When the Tower of Power horn section offered their services for this live album the members of Little Feat jump at that chance and listen to the results. Absolutely phenomenal album
Little Feat are one of the most underrated, underappreciated bands of the classic rock era. I encourage you to dig in, my brother. There are lots of deep, soulful, funky grooves to discover.
Either on your own time, or better yet here on your channel, just do the whole album. It is one of the best live albums by anyone, anywhere,anytime. Most music fans and critics will agree. Saw Little Feat live on the tour after this album was released, no Tower Of Power Horns present, but still one of the best musical experiences of my life.
This throws me back at least forty years. It may surprise you that Lowel George, leading figure of Little Feat, learned his craft from being in Frank Zappa's crowd. And as a personal not, on the same record (2 lp's, if I recall correctly) there is a song called "Don't Bogard That Joint, My Friend". I'm sure you'll like that. The whole record is great, btw
You are a little off I'm your events of little feat. Lowell was a player in Zappa's band and in fact which was considered the original Mothers of Invention. Lowell wrote the song Will in in which at that time was more up tempo then what was recorded and Zappa told Lowell that he may want to start his own thing and with the blessing of Frank decided to do that. Zappa also financed Lowell and the first Little Feat album
This was my father's all time favorite band. I remember being a child and at his house he would always ask what I wanted to listen to and I would always either say MTV (Dire Straits) or The Tomato Soup album referring to the cover of this album. Such a great band. Have fun in your journey of discovering some awesome gems
They're still on the proud highway playing this incredible music. I'm catching them for the 25th time again in April. Can't wait. Thanks for this reaction!
I love this album. Every song is great, but especially "Dixie Chicken". And this song & "Willin'". Linda Ronstadt even does a great cover of "Willin'" & tells a story in concert about sleeping with the lead singer Lowell George, until his wife knocked on her door & told her "No more".
I don't remember the exact quote but someone once asked Jimmy Page during Led Zeppelins heyday who he enjoys listening to or maybe it was who his favorite band was. Some question like that. His response was, Little Feat.
Little Feat!! One of the greatest bands of the 70s!! This is THE greatest live rock album of all time. Give it up for the late Lowell George!! Check out : Time Loves a Hero Fat man in the Bathtub All that You Dream Dixie Chicken Red Streamliner
Hookers and hustlers. Whiskey and bad cocaine. So much soul in this amazing song by perhaps the most underrated band of all time. Enjoy jumping in they gonna treat you right for a solid spell
I'm a little late to the party, but I was at this concert back in the 70s in DC. Best concert I have ever been to, and the album is my favorite of all time.
lucky enough to see them in 1977 in London, they were brilliant such a groovy band. One of the best live concerts I attended and I was fortunate to see lots of great bands, due to where I lived, they all did London gigs if they came to europe
Yes! Great to see your first exposure to the greatest party band of the 70's and this is a killer song to start it off. That horn section just takes it to another level.
I know sometimes I might sound like a broken record, nut this is another album that should be enjoyed in it's entirety. It will make you wish you had been born forty years earlier. In any event, I hope you delve a little deeper into the Feat. You won't regret it.
I was introduced to this album in 1978. And still to this day, I react to this song the same way you reacted here...awesome...music will save the world.
I hate to sound like an broken record (pun intended) with the same comment I posted for Teez’ most recent Bowie reaction, but there is a reason Phish wore this entire juggernaut of a live album as their musical costume on Halloween as well.
One of the best live albums ever! The recording is really unbelievable! Listen to the whole album! Little Feat has been a favorite since about 1969, when I saw them live in Atlanta at a little place called 12th Gate Coffee House - in a living room!
I think I first heard this album in 1980 as a twenty-year-old with a gathering of friends. Still fresh (both the album and I) after all these years. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍👍👍
This album is FIRE! Essentially it's all live cuts that have been cleaned up a bit during the production of the album. IMO the versions on this album "Waiting for Columbus" are better than the original cuts on their studio albums and it was the soundtrack of my college years. You could not walk across campus without hearing one song or another playing out of a dorm window. Lowell George (singer, slide guitar) died before I got a chance to see them in concert but I did see the rest of the band at the Warner Theater in DC with someone else singing lead and they were still fabulous.
Same album and band but Dixie Chicken!! It’s their most known song yes but it’s still awesome!! Lol and oh yea....tower of powers horn section is sitting in so this whole show is extra special!!
I am blessed to have seen Little Feat live just a year before Lowell George died. It was the "Time Loves a Hero" era. You must check out this album as well, Little Feat at the height of its musical genius from all its members. "Day at the Dog Races" is just one suggestion. Hang onto your brain with this one.
Lowell George had such a great voice & was a great slide guitarists. Too bad he died so early in the late 70's. I saw Bob Weir from the Dead sing "Dixie Chicken" in Telluride. The band has kept playing till recently, but was never the same without Lowell.
I am NEVER far from a copy of this great album! One stays in my car at all times! Just listen to it ALL! One of the great funk, rock bands of our time!
Just picked up Chico Hamilton's lp The Master and who is the musicians that are backing him up? Little Feat. What versatlie talented bunch. All the guys that play music listen to Little Feat. A musician's band of musicians.
I actually saw Lowell's last 2 shows before he passed and it is not with Little Feat. He set out to do a solo tour with a bunch of other musicians. The last 2 shows were at Alexanders in New Jersey and The 9:30 club in Washington DC. They found him dead the next morning in DC. Drugs and alcohol did him in like it did so many others
You know how much I love Zappa Teez. If you drive deep enough into the world of Zappa you'll hear stories about how he disliked drugs and even fired band members for drug related indiscretions. Lowell George is IMO the prime example. He brought WILLIN to Frank and between that and his proclivity for narcotics got the boot. Took fellow Mothers Roy Estrada Billy Payne and Richie Hayward and formed Little Feat. And this is considered by most as not only their greatest album but one of the greatest albums in musical history. Like others have said, do yourself a favor and listen to the whole thing. Or maybe I should request some more from this show. Hmmmm.
There's a few artists I listen to that if I recommend I will always recommend the live version because that's how they were intended to be heard. Just a short list Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker, little feat, any band that's considered a jam band like the Dead.
I've got well over a thousand albums in my record collection and this is my second favorite album of all time. The only one I like better is Van Morrison's It's Too Late to Stop Now. I will never in a million years understand why Madonna is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Little Feat isn't.
Not great...its sublime! Bought this album new back in the day...live performances are even better than the studio versions. Don't forget to get back to Beth Hart.
