Conference mr1pst::music

> I read in the most recent Rolling Stone magazine that Richie
> Hayward has left Little Feat, has anybody else heard anything?

I know that Heyward is currently on tour with Paul Rodgers' latest project
(with guitarist Neil Schon of Journey). They are appearing at the Paradise
in Boston on May 1st, performing stuff from the new album and older stuff
from Bad Company and Free.

alan

    Oh, man, a topic on just about my favoritest band on the face of the
    earth!
    
    I saw Feat many times in the 70's, prior to Lowell George's untimely
    death from excess.  I consider them to be innovators on the scale of
    Steely Dan and Monk.  Masters of slow rock.  Way cool slide guitar 
    playing: I ran out and bought a compressor for my guitar the day after
    I saw Lowell using one at the Orpheum in late 70's.
    
    The modern incarnation of Feat I also like, but IMHO they are not the
    innovators the original lineup were.  Lowell wrote memorable songs; 
    the more recent ditties are good, but not great, tunes.  
    
    Along with six friends, I made a trip some years back to catch the
    first reunion gig of Feat at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage
    Festival: The Radiators opened, followed by Feat with special guest
    Bonnie Raitt.  From what I can recall of that weekend, it was a great
    show: they played some old stuff, plus tunes off their album that had
    just been released.
    

    I want to hear more about how they managed to work a 60's rock
    band into an episode of F-troop!

On F-troop anything was possible.

    RE: .2
    
    Funny you happen to mention the Orpheum show ...
    
    I got off work one night and headed for a buddy's house where there was
    supposed to be a party going on. Unfortunately, it was my buddy's
    younger sister that was having the party. However, one of the kids
    had a ticket to a concert that night for sale for $5... none of them
    had ever heard of Little Feat... I grabbed the ticket and headed 
    in-town. The seat assignment on the ticket was a numerical code, so 
    I didn't know where I was going to be seated .... The usherette lead
    me down the center row until, much to never ending pleasure, she seated
    me in the very first row, where even more surprisingly, were several
    friends of mine (including the buddy whose house I had gone to
    earlier). This is/was/will_alway_be my very fav concert. To see LF
    from just a few _feat_ away was just the best... and when they all 
    came out to the front of the stage to to do "Don't Bogart That Joint"
    ... we didn't !!!
    
    Also, throughout the show, Lowell would walk offstage to the wings
    where I could see him do a few lines and a big hit of oxygen ... 
    
    
    /Billy_K

    The F-Troop episode was real. My mind is hazy on the details but it
    had something to do with bringing a "progressive" group from the
    East in to perform for the troops. The troops didn't care for the
    band so they were going to head home. I believe the Indians loved
    them and they did a gig for them. The end had everyone signing some
    paisley love song.
    
    On the concert front. I saw the Feat many times back in the early
    70's. Mostly at the Music Hall playing with either Skynard or ZZ
    top. I did see them one time in the Garden with I believe both
    Skynard and ZZ Top and then "Headliner" was Traffic. Very bizzare
    and diverse show to say the least.
    
    Jim C.
    
    

     If I remember correctly, Cpl Agarn (Larry Storch) was in charge of
     getting the orchestra for the Cavalry Ball. For some reason, the
     orchestra he originally booked couldn't make it, so the agent sent
     another band called The Bedbugs. Lowell George had most of the speaking
     lines, and even lip-synched a couple of numbers while playing an acoustic
     guitar. At the time, he was in a local LA band called (I think) The
     Friends of Distinction or The Fraternity of Man or something like that.
     It was the same band that did "Don't Bogart.." on the Easy Rider
     sound track.

     It's all too beautiful
     Neal
     

    'don't bogart that joint' was the fraternity of man.
    
    also, a dick van dyke show (i believe) had a group called
    the bedbugs in an episode.  i think it was chad and jeremy.
    i guess the bedbugs was a 'thinly' veiled reference to the
    beatles.
    
    saw little feat in the concert before lowell died.
    memory fades with age but i do remember a halloween
    concert with little feat that bcn broadcast live.
    (could have been the same concerts?!?)
    i have seen them a few times but can't recall details.
    it's tough to get old!
    i caught the current little feat on the nashville
    network the other night.  i missed the first half
    but they apparently did a 30 minute show (kind of
    austin ciyt limits-esque).
    
    i often order triped guacamole in restaurants :-)
    

    Interesting that the discussion should have come just before Nick actually
    aired that episode (last nite in fact).  This 'incarnation' would seem
    to be maybe just before "fraternity of man" (episode was dated 1967). 
    The band had a one word name that started with 'F' according to the
    credits.
    
    -jesse

    
    
    Can anyone confirm that LF will be playing at Hampton Beach
    this summer?  Dates?
    
    Thanks!!
    
    Meg

    
    
    
    Little Feat will be at the Club Casino at Hampton Beach on
    Friday and Saturday June 18th and 19th.  

    
     .11 says they're on tour, anybody know any other dates?

    I BELIEVE THE NAME OF THE BAND YOU'RE IN QUEST OF IS A FOLK ROCK BAND
    THAT LOWELL GEORGE AND RICHIE HAYWARD BELONGED TO IN THE LATE 60'S
    CALLED FACTORY.
    
    
       ROB..

    
    
    
    We saw Little Feat last night at the Cape Cod Melody Tent, from
    the second row, right next to the soundboard.  
    
    All I can say is - WOW!! A great show, a nice crowd and what
    has to be one of the tightest bands I've ever seen.  It was
    worth the 2 hour ride each way and the lack of sleep I'm
    suffering from today!!!
    
    

Can anyone tell me what album has "Dixie Chicken" on it? And/or can anyone E-mail
me the complete words to that song?

Thanks-

	Bob

    i think it is 'sailin shoes'.
    i have the vinyl.  i also believe the lyrics are on the jacket.
    will check over the weekend , if i remember ;-)
                                  

> Can anyone tell me what album has "Dixie Chicken" on it? 

Just a guess, but it's probably on the album entitled 'Dixie Chicken'.

(Of course, that's not a promise - for instance, both Zep's "Houses Of The
Holy" and Queen's "Sheer Heart Attack" are not on the albums with the same
name.)

> And/or can anyone E-mail me the complete words to that song?

I'll send ya mail - I think I can remember them off the top of my head.

alan

    alan,
    
    put the lyrics in the notes file.
    i want to see how good the top of your head is.
    
    willie 'i saw little feat a few days before lowell george died' ewing
    also saw roy orbison right before he died.
    things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Thanks, Alan and Willie.

Oh, and Willie- *please* don't ever come to see *me,* OK? Just in case?

Ta-

	Bob

    "Dixie Chicken" can be found on the album of the same name (studio
    version) and "Waiting For Columbus" (live version).
    
    							Brian

    
     Anybody know who's drumming for them now since Richie Hayward
    left?
    
     Anyone know if they're coming to the Tennessee/ Atlanta Ga.
    area?
    

    
    
    
    I saw them on July 9th and Richie Hayward was still the
    drummer.  As he left since?
    
    Meg

    
     I read in Rolling Stone magazine that he had left. This
    was before July 9th. They were reviewing a new release,
    possibly Buddy Guys last one, and referred to Richie as
    former drummer for Little Feat.
    
     Maybe it's true; you can't believe everything you read....
    
     PAW

    
     Now that I think about it, I wrote the basenote to find out
    about Richie having left the band, that was in April. 
    
     Maybe he didn't leave, maybe he left and came back, who knows?
    
    PAW

	Our own female singer (from Denmark) Sanne Salomonsen is in
	the process of making a CD with Little Feat! This is her
	chance to get world-wide recognition - not many from this
	small country get a possibility like this. It should be on
	the streets within two months or so. Just wait for it, she
	surely can wail...

	Go for it, Sanne!

	Poul

    
    The new CD is titled 'Language Of The Heart', available in the US in
    August. It has been out a few months here in DK; it sounds as expected:
    typical Little Feat, just with another singer - and I like it! The US
    edition is expected to picture Sanne Salomonsen with LF on the cover
    (which is not the case in DK). Sanne is 38, a redhair femme fatale
    with a thunderous stage charisma - she's now moving to LA in hope of
    recognition over there - in hope of $$$ also, I suspect. Oh well..
    
    Poul