Little Feat is an American rock band from Los Angeles formed by lead vocalist and guitarist Lowell George, bassist Roy Estrada (both formerly of the Mothers of Invention), keyboardist Bill Payne, and drummer Richie Hayward in 1969. The band’s classic line‑up, in place by late 1972, consisted of George, Payne, Hayward, bassist Kenny Gradney, guitarist and vocalist Paul Barrere, and percussionist Sam Clayton. George disbanded the group because of creative differences shortly before his death in 1979. Surviving members re‑formed Little Feat in 1987 and the band continues to perform. Singer and guitarist Lowell George met keyboardist Bill Payne when George was a member of Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention. They formed Little Feat in 1969 along with former Mothers bassist Roy Estrada and drummer Richie Hayward from George’s previous band, The Factory. Hayward had also been a member of Fraternity of Man, whose claim to fame was the inclusion of their “Don’t Bogart That Joint” on the million‑selling Easy Rider film soundtrack. The name of the band came from a comment made by the Mothers’ drummer Jimmy Carl Black about Lowell’s “little feet”. The spelling of “feat” was an homage to the Beatles. There are two stories about the genesis of Little Feat. One has it that Lowell George showed Zappa his song “Willin’”, and that Zappa fired him from the Mothers of Invention because he felt George was too talented to merely be a member of his band and told him that he ought to go away and form his own band.
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Willin
Two Trains
Dixie Chicken
All That You Dream
Teenage Nervous Breakdown
Spanish Moon
Down On The Farm
Feats Don’t Fail Me Now
Long Distance Love
Teenage Nervous Breakdown
Rock and Roll Doctor
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