Bill Payne

Remembrance Rock 

Time Loves A Hero: Remembering Lowell George

June 29, 2024June 29, 2024 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 1979, 45th Anniversary, Bill Payne, Howlin' Wolf, Little Feat, Lowell George, Paul Barrere, Thanks I'll Eat It Here, The Cars

Revisiting one of the Little Feat frontman’s final print interviews

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Rock 

All Back to Sam’s Place with Little Feat

May 24, 2024May 24, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2024, Bill Payne, Bonnie Raitt, Frank Zappa, Fred Tackett, Hot Tomato Productions, Kenny Gradney, Little Feat, Lowell George, Sam Clayton, Sam's Place, Scott Sharrard, Tony Leone

Longtime keyboardist Bill Payne sizes up the band’s legacy

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Records Rock 

Little Feat Release Deluxe Editions of Sailin’ Shoes and Dixie Chicken

June 26, 2023June 26, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bill Payne, Deluxe Edition, Dixie Chicken, Kenny Gradney, Little Feat, Lowell George, Neon Park, Paul Barrere, Rhino High Fidelity, Richie Hayward, Roy Estrada, Sailin' Shoes, Sam Clayton, Ted Templeman

The band will embark on “The Albums Tour” this fall, playing each LP in its entirety 

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Rock Southern Rock 

Little Feat Announce Sailin’ Shoes and Dixie Chicken Deluxe Editions

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bill Payne, Deluxe Edition, Dixie Chicken, Little Feat, Lowell George, Rhino, Richard Hayward, Roy Estrada, Sailin' Shoes, Warner Bros. Records

Each album comes with a bonus disc of rare studio and live material

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Funk Rock Southern Rock 

Roll Um Easy: Little Feat’s Dixie Chicken at 50

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Alice Cooper, Bill Payne, Captain Beefheart, Dixie Chicken, Frank Zappa, Fred Tackett, Gordon Lightfoot, Jimmy Webb, Little Feat, Lowell George, Paul Barrere, Randy Newman, Ry Cooder

Looking back on the band’s greatest studio album

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Rock 

Little Victories: Bob Seger’s The Distance Turns 40

December 28, 2022December 28, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Alto Reed, Bill Payne, Bob Seger, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Bobby Hall, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Chris Campbell, Craig Frost, Danny Kortchmar, Davey Johnstone, David Hood, Don Felder, Elton John Band, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, Little Feat, Pete Carr, Randy McCormick, Roger Hawkins, Roy Bittan, Russ Kunkel, The Eagles, Waddy Wachtel

The Detroit rock great released this Silver Bullet Band classic in the last week of 1982

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Rock Southern Rock 

A Apolitical Blues: Sailin’ Shoes Turns 50

June 15, 2022June 15, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1972, 50th anniversary, Bill Payne, Frank Zappa, Linda Ronstadt, Little Feat, Lowell George, Paul Barrere, Randy Newman, Richie Hayward, Sail Away, Sailin' Shoes, Willin'

Why the second Little Feat LP still matters

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Rock 

How Many More Years: Little Feat at 50

February 2, 2021June 26, 2023 Justin Joffe 5 Comments 191, Bill Payne, Frank Zappa, Linda Ronstadt, Little Feat, Lowell George, Richie Hayward, Ted Templeman, The Band, The Mothers of Invention, Willin'

A half century in, the freaky Heartland perseverance of the band’s eponymous debut still has us Willin’ to keep movin’

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