Little Feat: every album every song

by Georg Purvis

Overview

Little Feat may not be a household name, but they are well-known to a good number of musicians who are: Keith Richards rounded up the Rolling Stones to see them perform in Amsterdam in 1975, Robert Plant publicly lamented their lack of success (as Led Zeppelin’s soared into the stratosphere), and Bob Dylan and Elton John saw them in concert whenever possible. Legends like Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, and Bob Seger helped out on their many record albums, and they backed up Robert Palmer, John Cale, and Chico Hamilton. Yet they never had a hit single, and the closest they came to success was with their 1978 live album, Waiting for Columbus (later performed live in its entirety by jam band Phish) – but not even the death of their leader, Lowell George, could stop the Feats’ shoes from sailin’: the band reformed in 1988 and has continued since, with Craig Fuller and Shaun Murphy helping out along the way. Little Feat on track dives into the ups and downs of their 50-year career and discusses every album and song, from their idiosyncratic 1971 debut to the post-pandemic optimism of 2021’s When All Boats Rise.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789521689
Publisher:	Continental Sales, Inc.
Publication date:	04/29/2022
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Georg Purvis is the author of Queen: The Complete Works, Pink Floyd In the 1970s, and Elvis Costello and The Attractions on track. He’s been a Little Feat fan his entire life, thanks to his parents, Lynn and Georg. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Meredith, and their two cats, Spencer and William.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

Little Feat (1971) 11

Sailin' Shoes (1972) 17

Dixie Chicken (1973) 25

Feats Don't Fail Me Now (1974) 34

The Last Record Album (1975) 42

Time Loves a Hero (1977) 49

Waiting for Columbus (1978) 56

Thanks, I'll Eat It Here (Lowell George) (1979) 63

Down on the Farm (1979) 70

Hoy-Hoy! (1981) 76

Let It Roll (1988) 82

Representing the Mambo (1990) 88

Shake Me Up (1991) 93

Ain't Had Enough Fun (1995) 98

Under the Radar (1998) 104

Chinese Work Songs (2000) 110

Kickin' It At the Barn (2003) 115

Join the Band (2008) 121

Rooster Rag (2012) 127

Postscript 133

Other releases: Live, compilation and solo albums 136

Resources and further reading 139