LITTLE FEAT - "FAT MAN IN THE BATHTUB (LIVE)" (reaction)

[@scurvybro8850]

Little Feat remain perhaps the most shamefully underrated and underappreciated band in rock history. They belong in the Hall of Fame!

[@SightAfterDark]

Crazy that they aren’t!

[@markspahr242]

I'm with you! They oughta be in the Rock Hall!!

[@nunyabidnis5407]

There are some in there that need booted out.

[@johnhollis921]

Never underrated, what are you babbling about

[@johnroberts5637]

This is not only Little Feat at the height of their powers, but you get the Tower of Power Horns as well. One of the all time greatest live albums, period.

[@mu99ins]

Powerhouse of an album. This song is one of my all-time favorite songs.

[@SightAfterDark]

Oh shit! Tower of Power is the best!

[@mikeoh712]

Thanks for this. Reading about Tower of Power now. 💪🏽❤️🎷🎺

[@Gas-Stn-Sushi]

The interesting part is so much of it was overdubbed in the studio that classifying it as a “Live” album is almost dubious

[@timcardona9962]

YES!! Little Feat is an American treasure, led by the amazing Lowell George: singer-songwriter-guitarist extraordinaire. He used to be in Zappa's band and even played woodwinds on a Sinatra session. A supreme talent who left us much too soon

[@SightAfterDark]

RIP

[@NebulizerChi]

Waiting for Columbus is pure swamp-rock bliss (and with the Tower of Power horns joining in on a few tracks, no less). "Old Folks' Boogie," "Spanish Moon," "Willin'," and "A Apolitical Blues" are personal faves, but all of it just kills...

[@SightAfterDark]

Hell yeah! Shoutout to Tower of Power!

[@plantfeeder6677]

Well I just nominated it as the next album they review. So if ya want to hear it here, become a Patreon member of these fine people and vote it in.

[@robertjewell9727]

If someone wants to hear the definition of groove and harmony this bakes the cake.

[@SightAfterDark]

For real!

[@steveschmitz2839]

Gotta shout out the late great Richie Heywood's stellar second line drumming!! love this

[@SightAfterDark]

Shoutout to the drums!

[@jahdonkey]

and doing backing vocals as well. impressive

[@billshelly5332]

So cool. Once Little Feat hit the turntable it was officially a party. Great suggestion.

[@SightAfterDark]

Hell yeah!

[@lucasroth7922]

Saw this tour back in the day! Everyone was going f..king crazy! Dancing singin along, they played for 31/2 hours! Lowell George was a beast✌❤🤘!

[@SightAfterDark]

Must've been a good time!

[@gretchenmann633]

Best Album ever!

[@falcon215]

The greatest party band of the Seventies!

[@SmilingMedicineEntertainment]

When this album came out, if you were at a party somewhere, this was playing, usually extremely loud. One of the all time classic live albums. And if there is ever a slide guitarist hall of fame built, a statue of Lowell George should be at the front door. Ready for Oh, Atlanta or Dixie Chicken>Tripe Face Boogie next.

[@SightAfterDark]

Haha this song can only be played loud. We reacted to all of Feats Don't Fail Me Now when we started this channel: kzbin.info/aero/PLrQk6HwcCOFdQYj51Yq-bDS55DXRlxFiZ Heads Up: our audio quality has improved a lot since then

[@-R.Gray-]

If you notice a similarity in the slide guitar tone of Bonnie Raitt and Lowell George, it's because when she used to sing backup vocals on early L.Feat albums, Lowell George showed her how to daisy chain 2 compressor units to create infinite sustain ( as long as you were moving the slide.) On this album, be sure to check out "Apolitical Blues", with a guest appearance by Mick Taylor on guitar.

[@SightAfterDark]

That’s awesome! Thanks so much!

[@Greg-bz2bf]

I was born in 1960 and Little Feat and Time Loves a Hero became a big part of my teenage years. I am glad to see this music transcends generations. Cheers.

[@SightAfterDark]

Cheers Greg, thanks so much for watching!

[@michaelbochnia5686]

Fun band, great concert. I can still remember snippets of the concert back in my college daze. Favorite song of theirs.

[@SightAfterDark]

Shoutout to the college Daze!

[@davewardell5616]

So…. You want to check the best sax bit in the history of music? Of course you do. Listen to Mercenary Territory… same LP. The sax is by a very young Lenny Pickett… Tower Of Power and now musical director of SNL.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks Dave! Appreciate you!

[@douglasennis7291]

Also spine tingling slide by Lowell on the track as well!!! Shivers

[@plantfeeder6677]

@@douglasennis7291 hey I just nominated WfC for them to review. For a buck you can become a Patreon of these fine folks and vote it up.

[@johnnosiennek7066]

Saw the Feat in London and they really rocked the place

[@SightAfterDark]

We bet!

[@dwanpyrtle3134]

This album never, ever, ever, gets old.

[@AliasMark69]

Little Feat with The Allman Bros Band....1990....AWESOME show

[@timbucktwo4128]

Little Feat is probably next to the dead my favorite band, they are just so unique and amazing in their playing. I mean Lowell George, Bill Payne, Paul Barrere and all the others, they are amazing!

[@GB-ez6ge]

I've seen both bands multiple times live, both stoned and straight. Feats wins; more versatile, more talented, more variety. Dead is happier but Feats more fulfilling. A great appetizer vs a full six-course meal.

[@boekhoutbetty]

Arguably the greatest live album ever

[@ForwardArchives]

you guys are great keep doing what you are doing 🙌🔥

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks so much!

[@cindydepriest3720]

Great Band Great reaction! Love this whole album.

[@SightAfterDark]

Glad you enjoyed Cindy!

[@Bozoette]

I was at this concert! It's the best concert I've ever been to, and this album is my all-time favorite.

[@SightAfterDark]

Amazing!

[@bobdaniello3370]

DE FEATS, back in the day a musicians favorite band..LOWELL GEORGE on slide SAM CLAYTON with the deep hit voice. Zappa told him to get his own band because he was that good .

[@SightAfterDark]

If Zappa says it, it must be true!

[@DWHarper62]

The Waiting for Columbus record is probably one of the great live records of all time and definitely Little Feat's best record with better performances than the studio and tremendous live sound for 1977... The drummer Richie Heyward was recruited by every rock act in the 80's because of this record, playing with Robert Plant on his many hits... Actually, Billy Payne, the keyboard player was asked by Zappa to join his group and play along side Lowell George, but they took off and formed Little Feat instead...

[@SightAfterDark]

Little Feat are legends!

[@mikewoodrow5878]

Bill Paine played/toured with Bob Seger for a while, too.

[@wagstaff6135]

Lowell George's daughter, Inara George, is half of the duo, The Bird and the Bee. You might like them.

[@SightAfterDark]

Sounds cool! Thanks!

[@LBVeil4215]

Bill Payne's thunderous synthesizer made the live version rise.

[@buddystewart2020]

Dippin' in from a year ago, man, I've seen them live, they were tight. Fonky like a dirty pamper, fonky like an open hamper. And that 'rumor' is true, from late 1968 to early 1969 Lowell George was a member of Zappa's band, the Mothers of Invention.

[@davidhunter801]

Lowell was def in The Mothers, on Weasels Ate My Flesh and one or tow other albums. Neon Park did that album cover, and was the artist for all of Little Feat's album covers.

[@bentipler3424]

Spanish moon!

[@plantfeeder6677]

I was going to suggest SM but they've already covered it. Go figure. I wish they'd do the whole album but not enough people voted for it sooo

[@SightAfterDark]

We did the whole "Feats Don't Fail me Now" album when we first started the channel: kzbin.info/aero/PLrQk6HwcCOFdQYj51Yq-bDS55DXRlxFiZ Don't think anyone had suggested Waiting for Columbus yet, but we have a feeling that's about to change ;)

[@thereturnoftheprodigalyams6763]

@@SightAfterDark Spanish moon off of this album

[@JuandeFucaU]

yah, I'll toss my undies on stage for some Spanish Moon too.

[@abmqa]

@@thereturnoftheprodigalyams6763 Yes, Spanish Moon from Waiting On Columbus is superior to Feats Don't Fail Me version.

[@edwardantos3002]

Lowell George was in Mother’s of Invention. Frank Zappa heard one of Lowell George’s compositions, Willin, and said to him “ You need to leave this band and start your own band. Listen to more of this record, like Mercenary Territory, Spanish Moon, ohAtlanta. Your minds will grow and grow.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks Edward!

[@mattdunes5065]

Lowell George said in a late interview that they let this story run, but the truth was, Lowell felt superfluous in the Mothers. Frank had said the song (Willin') didn't really fit with what he was doing and suggested that Lowell start his own band. They parted on good terms apparently...

[@markburris9778]

Sailin' Shoes. A must listen.

[@stevevalk4074]

P.S. Little Feat (here) with the hood open and the engine running full throttle... kzbin.info/www/bejne/hH2pnIaAp5KDeKc They are "monsters" of a sort...!!! Listen to that fat sound (check) "Two degrees in Be-Bop... A PhD in Swing... He´s a master of rhythm... He´s a Rock n´Roll King"... might be one of the greatest lyric lines of all time.

[@SightAfterDark]

Amazing! Thanks so much Steve!

[@craigcook2393]

I was at this recorded concert! ( Lisner Auditorium, Was DC 197? )

[@SightAfterDark]

Nice!

[@timgilmour8802]

Many a party to this album

[@SightAfterDark]

For sure! Thanks Tim!

[@marktaylor1702]

My all time favorite band. Nuf said.

[@stevedotwood]

He was indeed in Zappa's band for a short while. Lowell George was short and a little bit chubby, depends on what year

[@SightAfterDark]

Fair

[@stevedotwood]

​@@SightAfterDark He was not a fat man in a bath tub

[@johncagnettajr344]

Yes Lowel on Burt Weinie Sandwich, Hot Rats and Weasel Rip My Flesh

[@tommccafferty5591]

He was in Zappa'a band from November 1968 to May 1969.

[@SightAfterDark]

Oh wow. Shorter than we thought

[@roberthohl2349]

I was at the concert at the Warner Theatre where this album was recorded. It was recorded at the Warner and another venue in Virginia a few days later. It was the best cloncert I ever went to. I have always been a huge Little Feat fan and still own all my original albums on vinyl.

[@stevevalk4074]

Dixie Chicken on this album has the greatest piano solo in rock history (Bill Paine)...!!! How about that...??? Nice review... more of "Waiting for Columbus"... Yes... George was in Zappa´s band for a short while.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks Steve! Thanks for watching!

[@mikewoodrow5878]

If I could do 10 thumbs up, I would. That was the walk-on / first song of the show. Later, the horn section comes on (Tower of Power) for the other parts. I prefer this live double album to any of their studio albums…and I love their studio albums. Each member of this band is musically top-tier. Peace from Toronto

[@SightAfterDark]

Love it! Peace from NYC

[@prissilou]

For us die-hard Little Feat fans, arguably one of the best RnR bands of all time. Guess you just had to be there...but keep in mind they were the backup band on Robert Palmer's Pressure Drop album, Led Zepplin's "favorite American band", and the funkiest shit to come down the pike since I don't know when. The combination of the two tracks on this album, this one "Fat Man in the Bathtub" and the next, "All that you Dream", played together, combine to represent the most glorious 7 minutes of American rock ever recorded. There's just too much to say about Little Feat, and their founder, the astounding Lowell George (still love you Lowell).

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for sharing!

[@justaguy2365]

Great song, Great band. Dixie chicken is a good one... skin it back, rock and roll doctor, spanish moon. All good jams

[@SightAfterDark]

For sure! We did all of "Feats Don't Fail me Now" when we started the channel: kzbin.info/aero/PLrQk6HwcCOFdQYj51Yq-bDS55DXRlxFiZ But haven't heard any live recordings until this!

[@neonpark1874]

@@SightAfterDark As I recall, you both liked the song Spanish Moon from the studio album. You really should treat yourselves to the live version from this album. The Tower of Power horn section really brings it on this track and really most of the whole album. Someone else recommended Mercenary Territory and I have to agree.

[@timcardona9962]

@@SightAfterDark Wow I forgot about that haha...IMO that particular album isnt as good as their fort 3 albums, something about the way its recorded and the energy level of the band. Glad you finally got to this one!

[@justaguy2365]

@@SightAfterDark ah... I see now

[@ljw5768]

You gotta do the whole album!

[@SightAfterDark]

It’s all up to the patrons. We love Little Feat!

[@timnaughton6495]

Pour a drink,sit back and play it all the way through!

[@jeffdorsey6537]

We “Feat Heads” thank you. Next up Willin.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks Jeff!

[@izzonj]

Yes, Lowell George did play for Zappa. There are 2 stories about why he left. One, told by George himself in concerts, is that he got fired because he wrote the song Willin', which refers to drugs, which Zappa was ardently against. Another story is that George wrote Willin' and showed it to Zappa and Zappa said, "Man you're too good to be playing for me, you need to start your own band." Maybe the truth was in the middle.

[@mu99ins]

Lowell is a great talent. His voice is top shelf. Zappa demanded the most from his band. They had to be sharp to play how he wanted them to play. Pot is a soft core drug, but like the comedian said, you ain't your sharpest. And musicians are famed for smoking pot. It's a temptation during the monotony of hotel rooms. Zappa intended, no doubt, to nip the pot smoking on tour in the bud. Lowell was a great voice, but there were other voices. Zappa's drug of choice was tobacco, which cut him short eventually.

[@izzonj]

@@mu99ins tobacco cut him short? What about the speedballs?

[@mu99ins]

@@izzonj - You tell me.

[@plantfeeder6677]

@@izzonj he means Zappa not George.

[@SightAfterDark]

Interesting. Like most things, the has definitely gotta be in the middle somewhere

[@jcf1963]

Yea, Lowell was in FZ's band. Don't forget the original LF bassist was Roy Estrada, an original member of the Mothers.

[@SightAfterDark]

Love it! Thanks Joey!

[@kevintsetse8440]

Lowell George was such a soulful singer and guitar player. A pity he was one who passed away from a drug overdose. To think of the music they could have made....cause the rest of the band was great too.

[@CuriousGeorge1111]

Waiting For Columbus is freaking awesome, and widely regarded one of the best live albums. This album is great from start to finish, but Dixie Chicken and Spanish Moon are indispensable, and highly recommended. Great reaction, and observation that the music becomes bigger and more complex live, with new stuff, like the synth. And the recording is fantastic.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for sharing George!

[@dwain437]

Great album

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for watching!

[@dwain437]

When I was about 15 or so I would spend weekends with my brother and he had alot lot lot of albums and discovered this album along with so much other music . Eric Clapton has a live album called Just one night ... my 2 favs for sure . Hope ya give it a listen ..

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

2 things. 1. Little feat got their from Lowell George's feet. He had very small feet. 2. Frank Zappa was very upset when he found out Lowell George had died from "a heart attach"

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for the info!

[@f.murphy8340]

The Dixie Chicks named themselves after the Little Feat song "Dixie Chicken"...check out "Willin" from the same album.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks!

[@keithdixon6595]

Glad you're doing the Feat ... I'd forgotten you'd covered Feats Don't Fail Me Now. But I still think the best albums are the first two, Dixie Chicken and Sailin' Shoes. This track came originally off Dixie Chicken - you should check out that album's title track, or Two Trains or Fool Yourself. I think the studio productions are better than the live versions, partly because recording live wasn't as advanced then as now (they all sound muddy to me), and because they could work harder on the production in the studio, of course. But just my two cents ...

[@keithdixon6595]

Oh, and you should definitely check out Lowell's solo album: Thanks, I'll Eat it Here - a couple of absolutely outstanding tracks on that.

[@SightAfterDark]

Interesting. Thanks for the suggestions Keith!

[@prissilou]

Yes, Lowell was in Zappa's band, but that's a whole 'nother story...

[@kornysinclair9145]

Tower of power horns.

[@SightAfterDark]

Tower of Power is the best!

[@bobschenkel7921]

Little feat with Lowell George, and without Lowell George were two different bands. Both good, but with Mr. George is much, much more energetic. Did see one show with Lowell, Snively Gym University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H. Oct.1, 1978. It was an EVENT, joints flying up on stage, big lights during Dixie Chicken and TWO encores. Saw Feat a few times later without Lowell and...it was okay, but it wasn't THAT. If you dig Kenny Gradney's Bass line, please play All That You Dream from the same album. Thanks. RIP Lowell, Richie Heyward and Paul Barrere.

[@bobschenkel7921]

Oops, it was Lundholm Gym, Snively was the Hockey Arena. My bad.

[@SightAfterDark]

Sounds like a great time!

[@ftlpope]

This is straight ahead New Orleans music especially the piano although I think they are from LA.

[@walterlippmann6292]

spot check

[@stevewalsh4850]

Agree with John Roberts except I would call it the absolute best live album ever recorded😎

[@markspahr242]

Why isn't Little Feat in the RnR HOF?? Not influential enough? Sheesh!

[@SightAfterDark]

Beats us!

[@iddicco]

That sound is a phaser

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks!

[@damonhines8187]

Killer band, killer album chock full of killer grooves! Apropos of nothing, FMITB may be a euphemism, like "joy buzzer", say...wink wink. Irrelevant? Not in my experience.

[@SightAfterDark]

haha its definitely possible

[@41alone]

If you haven't listened to Little Feet "Sailing Shoes" album, correct that.

[@SightAfterDark]

🥰thanks!

[@douglasennis7291]

Zappa yes truth 👍🏻😎

[@SightAfterDark]

:)

[@stevedotwood]

Lowell George - that man's voice! I mean : Roooo-saaaaa-rita…

[@SightAfterDark]

:)

[@WilliamJones-sf5pt]

LITTLE Feat were the American Led Zepplin according to Led Zepplin. They got spun off from Frank Zappa. Frank said they had gotten too good. He also didn't like the drug references.

[@SightAfterDark]

That's high praise coming from Led Zeppelin themselves! Thanks for watching!

[@dleachman80]

Lowell George was asked to leave the another’s of invention over a song he wrote named Livin

[@dleachman80]

Oops spell correct willin

[@poetwarriorrare9489]

yah, he was in the mothers of invention, and Zappa didnt like that Lowell wrote songs with drug use in the lyrics. PLUS, he saw Lowell George was gifted and should have his own band.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for the info!

[@prissilou]

Oh, and don't get me started on the double entendres in the lyrics...

[@vincentmizzoni6999]

Song about being overweight and depressed and coming down ,and other things .

[@thailythy4470]

bro can u react to vannda you already dead song next

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for the suggestion Thaily!

[@stevedotwood]

This as been bugging me for years. Did Lowell George have South-American roots? His face always seemed Mexican to me, and he sometimes sang in the language (I guess for a California native it's probably common to know at least a few Mexican words)

[@SightAfterDark]

Haha we'll have to let someone else answer cause we have no idea!

[@davewardell5616]

No… Hollywood white boy. His father sold the most mink coats in Beverly Hills.

[@stevedotwood]

@@davewardell5616 Thanks for the info. Still these typical mexican features don't lie. I'm a life long caricaturist, so usually I can read a face. Apparently this time I got it wrong.

[@ludofuzz3012]

As tall as Greatfull dead

[@SightAfterDark]

Yup yup

[@leedabrowski835]

I thought it was about Jerry Garcia… I could be wrong though…

[@showshowthecloneclown8428]

I guess I have 2 favorite bands 1 is little feat . The other is Steely Dan . Dear Ann Landers what is wrong with me ?

[@SightAfterDark]

Nothing wrong with that!

[@ludofuzz3012]

Adrian belew also. Zappa then bowie then talking head and the wonderful king crimson. Try also the U.K 2 lp's. First eddie jobson and the second eddie jobson and terry titties and beers Boozio..sorry for that joke. Punky '' s wheep wow. "You 're too much "

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks so much!

[@ludofuzz3012]

@@SightAfterDark zappa universe is so vast. A lifetime to discover the whole

[@kornysinclair9145]

Yeah he was. Then Zappa recognized his true leading talent. And was like . Your to good to be in a band. You need to do your own thing .. Maybe drugs had an effect also idk . Frank never liked then ..Lowell did. Don't know .

[@SightAfterDark]

Prob a combination of both

[@1charlesallnut]

You speculated about the meaning of the song title. Just Google the title + urban dictionary. 😀

[@SightAfterDark]

We never look things up beforehand because we want the reactions to be as authentic as possible. But thanks

[@jondeur2686]

Yup. If he came up with Zappa he's got to be good. But as good as Zappa was, he was not as good a songwriter as Lowell George. Zappa was as clever, brilliant, creative and funny as anyone who ever lived, but he never wrote a song as good as Lowell's best. He was not as prolific as the truly big stars, but those big stars listened to his music I really like your reviews, but comparing the organ on VanHalen's "Jump" to Bill Payne on "Fatman?" Eddie was a virtuoso on the guitar but...

[@JuandeFucaU]

I learned about Little Feat from a guy I met in Australia back in 84..... never heard of them before.... then I learned it was Lowell George of Zappa fame so I didn't feel too dumb.... not as dumb as that Ozzie bloke felt when I told him he was mispronouncing Bruce Cockburn's name anyway..... told him to get some penicillin if he kept saying it that way. Little Feat don't really fit into the southern rock genre with that jazzy, synthy, too many other instruments and sounds.... but I'm not stuck on labels.... opening for The Who is cool. I don't usually give out advice but.... if you are over 300 pounds.... then maybe speedballs aren't the best thing to be taking? yah, I'd say Lowell wrote this about his own bathtub blues.

[@SightAfterDark]

Lol Lowell is a legend

[@prissilou]

Lowell was kinda nasty that way...I'll tell ya what it meant if ya really want to know....

[@pete3883]

Do young people catch it's , about drugs?

[@ralphschmidt2150]

Spanish moon and dixie chicken are much better

[@plantfeeder6677]

Okay again. They had already heard Spanish Moon....it was my first choice. They also have heard Tripe face Boogie which is part of DC on WfC. So....I choose this song. You want to hear those songs? I suggest you pony up a dollar or two and request them. Thanks

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for watching Ralph!

[@plantfeeder6677]

Hey Ralph, I just nominated Waiting for Columbus as the next album for them to review. If you want Spanish Moon why not become a Patreon of these fine people and cast your vote for it. Then we can all groove to this masterpiece.

[@abmqa]

@@plantfeeder6677 Spanish Moon on Waiting for Columbus is imo, a much better version than the Feats Don't Fail Me one. As is the entire album again imo.

[@plantfeeder6677]

@@abmqa I agree. So why don't you become a Patron of these fine folk and correct this glaring error, iyo. I already told you the reason I chose this song. Sorry I didn't live up to your expectations. Not really sorry at all by the way.