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 for Strike Up The Band

Strike Up The Band is Little Feat's triumph return to rock n roll with plenty of swampy southern soul with Bill Payne (keys/vocals), Scott Sharrard (guitar/vocals), Tony Leone (drums/vocals), Fred Tackett (guitar), Kenny Gradney (bass), and Sam Clayton (percussion/vocals). It's their first album of new material in over 13 years with songs written by Payne and Tacket as well as Feat's newest members Sharrard and Leone. The album was produced by the multi Grammy Award winner, Vance Powell (Phish, Chris Stapleton, Jack White) and Bill Payne. The song "Bluegrass Pines" features special guest Molly Tuttle and Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, and was written by Payne and the Grateful Dead lyricst Robert Hunter, and the title track features Larkin Poe on guest vocals.

"Regardless, plenty on ‘Strike Up the Band’ will get Little Feat fans’ hearts thumping and feet pounding. The playing is consistently pulsating, the upbeat selections display the outfit’s distinctive gutsy approach and it’s clear from the overall effervescence that these guys are enjoying themselves even this far down the line. Better still, these new compositions will slot in seamlessly with Feat classics that always dominate their shows, and which they play with conviction, respect and reverence for their departed comrades." (Hal Horowitz, rockandbluesmuse.com)

Bill Payne, piano, Hammond B3, synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
Scott Sharrard, slide & electric guitar, acoustic & resophonic guitar, vocals
Fred Tackett, guitar, mandolin, trumpet
Sam Clayton, perkussion, vocals, keyboard
Kenny Gradney, bass, backing vocals
Tony Leone, drums, vocals
Additional musicians:
Larkin Poe, vocals
Art Edmaiston, saxophone
Marc Franklin, trumpet

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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