thumbs up if you can wake up in bed alone tomorrow on monday gmt and praise the lord that there was a something called a little feat and you're not richard burton or raef fiennes or hugh grant or peter o'toole or alan (master)bates, or glenda in women in love, or the other hot one who no on remembers although glenda was steaming!!
Had a back stage pass to one of there shows when they were in Seattle. That live show like all the LP's are hot, tight and very much top shelf. One of my favorite bands.
By Far The most outstanding voice in ROCK! I Miss lowell everyday!waiting for columbus is absolutely,one of THE BEST live Lp's ever! I just picked up the cd!!!!!
Totally man! Lowell George is amazing! I've got Waiting for Columbus on vinyl (found at a flea market for $1) and it plays great and is easily the best album I own.
The tightest groove anywhere. Brilliant. Saw the boys on a Warners triple bill in Pasadena, 1970s, with Ry Cooder and Captain Beefheart. Oh, for a time machine!
@blackandtanful was on Wolfgang's Vault recently, looking at old concert posters. saw one for the Boston Garden in 1976, with Feat opening for The Band. I have not been able to track down another one. Saw the poster on a Prince video; I think it was for "Cream". Posted on a child's bedroom door was LF opening for Sly and the Family Stone! THERE'S your time machine shot!!
in case you didn't know Lowell used a Sears Craftsman 11/16" long socket as a slide, its how he got that killer sound, must take a real light touch, RIP Lowell
@dingoswamphead I'm thinking of seeing them soon, but I can't imagine them having a different drummer. Do you know who sat in that night or is he now considered a member of Little Feat?
@JimAdsit - I am ashamed to say I don't know his name, but I believe it is the guy who formerly was Richie's drum tech. I'd say it would be worth a shot.
@tillienut Right now, that "honor" holds as much stick as winning an American Music Award. What may have started out as a real attempt to recognize the giants of music has degenerated into a pure political event thanks to Jann Wenner. May he roast (in only a professional sense. Geez, I don't hate the guy) in hell for that.
@ajgum2001 I believe the Feat actually opened for the FS on a tour. THAT info, ironically enough, came from a concert poster from a Prince video from a few years ago. On Wolfgang's Vault, they have old posters and ticket stubs. There was one from Boston around 1976, showing Little Feat with The Band. How could that much talent be in one room, much less city?!?!?!
ONE OF THE BEST SONGS OF ALL TIME........This was my favorite selection of Little Feat......but the song in general........incredible music!!! To think that today when you turn on your radio.....you will most likely never hear this music.....is a crime. ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER WRITTEN AND PERFORMED!!!!
How come some people actually dislike this song? I reckon the two-minute intro is some of the finest rock musicianship ever, and the rest of the song is as near to f***ing perfect as makes no difference. What's not to like!! Listen to this every day and it'll sound better every time.
HAts Offf to piercethevale Little FEat Is ABsolutely UNIQUE....Forward this to all you know and at the end drink and toast to Richie HAYWARD R I P Miss you man Saw you many times Miss you more every day >>>>Dumb ass toads in Roc n Roll
induction. These buffons do not recognize pure talent life LF Doobs and LLobos
Indeed, the South did rise again with the like of Little Feat. All you yankees eat your hearts out. It makes you remember: Jazz, the Blues and yes Rock were ALL born in the South, PERIOD. And forget that they say the Heartland of America is Corn-Country, the REAL Heartland of America is overflowing with Cotton and Crawdads!
Keep your eyes on the road that's ahead of you............where are we going? There is such a dearth of such from from the gut music getting their deserving exposure that I am glad to know these guys have maintained just enough word of mouth(and ear) that musicians in development stages of their craft have have an idea of what can be done if you stick to your heart,
i really love bands like little feet and grateful dead that are at their best when playing live. then we get bands like dave matthews who are awesome on cd and think they are as good as grateful dead and little feet live, i dont think so! but dave matthews is still the man!!
This band was a jamband before it was even a genre. They define musical integrity, never sold their souls to have song after song on some top 100 list. They are right up in my top-handful of all-time favorite rock bands, much or their music is so timeless...my granddaughter has a namesake in one of their songs.
This is by far one of the best albums I've ever owned. Damn... just listen to that voice...puts me in a trance. Why are there not more original videos on here ? I can't stand any of the newer ones...the music just isn't the same. It does nothing for me at all while this moves the hell out of me.
This is by far one of the best albums I've ever owned. Damn... just listen to that voice...puts me in a trance. Why are there not more original videos on here ? I can't stand any of the newer ones...the music just isn't the same. It does nothing for me at all while this moves the hell out of me.
@dcsween2000 AMEN! To me Richie rates right up there with Herbert Hoover, Mamie Dowd Eisenhower, and Henry Wallace as famous IOWANS! Richie knew his way around a trap set and oh how he could harmonize! Hell Yeah, Richie R.I.P. and give the warmest regards to Lowell when you see him from Little Feat fans everywhere!
Here you have the essential Little Feat THIS Great Band is worth more, way more than the crap that is out there today, I still see them when the come round.
watching some Feats videos seeing as though they are playing 20 min from my house tomorrow for free. Seeing Lowell in white overalls, man what good memories of 4 of the best concerts I ever saw!, Miss him and SRV so much!
I'll go anyway, they still play some of these songs
this is just another reason I love this band... if you like country , with a boogie beat, they can't be beat. Like the Dead, their live songs blow away their studio albums ... and their studio albums are great.... ...plus these are good driving tunes
or some old Turk, gonna watch a few bits and take the boogie on down the road, fer chrissakes, kids, whose gonna entertain you now iffa you don' take the boogie, oh yeah, no more alcohol for you, into the frikkin' supermarket! Wake t.f.u. and boogie.
I heard of these guys back in the 80's from a Ry Cooder album advertisement and I always thought their album covers were kinda cool. So glad I remember them and found this song ! Thanks for posting, I'm off to buy me some Little Feat :D
@1DShoe The song just before this one was "A Day at The Dog Races", and Lowell absolutely hated that song and refused to be on stage when they played it. So he would go backstage and have some "refreshments" and go back on when they were done.
I was 17 in Australia when someone got me into Little Feat, loved them straight up!! Harboured dreams of seeing them live....then George left the scene. At that time I was dealing with stuff and it seemed the world had gone crazy.... to know I would never hear them again touched my soul deeply..such sadness....
I commented recently that M. Knopfler and S. Landreth had the best live intro I had heard in years, ( and believe me it's damofino good) but after listening to this jam, is it too late to maybe change my mind?!?! I almost forgot how well The Feats could cook! After a 2 minute funky intro from HELL, these bad boys just tore it up! What a band! You others who had the opportunity to catch 'em live know they ruled in the seventies, just the best live Band going! YT &nutbrook thks! Lowell RIP&ROS!!!!
Without the funk of Little Feat there never would have been a band like the Red Hot Chili Peppers...and they can only hope to be as funky as 'Feats some day.
This truly was a band powerful enough to turn goat piss to gasoline. So tight, so talented, so into the music just for the music. I fear we will never see the like of them again. That's the shame of it. Many may try but it will fall short of Little Feat at their finest. Sad, so sad, maybe some young turk out there will be inspired by Lowell and bring his vision back to life.
Dude. Loveley sentiments. Thing is - at their 'worst' - they were fucking brilliant... the world shunned their first two albums... gave them rock stardom for a while and then couldn't work out what the fuck they were doing on Waiting for Columbus (they assumed he'd lost "it"
I swear, some people wouldn't get good music even if you drew a picture to the remote control and filled their hard-drive with Beethoven, Hendrix and Owsley Acid.
@TheBitterWeed I had a 1974 Dodge "Bluesmobile" black and white with a killer sound system in 1981. The only tape allowed to rest in the player was Waiting For Columbus for 4 years. I am still trying to get some of the licks down right now. The best live album ever recorded by anyone. Musical genius at its best. No matter how many times I listened to it I never heard the first hiccup on any track. Perfection. The only way to determine it was a live show was to listen for the applause. Magic!!!
@TheGunslinger5854 Wikipedia says Lowell George later re-recorded his guitar and vocals on "Waiting for Columbus". Also it sounds like there was a lot of tension in the band between Lowell George's boogie and Bill Payne's jazz/rock and the usual songwriters' conflict, but out of it came a stupendously good live album and this song, one of the greatest song intros ever.
@TheGunslinger5854 Thanks for your comment that reeled-in throwback memories of the fine and, so far, unmatched analog sound quality of cassettes, along with other analog media, especially records. Indeed, "the only tape allowed to rest in the player" is another unmatched event that many can associate with. In some ways, we're "waiting for Columbus" to bring back Little Feat.
@TheGunslinger5854 Little Feat currently tours and they sound FANTASTIC. They have been flying under the radar now for 20 years and still creating amazing live music!! No lowell...but the spirit is still there... RIP richie hayward too.. GO SEE LITTLE FEAT they still make you dance your ass off!!!
@TheGunslinger5854 well i'm not a young turk but ummm...... i grew up on this type of music, along with janis and big brother, jimi, the doors. a myriad of classic jams spoon fed to me from the time i was a twinkle. im trying to get my crap together and become the musician i was always meant to be. wish me luck its a long way to the top when you wanna rock and roll
I only wish the concerts they took tracks from for the Waiting for Columbus album had been videotaped. One of the truly great live albums of all time. Sound quality from the Mobile Fidelity Soundlab recordings rivals almost any digital recordings of live music I have ever heard.
@TheGunslinger5854 Unfortunately those tracks for Waiting For Columbus where heavily overdubbed and processed. This video is a better portrayal of what Little Feat sounded like truly live, which is in fact, great as far as I'm concerned.
I was lucky enough to have lived in the DC area back then, got to follow the Feat but most importantly I was at Lisner Auditorium for one of the greatest live performances by anyone or group ... Little Feat ... which was later part of that best all time recorded album of all time "Waiting For Columbus".
You can still listen to it today, spectacularly recorded, and it feels as fresh and current today as it did then.
Was the same after LG passed, and now Richie is gone.
@1rewd1 I was also lucky enough to see them with Lowell twice and three times since he passed. Columbus has to be the all time greatest live album bar NONE!! If Lowell George and the rest of this band don't go to Heaven when they die I hope I have front row seats in Hell to watch them!!!
@TheGunslinger5854 Ya, Waiting for Columbus is an amazing album... apparently, tho, lots of overdubbing due to them being so wasted during the actual performances... no offense meant, of course...
I was fortunatate to see little feat at the Rainbow theatre in London in 1977 with the tower of power horn section. The best live concert that I ever went to. Please stop bickering
I got to see them at Seattle Paramount Theater. John Hall opened the show. It was a great venue for both bands( as theaters often are). My friend threw a joint to Lowell and he picked it up and nodded his thanks while never missing a beat. My kinda guy! I know there are those of you that think "GASP!" as he died young but c'mon; 1 joint of '70's ragweed probably did'nt push him over the abyss.
Call me a sad older fan, but I was lucky enough to see them at the Rainbow theatre in London in 1977, when I was just 17, the best live act that I have ever seen, or ever likely to see, and in those days I saw them all, David Bowie at Wembley being the worst. Little Feat had a very small, but very loyal following in England in those days, and still have
Nothing sad or old about it -- these guys were on everyone's list at the time as one of the best live bands in the world -- as this video shows. I only wish I'd experienced them as you had.
hi, Thank you for you message, yes I would concede that I was very fortunate to have seen bands like Little Feat particiularly at the Rainbow in London, sadly its gone now, but for sound quality it was amazing, really good
I used to, when I was younger and more prejudiced hehe, "judge" people...(did I think they were intelligent? did I want to be friends with them?) by whether or not they liked Little Feat!
Bill was always gracious and Richie the same. Lowell was kind and generous and what a singer! I'd rank Little Feat with Lynyrd Skynyrd as the best in the US at the time and both met tragedy at about the same time.
At Lowell's tribute concert in LA, Linda Ronstadt, Rosemary Butler and the late Nicolette Larson sang " All That You Dream" and it kicked ass. It's on Hoy Hoy if you're looking for it.
thumbs up if you can wake up in bed alone tomorrow on monday gmt and praise the lord that there was a something called a little feat and you're not richard burton or raef fiennes or hugh grant or peter o'toole or alan (master)bates, or glenda in women in love, or the other hot one who no on remembers although glenda was steaming!!
TheMillersTale2001 12 hours ago
Had a back stage pass to one of there shows when they were in Seattle. That live show like all the LP's are hot, tight and very much top shelf. One of my favorite bands.
anoldmusician 2 weeks ago
Really cloudy in the audience-must be smog.
mr22ron 3 weeks ago 2
Sweet! What a band of all-stars, containing one of the most underrated bass players going.
doogal1234 1 month ago 2
A third of a century on, sounds like it was performed this afternoon. Out-fuckin-standing.
Chigleybus 1 month ago
the best of the best!!
joseph47711 2 months ago
By Far The most outstanding voice in ROCK! I Miss lowell everyday!waiting for columbus is absolutely,one of THE BEST live Lp's ever! I just picked up the cd!!!!!
Had to give the vinyl a break!
SuperScotch23 2 months ago 2
@SuperScotch23 Concur!! That's it!
deano09able 3 weeks ago
@msoldhippie70
Totally man! Lowell George is amazing! I've got Waiting for Columbus on vinyl (found at a flea market for $1) and it plays great and is easily the best album I own.
MrTedhawkinson 3 months ago
saw these guys in 1976 in Milwaukee. Best album is Waiting for Columbus!
Buy that album and you're in heaven. Lowell George has 2 albums out of his own before he left us. I have one, "Thanks I'll Eat it Here". Try it !
msoldhippie70 3 months ago 2
i'd have to say I've watched/listened to this video 50 times, and I have a feeling this won't be the last one
umpete 4 months ago 2
need a studio version on here...
JacobsSilhouette 4 months ago
The Day the music Died for me was the day Lowell George left the planet... what a creative genius that guy was. Miss you Lowell!
KurtRussell1963 4 months ago 3
shit funky amazing
dlokmir 4 months ago
Sweet.
tandj34 4 months ago
Anybody else think Paul Barerre looks like a muppet at 2:16? That set me to laughin'. Great track otherwise.
BluesmanDave 5 months ago 3
最強のﾘﾄﾙ･ﾌｨｰﾄ"AllThatYouDream"バレルが刻み､ﾛｰｴﾙのスライドが翔び､要ﾘｯﾁｰのﾄﾞﾗﾑがズッシリ､ﾍﾟｲﾝが味付け～ひれ伏す!
blackandtanful 5 months ago
Can't think of a bar that Feat played, that sounded like it was lifted from anyone else!
EVERYONE in the band created an edge. Utterly timeless.
WackaJawacka 5 months ago
Senior year of high school! "Live at Rockpalast Germany 1977" Little Feat dream"
2000mmar 5 months ago
Outstanding. Just gets better with every listen.
Chigleybus 6 months ago
@Chigleybus
absolutely
dlokmir 4 months ago
The tightest groove anywhere. Brilliant. Saw the boys on a Warners triple bill in Pasadena, 1970s, with Ry Cooder and Captain Beefheart. Oh, for a time machine!
jonsilence 6 months ago 3
ﾘﾄﾙ･ﾌｨｰﾄ"ALL THAT YOU DREAM"(ﾗｲヴ)､ﾛｰｳｪﾙ･ｼﾞｮｰｼﾞのスライドは１発音で天空を翔る､そしてﾘｯﾁｰ･ﾍｲﾜｰﾄﾞの要ﾄﾞﾗﾐﾝｸﾞ!
blackandtanful 6 months ago
@blackandtanful was on Wolfgang's Vault recently, looking at old concert posters. saw one for the Boston Garden in 1976, with Feat opening for The Band. I have not been able to track down another one. Saw the poster on a Prince video; I think it was for "Cream". Posted on a child's bedroom door was LF opening for Sly and the Family Stone! THERE'S your time machine shot!!
mongoardath1 5 months ago
LITTLE FEAT.....GIANT PENIS.
bugeyes455858 6 months ago
in case you didn't know Lowell used a Sears Craftsman 11/16" long socket as a slide, its how he got that killer sound, must take a real light touch, RIP Lowell
905Alive 7 months ago
6 people wanting to be pushed off the face of the Earth
Mydachshund 7 months ago 17
Gabe Ford on Drums, yes formerlly Richie's Tech (rip richie)
VTFarmArt 7 months ago in playlist metallica
thumbs up if you listen this song in last scene of The Soprano's
rafallanero 7 months ago 4
i saw it live - never forget -
great performance - essen 1977
Cream1959 7 months ago
Do you think Paul regrets that beard at this distance? Glorious music
33338899 8 months ago
iTunes ain't got anything by these guys, wankers . . .
GeezerYoung 8 months ago
Is this performance what they call incomparable, or is it just genius...
Chigleybus 8 months ago
We only have a few bands nowdays which could even come close to this live performance. In the 70's there were dozens of bands of this calibre.
rocker53zero 8 months ago
うねりまくる乗り!AllThatYouDream~絵になるｽﾗｲﾄﾞ･ﾛｰｳｪﾙ～７０年代最強ｱﾒﾘｶﾝ･ﾊﾞﾝﾄﾞ
LITTLE･FEAT
blackandtanful 9 months ago
Hey Gunslinger, You should see them now. I saw them on Saturday and they flew!
dingoswamphead 9 months ago
@dingoswamphead I'm thinking of seeing them soon, but I can't imagine them having a different drummer. Do you know who sat in that night or is he now considered a member of Little Feat?
JimAdsit 8 months ago
@JimAdsit - I am ashamed to say I don't know his name, but I believe it is the guy who formerly was Richie's drum tech. I'd say it would be worth a shot.
funkydrumr51 7 months ago
best band for southern funk ever. hands down. ever. love em with Lowell George, so smoooooth
lanevogel 10 months ago
Why Lowell's name was nowhere to be found on the Rolling Stone´s 100 Best Singers list (2008) - remains a mystery to me.
taboomtown 10 months ago
@taboomtown , because nobody cares what some Rolling Stone writer believes. You know how good he was, that is all that matters!!
JimAdsit 8 months ago
I want to see Luke do this song Live, I'll pay 10,000 dollars no joke.
everythingfurniture 10 months ago
Maybe next year they will finally be elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!!!
tillienut 10 months ago
@tillienut Right now, that "honor" holds as much stick as winning an American Music Award. What may have started out as a real attempt to recognize the giants of music has degenerated into a pure political event thanks to Jann Wenner. May he roast (in only a professional sense. Geez, I don't hate the guy) in hell for that.
mongoardath1 9 months ago
This is one of my favorite bands to run to, along with Sly & FS! It was a fabulous 81 degrees under blue skies here in North Texas and I be JAMMIN!
ajgum2001 11 months ago
@ajgum2001 I believe the Feat actually opened for the FS on a tour. THAT info, ironically enough, came from a concert poster from a Prince video from a few years ago. On Wolfgang's Vault, they have old posters and ticket stubs. There was one from Boston around 1976, showing Little Feat with The Band. How could that much talent be in one room, much less city?!?!?!
mongoardath1 8 months ago
BEST SONG OF ALL TIME>..BY THE GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME> I SAID IT!
ridin1550 11 months ago
The Lowell George era Little Feat were one of the greatest live bands to ever play. They were astounding live.
TheFatpath 11 months ago
5 peeps ain't got no FEAT!
wolfkarel 11 months ago
If Rock n Roll has produced a better singer than Lowell George let me know. I know a lot are as good, but none better.
hgerrard 1 year ago
@ Rough Boy 1056 This band is from LA. Lowell and Paul are graduates of Hollywood High.
opnwhlracer 1 year ago
ONE OF THE BEST SONGS OF ALL TIME........This was my favorite selection of Little Feat......but the song in general........incredible music!!! To think that today when you turn on your radio.....you will most likely never hear this music.....is a crime. ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER WRITTEN AND PERFORMED!!!!
BarbDon562 1 year ago 2
I've been dooooooown!
great band from along time ago
RIP Lowell
WeirFaithful 1 year ago
I'm too young (30) too remember them but they still rock
shitdollarlips 1 year ago
How come some people actually dislike this song? I reckon the two-minute intro is some of the finest rock musicianship ever, and the rest of the song is as near to f***ing perfect as makes no difference. What's not to like!! Listen to this every day and it'll sound better every time.
Chigleybus 1 year ago 2
I saw Little Feat in Charleston, S.C. They sucked.
I saw them in the 70s in DC. Lowell George was so incredible!!!
columnwriter25 1 year ago
I love Barrere's funky guitar playing on this song, it just make me smile.
BottyGuy 1 year ago
When I listen to this I get depressed :( (Sopranos).
MrBrinks 1 year ago
HAts Offf to piercethevale Little FEat Is ABsolutely UNIQUE....Forward this to all you know and at the end drink and toast to Richie HAYWARD R I P Miss you man Saw you many times Miss you more every day >>>>Dumb ass toads in Roc n Roll
induction. These buffons do not recognize pure talent life LF Doobs and LLobos
stampedehero22 1 year ago
Indeed, the South did rise again with the like of Little Feat. All you yankees eat your hearts out. It makes you remember: Jazz, the Blues and yes Rock were ALL born in the South, PERIOD. And forget that they say the Heartland of America is Corn-Country, the REAL Heartland of America is overflowing with Cotton and Crawdads!
RoughBoy1056 1 year ago
Simon Cowell this is real music
y110124 1 year ago 11
@y110124 Yes , indeed !!!!
Polly6761 3 months ago
Man, this song has such,...insight. I don't know how to say it, but it's the way the song moves that I refer to, I dig it!
shishimore 1 year ago
Keep your eyes on the road that's ahead of you............where are we going? There is such a dearth of such from from the gut music getting their deserving exposure that I am glad to know these guys have maintained just enough word of mouth(and ear) that musicians in development stages of their craft have have an idea of what can be done if you stick to your heart,
luapsel123 1 year ago
i really love bands like little feet and grateful dead that are at their best when playing live. then we get bands like dave matthews who are awesome on cd and think they are as good as grateful dead and little feet live, i dont think so! but dave matthews is still the man!!
portraitphenomenon 1 year ago
Damn, I miss that man. Boy, didn't they just define "in the pocket?"
jagtone 1 year ago
You have to admit Macaroon, even when Lowell wasn't entirely "into it" he's better than almost everyone in his genre - ever
Kentucky0617 1 year ago
I'm not a religious man but this groove machine of a band were sent from above
DanielBowden1975 1 year ago
Sorry folks.. Lowell was'nt too into it here you'll love him in some earlier stuff like the guys got posted. R.I.P Mr Hayward
macaroonbaable 1 year ago
at least we got to hear this awesome band, feel bad for those who never did!
laman321 1 year ago
This band was a jamband before it was even a genre. They define musical integrity, never sold their souls to have song after song on some top 100 list. They are right up in my top-handful of all-time favorite rock bands, much or their music is so timeless...my granddaughter has a namesake in one of their songs.
TFCTalent 1 year ago
Lowell was the man.
lordkoos 1 year ago
This is by far one of the best albums I've ever owned. Damn... just listen to that voice...puts me in a trance. Why are there not more original videos on here ? I can't stand any of the newer ones...the music just isn't the same. It does nothing for me at all while this moves the hell out of me.
jaxgal618 1 year ago
This is by far one of the best albums I've ever owned. Damn... just listen to that voice...puts me in a trance. Why are there not more original videos on here ? I can't stand any of the newer ones...the music just isn't the same. It does nothing for me at all while this moves the hell out of me.
jaxgal618 1 year ago
Awesome!!!
shamusdark 1 year ago
RIP Richie Hayward!
dcsween2000 1 year ago
@dcsween2000 AMEN! To me Richie rates right up there with Herbert Hoover, Mamie Dowd Eisenhower, and Henry Wallace as famous IOWANS! Richie knew his way around a trap set and oh how he could harmonize! Hell Yeah, Richie R.I.P. and give the warmest regards to Lowell when you see him from Little Feat fans everywhere!
9erfandex 1 year ago
RIP Richie and Lowell...jammin together again.
hairyone69 1 year ago
r ip mr hayward
redhairedstepchild 1 year ago
love ya, Richie.
ranchroper1974 1 year ago
RIP Richie
sandstone1 1 year ago 2
Here you have the essential Little Feat THIS Great Band is worth more, way more than the crap that is out there today, I still see them when the come round.
stampedehero22 1 year ago
watching some Feats videos seeing as though they are playing 20 min from my house tomorrow for free. Seeing Lowell in white overalls, man what good memories of 4 of the best concerts I ever saw!, Miss him and SRV so much!
I'll go anyway, they still play some of these songs
quaifong 1 year ago
Lowell George era Little Feat is the only era that counts.....except Time Loves A Hero. That album was a bore.
Kingsizemaybe 1 year ago
Yes those are dancing cacti in the background.Truly one of the finest live bands ever.
waynedc1 1 year ago
What an awesome live sound. This song just hits the spot every time. Long live Little Feat!
Chigleybus 1 year ago
Man, it just doesn't get any better than this! What a great performance!
musicbykevinahern 1 year ago
@musicbykevinahern You've said it all, this is just a fantastic performance. Wish i'd heard it when I was 10 back in '77.
Chigleybus 1 year ago
this is just another reason I love this band... if you like country , with a boogie beat, they can't be beat. Like the Dead, their live songs blow away their studio albums ... and their studio albums are great.... ...plus these are good driving tunes
qazwsxedcr 1 year ago
This song is amazing!!!
4everbartsgirl 1 year ago
or some old Turk, gonna watch a few bits and take the boogie on down the road, fer chrissakes, kids, whose gonna entertain you now iffa you don' take the boogie, oh yeah, no more alcohol for you, into the frikkin' supermarket! Wake t.f.u. and boogie.
bamboosa 1 year ago
I heard of these guys back in the 80's from a Ry Cooder album advertisement and I always thought their album covers were kinda cool. So glad I remember them and found this song ! Thanks for posting, I'm off to buy me some Little Feat :D
Drweavil 1 year ago
thank you for sharing such a G R E A T ! ! ! video with us. BOY! does this bring back some good memories .
iwonbungievsworld 1 year ago
classic
utter class
martinevans123 1 year ago
I wonder where Lowell was prior to picking up his guitar
1DShoe 1 year ago
@1DShoe He worked for his dad, a furrier, in LA.
vinegaroon1 1 year ago
@vinegaroon1 i meant, why wasn't he onstage
1DShoe 1 year ago
@1DShoe The song just before this one was "A Day at The Dog Races", and Lowell absolutely hated that song and refused to be on stage when they played it. So he would go backstage and have some "refreshments" and go back on when they were done.
opnwhlracer 1 year ago
So very grateful to find this tune that has been welling up within me all day as I wrote my latest article published first @ WeAreWideAwake[dot]org:
"Vanunu Returns to Prison and The End of Israel's Nuclear Ambiguity"
As I am living my life and DREAMING of a better World for All of US!
little sister,
xoxe
eileenfleming 1 year ago
I was 17 in Australia when someone got me into Little Feat, loved them straight up!! Harboured dreams of seeing them live....then George left the scene. At that time I was dealing with stuff and it seemed the world had gone crazy.... to know I would never hear them again touched my soul deeply..such sadness....
owenrful 1 year ago
saw these guys open for van morrison i believe it was 1976 blew me away
bigstuf231 1 year ago
Cleanest slide player I ever saw!!Asbury Park NJ 1976 a classic show. Again, 3 plus hours!!!!
JVTVS 1 year ago
Lowell also "produced" the Grateful Dead album, Shakedown Street.
Little Feat should be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!
wolverine84 1 year ago
@wolverine84
ABSOLUTELY, wolverine85!!!
TFCTalent 1 year ago
Lowell George and Little Feat rocked the world long before that annoying Dave Matthews.
TruthAxe 1 year ago 28
Amazing live band.
RJVidler 1 year ago
I commented recently that M. Knopfler and S. Landreth had the best live intro I had heard in years, ( and believe me it's damofino good) but after listening to this jam, is it too late to maybe change my mind?!?! I almost forgot how well The Feats could cook! After a 2 minute funky intro from HELL, these bad boys just tore it up! What a band! You others who had the opportunity to catch 'em live know they ruled in the seventies, just the best live Band going! YT &nutbrook thks! Lowell RIP&ROS!!!!
9erfandex 1 year ago
where can i get the version used on the sopranos finale
nflizsoft6 1 year ago
Do not be a knob, I saw the original band at the rainbow Finsbury Park in 77 end of argument they were the best live act ever
mike47ashling 1 year ago
Without the funk of Little Feat there never would have been a band like the Red Hot Chili Peppers...and they can only hope to be as funky as 'Feats some day.
semichill 2 years ago 3
Music for Columbus
budmotor 2 years ago
The title of their live double set is "Waiting For Columbus".
frederickus 1 year ago
Imagine the kind of music Lowell George would have been making these past 30 years if he hadn't erased himself.
Genessender 2 years ago
I hear you!! So many greats lost along the way....... :(
Phishn3 2 years ago
The Gunslinger said it all
lynington 2 years ago
Lowell is feeling it!!
Nater0102 2 years ago
This truly was a band powerful enough to turn goat piss to gasoline. So tight, so talented, so into the music just for the music. I fear we will never see the like of them again. That's the shame of it. Many may try but it will fall short of Little Feat at their finest. Sad, so sad, maybe some young turk out there will be inspired by Lowell and bring his vision back to life.
TheGunslinger5854 2 years ago 29
@TheGunslinger5854
Dude. Loveley sentiments. Thing is - at their 'worst' - they were fucking brilliant... the world shunned their first two albums... gave them rock stardom for a while and then couldn't work out what the fuck they were doing on Waiting for Columbus (they assumed he'd lost "it"
I swear, some people wouldn't get good music even if you drew a picture to the remote control and filled their hard-drive with Beethoven, Hendrix and Owsley Acid.
TheBitterWeed 1 year ago
@TheBitterWeed I had a 1974 Dodge "Bluesmobile" black and white with a killer sound system in 1981. The only tape allowed to rest in the player was Waiting For Columbus for 4 years. I am still trying to get some of the licks down right now. The best live album ever recorded by anyone. Musical genius at its best. No matter how many times I listened to it I never heard the first hiccup on any track. Perfection. The only way to determine it was a live show was to listen for the applause. Magic!!!
TheGunslinger5854 1 year ago
@TheGunslinger5854 Wikipedia says Lowell George later re-recorded his guitar and vocals on "Waiting for Columbus". Also it sounds like there was a lot of tension in the band between Lowell George's boogie and Bill Payne's jazz/rock and the usual songwriters' conflict, but out of it came a stupendously good live album and this song, one of the greatest song intros ever.
skierpage 5 months ago
@TheGunslinger5854 Thanks for your comment that reeled-in throwback memories of the fine and, so far, unmatched analog sound quality of cassettes, along with other analog media, especially records. Indeed, "the only tape allowed to rest in the player" is another unmatched event that many can associate with. In some ways, we're "waiting for Columbus" to bring back Little Feat.
exmusicascientia 5 months ago
@TheGunslinger5854 Little Feat currently tours and they sound FANTASTIC. They have been flying under the radar now for 20 years and still creating amazing live music!! No lowell...but the spirit is still there... RIP richie hayward too.. GO SEE LITTLE FEAT they still make you dance your ass off!!!
ACUTS07 1 year ago
@TheGunslinger5854 well i'm not a young turk but ummm...... i grew up on this type of music, along with janis and big brother, jimi, the doors. a myriad of classic jams spoon fed to me from the time i was a twinkle. im trying to get my crap together and become the musician i was always meant to be. wish me luck its a long way to the top when you wanna rock and roll
WiLKORadio 9 months ago
I saw then twice in 1 week in '78. F'king awesome!
Lowell you wasted a gift with that heroin shit!
hoyvenmavin 2 years ago
Lind Ronstadt made a fortune recording this tune. Lowell was screwing her and gave her permission to use it.
mcbeer6 2 years ago
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pamphish 2 years ago
I only wish the concerts they took tracks from for the Waiting for Columbus album had been videotaped. One of the truly great live albums of all time. Sound quality from the Mobile Fidelity Soundlab recordings rivals almost any digital recordings of live music I have ever heard.
Just no substitute for talent.
TheGunslinger5854 2 years ago 30
See my other posts, there are 2 Little Feat videos from Rainbow Theatre, London 1977 that feature on the Waiting For Columbus Album.
Enjoy!
nutbrook 2 years ago 7
@nutbrook thanx!
NBalderson 1 year ago
It does sound wonderful.
bulletinman 1 year ago
How great would it be to have the Waiting for Columbus tracks on video akin to The Band's The Last Waltz.
No question about it, the talent was amazing!
rewalton4604 2 years ago
that would be AWESOME.
duvaldallas 2 years ago
@TheGunslinger5854 Unfortunately those tracks for Waiting For Columbus where heavily overdubbed and processed. This video is a better portrayal of what Little Feat sounded like truly live, which is in fact, great as far as I'm concerned.
archtopkay 1 year ago
@TheGunslinger5854
I was lucky enough to have lived in the DC area back then, got to follow the Feat but most importantly I was at Lisner Auditorium for one of the greatest live performances by anyone or group ... Little Feat ... which was later part of that best all time recorded album of all time "Waiting For Columbus".
You can still listen to it today, spectacularly recorded, and it feels as fresh and current today as it did then.
Was the same after LG passed, and now Richie is gone.
1rewd1 1 year ago
@1rewd1 *Wasn't the same*, sorry.
1rewd1 1 year ago
@1rewd1 I was also lucky enough to see them with Lowell twice and three times since he passed. Columbus has to be the all time greatest live album bar NONE!! If Lowell George and the rest of this band don't go to Heaven when they die I hope I have front row seats in Hell to watch them!!!
TheGunslinger5854 1 year ago
@TheGunslinger5854 Ya, Waiting for Columbus is an amazing album... apparently, tho, lots of overdubbing due to them being so wasted during the actual performances... no offense meant, of course...
Jackalope40 1 year ago
So true!
mrstrat222 1 year ago
@TheGunslinger5854
Gotta love the dancing cactus in the back behind the percussion!
keywe8 10 months ago
From the movie soundtrack: "Over The Edge"
SpaceAceTX 2 years ago
This is the best-est version live out there!
Beadbud5000 2 years ago
I had the ultimate pleasure to see Little Feat w/ Bonnie Raitt and Emmy Lou Harris at Lisner Auditorium.
tunarat2 2 years ago
ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyye yaaaa feat praise
schwaahly 2 years ago
I was fortunatate to see little feat at the Rainbow theatre in London in 1977 with the tower of power horn section. The best live concert that I ever went to. Please stop bickering
mike47ashling 2 years ago 2
Fdaklxsq? I dont know wghat ur tryin to say but SAVE IT
123456scuba 2 years ago
i show lowell the night before he died in dc. love live the sound. miss you.
fasteddieqba 2 years ago
oh man, i just posted this as a chaser on my blog AFTER writing an especially anger inducing other post.
loved the 'god has this on his ipod' comment. i KNOW SHE does!
ravenflame3 2 years ago
The best song ever written.
God has this on his iPod.
ridin1550 2 years ago 2
I got to see them at Seattle Paramount Theater. John Hall opened the show. It was a great venue for both bands( as theaters often are). My friend threw a joint to Lowell and he picked it up and nodded his thanks while never missing a beat. My kinda guy! I know there are those of you that think "GASP!" as he died young but c'mon; 1 joint of '70's ragweed probably did'nt push him over the abyss.
nick2theside 2 years ago
One of the best jams ever laid down!
The transitions are awesome.
R.I.P. Lowell George
Drumodad 2 years ago 2
Only Little Feat fans know what "finese jams" are This band is pure from one side of the stage to the other
stampedehero22 2 years ago 3
Yeah I saw them on tour with Grateful Dead, all the shows were phenomenal!
greenthumbguy1 2 years ago
just saw them last week at the warner in Torrington ,awesome show ,Hot tuna opened for them
DrewAnti1960 2 years ago
I saw Feat last night (8-20-09) in Hampton NH and they were HOT and AWESOME! Did not miss a beat. Brougth back lots of memories from my UVM days.
dgoff98 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this! : )
AWESOME!!! Sure does bring back memories! All those whe had the opportunity to see this amazing band WITH Lowell George are very lucky individuals!
We miss you Lowell George!
makissoflife 2 years ago 2
Man, does this bring back memories. I saw them many times in The D.C area ! They were great everytime I saw them, esp. @ Lisner in 77' (??)
God bless, Lowell
sonnyboy722 2 years ago
Little Feat is like no other Since 69 still at it
stampedehero22 2 years ago
i saw little feat without lowell, 2nd best thing
rickenbacker67 2 years ago
Call me a sad older fan, but I was lucky enough to see them at the Rainbow theatre in London in 1977, when I was just 17, the best live act that I have ever seen, or ever likely to see, and in those days I saw them all, David Bowie at Wembley being the worst. Little Feat had a very small, but very loyal following in England in those days, and still have
mike47ashling 2 years ago
Nothing sad or old about it -- these guys were on everyone's list at the time as one of the best live bands in the world -- as this video shows. I only wish I'd experienced them as you had.
itsdiscontentsss 2 years ago
hi, Thank you for you message, yes I would concede that I was very fortunate to have seen bands like Little Feat particiularly at the Rainbow in London, sadly its gone now, but for sound quality it was amazing, really good
mike47ashling 2 years ago
these guy sounded so good together, a true band. missed like the dinosaur's!!!
fulls787 2 years ago
my favorite !
Monsieurmul 2 years ago
I used to, when I was younger and more prejudiced hehe, "judge" people...(did I think they were intelligent? did I want to be friends with them?) by whether or not they liked Little Feat!
AllTogetherFree 2 years ago
We can be friends :-)
gibbogle 2 years ago
feats had a groove un-matched imop, r&b @ it's best RIP Lowell, missing you
1952FMS 2 years ago
Are you sure this is 1977? amazing quality for that time frame.
I love little feat, thanks for posting!
craignkzoo 2 years ago
that was in '77 Sure.
bands on stage were:
1.Roger Mc Guinn & Thunderbyrds
2.Rory Gallagher & Band
3.Little Feat
That was the first Rockpalast-Night on german TV
gerschpa 2 years ago
Yes. 1977. I have a photo I took of him in those overalls I took during during this tour.
whalestail1955 2 years ago
Well, Stang you just too young baby to groove on this! hahahahaha
wildflowersandi 2 years ago 2
Probrally so?
I run home & watch, Patridge Family, Speed Racer & Ultra man! & ClubHouse 22.
Deo Vindice!
rebelstang 2 years ago
YEAH, takes me back,...waaaayyy back...I like alot...a thrill for me, have forgotten all about Little Feat...OMG.....
2TRSRETURNSMFKRS3 2 years ago 2
Good! Glad you enjoyed it! They were sooooooo Rockin' LOL!
wildflowersandi 2 years ago
Rock Lil Feat you were ahead of your time!
RIP Lowell you are a Blessing to this day!
wildflowersandi 2 years ago 2
one of my fave bands of all time groove tone melody tone feel oh yes and talent all the things missing from bands today
trevmm 2 years ago 2
Bill was always gracious and Richie the same. Lowell was kind and generous and what a singer! I'd rank Little Feat with Lynyrd Skynyrd as the best in the US at the time and both met tragedy at about the same time.
At Lowell's tribute concert in LA, Linda Ronstadt, Rosemary Butler and the late Nicolette Larson sang " All That You Dream" and it kicked ass. It's on Hoy Hoy if you're looking for it.
WestLAGuy 2 years ago
I totally agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pattipel 2 years ago
this totally cooks
grover4458 2 years ago
the whole dvd of this is awesome in the extreme. best band ever? got to be in with a shout. esp in lowell era.
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