Little Feat

Join the Band

Press Release 
LITTLE FEAT THROWS A PARTY
WITH NEW “JOIN THE BAND”

Group Teams With Guest Artists Jimmy Buffett, Dave Matthews, Vince Gill, Chris Robinson, Emmylou Harris, Brooks & Dunn, Bob Seger, Inara George, Sonny Landreth and Others
Produced by Bill Payne and Mac McAnally

Album in Stores August 26th on 429 Records .

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Forty years into an iconic career that has produced dozens of wonderful songs and a host of admiring musical peers, Little Feat has united the two with a new release, Join the Band, that features some of their classic tunes – “Fat Man in the Bathtub,” “Dixie Chicken,” “Sailing Shoes,” “Oh, Atlanta” - re-recorded with creative friends like Dave Matthews and Jimmy Buffett among many others (see above), as well as new material like Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land.”

A distinctive and eclectic blend of rock, funk, folk, jazz, country, rockabilly, and New Orleans swamp boogie, Little Feat’s musical style was forged when Lowell George was fired from Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention and told to form his own band. Bill Payne, Richie Hayward and Roy Estrada joined with him to create Little Feat, a band that would continue recording, touring and transcending musical boundaries long after the tragic and premature death of its founder. “LITTLE FEAT: JOIN THE BAND” is in stores August 26th on 429 Records (Savoy Label Group).

JOIN THE BAND was an idea born in 2004 just after original Little Feat keyboardist Billy Payne had played on Jimmy Buffett’s chart topping album, License to Chill. Jimmy suggested flying the band out to his Shrimp Boat Sound studios in Key West to put together the all star project that had been planned for years prior. With the production team of Payne and Buffett associates Mac McAnally and Alan Schulman in place, the project began to take shape.

Just as it was impossible to easily categorize the sound of Little Feat, JOIN THE BAND is a true collaboration amongst stellar talents—the current members of Little Feat including Billy Payne ( keyboards), Richie Hayward (drums), Paul Barrere (guitar), Sam Clayton (Percussion), Kenny Gradney (bass), Fred Tackett (guitar) and Shaun Murphy (vocals) would often provide backup on songs sending tracks to artists giving them full reign over their contribution. Some songs such as Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” feature Little Feat members on vocals with guest artists Mike Gordon from Phish laying down the bass. The resulting confluence of Feat, Phish, Guthrie, blues folk and gospel creates a musical gem unique to the spirit of “JOIN THE BAND.”

Little Feat will be on tour throughout the Summer and Fall of 2008—dates TBA.

429 Records is a unit of the Savoy Label Group (SLG). SLG is the North American unit of CME (Columbia Music Entertainment), the oldest music company in Japan. The Savoy Label Group has evolved into a leading independent company in the adult music genres consistently outperforming competitors in key music categories as monitored by Billboard Magazine. SLG is lead by Steve Vining and CME is headed by Chairman Strauss Zelnick, founder of Zelnick Media which owns interests in and manages an array of media companies.

Little Feat is:

Paul Barrere  guitars, vocals
Sam Clayton  percussion, vocals
Kenny Gradney  bass
Richie Hayward  drums, vocals
Shaun Murphy  vocals, tamborine
Fred Tackett  guitars, mandolin, trumpet, vocals
Bill Payne   keyboards, vocals

LITTLE FEAT: JOIN THE BAND song credits:

Lead vocals are listed in order of appearance

DIXIE CHICKEN
Lead vocals: Vince Gill, Paul Barrere
Background vocals:  Paul Barrere, Shaun Murphy, Mac McAnally, Bill Payne
Guitars:  Paul Barrere slide & electric guitar; Fred Tackett  electric guitar; Sonny Landreth  slide guitar; Mac McAnally  acoustic guitar
Keyboards:  Bill Payne - piano; Michael Utley (Coral Reefer Band) - B-3
Bass:  Kenny Gradney
Drums:  Richie Hayward
Percussion:   Sam Clayton congas; Ralph McDonald (Coral Reefer Band) shakers

SOMETHING IN THE WATER
Lead vocal:  Bob Seger
Background vocals: Shaun Murphy; Mac McAnally
Guitar:s: Brad Paisley lead guitar; Paul Barrere slide guitar; Fred Tackett electric guitar
Fiddle:  Sam Bush
Keyboards:  Bill Payne  piano and B-3
Bass:  Kenny Gradney
Drums:  Richie Hayward
Percussion:  Sam Clayton congas

SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR
Lead vocal:  Paul Barrere; Shaun Murphy
Background vocals: Mac McAnally; Shaun Murphy
Guitars:  Paul Barrere slide guitar, electric guitar; Fred Tackett electric guitar; Mac McAnally acoustic guitar
Keyboards:  Bill Payne piano; Michael Utley B-3
Bass:  Jim Mayer standup bass & slap
Drums: Richie Hayward
Percussion:  Sam Clayton congas

FAT MAN IN THE BATHTUB
Lead vocal:  Dave Matthews
Background vocals:  Dave Matthews, Shaun Murphy
Guitars:  Sony Landreth slide guitar and solo; Paul Barrere slide guitar; Fred Tackett  electric guitar; Mac McAnally national guitar
Keyboards:  Bill Payne piano, B-3, synths
Bass: Kenny Gradney
Drums:  Richie Hayward
Percussion:  Sam Clayton congas

CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
Lead vocals:  Paul Barrere, Jimmy Buffett
Guitars: Fred Tackett electric guitar; Mac McAnally acoustic & high string
Keyboards:  Bill Payne piano, B-3
Bass:  Kenny Gradney
Drums & brushes:  Richie Hayward
The Whistler:  Paul Barrere

THE WEIGHT
Lead vocals:  Paul Barrere
Background vocals:  Fred Tackett, Shaun Murphy, Richie Hayward, Bill Payne
Guitars:  Paul Barrere acoustic guitar; Fred Tackett mandolin; Mac McAnally acoustic guitar
Banjo:  Bela Fleck
Keyboards:  Bill Payne piano; Michael Utley B-3
Bass:  Kenny Gradney
Drums  Richie Hayward
Percussion:  Sam Clayton tambourine

DON’T YOU JUST KNOW IT
Lead vocals:  Paul Barrere, Sam Clayton, Shaun Murphy
Background vocals:  Fred Tackett, Richie Hayward, Bill Payne, Paul Barrere, Sam Clayton
Guitars:  Paul Barrere slide & electric; Fred Tackett  electric guitar; Mac McAnally tic tac telly
Keyboards:  Bill Payne piano
Bass:  Kenny Gradney
Drums:  Richie Hayward

TIME LOVES A HERO
Lead vocals:  Jimmy Buffett, Bill Payne
Background vocals:  Paul Barrere, Shaun Murphy, Mac McAnally
Guitars:  Paul Barrere slide & electric guitar; Fred Tackett  electric guitar (w/pencil)
Pans:  Robert Greenidge (Coral Reefer Band)
Keyboards:  Bill Payne synths; Michael Utley B-3
Drums:  Richie Hayward
Percussion:  Sam Clayton congas; Ralph MacDonald tambourine & cowbell

WILLIN’
Lead vocals:  Ronnie Dunn, Kicks Brooks
Background vocals:  Mac McAnally
Guitars:  Paul Barrere electric guitar & slide solo; Fred Tackett electric guitar; Mac McAnally electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Pedal Steel: Duncan Cameron
Keyboards  Bill Payne piano; Mac McAnally B-3
Bass  Kenny Gradney
Drums Richie Hayward
Percussion  Ralph MacDonald tambourine & triangle

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
Lead vocals:  Paul Barrere, Shaun Murphy
Background vocals:  Mac McAnally, Bill Payne, Michael Utley, Alan Schulman
Guitars:  Paul Barrere acoustic slide; Fred Tackett electric guitar; Mac McAnally acoustic guitar
Keyboards:  Bill Payne piano; Michael Utley B-3
Bass:  Mike Gordon
Drums:  Richie Hayward
Percussion:  Sam Clayton tambourine

OH ATLANTA
Lead vocals:  Chris Robinson, Bill Payne
Background vocals:  Paul Barrere, Shaun Murphy, Sam Clayton, Mac McAnally
Guitars:  Paul Barrere electric guitar; Fred Tackett slide guitar & solo; Mac McAnally acoustic guitar
Keyboards:  Bill Payne piano
Bass: Kenny Gradney
Drums: Richie Hayward
Percussion:  Sam Clayton congas

SPANISH MOON
Lead vocals:  Sam Clayton, Craig Fuller
Background vocals:  Paul Barrere, Shaun Murphy
Guitars:  Vince Gill acoustic guitar solo; Paul Barrere slide guitar; Fred Tackett electric guitar; Mac McAnally acoustic guitar
Keyboards:  Bill Payne piano, B-3, synths
Bass:  Kenny Gradney
Drums:  Richie Hayward
Percussion:  Sam Clayton congas

TROUBLE
Lead vocal:  Inara George
Keyboards:  Bill Payne piano

SAILING SHOES
Lead vocals:  Emmylou Harris, Shaun Murphy, Paul Barrere
Background vocals:  Sam Clayton, Richie Hayward, Shaun Murphy, Mac McAnally
Guitars:  Paul Barrere slide guitar; Mac McAnally national guitar
Mandolins:  Fred Tackett, Sam Bush
Fiddle:  Sam Bush
Banjo:  Bela Fleck
Keyboards:  Bill Payne piano & B-3
Bass: Kenny Gradney
Drums:  Richie Hayward
Percussion:  Sam Clayton tamborine

Product Description
2008 album from the American Blues rockers. Easily one of the hardest working bands in show biz, today’s Little Feat is a seven-member powerhouse that ably carries on the group’s tradition in both the recording and touring arenas. Time has loved these musical heroes for more than three decades now, as have legions of fans and countless fellow musicians, many of whom they’ve played with over the years. In fact, this CD is filled with superstar collaborations with the likes of Dave Matthews, Sonny Landreth, Chris Robinson, Brooks & Dunn, Emmylou Harris, Bela Fleck, Jimmy Buffett, Vince Gill, Bob Seger and others. Proper.

Editorial Review
Forty years into an iconic career that has produced dozens of wonderful songs and a host of admiring musical peers, Little Feat has united the two with a new release, JOIN THE BAND, that features some of their classic tunes -- Fat Man in the Bathtub, Dixie Chicken, Sailing Shoes, Oh, Atlanta,” as well as new material like Woody Guthrie's This Land Is Your Land. This release features an all-star list of guest artists such as Jimmy Buffett, Bob Seger, Dave Matthews, Sonny Landreth and many others. 

Product Description
Little Feat's new release showcases the very best of their 40 year long career with a stellar list of guest stars (Jimmy Buffett, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris, Chris Robinson, Bob Seger, Vince Gill, Bela Fleck, Brooks and Dunn, Sonny Landreth, Mike Gordon (Phish), Jim Mayerand Inara George (Bird and the Bee)), capturing all the energy of one of rock's great live bands. 

USA Today article

Waiting for Columbus

Amazon.com
This 1978 live album remains a serious contender for one of the best live rock albums ever etched, standing toe to toe with live classics from the Band, Allman Brothers, and the Who. Recorded during concerts in London and Washington, D.C., Waiting for Columbus vividly captures the L.A. sextet at a crossroads between its swampy mid-'70s fusion of blues, country, and New Orleans R&B, and the more eclectic jazz accents introduced later in the decade. If the late Lowell George's influence had diminished in the studio, his presence dominates here in rowdy, righteous vocals, the mercurial tang of his indelible slide guitar, and a set-list laced with his songs. While still riveting in its initial, abridged CD release, this remastered two-disc edition expands and resequences the songs into a full concert set, with encore. Two deleted tracks are further augmented by 10 additional performances to make this a definitive edition of a classic album that really will boogie your speakers away. --Sam Sutherland

Product Description
Deluxe edition of Little Feat's classic 1978 live album plus 10 bonus tracks (7 of them previously unreleased). Disc 2 features the previously unissued outtakes 'One Love Stand', 'Rock And Roll Doctor', 'Skin It Back', 'On Your Way Down', 'Walkin All Night', 'Cold, Cold, Cold', 'Day At The Dog Races' & 3 outtakes first issued on Hoy Hoy! 'Skin It Back', 'Red Streamliner' & 'Teenage Nervous Breakdown'. Slipcase.

Personnel
Paul Barrère - guitar, vocals
Sam Clayton - congas, vocals
Lowell George - vocals, guitar
Kenny Gradney - bass
Richard Hayward - drums, vocals
Bill Payne - keyboards, synthesizer, vocals
Mick Taylor - guitar ("A Apolitical Blues")
Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons - backing vocals ("Red Streamliner")
With the Tower of Power horn section:

Emilio Castillo - tenor saxophone
Greg Adams - trumpet
Lenny Pickett - alto saxophone
Stephen "Doc" Kupka - baritone saxophone
Mic Gillette - trombone, trumpet

Deluxe Edition 2002

The Best of Little Feat

THE BEST OF LITTLE FEAT contains 17 remastered versions of classic tracks released between 1971 and 1998 and follows the band's evolution from the Lowell George-led original to the modern-day incarnation that reunited in 1987 -- almost a decade after George's untimely death in 1979.

Arranged chronologically, the compilation features all of the Little Feat signature songs including the New Orleans shuffle of "Fat Man In A Bathtub" and "Dixie Chicken," as well as the live versions of "Oh Atlanta" and "All That You Dream" from the group's stellar live album, Waiting For Columbus. THE BEST OF LITTLE FEAT also showcases the version of "Willin'" that appeared on Sailin' Shoes -- the group's 1972 sophomore album. Originally released on Little Feat's 1970 self-titled debut, the song was reworked and recorded for Sailin' Shoes with the Flying Burrito Brothers' pedal steel player, "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow.

THE BEST OF LITTLE FEAT opens with the twisted humor of "Hamburger Midnight," a song recorded in 1971 by the band's original line-up -- vocalist and guitarist, George; keyboardist and vocalist, Bill Payne; drummer, Richie Hayward; and bassist Roy Estrada. The remaining tracks capture the band's trademark idiosyncratic mix of musical styles including the scalding Southern funk brewed with New Orleans rhythms that drives "Tripe Face Boogie" and "Rad Gumbo," the mellow groove of "Fool Yourself" and the plaintive melancholy of George's slide work on "Roll Um Easy."

The collection also contains highlights taken from nearly a decade of music recorded after Little Feat reunited in 1987. Let It Roll, the band's comeback album, featured original members Payne and Hayward along with longtime Featsters vocalist and guitarist, Paul Barrere; bassist and vocalist, Kenny Gradney; and percussionist, Sam Clayton as well as two new members -- guitarist, Fred Tackett and vocalist, Craig Fuller. For the 1995 release -- Ain't Had Enough Fun -- vocalist Shaun Murphy replaced Fuller.

Bud Scoppa -- who earned a Grammy-nomination with his liner notes for Rhino's Little Feat box set, Hotcakes and Outtakes -- aptly characterizes the spirit of the album: "What's particularly striking about this collection is that, although it spans more than 30 years, every note and every word bears the unmistakable stamp of Little Feat. If you want to know what has made this band so special, here's your proof, skinned back to the real nitty-gritty."

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