Little Feat

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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Hard Rock Rock 

Naturally Wired: Van Halen’s OU812 Turns 35

May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1988, 35th Anniversary, A Apolitical Blues, Alex Van Halen, Cabo Wabo, David Lee Roth, Eat 'Em And Smile, Eddie Van Halen, Feels So Good, Little Feat, Michael Anthony, OU812, Sammy Hagar, Van Halen, When Its Love

Why we’re still all fired up about their best album with Sammy Hagar

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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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Art Pop Pop Rock 

Half Past France: John Cale’s Paris 1919 at 50

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 David Richman 3 Comments Graham Greene, John Cale, Little Feat, Lou Reed, Lowell George, Macbeth, Paris 1919, Warner Bros. Records

Looking back on the Velvet Underground violist’s solo masterwork

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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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Pop Remembrance Rock 

Get What You Pay For: Peter Tork at 80

February 13, 2022April 3, 2022 Jim Sullivan 3 Comments 80th birthday, Dave Brubeck, Davy Jones, Jimmy Miller, Justus, Little Feat, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, MTV, Peter Tork, The Monkees

Remembering the funniest Monkee on his heavenly birthday

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Blues Rock 

Any Day Woman: 50 Years of Bonnie Raitt

December 12, 2021April 3, 2022 Christopher Treacy 0 Comments 1971, 50th anniversary, Bonnie Raitt, Joni Mitchell, Little Feat, Lowell George

With her eponymous 1971 debut, the California-born guitar legend was disrupting the template the others were establishing from the very start

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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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Remembrance Rock 

Turn the Page: Superstar Sideman Alto Reed Passes Away at age 72

January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Against The Wind, Alto Reed, Beautiful Loser, Bob Seger, Dave Mason, Fergie, Foghat, George Thorogood, Grand Funk Railroad, Little Feat, members of the Doobie Bros. Alice Cooper, Mick Fleetwood, Night Moves, Otis Rush, Robin Gibb, Spencer Davis, Steven Tyler, Stranger In Town, The Blues Brothers, The Distance, The Fire Inside, The Reed & Dickinson Band, The Ventures.

“I may have been the leader, but he was our rock star,” says Bob Seger of his longtime bandmate

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 10: August 2020

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Cherie Currie, Famous Quotes, Fiction Plane, Jim Sullivan, Joe Sumner, Little Feat, Lowell George, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, Rickey Medlock, Sting, The Police, The Runaways

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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North Americana Remembrance Rock 

Mighty Feats: Five Overlooked Little Feat Albums That Deserve Belated Recognition

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 3 Comments Fred Tackett, Hoy Hoy, Let It Roll, Little Feat, Lowell George, Paul Barrere, The Last Record Album, Under The Radar

In honor of the Late, Great Paul Barrere, we dig back into the catalog of this great American band

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