Little Feat Live at WLIR Ultrasonic Studios April 10, 1973 

This band is my favorite and will always be. They have all you need. 👌

Lowell George's voice is always on point. So many male singers, live have on and off nights.

I will never tire of listening to, and marveling at, the miracle of Little Feat.

My opinion is Little Feat Were and Are the Best Band Ever. I’ve seen Jimi @ Atlanta Pop #2; The Allman Brothers with Duane & Barry and each configuration since; The Stones since 1969, Grateful Dead since 1973 and each configuration after; Paul McCartney; Ringo Starr All Stars; Paul Simon; Sting; Donna the Buffalo; Elephant Revival and still it is Little Feat that are The Best Band in my lifetime. Thank you Earl for posting this early Gem 💎

Feat! I acquired this cassette in college in like 89. Loved Feat then & love them even more now.

In 1970-71 I was in a band that played throughout southeastern Ohio. We had the incredible good fortune to open for these guys right after they released their 1st album. The drummer in our band and I hung out in the kitchen at this club in Wheeling, WV during set-up with Richie. What a sweet guy. During the Feat’s set our whole band stood in the front of the stage in awe. They really only had one set of songs from their just released album. The bass player at the time was Roy Estrada, who Lowell had likely played with in the Mother’s of Invention. So having run out of material, Roy and Lowell launched into an insane set of Mother’s tunes. Pretty sure those folks in Wheeling that night weren’t sure what they were hearing. We loved it.

Richie Hayward is such a fun drummer.

50 years later, more relevant than ever.

Firstly the best live band I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen many was Little Feat in Melbourne in 1976. Though I love Waiting for Columbus this is a lot more organic performance, word is WFC had a lot of post performance tinkering, and I love the fact that there’s a good number of tracks from Sailing Shoes arguably their best album. Columbus concentrated on later albums and I’d say the set list here is more interesting and shows off the band in peak performance. What a find and fabulous production! ❤

Never fail to feel feel better after listening to little feat🌞

Behold arguably the best ever American rock n' roll band of all times during their absolute creative and technical peak, slaying it for a small in studio audience. This lineup, the classic one, was relatively new here and would never be so unified as a group of musicians and young men again and the free flow of musical energy consistently resulted in music that was greater than the sum of it's parts - and what parts! This is the Ferrari of rock absolutely ripping and you can understand why Zep and the Stones and so many others sought these performances out - they were that secret wellspring of 'the real deal' that showed those bands how it's fucking done. Thanks Earl!

Discovered this RU-vid by accident this lonely early morning... So glad I did. Been listening to Little Feat since the early 70s and particularly through college, circa 1974-1978, at ASU in Boone NC. Discovered other great artists while there, including John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker and Guy Clark. This is an excellent live performance, on par with 'Waiting for Columbus', perhaps, even better in the versions played here. Love the intimacy of the crowd. RIP Lowell George and Paul Barrere.

Incredible sound. Sounds like only a few in the audience knew of them when introduced...totally different after tripe face. I knew that feeling, Athens, Oh 1974. Oh man. Never heard of them or a song. Changed my life. Named my son Lowell.

This & Holland 76’ are my favourite live Feat cds.✌🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Still Wows me..like since 10 yrs old..now well older ..fat man always cracked me up.😂

God what a great band.

Miss the 70s a lot!

Their music makes my feat move.

I'm an old man now but I was a young man then when I heard this on WLIR, it was broadcast live on a Sunday night.Every week that station was putting all the great bands on the scene out on the radio I am pretty sure every Sunday night.Those were the days, no doubt about it.Great music, great bands that knew how to play the instruments that they was playing, not like most of the garbage on the radio now.

I’d love to thank the RU-vid Nation.....💜🎼🎶🎵🎶 💜 long live....!!

WLIR completely knew what I needed in the way of music to get through a day of school Oh and the concerts? How many shows did I get to see by saying WLIR is my radio station and meaning it? Oh and this is when my Jr High school only had one pay phone! Oh and cell phones were not invented yet.

Oh yeah, buddy.!!!¡!Love an miss you Lowell!

I’ve heard the studio rehearsal I believe, but THIS IS a treat. Thanks for lifting my cabin-fever blues. You’re the best, Earl!

First time I ever heard of Little Feat was this broadcast.

qu'est ce que j'aime ce groupe !!! 37 ans que j'entends leurs chansons et toujours la même émotion !!

Love the Feat. Been a fan since 1979 thanks to my late friend Emory Carr. RIP buddy

WLIR..was the best radio station and these ultra sonic shows, which I taped many of..Bee Bop Deluxe, Little Feat , Bob Marley, U-2....prove it.This is before they turned into the New wave format.RIP - Ray White

Thank you for uploading this show. The audio is supearb!!!

Mind is blown away! This is how Do It!!! Listen and learn!

Great band. Feats don't fail me! Got to see this band like 7×'s

Fantastic! Sounds as fresh now as it did then. No gadgets, No Gimmicks.

What a find to stumble across!! Thanks so much for posting this. My favorite American band, and its not even close. I actually prefer this performance to "Waiting for Columbus." Awesome!!

This is a great footage . The distance between band and audience is very near. I love this kind of atmosphere, thank you for sharing.

This is the period where the vibe around the band was just...so cool. I will admit, I am a touch late coming to the party, having only found them post-reformation, but a fan I am. The vibe, as I said, was just..so very cool. Everyone who was anyone wanted to be around this band. I would place them right in the middle, between the Beatles and the Stones. This is just a glimpse (for me), but what a glimpse.

Just what the doctor ordered this snowy day, sunny day, rainy day, it don't matter! It should always be a feat day!

This is a treat! Never heard song 3 before! Love it!

Man these guys are awesome. I saw them at Freedom Fest 90-91 not sure but, Delbert McClinton, Bonnie Raitt 3-dog night & the Feat! Sunburned on the 4th feeling no pain . I musta been 19-21 yrs old. My friend from Moody made a few of us go. I mean!! made us!! I was all about hair rock at this time or just playing a bunch of crap! after this show I went back in time and studying up &; to hear the real music of the '60s and 70s man and I'll tell you what! it changed me. I latched on to Allman brothers 2Zztop. And everything in-between. I met all the Kngs BB King Albert King Ben e King Freddie King. And drank up all that Muddy Waters. And any thang strings and old-school . I'm 50 now I don't know it all but, I love these guys the more older I get. God bless the Little Feat present and past. Big-O Howdy From Texas!! Thank you for posting !!

Fantastic sound quality and killer performance! Wow.

Love that ... what a band .. absolutely in the zone of a band on fire .. beautiful.

This is the truth, best LF recording

Such a special band. The mold has been broken.

The slide playing on "Apolitical Blues " is by now , legendary , according to liner notes Lowell used a Sear,s socket from a rachet set !

Outstanding!

This version of Sailin' Shoes is drippin' wet. And, that's a good thing.

WLIR at the time best station in NYC

The rock n' roll doctors sound really fresh and tight on this recording. Thanks. I was 16 then and was a big fan.

What the heck is little feat not in the rock and roll hall of rocking hall? He taught everyone else. The GoGoes. Incredible.

Just listen to Richie's drums at the 9-minute mark....like three drummers at once!

This is real. Good thank ya

Must say that I am willing ,able and loving this song... Thank you Little Feat!!!

Bloody great thanks...

great!! thank you

Maybe the best concert , with Columbus. Thank you for this.

Again excellent memories, thanks, Earl.

KENNY had that afro 😍 working!!😁🙃

Got to see them @GRANADA Theater, Dallas, before Richie was sick, he signed the set list (Great Pinmonship) and a nice man

Awesome! Thanks for posting

I was in Columbus at the rime but had idea who they were. A friend from Phily turned me on to them in 1974. Never looked back. The soundtrack of my life.

Was lucky enough to see these guys unfortunately it was without Lowell😥, way back w/ Craig Fuller still great. Saw Billy performing with Leftover Salmon and playing some of the old Feat songs was fantastic then he was playing keys w/ Doobie Bros after leaving Salmon. Tremendous keyboard player, rock on Billy! RIP Lowell, Ritchie and Paul

My 3rd birthday..cool..happy with that..richie is the drummer with such danceability in his grooves, i cant help swaggering to Feats, anyone else get their hipshake groove goin when they are listening to LF?

Fantastic set

I was just getting into them when LG checked out. 🌹Love you baby. Always.

Had this for years on cd..Forgot the great quality of these WLIR shows. The one you put on here sound s great...Thanks Brother!

Original band performed at our school in Ithaca, NY ca. 1981 Ben Light gym. I attended but only learned to love them years later. Thanks for posting.

Great set

Just found this Earl, I’ll be following.

long islands infamous ultra sound studios. good times!

thank you, thank you, thank you, ......... Earl!

Cahit,cahit,cahit...I am loving this hit!

00:14:25 On Your Way Down is one of my all time favs and this version just smokes.

Willin is such a masterpiece. I hear DAC singing this one in LG’s voice.

lookin super funky,as well as sounding super funky......

thanks4sharin

Amazing stuff here on your RU-vid channel Earl ❤

that tension of straight eighth notes versus the shuffle triplet feel carries on throughout the whole tune it's ridiculous

On one of our better radio stations here in Las Vegas 91.5 on Sunday evenings 4-8 p.m. the Host has some very cool stuff including this entire concert.

RIP Lowell, Richie, Paul. There was no FEAT band like this lineup. I'm glad Bill plays with the Doobies now >RnR HOF is Bogus.

Lowell George's motto could have been: "Too much is never enough."

Best music's ands musicians

Ahhh lowell george and da feat

Nice to know where that seminal version of Two Trains came from. This recording rivals Waiting For Columbus.

How did I NOT go see these guys when I had a chance?

This band knew how to come in with a beat!

Tremendous.

Gonna hide my phone now...Thank you Mr Guthrie!

心地よいグルーヴ✨

Tight !

Great funky band with a great sense of humor. I do feel something went wrong though in maybe around 1976 onwards.

spring forward shuffle them feet get up ye all an shake it up 😎👽

Am I hearing things or is that Bonnie Raitt singing on Walkin' All Night and Sailin' Shoes? Love this stripped down set.

The first other original Ultrasonic Studios performance from 1974 I believe, disappeared from RU-vid a while back.

"Just another band from LA" lol. Little Feat's roots in Zappa's Early Mothers of Invention Band. What a great fukkin band.

Not saying you don't smoke that bass...just Damn!

Back in the day at Winterland in San Francisco, Bill Graham introduced Little Feat as the opening act for Marshall Tucker and Lynyrd Skynyrd. They basically did this set, and were so tight, we just left and blew off the Headliners.

Why on earth aren’t they in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame?

🤗👍🎵🎶

Great recording, btw Freddie King also did a show for LIR...any chance you have that? Thanks

Got no shadow 😂❤

Isn't this "Waiting For Columbus" re-purposed? To my ear, It's exact.

There's always gonna be bands where the bassist was rubbish or the singer was bad but the band was good or the band was crap but the singer was fantastic....Not the Feat's...they all brought their talent to the table and gave us a fusion of styles and musicality.