Lowell George / Little Feat Retrospective

Lowell George ~ born April 13, 1945

The Credits:

Produced, engineered and hosted by Nick DiBiasio

Special guest co-host and co-producer Rick Bellaire

Thanks to Rick Moore, webmaster at LittleFeat.net

Very special thanks to founding member and keyboard player of Little Feat, Bill Payne, for his wonderful stories about the history of Little Feat and his dear friend, Lowell George.

The Music:

Opening Theme:

• Little Feat . All That You Dream . The Last Record Album . Warner Brothers

The Retrospective:

• Roy Estrada & The Rocketeers . Jungle Dreams (instrumental)
• The Young Savages . Sitting On A Plane . Earliest recording by Lowell George . Roulette 1966

Lowell George, Richie Hayward, Martin Kibbee, Warren Klein: The Factory 1967

• The Factory . Smile, Let Your Life Begin . Lightning Rod Man . Bizarre/Straight
• The Factory . Lost . Lightning Rod Man . Bizarre/Straight

• Zappa/Mothers Of Invention with Lowell George, vocals . Here Lies Love . You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol 5

Richie Hayward, Martin Kibbee, Warren Klein, Elliot Ingber, Lawrence Wagner: 1968

• Fraternity Of Man . Don't Bogart Me . Fraternity Of Man . ABC Records
• Fraternity Of Man with Lowell and Billy: 1969 . Mellow Token . Get It On . Dot Records

Lowell George, Bill Payne, Richie Hayward, Roy Estrada: 1970

• Little Feat . Strawberry Flats . Little Feat . Warner Brothers
• Little Feat . Willin' . Little Feat . Warner Brothers
• Little Feat . Truck Stop Girl . Little Feat . Warner Brothers

  Lowell, Billy, Richie, Roy: 1972

• Little Feat . Easy To Slip . Salin' Shoes . Warner Brothers
• Little Feat with Bonnie Raitt . Sailin' Shoes (live 1973) . Raw Tomatoes . Hot Tomato

phone conversation with Bill Payne, recorded on 4.16.05

Lowell, Billy, Richie, Paul Barrere, Sam Clayton, Kenny Gradney: 1973

• Little Feat . Roll Um Easy . Dixie Chicken . Warner Brothers
• Little Feat . Fat Man In The Bathtub . Dixie Chicken . Warner Brothers
• Little Feat . Oh Atlanta (Live) . Waiting For Columbus . Warner Brothers

  1975:

• Little Feat . Long Distance Love . Raw Tomatoes . Hot Tomato

  1977:

• Little Feat . Time Loves A Hero . Time Loves A Hero . Warner Brothers
• Little Feat . Day At The Dog Races . Time Loves A Hero . Warner Brothers

  1979:

• Lowell George . What Do You Want The Girl To Do . Thanks I'll Eat It Here . WB
• Lowell George . Find A River . Thanks I'll Eat It Here . WB
• Lowell George . Heartache . Thanks I'll Eat It Here . WB

  Lowell's final recording:

• Little Feat . Be One Now . Down On The Farm . WB

• Mephistopheles (featuring Fred Tackett) . Take A Jet

• J.D. Blackfoot (featuring Craig Fuller) . Angel

• Pure Prairie League (featuring Craig Fuller) . Fallin' In And Out Of Love > Amie . Bustin' Out . RCA

more phone chat with Bill Payne

Billy, Richie, Paul, Sam, Kenny, Craig Fuller, Fred Tackett: 1988

• Little Feat featuring Craig Fuller & Fred Tackett . Let It Roll . Let It Roll . Warner Brothers
• Little Feat with Shaun Murphy . Shake Me Up (live) . Raw Tomatoes . Hot Tomato
• Stoney . Let Me Come Down Easy . Motown single

  Billy, Richie, Paul, Sam, Kenny, Fred, Shaun Murphy

• Little Feat . It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry . Chinese Work Songs . Zoo

final bit of phone chat with Bill Payne

• Bill Payne (solo) . Sunday's First Light . Cielo Norte . Hot Toamto

Little Feat backing others:

• Nolan Porter with Little Feat . I Like What You Give
• Kathy Dalton with Little Feat . I Need You Tonight . The Amazing Kathy Dalton . Reprise
• Chico Hamilton with Little Feat . Stu . The Master . Stax
• Bonnie Raitt with Lowell & Billy . I Feel The Same . Takin' My Time . WB
• Tom Jans with Lowell, Fred & Billy . Gotta Move . The Eyes Of An Only Child . Columbia
• The Grateful Dead with Lowell . Good Lovin' . Shakedown Street bonus track . Rhino
• John Sebastian with Lowell . Face Of Appalachia . Tarzana Kid . Reprise
• Valerie Carter with Lowell & Billy . Back To Blue Some More . A Stone's Throw Away . Columbia
• Jackson Browne with Lowell & Billy . Your Bright Baby Blues . The Pretender . Asylum
• Linda Ronstadt, Nicolette Larson, Rosemary Butler with Little Feat . All That You Dream

Finale

• Jackson Browne . Of Missing Person (For Lowell) . Hold Out . Asylum
• Little Feat . Cold Cold Cold > Dixie Chicken . Ripe Tomatoes . Hot Tomato

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