Strike Up The Band Little Feat

• 1 4 Days of Heaven 3 Days of Work 05:02
• 2 Bayou Mama 04:15
• 3 Shipwrecks 04:18
• 4 Midnight Flight 03:59
• 5 Too High To Cut My Hair 04:51
• 6 When Hearts Fall 04:35
• 7 Strike Up The Band (feat. Larkin Poe) 05:39
• 8 Bluegrass Pines (feat. Molly Tuttle, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams) 05:46
• 9 Disappearing Ink 03:37
• 10 Love and Life (Never Fear) 05:17
• 11 Dance a Little 05:20
• 12 Running Out of Time with the Blues 03:00
• 13 New Orleans Cries When She Sings 05:34
• Total Runtime 01:01:13

Info zu Strike Up The Band

Strike Up The Band ist Little Feats triumphale Rückkehr zum Rock‘n‘Roll mit viel sumpfigem Südstaaten-Soul mit Bill Payne (Keyboards/Gesang), Scott Sharrard (Gitarre/Gesang), Tony Leone (Schlagzeug/Gesang), Fred Tackett (Gitarre), Kenny Gradney (Bass) und Sam Clayton (Percussion/Gesang).

Es ist ihr erstes Album mit neuem Material seit über 13 Jahren, mit Songs, die von Payne und Tacket sowie den neuen Feat-Mitgliedern Sharrrard und Leone geschrieben wurden. Produziert wurde das Album von dem mehrfachen Grammy-Preisträger Vance Powell (Phish, Chris Stapleton, Jack White) und Bill Payne. Der Song „Bluegrass Pines“ mit den Special Guests Molly Tuttle und Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams wurde von Payne und dem Grateful Dead-Texter Robert Hunter geschrieben, und beim Titelsong sind Rebecca und Megan Lovell (Larkin Poe) als Gastsängerinnen zu hören.

"Ein herausragendes Spätwerk einer großartigen amerikanischen Band. Die 13 Songs überzeugen durch musikalisch dynamische Abwechslung mit äußert intelligenter Soundvielfalt. Spitzenmusiker fusionieren hier im kollektiven Zusammenspiel zur Einheit, sprengen musikalische Schubladen und lassen es grooven, rocken und rollen, dass es eine Wonne ist. LITTLE FEAT verströmen eine einzigartige Magie mit ihrer Musik und vermitteln dieses „Highway-On The Road“-Gefühl, wie es eine europäische Band niemals erreichen wird." (Bernd Eberlein, neckbreaker.de)

Bill Payne, Klavier, Hammond B3, Synthesizer, Keyboards, Gesang
Scott Sharrard, Slide- & E-Gitarre, Akustik- & Resonatorgitarre, Gesang
Fred Tackett, Gitarre, Mandoline, Trompete
Sam Clayton, Perkussion, Gesang, Keyboard
Kenny Gradney, Bass, Hintergrundgesang
Tony Leone, Schlagzeug, Gesang
Zusätzliche Musiker:
Larkin Poe, Gesang
Art Edmaiston, Saxophon
Marc Franklin, Trompete

Little Feat
The long-running funky Southern boogie act Little Feat have been making slick, genre-defying music since their debut out of Southern California in 1969. Melding rock, blues, R&B, and country, Little Feat drew inspiration from Southern-fried blues rock -- and yet they originated from Los Angeles with songwriter and guitarist Lowell George at the helm.

Naming themselves "Feat" in tribute to the Beatles, Little Feat at first consisted of Lowell George and Bill Payne, who played in Frank Zappa's Mothers Of Invention. They teamed up with former Mothers of Invention bassist Roy Estrada and drummer Richie Hayward (The Factory, Fraternity Of Man). Zappa famously helped Little Feat get signed to Warner Bros. Records, and the band released their self-titled debut album in 1971. A sophomore album, Sailin' Shoes, followed in 1972.

That same year, Little Feat brought in a new bassist, Kenny Gradney. The band also added a second guitarist, Paul Barrere, and drummer Sam Clayton. Adopting a New Orleans funk sound, Little Feat released Dixie Chicken in 1973 and Feats Don't Fail Me Now (a tribute to the Fats Waller song) in 1974.

Little Feat went on to release 1975's jazz-fusion album The Last Record Album and 1977's Time Loves A Hero. In 1978, they released the double-live album Waiting For Columbus, followed by 1979's Down On The Farm. Around this time, George embarked on a short-lived solo career, releasing the album Thanks, I'll Eat It Here. George died of a heart attack in 1979, and Little Feat would disband until 1988 when Payne, Barrere, Hayward, Gradney, and Clayton re-formed the group, adding vocalist/guitarist Craig Fuller and guitarist Fred Tackett.

Back together again, the newly re-formed Little Feat released Let It Roll in 1988 -- the album eventually went gold. Three more reunion albums followed: Representing The Mambo (1989), Shake Me Up (1991), and Ain't Had Enough Fun (1995). Ain't Had Enough Fun featured singer Shaun Murphy, who stayed on for 1998's Under The Radar and 2000's Chinese Work Songs.

Little Feat released a handful of compilations and live recordings over the next few years, including 2002's Ripe Tomatos Volume One, 2006's The Best of Little Feat, and 2011's 40 Feat: The Hot Tomato Anthology 1971-2011. In 2003, Little Feat released Kickin' It At The Barn, their first album for their own indie label, Hot Tomato Records. Rocky Mountain Jam arrived in 2007, and Join The Band followed in 2008 on Proper Records.

In 2010, Little Feat founding member Richie Hayward passed away. Little Feat continued touring with Gabe Ford on percussion. Little Feat released a new album in 2012. In October 2019, a few years after a liver cancer diagnosis, Barrere passed away. He'd written some of the band's best-known songs, including "All That You Dream," "Time Loves a Hero" and "Old Folks Boogie."

Scott Sharrard, who had filled in for Barrere during Little Feat's 50th Anniversary tour, was brought on as a full-time band member.

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