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Well, "new" is very relative. I used to be a big LF fan, had all LPs up to Lowell George´s death, bought one or two more, was disappointed, lost them in a way until I bought lately a remastered "Waiting for Columbus". So I didn´t really know if to buy tickets for yesterday´s Nürnberg show. Motivated by good reports of our Dutch forum friends about LF performing in the Bospop(?) festival Eva and I decided to go.
And it was worth each €. Such a full load of good music!! They played mostly the good old songs and they did it in a new and fresh way. Embedded in "Fat man" was a little excursion to Bob Marley´s "Get up Stand up", even "Willin´was re-done in a wonderful more Mexican way.
But the songs served anyway as a base for long improvisations: based on the powerful and dynamic rhythm base of Sam Clayton, Richie Hayward and Kenny Gradney Paul Barrere, Fred Tackett and Bill Payne did long wonderful journeys changing light-featedly from Funk to Blues to Jazz to Latin to Cajun to Reggae to Rock´n´Roll. Before I was not sure at all if I would like the female singer, but Shaun Murphy has got a good voice and did a very good job.So we had a wonderful evening and recommend everyone - especially in England, where they are touring now - to enjoy the "new" Little Feat.

Günter

As Bill Payne was wearing a Barack Obama T-shirt I was trying - in vain-to get my money back. lol

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I completely agree with you Gunther. George and I saw them in Bospop, as we said before on the forum and it was great.
We already gave a review there and I understand how you feel about the New Feat. It was much better than I expected too.

So you see that the Forum is a great thing!

As you probably read I tried to make a copy from the videotape Rockpalast 1977 with Lowell george  on DVD but still not succesful. I managed to put it on CD, that worked. Will send Eva 2 copies, one for you too if you want .Will last 2 weeks, go on holiday to France with the family tomorrow.

Have a nice day and enjoy the good weather that  is coming.

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Thanks a lot, Andre, for helping me make up my mind. Yes, the forum is an excellent place for communicating.
Have nice holidays
Günter

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You'll be pleased to hear their concert here in Edinburgh (Scotland, not England) is virtually a sell out!

PS Good on Bill!

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Excellent news Gunter!! I was very pleasantly surprised too, though we'll have to differ about the lady singer fitting in with the 'Feat sound'.

Feat, Feat, Feat!

Have a great holiday Andre, I'll call you tonight.

"As Bill Payne was wearing a Barack Obama T-shirt I was trying - in vain-to get my money back"... big_smile

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Let me say this first: There was a new Little Feat Fan born yesterday evening! smile

As Dad already mentioned we weren´t sure if we should go in the beginning - but then I remembered Libby, George and Andre talking about them in such a positive way and so we finally bought tickets on the day of the concert. Thank God we did!
It was such a fabulous concert night ...

I didn´t expect anything, because I didn´t know too much about Little Feat before (exept for the songs that you just know without knowing where you know them from...) - and I also knew that the band would have a hard time to impress me, because they had to follow up Joe (whom I had seen just 2 weeks ago). Oh well - it took them about 30 seconds to impress me wink. I loved the Band from the first minute on - I forgot my hurting Feet right away listening to the Feat...!
I wasn´t bored for one single second - I just stood there amazed by their joy in playing music. The crowd wasn´t big (Wednesday night...), but they absolutely loved them too - everybody was clapping and cheering and singing along. I also thought that the femal singer fitted in very good - but as I didn´t know the Feat before I don´t know how they sounded like without her. I thought she was a cool rock-lady! smile
The two things I probably enjoyed most about the Feat was the diversity of musical styles that just poured out of them and their harmony as a big band - everyone is a great musician for him/herself, but no one has to be to the fore, they´re just so good together.
It was a night to remember, really. I´m listeing to nothing but Little Feat today - it´s the perfect "happy mood music" for me!
Here are some of the pictures I took yesterday - the quality is not good, because it was pretty dark and those guys and gals were moving all the time, but here they are smile: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25162871@N … 328389797/
Look out for the dude in the cool shirt lol!

To our big surprise my Dad discovered this morning that he actually HADN`T sold all those Feat LPs that he used to have (he thought he´d sold them all...) - so maybe there´s a Little Feat LP session coming soon wink.

Thanks to Libby, Andre and George ... !

Eva

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You have no idea how happy it makes me that you have 'discovered' the Feat, Eva!!! big_smile I also enjoyed your beautiful pictures, but I have one question - I may be going mad, but I don't think so - the picture of the drummer with the LF caption - that's never Richie Hayward. Who the hell is it then? I saw them not long ago, as you know, and that is NOT Richie. Or, I'm losing it completely.

Shall I post some Feat links for you, or are you trawling youtube yourself?

edit - I had to share this little treasure, that I've never seen before, with you - the Feat doing a John Hiatt song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3Th9ww8 … re=related

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Eva´s Dad wrote:

Well, "new" is very relative. I used to be a big LF fan, had all LPs up to Lowell George´s death, bought one or two more, was disappointed, lost them in a way until I bought lately a remastered "Waiting for Columbus". So I didn´t really know if to buy tickets for yesterday´s Nürnberg show. Motivated by good reports of our Dutch forum friends about LF performing in the Bospop(?) festival Eva and I decided to go.
And it was worth each €. Such a full load of good music!! They played mostly the good old songs and they did it in a new and fresh way. Embedded in "Fat man" was a little excursion to Bob Marley´s "Get up Stand up", even "Willin´was re-done in a wonderful more Mexican way.
But the songs served anyway as a base for long improvisations: based on the powerful and dynamic rhythm base of Sam Clayton, Richie Hayward and Kenny Gradney Paul Barrere, Fred Tackett and Bill Payne did long wonderful journeys changing light-featedly from Funk to Blues to Jazz to Latin to Cajun to Reggae to Rock´n´Roll. Before I was not sure at all if I would like the female singer, but Shaun Murphy has got a good voice and did a very good job.So we had a wonderful evening and recommend everyone - especially in England, where they are touring now - to enjoy the "new" Little Feat.

Günter

As Bill Payne was wearing a Barack Obama T-shirt I was trying - in vain-to get my money back. lol

Gunter, get live from neon park. It is Waiting on Columbus good. No Lowell but a very good live show of the new Feat.

You know we don't talk politics here but your comment on Bill Payne was funny.

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jim m wrote:
Eva´s Dad wrote:

As Bill Payne was wearing a Barack Obama T-shirt I was trying - in vain-to get my money back. lol

Gunter, get live from neon park. It is Waiting on Columbus good. No Lowell but a very good live show of the new Feat.

You know we don't talk politics here but your comment on Bill Payne was funny.

Aside from politics, to wear a politician's t-shirt is not very rock n roll, and not very appropriate outside the country in which the candidate is standing!

Little Feat play here tomorrow night

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Little Feat play here tomorrow night

Have a good time with LF and let us know how it was. Sorry for excluding the Scottish by using "England"
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Amsterhammer wrote:

You have no idea how happy it makes me that you have 'discovered' the Feat, Eva!!! big_smile I also enjoyed your beautiful pictures, but I have one question - I may be going mad, but I don't think so - the picture of the drummer with the LF caption - that's never Richie Hayward. Who the hell is it then? I saw them not long ago, as you know, and that is NOT Richie. Or, I'm losing it completely.

Shall I post some Feat links for you, or are you trawling youtube yourself?

edit - I had to share this little treasure, that I've never seen before, with you - the Feat doing a John Hiatt song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3Th9ww8 … re=related

George,

I don´t know which drummer you´re talking about because I didn´t take a picture of the drummer lol! In fact I couldn´t see him well enough from the place I was standing to take a proper photo ... could you post a link of the photo that you´re talking about?!

Thanks a lot for the "little treasure" - I´m absolutely in Feat-Fever!! smile

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Sorry I'm late to the party, but I'm SO glad you liked the Feat. They were my #1 band in my youth. It's all about the way they layer their sound. The rhythm grabs you and carries you on a smooth, joyous ride. They are all incredible musicians and after playing together for so many years, they complement each other well. But, I do miss Lowell. That's nothing against the current line up..I'm glad to see them still gaining fans. They deserve it!  Cathy

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cathysiler wrote:

Sorry I'm late to the party, but I'm SO glad you liked the Feat. They were my #1 band in my youth. It's all about the way they layer their sound. The rhythm grabs you and carries you on a smooth, joyous ride. They are all incredible musicians and after playing together for so many years, they complement each other well. But, I do miss Lowell. That's nothing against the current line up..I'm glad to see them still gaining fans. They deserve it!  Cathy

Just one of 'our' many coinkydinks! big_smile

I couldn't put it better than Cathy has, that's exactly how I felt. It's ok, Eva - I didn't read the small print under the photo where it says 'The opening band'. roll

Some more treats for you, dear Eva! big_smile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDp3Grz28mE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO3ZMdcL … re=related

This is my ultimate Feat clip since my Goddess is on stage with them......and Emmylou thrown in for good measure. Positively orgasmic. cool

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Me loves the Feat, me loves Bonnie and me loves the Dixie Cicken Song smile !
Thanks for that George - might have been the first time I saw the Godess without a guitar in her blessed hands!

Do you guys have a favourite Feat song - or three of them if you can´t decide?!
My list would surely contain "Willin´" and "Dixie Chicken" at the moment - but I haven´t even started to scratch the surface of Feat-world yet...

Eva

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It's ok, Eva - I didn't read the small print under the photo where it says 'The opening band'. roll

Don´t think twice, it´s allright. lol

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Eva.."back in the day"..we only had vinyl records. So, I learned to love the way Feat songs slid right into place!! I will bring you copies of all the Feat that I have. I love too many songs for too many different reasons (like JB)...best to let you take a ride on the Little Feat Train and pick your own. Soon, Cathy

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eva wrote:

Me loves the Feat, me loves Bonnie and me loves the Dixie Cicken Song smile !
Thanks for that George - might have been the first time I saw the Godess without a guitar in her blessed hands!

Do you guys have a favourite Feat song - or three of them if you can´t decide?!
My list would surely contain "Willin´" and "Dixie Chicken" at the moment - but I haven´t even started to scratch the surface of Feat-world yet...

Eva

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It's ok, Eva - I didn't read the small print under the photo where it says 'The opening band'. roll

Don´t think twice, it´s allright. lol

Roll um Easy an acoustic Lowell George song from Dixie Chicken
Two Trains from Live at Neon Park or Dixie Chick
Easy to Slip from Sailin' Shoes

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jim m wrote:

Gunter, get live from neon park. .

0rdered it from Amazon Marketplace - thanks for recommending. Meanwhile I´ got "Join The Band", excellent CD with a lot of guests like Sonny Landreth, Bob Seger, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris. It´s still without George but his daughter is singing "Trouble", and singingwise she seems to be a perfect daughter of George.

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One more question: Did the Feat ever release an album where "Dixie Chicken" is NOT the first song on the album? lol... just kidding!

I will have to add "Fat man in the bathtub" to my current three favourite songs - but I´m sure that list will change and develop further the more songs I listen to - and I´m still in "Feat Fever"... I feel like there´s a new Feat CD arriving here every day! Dad, how MANY of them did you actually order the morning after the concert?! lol

Eva