Under-appreciated is the word I'd use. @@davedawave4705 Downbeat magazine had a section called "artist deserving wider recognition". Little Feat fits that like a glove.
This band with leader, Lowell George, was fusion tight and got it right by playing it loose and blended rock, country, jazz, soul, blues and gospel, all electric. I found out about their sound from college buddy in 1972. I saw this Feat line-up Live in mid 1970s. So this lineup is: Lead vocals/guitar Lowell George; drums Richard Hayward, bass guitarist Ken Gradney, guitarist-vocalist Paul Barrere, keyboard Bill Payne and conga player Sam Clayton. Great stuff, wish there was more, thanks!
+Mistertbones my old man used to allways rave about little feat and i just used to laugh but after whiskey + little feat playlist on youtube has made me a believer
I still have a 45 record with Fat man in the bathtub on one side and Dixie Chicken on the other side. And I still have a Little Feat 8 track tape that I wore out when I was a kid. But surprisingly, the record AND the 8 track tape STILL play. Yeah I know I'm still living in the 70's. 😂
Did you know Eric Clapton said he wanted his band to hear Feat to hear what a band should sound like? Dylan, Stones, Led Zep and others called them a "bands' band." UNDERRATED!!!!
don't matter what he's playing, Billy Payne is the greatest. I love how everyone just looks over and watches him when he solos. Plus he's the sweetest guy ever.
they were an AMAZING band live. I was lucky enough to see Little Feat 3 times, front row. A great show each time. Lowell George, I love you and miss you
Holy Krap..anybody hear the announcer saying they played this at 9.30 AM???!This is beyond doubt,one of the greatest bands ever to set foot on a stage-a truly unique take on pop music, mixed in w/ Some 'Nawlins 2nd-line Riddims. Lowell George was certainly key to their sound, likely the heart of the band-possibly the most soulful White Soul singer ever,plus a FABulous songwriter & slide Guitarist-seems like the Feat were never the same after he passed.Still miss ya,Lowell.
Little Feat Fat Man in the Bathtub Lowell George slide & vocals Bill Payne keyboards Paul Barrere guitar Ken Gradney bass Sam Clayton congas Rich Hayward drums whistling Bob Harris BBC Old Grey Whistle test thanks for posting nutty
Saw Little Feat at Auckland Town Hall, New Zealand in the 70's. About the best show I've ever seen. Still one of my favourites. Not sure if it's true or not but someone once told me that Mick Jagger once described Little Feat as the "greatest little rock and roll band in the world.".
I saw them in 1975, general admission @ Wesleyan. I stood against the stage, could almost grab Lowell's leg from where I was. One of the best shows that I ever saw. And I saw some great shows, including seeing Genesis do The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (on Broadway in NYC!), and many Grateful Dead shows including the New Haven May 1977 show. Little Feat was a fantastic band, so sorry that Lowell died so young. Hearing that he died was like when I heard Belushi died or John Lennon died. A gut punch. For my high school yearbook picture I used the caption: "You bring the guitar, I'll bring the wine, We'll blow out our speakers just one more time."
Every now and then someone comes along that is just a little better than everyone else. There were lots of good groups out of this time period. But only one Feat. Know one else played this style of music, this good, this available.
What can I say? Best version I´ve heard! Heard everything and been to several concerts with them for 30 years. Unfortunately im still to young to have heard ´´em live with Lowell! Have never been and will never be anything like them. A band full of talent growing together in total symbiosis. Love! Bands like this are just a few in music history!
one of my fav all time bands ..and some of the nicest musicians on the planet ..had the opportunity to wrap with paul and richie....what an honor that was....
Thank you for setting the record straight. Toussaint and the Meters were a big part of the success of that LP. The Slppin Sally parts of the LP would be played during Little Feat LPs at parties that I attended in Louisiana.
It's good to see Lowell in his prime and the band at it's peak. It got a lot worse for them as it progressed - the ravages of time and fortune - but this stuff is golden! Hell, almost everything they did was tighter than a fly's butt musically and off the charts technically - literally, off the charts, no bank. Sad story, but a great teaching tool.
Moi, je l'adore!!! I love it!!! J'adore ces beaux souvenirs de ma jeunesse pendant les années 70. I love these wonderful memory's of my youth during the seventies.
9:30 am and they still look as high as they could be! I love this band soo much!! My folks played them all the time when I was growing up and they were one of the bands I never grew out of, or not liked throughout all of my phases of music listening in my short 30 years here.
OH MY GOSH. I cannot deal. This is phenomenal. Lowell you bring on the effing heat. SO talented. I saw him and his band, they opened for Bonnie Raitt 1976, East Lansing MI. God. I loved this band.
Ah, the memories...Whispering Bob, one of the classic OGWT shows. I was lucky enough to have been a very early Feat freak and to have been present at the legendary Rainbow concert in '75 when they opened for the Doobie Bros. and completely blew them away. For me, at the time and for some years thereafter, the greatest band in the world!
Thank u so much. Saw the Feat at Parkhead (Glasgow) in 76 then at newcastle in 77. Lowell was a huge talent and seen here at his best. Taught so many other how to sing!!!
I saw this on old grey whistle test jan 75, /and saw them in 70s/ one of my all time fave bands ./lovethis song, band/Lowell George ;soulfull vocals, master slideman, /wonderful memories
loved little feat since hearing 1st lp in 71; saw this at time ; and saw them with Lowell whenever they were in uk in 70s; played all genres; Lowell ; genius slide and vocalist [and much missed]
I was at one of the concerts during hat package tour! Seventeen years old, it was a massive and impressive experience. Got me hooked on their music for good, as well as the music from the other bands in that tour. Doobie Bros, Bonaroo, Montrose, Graham Central Station, Tower Of Power... Still listen to all of them on occasion.
Actually it was only Lowell George, not the whole band. The album was recorded at Sea Saint Studio in New Orleans with backing of The Meters. Lowell and Alan Toussaint contributed songs as well. Great album!
These guys are still playing good shows. Never could replace Lowell, of course, but they still rock. Got to give it up to these bands who are around after decades, back on the road and kickin it.
Lowell George - his genius echoes over the years. I saw Little Feat 3 times at the Orpheum in Boston, front row each time courtesy of Debbie Chase, my dear friend who worked for Don Law. I cried when Lowell George died... such a loss, such a great talent... I still miss him. Mark Diaz
Is that an 18mm half-inch drive socket he's using for a slide? Whatever it was, Lowell George could play slide guitar and then some. In my opinion, the song that preceded this one on OGWT (Rock n Roll Doctor) is one of the all time great live performances. If only there'd been a live audience too. Ah where has the time gone...
Lowell George used a Sears & Roebuck Craftsman 11/16ths socket wrench as his slide. Lowell said that to get a certain bottleneck slide guitar sound needed the neck from the right glass bottle - which is difficult to find, and may get broken. So he used the socket ( right material and weight for him) because they were available almost anywhere in the U.S. Nerd Note: apparently Lowell had to wrap Gaffer tape (sticky side "out") on the inside of the socket to make it fit his little/pinky finger just right!
Lowell George was so cool!!! What a great, funky band! Of course, remember this was the age of Doctor John, Wilson Pickett, Bonny and Delaney and so many more...
Yes!! Little Feat were a very unique band back in their day had a funky sound all their own.. I bought three or four of their albums they never got real big but had a strong loyal base of fans.. Robert Palmer made a few early albums with a few of Little Feats band he was real funky early on too
Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley is an excellent album and is nothing like the slick FM college rock which Palmer had his major hits with later on...All FEAT fans are already probably aware of it and Pressure Drop, probably Palmer's best albums.
Used to work in a music store where we commonly referred to Little Feat as Southern Toto. Just tight as can be, but with a southern groove. Great Stuff
Not to boast, but Lowell gave me my first rock guitar lesson. He gifted me three lessons after letting him use my Grammar Ace guitar for a session with Keith Richards. Yeah, I loved him.
![Little Feat • “Fat Man in the Bathtub” • 1976 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/uRhMgIztVpc/mqdefault.jpg)
One of the most underrated bands of all time. This is a great song.
I saw Little Feet at Doug Westons Troubador on the Sunset Strip
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Not underrated.
Criminally underrated.
Still underated
Under-appreciated is the word I'd use. @@davedawave4705 Downbeat magazine had a section called "artist deserving wider recognition". Little Feat fits that like a glove.
Sure miss these guys, RIP Lowell, Richie and Paul.
Words can't describe how good this band was!!
Got the chance to see them way longtime ago....
Saw them in London way back mid 70's, the curent line up is just as good.
me too .... on acid
Just saw them today, 17 Aug 2024. Bill Payne has the chops, and Sam and Kenny have the pocket. The band is still REAL good.
This band with leader, Lowell George, was fusion tight and got it right by playing it loose and blended rock, country, jazz, soul, blues and gospel, all electric. I found out about their sound from college buddy in 1972. I saw this Feat line-up Live in mid 1970s. So this lineup is: Lead vocals/guitar Lowell George; drums Richard Hayward, bass guitarist Ken Gradney, guitarist-vocalist Paul Barrere, keyboard Bill Payne and conga player Sam Clayton. Great stuff, wish there was more, thanks!
I saw this lineup in 77 at the Tower, what a show, what a band
Lowell George is easily one of the most underrated guitarists of all time. RIP Lowell.
Mistertbones along with Little Feat being an underrated band
+Mistertbones my old man used to allways rave about little feat and i just used to laugh but after whiskey + little feat playlist on youtube has made me a believer
And an underrated singer and songwriter.
Singer,songwriter,arranger,producer,guitarist extrodinaire. What couldn't this guy do.Also played a mean harmonica.
@@JSTX9216 ..Ry Cooder?
Never gets old.... and never forgotten. Insanely entertaining band of brothers.
Love everything they did. Great band, one of America’s finest.
Waiting for Columbus is one of the top live albums ever.
Love the FEAT❤
One of THE best live albums...ever!
Right and Tower of Power Horn section smokin
Such an underrated band! Jimmy Page once said they were his favourite American band
It should be noted that at this point in time he regretfully doesn't recall that sentiment but hopes that it's true.
Yes so sad such great music sadly gone now
@@christopherbright1048the music lives on, as long as you listen to it. But sure is sad that Lowell George is gone.
I still have a 45 record with Fat man in the bathtub on one side and Dixie Chicken on the other side. And I still have a Little Feat 8 track tape that I wore out when I was a kid. But surprisingly, the record AND the 8 track tape STILL play. Yeah I know I'm still living in the 70's. 😂
What else can be said... BEAUTIFUL!
Little Feat seemed to always perform awesome each time they put on a live show. Can never get tired of all their versions, especially this song.
Geoff Gyro was this at The Catalyst?
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Did you know Eric Clapton said he wanted his band to hear Feat to hear what a band should sound like? Dylan, Stones, Led Zep and others called them a "bands' band." UNDERRATED!!!!
I love these guys. Especially Lowell George.
Rest in peace man. You are missed.
And the rest of these guys are still great in concert.
Lowell George was the best!
don't matter what he's playing, Billy Payne is the greatest. I love how everyone just looks over and watches him when he solos. Plus he's the sweetest guy ever.
Love this song ! Two thumbs up for Little Feat ! Great band ! Just love'm .
One of the most incredible live acts I’ve ever seen. Easily the greatest American Band ever.
Right there with the band
Yes they were!
Love the Feat, but that honor goes to the Allman Brothers.
one o' the great ones
if you don't love this, you probably don't have a soul!
rip lowell george
you got that right ...
dusk to +InfernusGate
A must have album: 'waiting for columbus'!!!!!@@
For sure!
839,300 people are too lazy to 'like' this!
What a great band. Timeless!!!
I am so privileged to have discovered the absolute master....Lowell George!!
Hello Rebecca, How are you doing?
Great song. Excellent slide work by Paul and Lowell, a great amount of percussion on there. A tremendous song!
This held a precise time in my life and this song is a time capsule. Love.
they were an AMAZING band live. I was lucky enough to see Little Feat 3 times, front row. A great show each time. Lowell George, I love you and miss you
Please make a movie about him. Jack Black would be the perfect fit. Too charismatic and important not to be paid tribute through film.
Excellent comment. I would wait in the rain to see that film done well....ring Russell Crowe & Johnny Depp....
Oh girl, you are so right.On both counts.Absolutely one of my all time favorites!
i've been saying that for nearly a decade, would be so perfect
Jack Black yes, but I thought it actually *was* Matt Berry! wychwoodfestival.com/line-up/images/content/small/2016/Matt-Berry-and-The-Maypoles.jpg
Yesssss, you are so right !!! It would need to start with Lowell working at the Truck Stop to get the "feel " of what molded this Musical Genius !!!!!
Easy money , two trains. Lowell George one of the greatest storytelling ever
Holy Krap..anybody hear the announcer saying they played this at 9.30 AM???!This is beyond doubt,one of the greatest bands ever to set foot on a stage-a truly unique take on pop music, mixed in w/ Some 'Nawlins 2nd-line Riddims. Lowell George was certainly key to their sound, likely the heart of the band-possibly the most soulful White Soul singer ever,plus a FABulous songwriter & slide Guitarist-seems like the Feat were never the same after he passed.Still miss ya,Lowell.
Saw the Feat twice here in Hawaii. One other member passed away not long ago. Great Band!!! RIP BROTHERS.
What a Band! Thank you Lowell, Bill, Richie. Paul & Sam.
You guys are the best, PERIOD!
Little Feat Fat Man in the Bathtub
Lowell George slide & vocals
Bill Payne keyboards
Paul Barrere guitar
Ken Gradney bass
Sam Clayton congas
Rich Hayward drums
whistling Bob Harris BBC Old Grey Whistle test
thanks for posting nutty
Juanita that's me.. Love this song
Saw Little Feat at Auckland Town Hall, New Zealand in the 70's. About the best show I've ever seen. Still one of my favourites. Not sure if it's true or not but someone once told me that Mick Jagger once described Little Feat as the "greatest little rock and roll band in the world.".
A lot of musicians thought they were great. And they were.
I saw them in 1975, general admission @ Wesleyan. I stood against the stage, could almost grab Lowell's leg from where I was. One of the best shows that I ever saw. And I saw some great shows, including seeing Genesis do The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (on Broadway in NYC!), and many Grateful Dead shows including the New Haven May 1977 show. Little Feat was a fantastic band, so sorry that Lowell died so young. Hearing that he died was like when I heard Belushi died or John Lennon died. A gut punch. For my high school yearbook picture I used the caption: "You bring the guitar, I'll bring the wine, We'll blow out our speakers just one more time."
Waiting For Columbus is and always will be one of my favorite albums. A party favorite for decades!
Lowell George, another great guitarist gone too soon ! Great band, great tune !
He plays slide guitar with a drumstick in one hand better than anybody else, too.
Every now and then someone comes along that is just a little better than everyone else. There were lots of good groups out of this time period. But only one Feat. Know one else played this style of music, this good, this available.
***** Could not have said it better myself.
You goddamn right.
Fuckin Lowell George.
It's not remotely southern rock.
It's New Orleans Rock ( with a serious dose of funk ).
What can I say? Best version I´ve heard! Heard everything and been to several concerts with them for 30 years. Unfortunately im still to young to have heard ´´em live with Lowell! Have never been and will never be anything like them. A band full of talent growing together in total symbiosis. Love! Bands like this are just a few in music history!
definitely a great band. They were really popular in the d.c. area and played often around here.
My all time favorite.
one of my fav all time bands ..and some of the nicest musicians on the planet ..had the opportunity to wrap with paul and richie....what an honor that was....
Great stuff! Whispering Bob Harris coming in at the end there. Bless him - good memories.
Thank you for setting the record straight. Toussaint and the Meters were a big part of the success of that LP. The Slppin Sally parts of the LP would be played during Little Feat LPs at parties that I attended in Louisiana.
This is such a spicy soup of goodness and good vibes. Hell of a band and LG always on form
It's good to see Lowell in his prime and the band at it's peak. It got a lot worse for them as it progressed - the ravages of time and fortune - but this stuff is golden! Hell, almost everything they did was tighter than a fly's butt musically and off the charts technically - literally, off the charts, no bank. Sad story, but a great teaching tool.
Fan-TAS-tic song! Thanks so much for posting. -- Brings back great memories!!!! (-:
Moi, je l'adore!!! I love it!!! J'adore ces beaux souvenirs de ma jeunesse pendant les années 70. I love these wonderful memory's of my youth during the seventies.
9:30 am and they still look as high as they could be! I love this band soo much!! My folks played them all the time when I was growing up and they were one of the bands I never grew out of, or not liked throughout all of my phases of music listening in my short 30 years here.
I've always loved this bands live sound, even more than in the studio.
Pure gold.
OH MY GOSH. I cannot deal. This is phenomenal. Lowell you bring on the effing heat. SO talented. I saw him and his band, they opened for Bonnie Raitt 1976, East Lansing MI. God. I loved this band.
Thanks for this! It's the gratest rock'n'roll band in the world! :)
Ah, the memories...Whispering Bob, one of the classic OGWT shows. I was lucky enough to have been a very early Feat freak and to have been present at the legendary Rainbow concert in '75 when they opened for the Doobie Bros. and completely blew them away. For me, at the time and for some years thereafter, the greatest band in the world!
Thank u so much. Saw the Feat at Parkhead (Glasgow) in 76 then at newcastle in 77. Lowell was a huge talent and seen here at his best. Taught so many other how to sing!!!
The best wake-up tunes E V E R ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! that is all.lol Enjoy your days.
Your very welcome
I do believe even Walken would be satisfied by Lowell's cowbell during Bill's Solo :-D
That would be true, except for... it's not a "cowbell"
@@billskuras7449 Lowell is playing cowbell at the beginning , Sam Clayton is playing the wood block ☮️☮️☮️
Just enough cowbell?🐮
Niice!
Saw them several months ago. They still jam with the
best of them as does Hot Tuna, another great 70's jam
band.
THE very best band live I EVER saw!
I saw this on old grey whistle test jan 75, /and saw them in 70s/ one of my all time fave bands ./lovethis song, band/Lowell George ;soulfull vocals, master slideman, /wonderful memories
loved little feat since hearing 1st lp in 71; saw this at time ; and saw them with Lowell whenever they were in uk in 70s; played all genres; Lowell ; genius slide and vocalist [and much missed]
I was at one of the concerts during hat package tour! Seventeen years old, it was a massive and impressive experience. Got me hooked on their music for good, as well as the music from the other bands in that tour.
Doobie Bros, Bonaroo, Montrose, Graham Central Station, Tower Of Power...
Still listen to all of them on occasion.
Actually it was only Lowell George, not the whole band. The album was recorded at Sea Saint Studio in New Orleans with backing of The Meters. Lowell and Alan Toussaint contributed songs as well. Great album!
had the opportunity to see them 5 times in the DC area in late 80s-early 90s and yep-super serious mojo!!
@BohemianConspiracy Good call! Excellent band.
(un)coincidently most of Little Feat appear on Robert Palmer's first solo albums
I thought it was the Meters. Either way!
Brings back wonderful memories. Thanks so much for sharing this treasure!
Saw the Feat at the Beacon in NYC with Tower of Power Horns backing them, EPIC CONCERT!
Needs more Cow Bell !!! >.
One of the best bands ever: it's not for nothing that Frampton,Mick Taylor and many rock=players liked LF: JUST LISTEN; it has everything
These guys are still playing good shows. Never could replace Lowell, of course, but they still rock. Got to give it up to these bands who are around after decades, back on the road and kickin it.
They got the Chicago curse losing the nucleus
Lowell George - his genius echoes over the years. I saw Little Feat 3 times at the Orpheum in Boston, front row each time courtesy of Debbie Chase, my dear friend who worked for Don Law. I cried when Lowell George died... such a loss, such a great talent... I still miss him. Mark Diaz
Is that an 18mm half-inch drive socket he's using for a slide? Whatever it was, Lowell George could play slide guitar and then some. In my opinion, the song that preceded this one on OGWT (Rock n Roll Doctor) is one of the all time great live performances. If only there'd been a live audience too. Ah where has the time gone...
Lowell George used a Sears & Roebuck Craftsman 11/16ths socket wrench as his slide. Lowell said that to get a certain bottleneck slide guitar sound needed the neck from the right glass bottle - which is difficult to find, and may get broken. So he used the socket ( right material and weight for him) because they were available almost anywhere in the U.S.
Nerd Note: apparently Lowell had to wrap Gaffer tape (sticky side "out") on the inside of the socket to make it fit his little/pinky finger just right!
Absolutely underrated ! Criminally so...GERT-TOWN FINEST ON BASS/PERCUSSION.NOLA RULES
RIP Lowell 😪 🙏 💜 🙏
Hello Eileen, How are you doing?
the BEST bar band in the world! a thirty year overnight success story, and I luv seein'em every chance I get!!!!
Little Feat is my all time favorite!!!
This is the video that got me hooked on Little Feat.
Thanks from Norway !! Little Feat is my favorite band
With and without LG
Love this song !!!!!
This the treat of all treats watching and listening to this great band.
Thanks for posting. Best Live band ever? Waiting for Columbus is certainly my favourite live album.
Oh sh*t I just realized that this is 44 years old. Still better than most of the music they're trying to inflict on us now.
Yessir, nutbrook, you get extra points for the GREAT quality here. Not sure what the points are worth, but you get my appreciation. Very cool.
The best ever! Saw them in Chicago @ the Aragon Ballroom in 1977.
One of the best songs and really good kicker in the gym for me, still in 2019!
My favorite band since 1976. Hey, it took a little while to get the cash for the album.
thanks for the video great band !!
Lowell was an awesome slide player and had such a great voice.
Long live the Feat
Peace...Jake
We miss you George! R.I.P.
Lowell George was so cool!!! What a great, funky band!
Of course, remember this was the age of Doctor John, Wilson Pickett, Bonny and Delaney and so many more...
you cant get any better than this
Yes!! Little Feat were a very unique band back in their day had a funky sound all their own.. I bought three or four of their albums they never got real big but had a strong loyal base of fans.. Robert Palmer made a few early albums with a few of Little Feats band he was real funky early on too
Thanks for the post Man.... Awesome...
Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley is an excellent album and is nothing like the slick FM college rock which Palmer had his major hits with later on...All FEAT fans are already probably aware of it and Pressure Drop, probably Palmer's best albums.
I just love this song !!
GREAT VIDEO!! THANK-YOU SKULLY FOR THE SHARE! LOVE, grandmafottz.
Where would we have been without Little feat and Rare earth in our lives?
Used to work in a music store where we commonly referred to Little Feat as Southern Toto. Just tight as can be, but with a southern groove. Great Stuff
Thank you so much for this rare gem!
Not to boast, but Lowell gave me my first rock guitar lesson. He gifted me three lessons after letting him use my Grammar Ace guitar for a session with Keith Richards. Yeah, I loved him.
This was a perfect rendition.
Love Bill Paynes keyboard stylings on this too, Just pure brilliant.
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never been a better more professional group orr as talented as these boyzzz