Saturday, December 21, 2024

Weekend Music: Little Feat

Thanks Norah, for reminding me! One of US Person's (aka Elf-on-a-Shelf) favorite music shows from the 70s was "Midnight Special".  Little Feat was not a hugely popular band, but it cut some classics like this one from '74 before it was disbanded by guitarist and lead vocalist Lowell George in 1979. He died of a heart attack in Arlington, VA hotel room while on tour. George was an original member of Frank Zappa's group Mothers of Invention. He wrote the folk-rock standard Willin', which was popularized by Linda Ronstadt on her hit album, Heart Like a Wheel. George claimed that the song's reference to drugs got him fired by Zappa. Surviving menbers reformed the group in 1987. The band continues to perform to this day--still Willin':