Damn Fine Day (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009
Sinister. That’s only word that still comes to mind when Bill Payne’s organ oozes through the JBLs on this tour-de-Feats best captured on their 1978 double-live set, Waiting For Columbus. Called “the Orson Welles of rock” by Jackson Browne, Hollywood High and Mothers of Invention alumnus Lowell George fronted one of the most overlooked bands [...]
RandBall (Free subscription) | 01/05/2009
We’d like to say, without hesitation, that this is a fantastic way to start the new COW year. Ramon has compiled a three-part series on his road trip from Minneapolis to Florida. It is a compelling read. He is a true maverick. Let’s get to it, with Part I. 10 below and dropping. The little lady [...]
Tangled Blog (Free subscription) | 01/02/2009
| Posted on Friday, January 2, 2009 at 03:02AM by | Reader Comments (1) Good song. I'd never heard of Little Feat before college, where I ran into a whole bunch of people who liked them and turned me on to them.--"...and then I met Lowell George. I heard...'Sailin' Shoes' and went crazy. I got in my truck and drove to California...to work with Lowell. I'd have to say Little Feat was the biggest influence...Musically,...
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 12/28/2008
Not to mention the review… Anyway, the track’s as smooth as Lowell George’s slide guitar. You drive like that around here (RI) and you will believe a Ford can fly.
The XPN All About The Music Blog (Free subscription) | 12/16/2008
It's hard not to like John Sebastian. Whether in his work with The Lovin' Spoonful or solo, there's something about the winsome vocals and snappy writing that just works. Still out there playing live and releasing harmonica and guitar instructional CDs and books today, Sebastian hasn't had a hit in years, and while his post-Lovin' Spoonful solo records didn't sell for the most part (except the
The Locust Fork Journal (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
Editor’s Note: As I indicated last Sunday in the introduction to a series on the importance of the press in making democracy work, there can be no doubt that experience matters. For example, you can’t just start a blog as a lay person and expect to change the world over night. But hey, you don’t [...]
Free lyrics (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
music by Lowell George, Richie Hayward -- lyrics by Lowell George Is it the l
Aceshowbiz.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
In a newly-released music video, Seal is seen lingering in a dimmed passage singing a cover version of Ann Peebles' 'I Can't Stand the Rain'.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
The new album by Lowell George's daughter Inara shimmers with arrangements by Van Dyke Parks - one of her late father's best friends. They talk to Adam Sweeting.
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Bobby Osborne wrote and wanted to let everyone know that our HCTC Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music classes are going very well this year. As you may already know, the school is located in my hometown of Hyden, Kentucky, in the same building my dad taught in 70 years ago. ...
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 10/29/2008
Bands usually swim straight down the shitter after losing their most talented members, but not Little Feat. Although the group fell apart when founder Lowell George cut and run in 1979 (he died that same year), the Feats reformed nine years later. At first, the band enlisted Pure Prairie League's Cr...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
Spotlight on music pioneers: Bob Marley's Original Wailers and Little Feat
Popdose (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
Its unthinkable now. A crusty old rock band packing up family and crew to play a series of concerts at the Giza Necropolis. To kick out the jams at the last wonder of the ancient world. But in September 1978, that’s just what the Grateful Dead did. To bankroll the trip, the band planned on releasing [...]
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
In America, a beautiful woman can sing like a donkey humping a cucumber and still race up the charts. At the height of her career (the 1970s), however, Linda Ronstadt possessed a most elusive set of attributes: a lovely voice, an ear for a good song, an ease with multiple genres, and wholesome good ...
Scripting News (Free subscription) | 10/15/2008
I got my hands on an old Lowell George album I haven't heard since 1980 or 1981 when I lived on Comanche Trail in Los Gatos. It was a wonderful time, although I wasn't so sure about it then. I was young, and reaching my peak of creativity. I was hanging out with smart people at Personal Software and some shady people too. It was at this time that we created the expand and collapse display for outliners...
