I was fortunate to see Little Feat in the late 70's during their Waiting for Columbus American Tour. Amazing to say the least. Lowell George was a great songwriter.
One of the best bands and songs I have ever heard. And I'm not a fan of country ot western but Little Feat manages to excellently blend both with rock and roll! Love it!
That guitarist with the glasses and the vest is fantastic. As a washed-up half-decent guitarist I wish I had his right hand technique. I bet they wrote this song around this riff. He was probably just jamming one day, came up with it, and introduced it to the rest of the band. They all loved it and built a fabulous song around it. That's my guess. He is very busy for the entire song and never misses a note, and his tone is perfect. Nice and clean with some punch. I love it.
They played Bluegrass/Country in the 70s but then the 80s hit. Country went pop and they cashed in! The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and The Newgrass Revival ALL did the same thing. I really do prefer my country gritty and acoustic but I'll make some exceptions lol
I love the 60-70s hippies playing country and bluegrass thing, I LOVE American music. I was raised on it, though, my parents loved it along with 60-80s pop/rock and loads of traditional and rock/electric English and Irish folk music. Think The Dubliners and The Pentangle, I enjoy both rock and acoustic (with acoustic strings and drums).
The baddest ass song ever, ever, ever written, ever performed ... day-amn!!! Been a fan for many years and this has to be one of their all time best. Love it!
one of the best bands I ever heard ,Little Feat had a sound all their own, with the loss of Ritchie Hayward I dont they will ever have that unique sound Hayward had a style all his own,Texas Twister is a great song , with a heavy dose of the finest stratocaster pickin...man just great
Not sure I should even get started on this video. Maybe too many glasses of wine. But I will say this: love this video, total Little Feat, and I think Lowell would have loved it too, I think. He was such a problem child, you never know. But I will say this: Damn his little chubby ass, I still miss him. Glad LF managed to still carry on. Best RnR band to this day.
I saw them play this song on an Austin tv station and besides the whole band just being bad ass, when the guitar players took off on their solos, they both watched the other with mutual admiration. Band members know what I'm talking about.
This is the absolute perfect blend of seasoned pro's with solid rock, southern rock, sweet subtle but spot on lead vocals, prog rock phrases with a horn section to boot. My word and thank you so much for sharing this!
+Danny Roberts- ALMOST A JOKE?? You're right its all bullshit that's why I'm listening to this while I do production reports. It seems all the good music is fading away brother! Damn I must be getting old.
Its a brilliant song in the little feat tradition and stop going on about Lowell George he"s dead get the fuck over it if you mess with hard drugs you pay the price, George wasn"t the only band member little feat are made up of five members not one.
"Texas Twister" The siren song is strong sometimes... on this Texas radio They sure do play it hard and fast while they sell it soft and low A silky voice she spoke to me from down in San Antone "It's ladies night in Italy, you gentlemen should know" When I saw that neon sign, knew just where to go Her shoulders soft so I pulled off, her headlights aglow A bartender said to me, boy I want you to meet my sister She's high-strung and a little young, but she's a real Texas twister A real Texas twister I said "How young is too young? How fast is too fast? Well how high is too high? How high is too high?" She said "How long is this ride?" Well how long can you last? You're gonna find out mister, when you meet that Texas twister Well in the light she looked all right when we stepped outside I knew that it was meant to be when she begged me for a ride That bartender said to me, boy take your money back Before you're done you're gonna need it son - You might have a heart attack I seen the sights now, Paris, Rome, and I ain't sentimental I still remember how she said "Is this a Continental?" No babe it's just for flash and I paid cash, she hugged me up real tight Lay back honey I'll drive you home 'round the world tonight She knew where every roadhouse lies, clear down to the border Long neck Lone Stars just her size, clearly made to order Knew how to paint a cowboy town, long before I missed her She picked me up; she put me down, she's a real Texas twister I said "How young is too young? How fast is too fast? Well how high is too high? How high is too high?" She said "How long is this ride?" Well how long can you last? You're gonna find out mister, when you meet that Texas twister
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Kenny Rogers plays a mean guitar, but I really like Chris Kamara on the bass. (Still my favourite Feat album, and yes I'm just trying not to mention the girl...)
Is this a continental?? tooo fuckin funny, love these guys, both versions, of course with Lowell and then with Graig,,God I miss Lowell & Richie,, thx for sharing..
Love the band, can't take this channel and all the fukin adds. No way is the channel creator a fan of the feat. Ad revenue sure as fuk better be going to the band.
I don't really think the girl's that hot - then again, I'm weird and have standards wayy too high for some ordinary guy like me :p. Good song though :3.
And that would be because why? He loved these guys: Bill Payne, Paul Barrere, Kenny Gradney & Fred Tackett. These guys were Lowel's bandmates. (except Martin Kibbee who was a co-writer of this song, & Fred didn't 'officially' become a bandmember until Let It Roll, but had played on previous Feat albums).
+Kingscrib- You know your shit brother, these guys never got the recognition they deserved but maybe they wanted it that way but all I know is I still jam to them today at 51.
