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Track Listing
1. Dixie Chicken
2. Two Trains
3. Roll Um Easy
4. On Your Way Down
5. Kiss It Off
6. Fool Yourself
7. Walkin All Night
8. Fat Man in the Bathtub
9. Juliette
10. LaFayette Railroad
Album Notes
Little Feat: Lowell George (vocals, guitar, cowbells); Paul Barrere (vocals, guitar); Bill Payne (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Richie Hayward (vocals, drums); Kenny Gradney (bass instrument); Sam Clayton (congas).
Additional personnel: Fred Tackett (acoustic guitar); Malcolm Cecil (synthesizer); Milt Holland (tabla); Dan Hutton, Tret Fure, Gloria Jones, Debbie Lindsey, Stephanie Spurville, Bonnie Bramlett, Bonnie Raitt (background vocals).
Recording information: Clover Recorders, Los Angeles, California.
DIXIE CHICKEN is the first album by the most enduring Little Feat line-up: Kenny Gradney replaced departed bassist Roy Estrada, and New Orleans musicians Sam Clayton and Paul Barrere rounded out the new group. This line-up went through periodic break-ups and reunions until the death of Lowell George in 1979. The great Neon Parks album paintings were anticipated almost as much as the next collection from Little Feat, the band with which his work became inextricably linked.
This album found them at a musical peak as a stellar 70s rock band who had oodles of swamp blues and funk, with a loose shambling style that spoke of confidence rather than sloppiness. Lowell George was singing better than ever on this collection, notably with the sublime "Roll Um Easy," where his voice was chillingly expressive. Bill Payne and Richie Haywood play their respective keyboard and drums with calm and precision. There are no weak tracks here, and this is another vital album, in keeping with all recordings that featured George.
Industry Reviews
..Little Feat never fail to turn the chances they've taken into smooth successes...audacious, ingenious..
Rolling Stone (04/12/1973)
5 stars out of 5 -- Lowell George's best songwriting and maturing leadership were at the heart of the album....Little Feat would never sound as good than they do here.
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