of Fat man in the bathtub. They also have live videos of Spanish Moon, Rock and Roll Doctor, Willin, and many others. I think you will enjoy seeing their performances.
What can I say! This is the music of my just post high school music experience. I got to see them live just a year before Lowell George so prematurely. Little Feat stands alone with their music, somewhat like the Allman Brothers, but on a whole nother level.
I'm on my 4th copy of Waiting for Columbus. Got to see Little Feat in 1977 at the Music Hall in Houston. Great bunch of musicians and the concert was fantastic They .brought some "local talent"" on stage to dance during Dixie Chicken.
I saw Little Feat with The Allman Brothers Band.... WHAT A SHOW.... You must see "Dixie Chicken" and this performance....Little Feat - Willin' sung by Lowell George Live 1977. HQ Video.
You wanna see what they look like guys? Check out the track 'Rock'n'Roll Doctor' from The Old Grey Whistle Test.(This was a BBC show in the 70s featuring only live performances..it was superb)..Legend has it they flew into the UK, went straight to the studio and recorded it before lunchtime :)
Spanish Moon live off this Album..is tremendous! There is also a clip from the TV show MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, OF them performing Fat Man in a Bathtub, high quality. Good choice Men!! Thank you! ✌️👍
Great reaction man. Love Little Feat. And love this album. Its known as one of the best sounding live albums of all time. You gotta do the Dixie Chicken / Tripe faced Boogie, its just an all out rocker!! ( with a great story) The whole album is incredible Love your show
The W.F.C. Album is the masterpiece of Little Feat that`s for sure because I like so many more of them. Thanks for sharing this piece from one of the best live albums ever. Best regards @all from hamburg (germany)
This album is part of the background noise of my childhood, and this is probably my favorite song of the lot. (I did not realise how utterly filthy it is when I was little, I'll just say that. XD)
"Don't want no speedball cause I might die trying..." Heartbreaking in light of Lowell George (the fat man?) dying of a heart attack alledgedly after doing a soeedball.
Great band and one of the all time great live albums!!! Another band guys that there first 8 albums which includes this one are all solid and hard to find a bad song on them! Just so smooth, cool and vastly underrated!
This record should be in everyone’s collection, but somehow most people have never heard of Little Feat. As others have said, there’s not one bad song on the whole album.
Lowell George was one of the best slide guitar players of this era. Him and Duane Allman. This amazing album really put Little Feat on the map for lots of people when it first came out. If you're gonna do more tracks from Waiting for Columbus, you need to check out side three with the Dixie Chicken>Tripe Face Boogie medley. Outstanding stuff. It'll get you guys outta them chairs. Still waiting for ya to check into some Grateful Dead.....
Enjoying your Little Feat reactions. These guys should have been more popular, they were fantastic, especially with the TOP horn section backing them up. 👌
One perspective that's always seemed to resonate (in my 'vitamin A' music appreciation mindset during that era) is very much their Grateful Dead-ish jam band type vibe, but originating in the Bayou, versus San Fran.
Don't know why but THIS is probably A Favorite song on this album by Little Feat💃🏻🕺 It's got that "I gotta dance" groove to it. Find myself hearing it in my head often. All the percussion instruments, all the funky kinda calypso bests ...dance monkey 🐒 Lowell George knocks it out the box. 📦🛁😁 Love the 'washboard' strumming! A Cajun-Calipso type sound. Groovy 🎶🎵🎶
This is one of the all-time Live albums in the rock world. And the re-release on CD from 2002 is even better -- a bit cleaner, a handful of added songs and takes of the same song from different nights in the tour. But it's just a top-quality recording of some top-quality performances. The album has few peers in the live album category.
LIttle Feat - you guys are killin' it! Are you two familiar with the music of New Orleans? That is where this rhythm comes from and its very funky but it's also more syncopated and off kilter then the grooves you are used to
Thank you for reacting to this. As many have said already this whole album is amazing. Don't know if you guys would consider doing the whole thing, but whether or not you react to any more songs off this album, definitely listen to it on your own time. With headphones. Really loud.