With whippersnappers such as White Denim declaring their fondness for Little Feat there’s still a slim chance that this easy-rolling swamp-boogie outfit might appeal to a new generation. Certainly, if plaid shirt-wearing kids pick up any one of Sailin’ Shoes, Dixie Chicken and Feats Don’t Fail Me Now they’ll find a band who paired – gloriously at times – raw, bluesy, hot-diggity- damn trad’ rock with weird, voodoo-fuelled Southern Americana. After all, founding member Lowell George was a Mother of Invention with Zappa. But newcomers shouldn’t start with this three-disc live collection. Little Feat are – in the Grateful Dead tradition – a Jam Band and any latecomers in search of the swinging, tight-knit Louisiana rock found on Dixie Chicken… — BBC
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…and Feat Don’t Fail Me Now will find that (disc one aside) they go on a bit. But for fans already accustomed to the group’s neglect for time keeping, there’s much to savour.
This is a ‘best of’ of the live recordings released by the band’s own Hot Tomato Records to satisfy long-time fans who follow the band around, taping their every performance because, like, no two shows are ever the same, dude. And the vibe certainly varies across these discs thanks to Little Feat’s line-up changes.
The first disc features the original Lowell George-fronted outfit and is a brilliant, rough-and-ready ride through the band’s halcyon days (1971-78), morphing from rickety, sand-whipped blues into a swampy groovesome lope once Kenny Gradney and Paul Barrere replace The Magic Band’s Roy Estrada. A demo version of Fat Man in the Bathtub is brilliantly, wryly grubby; there’s a peculiarly ghostly Sailin’ Shoes; and Rocket in My Pocket and Dixie Chicken hit deep grooves. A strung-out Bill Payne chatting from behind his keys gives an idea of the fun they were having at the time.
Disc two and three, though, are for the diehards. They’re a very different beast here – better groomed and without George following his 1979 excess-fuelled death. Disc two (1988-2001) features a fine wiggy tribute to him in the shape of Rock and Roll Doctor, and Hate to Lose Your Lovin’ is sweaty-hot boogie. But things are smooth and rootsy, the groove and swing drying up along with their aging hips.
Original members Bill Payne and Richie Hayward (who died in 2009) are with the band throughout and there are still quality moments on disc three (2003-04), such as stoner classic Skin it Back and belting renditions of Let it Roll and Feats Don’t Fail Me Now. They’ve sure as hell still got the chops in these later years, but not the strange, good-time spirit that always leavened the trad’ leanings.
1. Crack in Your Door [02:53]
2. The Fan [04:03]
3. Trouble (Demo) [01:50]
4. Cat Fever [05:19]
5. Texas Rose Cafe [03:38]
6. Lafayette Railroad [03:39]
7. Hamburger Midnight [02:21]
8. Apolitical Blues [03:22]
9. Fat Man in the Bathtub (Demo) [03:59]
10. Cold Cold Cold / Dixie Chicken [08:50]
11. Sailin’ Shoes [05:19]
12. Teenage Nervous Breakdown [03:32]
13. Long Distance Love [02:48]
14. Down Below the Borderline [04:03]
15. Rocket in My Pocket [04:04]
16. Tripe Face Boogie [04:11]
17. Rock and Roll Doctor [04:08]
18. Long Time Til I Get Over You [04:25]
19. Daily Grind [05:08]
20. Feelin’s All Gone [05:04]
21. Shake Me Up [05:11]
22. Strawberry Flats [02:38]
23. Borderline Blues [07:26]
24. Ain’t Had Enough Fun [03:45]
25. This Land Is Your Land [04:44]
26. Hate to Lose Your Lovin’ [04:32]
27. One Clear Moment [04:48]
28. Willin’ [06:06]
29. Hoy Hoy [05:32]
30. Skin It Back [05:56]
31. Cajun Girl [07:57]
32. Oh Atlanta [05:49]
33. Time Loves a Hero [05:57]
34. Spanish Moon [08:25]
35. Old Folks Boogie [07:17]
36. Let It Roll [09:16]
37. Feats Don’t Fail Me Now [05:22]
38. Bill’s River Blues [05:01]
39. Roll Um Easy [02:59]
40. Down On the Farm / Candy Man Blues [08:27]
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Artist: Little Feat
Album: 40 Feat: The Hot Tomato Anthology 1971-2011
Released: 2011
Style: Rock
Format : Mp3 320Kbps
Size: 360MB
Tracklist:
CD1
01 Crack In Your Door
02 The Fan
03 Trouble
04 Cat Fever
05 Texas Rose Cafe
06 Lafayette Railroad
07 Hamburger Midnight Blues
08 Apolitical Blues
09 Fat Man In The Bathtub
10 Cold Cold Cold / Dixie Chicken
11 Sailin’ Shoes
12 Teenage Nervous Breakdown
13 Long Distance Love
14 Down Below The Borderline
15 Rocket In My Pocket
16 Tripe Face Boogie
CD2
01 Rock And Roll Doctor
02 Long Time ‘Til I Get Over You
03 Daily Grind
04 Feelin’s All Gone
05 Shake Me Up
06 Strawberry Flats
07 Borderline Blues
08 Ain’t Had Enough Fun
09 This Land Is Your Land
10 Hate To Lose Your Lovin’
11 One Clear Moment
12 Willin’
13 Hoy Hoy
CD3
01 Skin It Back
02 Cajun Girl
03 Oh Atlanta
04 Time Loves A Hero
05 Spanish Moon
06 Old Folks Boogie
07 Let It Roll
08 Feats Don´t Fail Me Now
09 Bill’s River Blues
10 Roll Um Easy
11 Down on the Farm / Candy Man Blues
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