I love how he references Ry Cooder when he plays the harder tune; my two favorite guitar players with such a rich history together and influence on one another.
I have been a fanatical youtube watcher for years now. And guess what? This is my new favourite clip of all time. Not only were Little Feat my all time fave band but Lowell was a magnigficent singer, songwriter and guitarist. And comedian too judging by his comment about the sister. Oh how I miss Lowell. That period from '72 to '77 was as perfect a set of discs as any in the history of rock music. And then what do the boys do? Just go and produce the best LIVE album of all time. Irreplaceable
yes great vid, shows lowell's very dry humor and his very strong charisma. i was fortunate to see the band and lowell a dozen or so times before his untimely passing. in fact saw him solo w/his band at the paradise in boston at the end of june 79, very very few performers could ever match lowell's onstage presence. almost 30 years later and i still truly miss him.
You can feel yourself slipping to that special place every time he starts to play and sing. Better not to ask what music we'd have had he not passed, but rather all that he left us before passing . . . What a gift!
HOLY CRAP! as soon as he touched those strings and started singing my hair stood on end! He may make that look easy but it isnt! The man is a legend, and my favorite of all time
God blessed our ears with the fantastic sounds of the electric slide guitar styles from Lowell George, Duane Allman and Alan Wilson during the 60's & 70's. All of them died too young.
He was such a great player. He always would slide at the exact right time to accentuate something. He was never gratuitous about it. And I can't think of many singers that have such great range in both clean singing and gritty blues type singing.
Oh? Yes, awesome Lowell! No one caught it? See my comment from 9 yrs ago. But the real question is, did you notice how he lost his train of thought afterwards? He was such a rascal! Never stop loving you, Lowell. You're still breakin' my heart after all these years.
Wonderful. I love Little Feat and Lowell George. He had such soul in his voice, it just seemed effortless. I will never look at a Sears Socket wrench the same again!
most of my guitarists friends...they all know Duane Allman and i say if you like that then you gotta check out Lowell George, the other guy who pioneered rock and roll bottleneck style...very very underrated for his impact on modern playing
Great video - thanks. I think Lowell was a rare, super-talented rock musician. He had a beautiful, soulful voice, wrote some great songs and was a guitar master - especially slide.
So that's where the audio clip on the Hoy Hoy album is from...wonderful footage. Love the interviewer's question 'Is that hard?' -- despite LG's reply, it is most definitely hard to sound anything like the great (and much missed) man. Love the band singing along with China White...
Thank you for this post - loved hearing "China White" - even if only for a minute or so!!I love Lowell George and Little Feat. Truly one of the most under appreiciated bands of all time
Wha? Wha? What a great video - thank you whomever shared this . Love Lowell so much . That song they all sang chills time . MISS YOU LOWELL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just stumbled on this. I have watched it several times. We saw Lowell 6th row center Auditorium N.Hall Memphis. The scream of that strat sent chills man. What a sound.they had.
...i WAS THERE !! GRATEFUL FOR THAT (AT MY YOUNG AGES ) UNTIL TODAY ! THE GENIUS EVEN SPOKE (THEN IN ESSEN) I KNOW THAT'S ANOTHER KIND OF "SLIDING" THEN BY BROTHER DUANNE BUT'... O MAN IT'S LOWELL GENIUS PLAYER AND COMPOSER !!!✨👑🪄🪄
@lowell012013 Named after Lowell? Kudos to your parents, man! I love listening to Lowell and The Feat! Got to see them live a couple weeks ago. It was a SWEET show! Also introduced a friend to their music who'd never heard them before. Even got a signature from and got to chat with Ken Gradney. Very nice guy!
You're right, he did that in interviews more than once. I have an interview from Guitar Player from about this point talking about how he liked the high-tuned sound of open A better - more sustain, a sweeter sound. It gets even crazier - he was tuned to A most of the time on stage at that point, and Barrere was still tuned to G. They were so good that it worked flawlessly, though. Makes it hard for those of us trying to watch the flying fingers and figure out what they're doing...
"B flat until she got it in the A." Nice one, Lowell. Y'know, when Lowell was with them and they were in the groove, the Feats were untouchable. There were a lot of great musicians during this era, but these guys were a great BAND. A subtle difference, but what a difference...
that's what i thought for the first time i got a little bit more into the feat. everybody always says great things about lowell's slide playing, but he's one of the best voices ever. up there with stevie wonder. similar styles
This should be in the Smithsonian. No humor intended. Bach was considered rock and pop in his day, then revered decades later. Surely Lowell is on that level. Imagine this superband...Lowell George, Tom Waits, Duane Allman, Anthony Thomas, Bruce Thomas, Benmont Tench. The alchemey would never work, but what a strange brew. Miles Davis would give a voodoo nod.
one of the funkiest white boys ever to inhabit the planet....RIP Lowell George He uses open A tuning btw...not G...he'd been doing it so long he'd forgotten.
June of 1979. Died from a heart attack, but his...lifestyle...was a big contributing factor. After a show at GWU on his solo tour, he went back to the Marriott in Rosslyn (the old Marriott that's no longer there) and had trouble breathing. Died in the ambulance.
No, He died of a heart attack in a hotel room with His Family at the Twin Bridges Marriott, Arlington, Virginia. 29/06/1979 His heart attack was caused by an accidental heroin overdose. R.I.P. Lowell George.
Hey Dave, So crazy thing here is that he explains his open G tuning, but he is actually in A in this video! But on other stuff from this era, you're right, he plays in G...
He used both, actually, but I think he played live in open G during this era. Open A is just open G with all the strings up a whole step, so the relationship between the strings is the same. Open G is DGDGBD, and open A is EAEAC#E.
@MRxLOKI Just for the record: Lowell and Paul were both from Hollywood, CA. (Lowell used to call himself "the fat kid from Hollywood") Bill Payne was from Texas. Richie was from Iowa. Not sure, but Kenny and Sam could have been from the New Orleans area, but were working on the west coast when they all got hooked up.
Also, the tuning Lowell is using is actually DGDGBD, low to high, not DGDGBG. Lowell just misspoke - common mistake for most guitarists, who are used to having the root note of the chord on the high string.
It was a sad loss to music history to have lost Lowell George back in 1979 ,...31 yrs later Little Feat lost drummer Ritchie Hayward .sadly both are all time greats that are gone and both left voids that cant be filled,... only copied ..this is so comical ,Lowell trying to explain slide guitar to this hopeless (I think German) show host ...
The greatest white blues singer ever. No comparison needed because there AREN'T any. Feat has never gotten the recognition they richly deserve, but that's ok. If everyone and their brother were "into" Feat, it would sort of cheapen it. The chemistry the band had during the mid to late 70's was unmatched. Specifically on "Feats Don't Fail Me Now" album. There are several moments where all components come together to make sheer magic.
that is the first part of China White, but if you want my opinion, this is the best version of it. There is a great radio recording around, but i don't think it is on general release :-(
Is there a title to this song? Where can I find the complete song? Love this version. What a shame Lowell had to live in the fast lane, but I guess that's part of the game. RIP
@jazzkid66 Sounds good on acoustic also, check out Son House's videos on youtube. Son may have been the first to use "Da Socket Slide". But Lowell always had that "Rocket Socket in his Pocket" and ready to slide . :o)
