While Lowell was doing the interview, I was at the Chicago airport, to pick up the band's equipment, which had been flown from LA. I walked off the back of the Ryder rental truck, and sprained my ankle really bad. It was twice it's normal size or more. Great! First day of the tour. I was the truck driver and drum tech, and I did the tour with a cane. Lowell once came to my hotel room with a bunch of Chinese medicines that he had gone out and bought for me. Lowell was a friend and my hero as well.
I'm not sure if you are a member of the Lowell George Appreciation Society on Facebook, but we would love to have you share cool stories like this on that page. Some guys were arguing about the photo of Lowell by the street sign. The one guy said the photo was stage in the 80's by a look alike. It is clearly Lowell but we had no one in the group to verify. You would have been perfect. Lowell's son is one of the administrators. Thanks for stopping by and sharing that cool memory.
+Earl Guthrie Yes, I am a member of that group. Forrest and I are friends. I met him when we both lived at Lowell's (and Liz's) place in Topanga, after Lowell had passed. He was about 12 (?), and I was like 32. I was crashing in Lowell's studio, which was just as he had left it to go on his solo tour. Pretty heavy.
Hey Michael, bummer about the ankle. Thanks for the story. I'm of the next generation HEAVILY influenced by Lowell (RIP). I got to know Richie in the last decade of his life, hands down my favorite drummer and an amazing man. Really miss the guy. Cheers to your fine self. :)
“What is success? It certainly isn’t money..” Lowell was a visionary and true artist because he felt doing what you love mattered more than anything else. Great interview.
One of the really greatest bands ever , I saw them in England in 1976. even my square sister was bopping! Thanks to the roadie I spoke to the night before, he opened a side door for us , absolutely brilliant gig.
At the age of 17 in 1977 a friend and I hitch-hiked 300 miles from Cornwall in the South of England to Manchester to watch Little Feat. On the day of the concert, I had my pocket picked playing pool and our tickets stolen. I begged everyone outside for any spare tickets. As the doors opened, and most people had already entered a guy came forward and sold us two tickets at face value. Without doubt, the most amazing concert I've ever seen and the only time I ever saw the Feat live. Their music shaped my musical taste for the rest of my life. So blessed not to have missed that night.
I can't believe I'm hearing this -- never heard before. I was at the Park West that night, an INCREDIBLY moving concert, magnified by Lowell George's death just two weeks later. Such a loss.
"I don't sell records, I make them." What a great line. I bought the CD package of Little Feat's first five Albums/CDs. I've been playing them almost exclusively in the car. A great study in awesome, clever, rock and roll boogey music. Just a blast, Lowell was the man. The whole band was just fantastic.
Lowell passed away a mere 6 weeks after this interview....I feel sadness every time I listen to this...A soft spoken musical genius...RIP Lowell, your music will endure forever...
Not six weeks. You might be thinking of the date of the Tribute concert at the Forum in LA in August - Lowell died on June 29th, so soon after this interview!
+Forrest George I believe this is from a rebroadcast in the early 80's. You can clearly tell where it has been edited. I believe WXRT ran a full show on Little Feat around the Hoy Hoy release, and used portions of this interview in that show.
Mr earlthis is priceless...the feat came along at the right time for me.....and the sudden death of lowell stil ratlles my soul....any new thing I find about the feat...and especially lowell I cant get enough of.....how you came upon all this???? I cant fathom....but send out whatever you can find....
Thanks Jack! I help out with a internet radio show with Lowell's son Forrest. It's called "The Little Feat Show" and can be found at DeepJams.net We focus on the Lowell-era Little Feat, that includes studio rarities & rarely heard live tracks, along with well known favorites. We do it every Saturday from 12pm to 4pm Eastern, 11am to 3pm Central, 10am to 2pm Mountain, & 9am to 1pm Pacific. For our listeners in the UK, Saturdays 5pm to 9pm, Europe 6pm to 10pm, & in Japan, Sunday morning from 2am to 6pm. And for Australia, Sunday morning from 4am to 8am. I also hope you can stop by visit our Facebook page facebook.com/groups/TheLittleFeatShow/
I saw Lowell for the last time at the show at Stage West in West Hartford a week after this interview.Two earlier shows before that in 1978 at Woolsey Hall in New Haven and in 1978 at the Civic center in Springfield Mass were three times in my life I was truly blessed.
@@timwhite5647 It was a long time ago, and I am not 100% sure this set list is correct. His short solo tour was pretty much the same songs every night. Starting with a Horn Intro into Fatman in the Bathtub, What do you want the girl to do?, Can't stand the rain, Easy money, Rocket in my pocket, A Apolitical blues, Two trains running, Dixie Chicken, Twenty Million things to do, Roll Um easy, Willin' and Spanish moon . I'm sure someone that knows more than I will correct/ update my list.
I don't care what anyone says, Lowell was genius and original talent and yes, he had a flaw,as does everyone. Nobody played like him...just a few notes here and there but the notes that matter...Him and Kossoff....man, nobody could get near those guys in terms of feel and economy.He was a gift to us and don't forget it....
I've always maintained that the amount of emotion a note can carry is directly proportional to its length. I heard a story about Duke Ellington going to see a young band at a club. The band were blowing a storm to show off to him. Backstage later, the band asked Duke what he thought. "Boy," he said, "you guys sure play a lotta notes." The 13th note is the one guitarists in particular seem to learn last, if ever. A local guitarist asked me what the 13th note is. I said, "It's the one where you STFU."
I was there. It was taped by my Sony D6c & I can tell it was a 2 man Group still. I was in good w/the Sndmn at a club in DC-ADAMS. When Blues Busters was still a Duo: Paul & Catfish Hodge- I was plugged into the Sndbd & it was perfect in every way. I taped Live AID & I didn't let a Single Song get cut. That's sloppy. Anyway, Paul intro'd 1-"I wrote this for Bonnie - she didn't want it so WE did it: 'I been down but not like this be-fore'(Dream)". Later "This is for Lowell; wherever you are:" & into the most beautiful version of Willin'. BIG, angry, sad Tears fell that night. I don't know if that was the 1st -3rd time that Duo'd played for a group of people but it WAS still a little awkward- not screwed up, but a little bit awkward. They did a lot of Paul's Songs 'If The Phone Don't Ring', et al & others from 'On My Own Two Feet', stuff that wound up on the 2 Blues Busters LPs on the Landslide label out of Savannah Georgia if not mistaken. Mostly Feat, Dixie Dregs & the same Babes as well: Bonnie, Emmylou, Linda, Nicolette Larson (she's on a LIVE American Bandstand that's just fantastic! It's Paul, Kenny Gradney & (from Paul's 'List' & caliber) Bobby Lakind. The others -?
.... "Robbed me blind"... There are no words to tell you, Lowell, how much you have greatly improved my life, my children"s lives, my patient's lives. Thank you. It was the honor of my life the see you play at the Paradise in Boston 6 days before you left us. Peace and Love to all!
I was at the Feat's last performance- (Lisner Auditorium). D.C. was a major fan base back in those days- or to quote Lowell, while on stage, "you folks are crazy"- (it's on "Waiting For Columbus" at 1:00:53).
Were they playing a lot of shows when they were up in Cockeysville recording? I have always been fascinated by that part of history. I ended up spending a year living in Harrisburg PA and delivering sheet metal parts to Boston and drove through that area many times. It's all strip malls now but I bet it was really nice back in the day!
The World misses men like Lowell. Music for art's sake, money for God's sake. What a great Muso he was, no one better on the 11/16th spark plug socket or the medicine jar (White China)
Ironically the actor who told Bill Payne that he wanted to play Lowell George in a Little Feat movie, died the exact same way as Lowell, doing speedballs...John Belushi would of made an award-winning Lowell George. Those two were my absolute favorites... RIP Lowell & John you are dearly missed....
Never posted about anything like this before and maybe these are just ramblings never to be read by anyone. I always wondered why more didn't see the magic that we all see/saw in Lowell's and Little Feat's music. I'm also a huge Duane Allman and Frank Zappa fan all before I knew they collaborated at different times. But I gotta say there's something intimate and personal about loving Little Feats music as much as I do and I didn't have to share that love and passion with the whole world like if I was a nut about the Beatles or U2 or other mega stars. It's like, the passion lives with us in a small group of admirers and it felt like when I was a kid I knew Lowell and all the bandmates through their music and it was very personal. And, the memory of what that music meant to me and all of us is shared in a small group of really cool friends. One thing I've never seen: a negative comment or thumbs down about Lowell or Little Feat, who else can claim that?
Very honest assessment of what happpened. Doesn’t sound like there was animosity. It’s only natural for musicians to want to branch out and try new things.
Btw-if anyone is interested - Daniel Grooms was highly involved in the affiliated indie Radio Stations & XRT is probably one of those. His channel has a treasure trove of that era & every thing but The Roches it seems. I thank both of you.🤔🎼👍🥀🤷♂️🌹🐄💨
(I'd love to have one of those embroidered looking jean jackets w/I think it's the Sailing Shoes cover on the back as a group walked by me on a payphone in Rockville in '80-'81, but I could be wrong. It happened once before....
People leaving negative messages about this interview this man was amazing .as was the band ...he did have problems. But you can't sing the blues like the way he did without living the life .China white for example. .man's was a legend..
He was genius. interesting the interviewer did basically an epithet about the band Little Feat in this interview... giving the impression that LF was over and implication that maybe LG was 'responsible'? hmmm don't like the way this interview went, thank you very much John Platt (NOT!) maybe that was a bad crash point for him. I think I'd be perturbed if I heard that.
Lowell formed and led this Great band and we just saw them minus Lowell, Richie and Paul RIP. So after being blessed to see hear and experience Feat. One must wonder RRHOF?How can you not have LITTLE FEAT in the Hall?
George was extremely talented, but I thought the interview was ponderous and boring. I’d be interested in hearing details about his having been a member of the Mothers of Invention for a spell in the late 60’s. I did manage to catch Little Feat once in concert. They opened for Traffic in 1974 at Boston Garden and rocked the place.
Little Feat had success even without much radio play. Radio is notorious for promoting superficial crap even though the 70's was the best time to go against the grain. Even the Grateful Dead didn't get any real exposure on radio. Truckin' and Casey Jones were the only two songs that I remember on radio back then. Who picked those two songs? Even the Dead didn't play them live often. Before the Internet, radio and TV were the way bands gained exposure, they didn't really do a good job educating the public on good meaningful music.
Where else had they played - The Birchmere? I don't think it would be many more than that few. I listened to that Show All The Time driving across the Country or whatever. It was a little shaky - I REMEMBER Paul introduce themselves "Blues Busters- Comin' atcha!" It's engrained in my mind 'cause I listened to it weekly at least. The only thing I thought was stupid was Hodge doing a skat type yodeling Zoobadee zoobadah, yeeyodelodello-type stuff like Minnie the Moocher's Singer in the Blues BROTHERS. I can't recall his name this second but that general yodelling was a little unsettling to me. Other than that (& we're talking about early '80s- how many Shows as a Duet do you have that were before Adams'? It's not many & Paul w/a light colored Strat & stinging licks- zip!🎶 "Ah!" Hodge Acoustic sat to S-L of Paul.
+Daniel Arbiter , I have the WHCN '79 and WHFS '74, and KLOL '77 show announcement on my youtube page. Unfortunately, that is all I have for the moment. I'm always archiving tapes and hard drives, so something might pop up. Keep checking in, and Thank you!
Little feat were stars to me, had seen them new years eve of 79 in Houston, one of my all time best concerts ( even though Jerry Jeff Walker was backing them up that night and he was drunk as hell on stage and sounded like crap)
Great to hear Lowell explain' the process'. The solo show's were great as was the solo album, but the thought of Lowell reuniting the 'feat' without Paul & Bill was far more exciting. The shame is the rest of the fella's continue to flog a dead horse(after Lowell/Richie's death) until it smells..
+Stephen Reynolds The die-hard fans who enjoy their shows would disagree. People are clamoring for seats at The Warner Theater in DC, where a lot of Little Feat magic happened in the '70s. The band never fails to pay tribute to Lowell & Ritchie. There's a lot of love in the Little Feat family.
There are musicians and there are musicians that know or knew how to play and make the damn hair stand up on your body, chill bumps, Lowells' playing and the band together for that matter knew how to do this effortlessly. And their recordings still do and Im really glad Paul is still going further!
No shame at all Stephen. We loved the old Feat and we love every incarnation of the band since then. The alternative of a world without Little Feat is just way too sterile. The flame they lighted still burns and will burn for many many years to come.
A highlight of my entire life. I was the stage manager of The Warner Theater at the time. Those Little Feat shows at The Warner were easily some the best live shows I've ever seen. Just incredible how tight the band was. They really got that place rockin'. There were times when I was afraid the balcony would collapse. There was so much dancing and stomping and jumping up and down!
I wonder where he would of went with his career trajectory...I wonder if he would've of went more towards a Danny Lanois kinda of sound. Definitely a producer type perhaps...hard to say. More like Steely Dan or even what Raitt end up doing in 10 years time.
Catch you on the other side of this life lowell where I'm sure as my name, jimi, Janis (bird song), jerry, Paul butterfield, pig pen, marc an tommy bolin, Otis Redding Johnny winter Stevie Ray Vaughan, duane allman (sky dog) greg allman, berry Oakley, john Bonham .........ect its one big fuckn party an concert.in my time in my time i will roll roll roll.
nicolette larson was awesome, even if only for that one great song, the first hit i recall....she was just too damn cute,- and obviously smart! and it must have been nice for her!
While Lowell was doing the interview, I was at the Chicago airport, to pick up the band's equipment, which had been flown from LA. I walked off the back of the Ryder rental truck, and sprained my ankle really bad. It was twice it's normal size or more. Great! First day of the tour. I was the truck driver and drum tech, and I did the tour with a cane. Lowell once came to my hotel room with a bunch of Chinese medicines that he had gone out and bought for me. Lowell was a friend and my hero as well.
I'm not sure if you are a member of the Lowell George Appreciation Society on Facebook, but we would love to have you share cool stories like this on that page. Some guys were arguing about the photo of Lowell by the street sign. The one guy said the photo was stage in the 80's by a look alike. It is clearly Lowell but we had no one in the group to verify. You would have been perfect. Lowell's son is one of the administrators. Thanks for stopping by and sharing that cool memory.
+Earl Guthrie Yes, I am a member of that group. Forrest and I are friends. I met him when we both lived at Lowell's (and Liz's) place in Topanga, after Lowell had passed. He was about 12 (?), and I was like 32. I was crashing in Lowell's studio, which was just as he had left it to go on his solo tour. Pretty heavy.
very cool. Thanks
Hey Michael, bummer about the ankle. Thanks for the story. I'm of the next generation HEAVILY influenced by Lowell (RIP). I got to know Richie in the last decade of his life, hands down my favorite drummer and an amazing man. Really miss the guy. Cheers to your fine self. :)
These are all great stories about a man and a band that should be recognized as one of the greatest ever. Thanks! Rock In Peace.
His vocals..., and slide guitar....we will always remember.
“What is success? It certainly isn’t money..” Lowell was a visionary and true artist because he felt doing what you love mattered more than anything else. Great interview.
Lowell and Little Feat.....accept no imitations! His soul and pain, the tightness of the musicians, Feat Forever!
The very very best band I ever heard,Waiting for Columbus best live album so far. Perhaps the only band that never made a bad song.
Agreed, but you can add The Tragically Hip to that category.
One of the really greatest bands ever , I saw them in England in 1976. even my square sister was bopping! Thanks to the roadie I spoke to the night before, he opened a side door for us , absolutely brilliant gig.
Art Lorigan
Awright, Art?
At the age of 17 in 1977 a friend and I hitch-hiked 300 miles from Cornwall in the South of England to Manchester to watch Little Feat. On the day of the concert, I had my pocket picked playing pool and our tickets stolen. I begged everyone outside for any spare tickets. As the doors opened, and most people had already entered a guy came forward and sold us two tickets at face value. Without doubt, the most amazing concert I've ever seen and the only time I ever saw the Feat live. Their music shaped my musical taste for the rest of my life. So blessed not to have missed that night.
I can't believe I'm hearing this -- never heard before. I was at the Park West that night, an INCREDIBLY moving concert, magnified by Lowell George's death just two weeks later. Such a loss.
I saw him w Feat at Aragon Ballroom in 78 fantastic band fantastic show fantastic singer songwriter
"I don't sell records, I make them." What a great line. I bought the CD package of Little Feat's first five Albums/CDs. I've been playing them almost exclusively in the car. A great study in awesome, clever, rock and roll boogey music. Just a blast, Lowell was the man. The whole band was just fantastic.
Yes. A GENIUS.
“Roll em easy!”
Lowell passed away a mere 6 weeks after this interview....I feel sadness every time I listen to this...A soft spoken musical genius...RIP Lowell, your music will endure forever...
Not six weeks. You might be thinking of the date of the Tribute concert at the Forum in LA in August - Lowell died on June 29th, so soon after this interview!
2 weeks exactly...
heartbreaking
exactly 14 days later, what a great singer songwriter@@papagreenemusic
This interview on the day i was born.
Great and inspiring musician and an intelligent, articulate man. A sad loss indeed.
Miss u in this life ,I am sure u are in paradise.
Most excellent
+Forrest George I believe this is from a rebroadcast in the early 80's. You can clearly tell where it has been edited. I believe WXRT ran a full show on Little Feat around the Hoy Hoy release, and used portions of this interview in that show.
Love Love Love
Such an awesome guy and such a tragic loss.
I miss Lowell George like I miss 2nd grade. Rest easy RIP
Lowell George died in 1979, the seemingly permanent end of the band prompted Bonnie Raitt to say, “I miss Little Feat like I miss being five .
love that acoustic solo version of CHINA WHITE. Great interview! RIP Lowell
Always, my favourite Rock Band......
Mr earlthis is priceless...the feat came along at the right time for me.....and the sudden death of lowell stil ratlles my soul....any new thing I find about the feat...and especially lowell I cant get enough of.....how you came upon all this???? I cant fathom....but send out whatever you can find....
Thanks Jack! I help out with a internet radio show with Lowell's son Forrest. It's called "The Little Feat Show" and can be found at DeepJams.net
We focus on the Lowell-era Little Feat, that includes studio rarities & rarely heard live tracks, along with well known favorites. We do it every Saturday from 12pm to 4pm Eastern, 11am to 3pm Central, 10am to 2pm Mountain, & 9am to 1pm Pacific. For our listeners in the UK, Saturdays 5pm to 9pm, Europe 6pm to 10pm, & in Japan, Sunday morning from 2am to 6pm. And for Australia, Sunday morning from 4am to 8am. I also hope you can stop by visit our Facebook page facebook.com/groups/TheLittleFeatShow/
"I don't sell records I make 'em"! What a humble guy! RIP
I saw Lowell for the last time at the show at Stage West in West Hartford a week after this interview.Two earlier shows before that in 1978 at Woolsey Hall in New Haven and in 1978 at the Civic center in Springfield Mass were three times in my life I was truly blessed.
What was his set list like...just old Little Feat stuff, or did he do a lot of his solo album?
@@timwhite5647 It was a long time ago, and I am not 100% sure this set list is correct. His short solo tour was pretty much the same songs every night. Starting with a Horn Intro into Fatman in the Bathtub, What do you want the girl to do?, Can't stand the rain, Easy money, Rocket in my pocket, A Apolitical blues, Two trains running, Dixie Chicken, Twenty Million things to do, Roll Um easy, Willin' and Spanish moon . I'm sure someone that knows more than I will correct/ update my list.
@@joeh7581 I think one or a few of his shows are on youtube.
Great job uncovering this!!
I don't care what anyone says, Lowell was genius and original talent and yes, he had a flaw,as does everyone. Nobody played like him...just a few notes here and there but the notes that matter...Him and Kossoff....man, nobody could get near those guys in terms of feel and economy.He was a gift to us and don't forget it....
And never will. The population should know about their talent . A revival concert for them should be formed so they can be re recognized .
I've always maintained that the amount of emotion a note can carry is directly proportional to its length. I heard a story about Duke Ellington going to see a young band at a club. The band were blowing a storm to show off to him. Backstage later, the band asked Duke what he thought. "Boy," he said, "you guys sure play a lotta notes."
The 13th note is the one guitarists in particular seem to learn last, if ever. A local guitarist asked me what the 13th note is. I said, "It's the one where you STFU."
I would add Duane Allman
"my sweet china white. she ain't here tonight". Lowell George R I P.
You brother, will always be in our ears.
I was there. It was taped by my Sony D6c & I can tell it was a 2 man Group still. I was in good w/the Sndmn at a club in DC-ADAMS. When Blues Busters was still a Duo: Paul & Catfish Hodge- I was plugged into the Sndbd & it was perfect in every way. I taped Live AID & I didn't let a Single Song get cut. That's sloppy. Anyway, Paul intro'd 1-"I wrote this for Bonnie
- she didn't want it so WE did it: 'I been down but not like this be-fore'(Dream)". Later "This is for Lowell; wherever you are:" & into the most beautiful version of Willin'. BIG, angry, sad Tears fell that night. I don't know if that was the 1st -3rd time that Duo'd played for a group of people but it WAS still a little awkward- not screwed up, but a little bit awkward.
They did a lot of Paul's Songs 'If The Phone Don't Ring', et al & others from 'On My Own Two Feet', stuff that wound up on the 2 Blues Busters LPs on the Landslide label out of Savannah Georgia if not mistaken. Mostly Feat, Dixie Dregs & the same Babes as well: Bonnie, Emmylou, Linda, Nicolette Larson (she's on a LIVE American Bandstand that's just fantastic! It's Paul, Kenny Gradney & (from Paul's 'List' & caliber) Bobby Lakind. The others -?
... I saw them twice in the 70's with LG... they were so great that I'm not sure mere language can express what they captured live onstage...
Lucky you!!! I just discovered Little Feat / Lowell George 2 years ago! I'm loving' it! I truly appreciate Lowell's talent....
Same. I saw them once and yeah....with Bonnie Raitt. LOVE.
.... "Robbed me blind"... There are no words to tell you, Lowell, how much you have greatly improved my life, my children"s lives, my patient's lives. Thank you. It was the honor of my life the see you play at the Paradise in Boston 6 days before you left us. Peace and Love to all!
Love your musicianship Lowell.!!
the best ehuman that ever was, adore everything about him. he was a gift
I was at the Feat's last performance- (Lisner Auditorium). D.C. was a major fan base back in those days- or to quote Lowell, while on stage, "you folks are crazy"- (it's on "Waiting For Columbus" at 1:00:53).
Were they playing a lot of shows when they were up in Cockeysville recording? I have always been fascinated by that part of history. I ended up spending a year living in Harrisburg PA and delivering sheet metal parts to Boston and drove through that area many times. It's all strip malls now but I bet it was really nice back in the day!
The World misses men like Lowell. Music for art's sake, money for God's sake. What a great Muso he was, no one better on the 11/16th spark plug socket or the medicine jar (White China)
Lowell is the king of swamp slide boogie blues with smooth vocals
Two weeks after this interview, he dies, RIP Lowell.
What a tragedy. ;(
tears, he's sorely missed.
a pure full talent .... lowell george r.i.p.
Ironically the actor who told Bill Payne that he wanted to play Lowell George in a Little Feat movie, died the exact same way as Lowell, doing speedballs...John Belushi would of made an award-winning Lowell George. Those two were my absolute favorites... RIP Lowell & John you are dearly missed....
Omg, he died just 15 days after this interview. He was such a big influence on so many others.
Never posted about anything like this before and maybe these are just ramblings never to be read by anyone. I always wondered why more didn't see the magic that we all see/saw in Lowell's and Little Feat's music. I'm also a huge Duane Allman and Frank Zappa fan all before I knew they collaborated at different times. But I gotta say there's something intimate and personal about loving Little Feats music as much as I do and I didn't have to share that love and passion with the whole world like if I was a nut about the Beatles or U2 or other mega stars. It's like, the passion lives with us in a small group of admirers and it felt like when I was a kid I knew Lowell and all the bandmates through their music and it was very personal. And, the memory of what that music meant to me and all of us is shared in a small group of really cool friends. One thing I've never seen: a negative comment or thumbs down about Lowell or Little Feat, who else can claim that?
I agree. It's music that is soulful, yet fun too.
Just posted his quote on sucess....brilliant.....not money...money helps but something you really enjoy is success
Lowell George - Genius and Great Guy
Very honest assessment of what happpened. Doesn’t sound like there was animosity. It’s only natural for musicians to want to branch out and try new things.
Ha..." I don't sell records, I make them."
Btw-if anyone is interested - Daniel Grooms was highly involved in the affiliated indie Radio Stations & XRT is probably one of those. His channel has a treasure trove of that era & every thing but The Roches it seems. I thank both of you.🤔🎼👍🥀🤷♂️🌹🐄💨
From what I remember...This was shortly before his death. Cool songs. Great guitarist. An American welsh wordsmith.
Great channel! Long live the feat!
+Little Feat Thank you! Though your channel is better. Long live the Feat!!
(I'd love to have one of those embroidered looking jean jackets w/I think it's the Sailing Shoes cover on the back as a group walked by me on a payphone in Rockville in '80-'81, but I could be wrong. It happened once before....
Success, well they're still playing his music and we're still listening all these years since he's been gone.
EXCELLENT CHANNEL - Thank you!
People leaving negative messages about this interview this man was amazing .as was the band ...he did have problems. But you can't sing the blues like the way he did without living the life .China white for example. .man's was a legend..
Was turned onto Feat at their 1st record, bought each thereafter as it came out. Fortunate enough to meet him when Feat played in Madison.
Wow, this was like two weeks before he died. Sad, and I still miss his genius.
He was genius.
interesting the interviewer did basically an epithet about the band Little Feat in this interview... giving the impression that LF was over and implication that maybe LG was 'responsible'? hmmm don't like the way this interview went, thank you very much John Platt (NOT!) maybe that was a bad crash point for him. I think I'd be perturbed if I heard that.
... and 14 days later LG was dead. The hole in my gut still exists.
me too.......
I feel the same. ;(
me too. I loved him, gone way way too soon.
Lowell seems like a super cool dude! I'm just discovering his music with Little Feat and just bought his "Thanks, I'll Eat Here" CD
Really miss this man ....
Amazing version of ‘China White’ at the end of the interview.
RIP Lowell, I wish I was alive when you were
Lowell formed and led this Great band and we just saw them minus Lowell, Richie and Paul RIP. So after being blessed to see hear and experience Feat. One must wonder RRHOF?How can you not have LITTLE FEAT in the Hall?
Lowell never had commercial success but he became a legend.
all the time people say they miss famous people that have passed away...i do miss lowell.
I'll never understand why so much brilliance in the 60's and 70's burned to brightly and flamed out way too soon.
Just don't think it's something you need to die trying.
George was extremely talented, but I thought the interview was ponderous and boring.
I’d be interested in hearing details about his having been a member of the Mothers of Invention for a spell in the late 60’s.
I did manage to catch Little Feat once in concert.
They opened for Traffic in 1974 at Boston Garden and rocked the place.
💔
Is there a good documentary on this genius?
not that I've seen...bits pieces here there online
Thier is a book. Rock and roll doctor.
If we could we would change that day .
Little Feat had success even without much radio play. Radio is notorious for promoting superficial crap even though the 70's was the best time to go against the grain. Even the Grateful Dead didn't get any real exposure on radio. Truckin' and Casey Jones were the only two songs that I remember on radio back then. Who picked those two songs? Even the Dead didn't play them live often. Before the Internet, radio and TV were the way bands gained exposure, they didn't really do a good job educating the public on good meaningful music.
Damn, he passed two weeks later. RIP.
After hearing this...Had to put on one of my favourite Feat Discs - Holland 76’. Only sayin’✌🏼
Where else had they played - The Birchmere? I don't think it would be many more than that few. I listened to that Show All The Time driving across the Country or whatever. It was a little shaky - I REMEMBER Paul introduce themselves "Blues Busters- Comin' atcha!" It's engrained in my mind 'cause I listened to it weekly at least. The only thing I thought was stupid was Hodge doing a skat type yodeling Zoobadee zoobadah, yeeyodelodello-type stuff like Minnie the Moocher's Singer in the Blues BROTHERS. I can't recall his name this second but that general yodelling was a little unsettling to me. Other than that (& we're talking about early '80s- how many Shows as a Duet do you have that were before Adams'? It's not many & Paul w/a light colored Strat & stinging licks- zip!🎶 "Ah!" Hodge Acoustic sat to S-L of Paul.
Feat i love so
Yees! Do you have any more interviews?
+Daniel Arbiter , I have the WHCN '79 and WHFS '74, and KLOL '77 show announcement on my youtube page. Unfortunately, that is all I have for the moment. I'm always archiving tapes and hard drives, so something might pop up. Keep checking in, and Thank you!
i'm loving this,but the chopped onions are getting to me, bad. gotta go now.
This must be his last interview, He died on July29, 1979.
Little feat were stars to me, had seen them new years eve of 79 in Houston, one of my all time best concerts ( even though Jerry Jeff Walker was backing them up that night and he was drunk as hell on stage and sounded like crap)
Lowell has gone fishin
Great to hear Lowell explain' the process'. The solo show's were great as was the solo album, but the thought of Lowell reuniting the 'feat' without Paul & Bill was far more exciting. The shame is the rest of the fella's continue to flog a dead horse(after Lowell/Richie's death) until it smells..
+Stephen Reynolds The die-hard fans who enjoy their shows would disagree. People are clamoring for seats at The Warner Theater in DC, where a lot of Little Feat magic happened in the '70s. The band never fails to pay tribute to Lowell & Ritchie. There's a lot of love in the Little Feat family.
There are musicians and there are musicians that know or knew how to play and make the damn hair stand up on your body, chill bumps, Lowells' playing and the band together for that matter knew how to do this effortlessly. And their recordings still do and Im really glad Paul is still going further!
saw them every time the played the warner,till we lost him.
No shame at all Stephen. We loved the old Feat and we love every incarnation of the band since then. The alternative of a world without Little Feat is just way too sterile. The flame they lighted still burns and will burn for many many years to come.
A highlight of my entire life. I was the stage manager of The Warner Theater at the time. Those Little Feat shows at The Warner were easily some the best live shows I've ever seen. Just incredible how tight the band was. They really got that place rockin'. There were times when I was afraid the balcony would collapse. There was so much dancing and stomping and jumping up and down!
Fred Tackett put a pretty fair band together
"and cocaine has robbed me blind"
I’ll echo Bonnie Raitt….. “I miss Little Feat like I miss being 10 years old.”
I wonder where he would of went with his career trajectory...I wonder if he would've of went more towards a Danny Lanois kinda of sound. Definitely a producer type perhaps...hard to say. More like Steely Dan or even what Raitt end up doing in 10 years time.
Catch you on the other side of this life lowell where I'm sure as my name, jimi, Janis (bird song), jerry, Paul butterfield, pig pen, marc an tommy bolin, Otis Redding Johnny winter Stevie Ray Vaughan, duane allman (sky dog) greg allman, berry Oakley, john Bonham .........ect its one big fuckn party an concert.in my time in my time i will roll roll roll.
nicolette larson was awesome, even if only for that one great song, the first hit i recall....she was just too damn cute,- and obviously smart! and it must have been nice for her!
he hardly contributed to feats Hero album.
So what.
@@matthewcollins5344 Great reply! "So what."
Another doing drugs down and out story. Sadness truly is a river of pain.