2 college shows from Fall 1978
Last tour with Lowell George
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Here are a couple more Little Feat shows, these from near the end of Lowell George's tenure with the band. I wanted to feature a concert from this period, as they include several newer songs ('Time Loves A Hero', 'Day or Night', 'All That You Dream', etc.) from the mid-70's albums not yet available in the earlier 1974 shows already posted. The UNH show has better sound quality, but is drastically shortened (cut to 55 minutes for radio broadcast), and the William & Mary show, while it has some sound problems and a noticeable cut in 'Dixie Chicken' (but still pretty good sound overall), it has the full show (and a similar setlist as the UNH show), so the songs missing from the UNH show can be heard here. Thus, I decided to post them both.
Little Feat has always been one of those bands that you have to hear live to really appreciate. Their studio records have never adequately captured their great sound as well as their live performances. Which is probably why their one official live album from this period (Waiting For Columbus- WFC) was their most popular album. And incidently, WFC, recorded in in 1977, has been widely acclaimed as one of the greatest live albums of all time (check it out). Anyway, these represent some of the last group of shows with Lowell George. After the 1978 tour wrapped up, early in 1979 and the making of their next album (Down on the Farm), Lowell announced he was leaving the group and would start a tour in support of his new solo album (Thanks, I'll Eat it Here). The rest of the group finished the album and released it in June 1979, but also announced that the group was disbanding. Two weeks later, George tragically died of a heart attack while on his solo tour. That was seemingly the end of the band. However, 9 years later (1988), all the surviving members reunited with Craig Fuller (from Pure Prairie League) added on vocals and Fred Tackett on miscellaneous guitars and strings, released a new album and went on a triumphant tour. Driven by Bill Payne, Paul Barrere, and Richie Hayward, and featuring an even more diverse sound, the reformed band was still great (even without Lowell, although he certainly was missed). And the new incarnations of Little Feat have been performing steadily ever since (although some additional lineup changes have occurred, the core of Payne, Barrere, Hayward, Clayton, and Tackett has remained), and they still put on great live shows. So, if you get thet chance they are still well worth seeing (They are currently on their 40th Anniversary Tour, as the band was first started in 1969). Unfortunately, in August 2009 it was announced that drummer Richie Hayward was leaving the group due to health problems (later determined to be liver cancer), and Hayward subsequently died in 2010. [Update: guitarist Paul Barrere died on October 26, 2019, also illness due to liver cancer.] As a loving remembrance to those who have passed on, but also those still rockin', here are these classic shows from 1978.
1978-10-03
UNH Fieldhouse, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
FM broadcast (Little Feat Radio Hour), very good quality quality
Available in both Lossless (FLAC) and mp3 (320 kbps) [New Upgrades]
Tracklist:
01 introduction - Teenage Nervous Breakdown
02 Rock and Roll Doctor
03 Time Loves a Hero
04 Day or Night
05 Texas Rose Cafe
06 Keepin' Up with the Joneses
07 All That You Dream
08 Fat Man in the Bathtub
09 Dixie Chicken
10 song introduction by Lowell George
11 Apolitical Blues
missing tracks (played but not included in radio broadcast):
Gringo Jam>Day at the Dog Races
Spanish Moon
Oh Atlanta
Old Folks Boogie
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Little Feat
1978-09-19
College Of William And Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Soundboard, good quality
Available in both Lossless (FLAC) and mp3 (320 kbps) [New Upgraded quality]
Tracklist:
1 Introduction 0:09
2 Time Loves a Hero > 4:26
3 Day or Night 6:37
4 Texas Rose Cafe 4:14
5 Skin It Back > 5:33
6 Fat Man in the Bathtub 5:22
7 Spanish Moon 5:18 [brief drop out @ 3:38, ~0.1s missing]
8 Gringo Jam > 2:27
9 Day at the Dog Races 11:17 [// nc, tape flip, cut @ 11:02, ~3s missing]
10 Keepin' Up With the Joneses 4:18
11 Old Folks Boogie 4:24
12 Dixie Chicken* 7:41
13 Willin > 3:44
14 Bogart > 1:07
15 Willin' (reprise) 0:29
Encore
16 Feats Don't Fail Me Now* 8:12
17 Oh! Atlanta 4:21
* with John Call (of opening act, Kaz-Fuller Band)
FLAC -
Little Feat_1978-09-19_WilliamsburgVA_FLAC.rar
mp3 -
Little Feat_1978-09-19_WilliamsburgVA_mp3.rar
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