Little Feat - Fat Man In The Bathtub (REACTION)

[@Noname-ko5pj]

There are no bad tracks on this record. Definitely a contender for best live set ever recorded. Spanish Moon is a great candidate for an upcoming reaction.One of the deepest grooves you'll ever hear.

[@davebennett9747]

To be fair, they listened/reacted to "Spanish Moon" (the "Feats Don't Fail Me" version) a couple of weeks ago...

[@maine420grow]

While I agree with Dave that they did Spanish moon already, I also believe they need to hear the version on this album. I don't think there's any bad bugger sugar in the original. Though I could be wrong.

[@davebennett9747]

@@maine420grow True -- a live/studio comparison would be really interesting. (And the illegal sucrose references *are* in the LP cut, but they were omitted from the butchered 45 edit.)

[@289hipo]

Been listening to this album since it came out 45yrs ago....don't like any studio versions of these tracks as much. There are other cuts off their other albums that are great though

[@bwustinbweem]

@@289hipo agreed. no other recording of these tracks will sound as good as this album. never get tired of it. great driving music lol

[@John_Chu]

This is a prime example of Little Feat's use of the "second line" beat from New Orleans funk. Check out The Meters and The Neville Brothers.

[@mikewoodrow5878]

Yup, this one is basically a doubled-down Bo Didley beat

[@StevenPinover]

One of the greatest live albums of all time, play it all!

[@Bozoette]

I was at this concert in 1978 in DC. Still the best concert I ever went to. They opened with this tune and didn't stop.

[@ThomasDaly-h4y]

Me TOO

[@erolbulut2584]

Warner or DAR?

[@Bozoette]

@ Lisner Auditorium

[@dannymoore6886]

Billy Payne's keyboards are heavenly. It don't matter if he's on the piano or Hammond B3. It is sweet!

[@chrissimon9879]

You guys keep hitting my faves Steely Dan, Little Feat. You guys have great taste. I always viewed Little Feat as a funky, New Orleans (Allen Toussaint, etc) influenced R&B band especially after the induction of Sam Clayton, Paul Barrere, and Kenny Gradney. Great, great band. 🙏👍

[@Chamomileable]

One thing I love about this track is that the swing on it is so heavy that it almost doesn't sound like it's in 4/4 time anymore. Beyond swing. This song is swung. One of the most underrated bands ever.

[@oldskool4612]

Wow now we're talking. Reacting to my personal favorite live album ever. The tune is about "Spotcheck Billy," who seems to be suffering from a lack of sex or drugs or both, depending on your view. Some say it's an autobiographical account of Lowell George himself. This LP also includes the Tower of Power horn section as well. It's an album that's almost impossible to listen to for a song or two. Thanks you two for another superb reaction. 👏

[@actionman4205]

It’s about Jerry Garcia

[@jeffdempsey6478]

Sounds about right 😅

[@brendamilloy2557]

Yeah! This is my favorite live album. The band's energy is electric and the talent limitless.

[@suesmith7968]

Freewheeling is how I describe this band. Great album!!!!! ☮️❤️

[@marielaveau5321]

I've said this before on reactions to Feat but can't remember if I've commented on this channel, but my son was their guitar technician for about 10 years. He left shortly after Paul Barrere died. He was lucky enough to make quite a few of their yearly Ramble on the Island fan fests in Jamaica, and met a lot of great musicians. I have pics of him with all kinds of people, Jackson Browne, etc. They were a great band. ✌️

[@todwest]

When you get to the live version of 'Dixie Chicken,' be sure to combine it with 'Tripe Face Boogie' in the same vid. It's one long medley on the album and best heard together.

[@chopa2less]

Sam Clayton (percussionist) and Kenny Gradney (bassist) brought the funk to the band when they joined on the 3rd album, if memory serves. They are from New Orleans and are the black members of the band. Sam Clayton is the brother of Merry Clayton, a famous backup singer, who had the memorable part in the Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter". You ought to check out the movie, "Twenty Feet from Stardom" about women backup singers. Little Feat's first 2 albums had a more country and blues mashup. I enjoy your reactions.

[@bobschenkel7921]

Like you gents did with Led Zeppelin, just do the WHOLE album, you will not be disappointed. I saw them on the followup tour for this album, astoundingly great. There is not a ton of video on Little Feat, but the best I have found is their appearance on Rockpalast, a German concert series from the 70's. Basically this album, but with video, shot in Essen Germany, with 70's video technology, plus an add on song from Holland on the same European Tour. They also did an appearance on The Midnight Special, but the audio is not so good. Do Rockpalast.

[@gregmarshall487]

Greatest double album of all time!! Legends...and just put out a new album!!

[@thelarson1000]

Along with live at Fillmore east

[@davidfinnell1660]

You need to hear Spanish Moon live off this album! Ten times better than studio in my opinion. There are lyrics you haven't heard on the live version. And the horns!

[@jasonremy1627]

That's the Tower of Power horn section backing them up on this album. A big part of what makes this so good.

[@coolzip683]

Tower of Power! OMG What a great band! Check out "Taxed to the Max" , "Undercurrent", and "What Is Hip?"

[@jasonrichardson1208]

That rhythm section playing that 2nd line New Orleans groove! I inherited this album from my late uncle who knew about music. Great album! RIP Uncle Mike! 😇

[@genosiegelli5237]

I love it when those first smiles grace your faces when you recognize you listening to something really cool ❤👍🏼

[@ricknblueridge]

One of the greatest live albums of all time...

[@vancepeck7888]

This has been on every playlist almost five decades!! Waiting for Columbus is all about greatness!! ❤️

[@willheil7591]

This is a Bo Diddley beat at heart. Chunk-a-chunk-a-chunk a-chunk-chunk. It’s a memory of West Africa left to melt in the Caribbean sunshine, filtered through Delta mud, and then barged up the Mississippi.

[@hog7203]

I bought this album the first week it came out. Wore it out. It's in my top ten live albums. Little Feat was a unique band. Very hard to describe their sound or categorize them. They do use some interesting timings in some of their songs. I'm not a drummer ( I play guitar) but when drummers I've performed with ask me who my favorite drummer is, I tell them Little Feat's drummer, Richie Hayward (RIP).

[@esdel1955]

You guys would love Robert Palmer’s “Sailing Shoes/Hey Julia/Sneaking Sally Through the Alley” medley with Little Feat as the backing band. You gotta listen to all 3 songs together, it just doesn’t work otherwise!

[@garyrausch1184]

Yes agree about Robert Palmer medley must listen just great

[@cherylwoodward]

Great choice!!

[@barrym2112]

Absolutely great choice!

[@victorbortolussi2964]

It's actually Lowell and The Meters ( featuring Art and Cyril Neville) are on that Robert Palmer album.

[@mandobob]

Robert Palmer (RIP) Now there was a great vocalist with killer musical taste. The late great Alan Toussaint arranged on this album and wrote SNEAKIN SALLY...

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

Such a great band. R.I.P. Lowell George. Please also check out "Willin" and "Dixie Chicken."

[@KevinRCarr]

Any time you've got Waiting For Columbus dialed in you'll have my eyes and ears on your video. Once upon a time at age 19 I was hired to manage a headshop/record store, and on my first day on the job, after the owner left me alone to get familiar, I found side 1 of this 2 album set on the turntable, and just started it up. I'd never heard, nor even heard of, Little Feat. By the time side 1 was over, I was a serious fan, and have been ever since. Yes, do pull up some live video of them doing any song, they were as much fun to watch as to listen to, and you may find that their appearances aren't what you expect. 😊

[@markharbin9945]

Great jam band everyone in the band playing the cowbell😮🎉🎉🎉

[@williamweiss6128]

Yep. Seriously great live album. So good!!

[@clifton8929]

Very few musicians can write a great song, sing it superbly, and then play a great guitar lead on it as well. Lowell George of Little Feat was someone who was truly a triple threat - but also defined slide guitar in a totally unique way. This album will shock you; dive deeper into the songs and the lyrics, and you'll be rewarded with musical magic. Inconic Classic Live Album.

[@mcddtlc]

Guys - checkout - Apolitical Blues - from this album - Mick Taylor of the Rolling Stones on lead guitar!!! Awesome song!!!

[@davidthompson7817]

RIP Lowell George.

[@salspataro9389]

The Word for Little Feat is: ECLECTIC

[@jasonremy1627]

This is one of those albums you can just put on and play the whole way through at a backyard cookout, and everyone has a great time.

[@fredhuntsinger1186]

I'm on my 4th copy of Waiting for Columbus. Got to see Little Feat in 1977 at the Music Hall in Houston. Great bunch of musicians and the concert was fantastic They .brought some "local talent"" on stage to dance during Dixie Chicken.

[@marksimpson1991]

YES!!! Live Little Feat! The only way to go.

[@CuzKatieSaysSo]

Dang they were fun seeing live!!! ❤❤ RIP Lowell George ❤❤

[@darrenmaxwell1085]

Great band and one of the all time great live albums!!! Another band guys that there first 8 albums which includes this one are all solid and hard to find a bad song on them! Just so smooth, cool and vastly underrated!

[@richeaton5752]

👍 RIP Lowell, Paul, and Ritchie. Thank You!

[@AU88]

Strong contender for greatest live album of all time, if not the champ.

[@softhotty]

100%

[@halrayray2770]

A good live video of the band is from the " Old grey whistle test". A BBC show from the 70s. I've seen "Rock and roll doctor " and " Fat man in the bathtub " from that performance. They kill it in this show.

[@johnwilkinson4683]

Thanks for playing tunes from one of rock's best and underated bands. They really are a musicians' band for sure.

[@joewiley62]

This too is one of my favorite albums and live....this band can PLAY......

[@OzarkTroutBum]

Lucky enough to have seen the original Little Feat several times and it was like seeing old friends in a new band every time.

[@olly8]

Don't know why but THIS is probably A Favorite song on this album by Little Feat💃🏻🕺 It's got that "I gotta dance" groove to it. Find myself hearing it in my head often. All the percussion instruments, all the funky kinda calypso bests ...dance monkey 🐒 Lowell George knocks it out the box. 📦🛁😁 Love the 'washboard' strumming! A Cajun-Calipso type sound. Groovy 🎶🎵🎶

[@rogercaruso9337]

Load the precautions in this song phenomenal along with the rest of the instruments excellent choice

[@p.j.graham9395]

By far the best song picks ever. Love y’all. Best reactors out there!

[@patseymour4922]

You Tube has a live video of Fat man in the bathtub. They also have live videos of Spanish Moon, Rock and Roll Doctor, Willin, and many others. I think you will enjoy seeing their performances.

[@phonebone81]

The W.F.C. Album is the masterpiece of Little Feat that`s for sure because I like so many more of them. Thanks for sharing this piece from one of the best live albums ever. Best regards @all from hamburg (germany)

[@CuriousGeorge1111]

I love love love this song, and this album. I'm surprised you weren't more blown away, but maybe it'll grow on you. It's called swamp rock--that bluesy, chugging beat. I recommend the whole dang album, which is legendary.

[@Featseeker]

Lowell spends the time between his slide guitar parts live playing a second cowbell with Sam the percussionist; a friend recently told me this song personifies more cowbell. You can almost imagine him pitching “we need two cowbells!”

[@davidhunter801]

Give "Rock and Roll Doctor" a listen next. Studio version from Feats Don't Fail Me Now is ultra funky, the live version on Waiting for Columbus is a little more rock. Lowell George will forever be known as the the RocknRoll Doctor.

[@mikebrady44]

Love watching you guys discover these musical Gems - my opinion shared by millions - 2 greatest live albums of all-time - Live at the Fillmore East (Allman Brothers) and Waiting for Columbus (Little Feat)

[@davidthompson7817]

This is my favorite live album of all time…I can listen to it every day🎉 Fat man in the bathtub + Spanish Moon don’t get any better than this!

[@kengregory6026]

You wanna see what they look like guys? Check out the track 'Rock'n'Roll Doctor' from The Old Grey Whistle Test.(This was a BBC show in the 70s featuring only live performances..it was superb)..Legend has it they flew into the UK, went straight to the studio and recorded it before lunchtime :)

[@stevedotwood]

Lowell George's voice! First time I heard his voice was his solo hit: "Cheek To Cheek", loved it since.

[@roninprofessor]

Great Album! You should play “Mercenary Territory” from this album. The Tower Of Power horn section really kills it on this song

[@neonpark1874]

End of side two right into side three FTW! Tower of Power horns take you into the stratosphere.

[@Irockthere4]

He got that voice! And can make that slide guitar cry!

[@gramps6334]

There music breakdowns are what I liked about these guys. It is harder than most to find the groove but they had great musicians.

[@jeffdempsey6478]

N'awlins rock at it's best!!....best live album ever made.

[@annamariewilson8928]

Little Feat is spectacular .. Love seeing you groovin

[@astroteech]

What can I say! This is the music of my just post high school music experience. I got to see them live just a year before Lowell George so prematurely. Little Feat stands alone with their music, somewhat like the Allman Brothers, but on a whole nother level.

[@chadwhitfield6946]

This has a Caribbean vibe to it. Definitely a nice groove.

[@Jlnealiii]

Always included in my best live album discussion. All-timer.

[@lucasroth7922]

Yes sirs, what a show they put on! Outstanding music and great talents🔥🤘✌

[@yellowtruckproductions7502]

The rhythm is a 3-2 clave, the soul of Afro-cuban Son music, seeping in from the Caribbean at New Orleans and traveling up the Mississippi evolving into the hambone beat and then the Bo Diddly beat.

[@danw2276]

THEY ROCK! LOVE EM. !!!!!!!

[@AliasMark69]

I saw Little Feat with The Allman Brothers Band.... WHAT A SHOW.... You must see "Dixie Chicken" and this performance....Little Feat - Willin' sung by Lowell George Live 1977. HQ Video.

[@johnathanstruble1064]

Spanish Moon live off this Album..is tremendous! There is also a clip from the TV show MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, OF them performing Fat Man in a Bathtub, high quality. Good choice Men!! Thank you! ✌️👍

[@urupiper2Two]

Saw them live in '77, never heard of them before, will never forget... bought this vinyl and wore it out 💥💥

[@davidwolf4677]

New Orleans rhythms and vibe. Richie Hayward (RIP) is my favorite rock drummer.

[@thatmanstumototours2270]

Lots more to come on this Album. Thanks.

[@ML-un1oi]

A very underrated band who was great. And as always fellas great reaction. 🙏

[@klauswyatt1050]

Great reaction man. Love Little Feat. And love this album. Its known as one of the best sounding live albums of all time. You gotta do the Dixie Chicken / Tripe faced Boogie, its just an all out rocker!! ( with a great story) The whole album is incredible Love your show

[@jeffreycurtiss4718]

This is my favorite band and in 1976 Jimmy Page said this band was his fav!

[@mvhoyt61able]

Best live album ever created.

[@MsCriticalthinker201]

Saw this tour at University of NH. 22 miles from home.

[@JohnWhite-xc3md]

Yeah! You guys found this album! Ritchie Hayward is the most uniquely funky drummer. I almost wish there wasn't so much percussion going on in this song. Ritchie's snare and accents are a thing of beauty.

[@maine420grow]

Thank you for reacting to this. As many have said already this whole album is amazing. Don't know if you guys would consider doing the whole thing, but whether or not you react to any more songs off this album, definitely listen to it on your own time. With headphones. Really loud.

[@marckusel5602]

An all time great album. Thanks 😊

[@deadmeat_0152]

this album is soooooooooooooo gooood

[@peterlburrows]

Great, great album. Love these guys.

[@timpafundi6321]

For me, this is a top 3 Live albums of all-time.

[@1bigrowdy]

This album is pure traveling music .Top 5 in live albums...The lead singer Lowell George passed way to soon.

[@loupi4bama]

Whole album is 🔥

[@xJRx77]

R,I.P. Lowell...he had so much more music to give us. Miss this guy immensely

[@realbser1956]

Enjoying your Little Feat reactions. These guys should have been more popular, they were fantastic, especially with the TOP horn section backing them up. 👌

[@asproctor198]

Feat's in my all time top ten....Funk before funk was a commercial thang.

[@willowvee5844]

It's the Cajun influence; makes for such a cool sound!

[@rogercaruso9337]

Another banger guys they definitely had that New Orleans sound

[@minkhollow]

This album is part of the background noise of my childhood, and this is probably my favorite song of the lot. (I did not realise how utterly filthy it is when I was little, I'll just say that. XD)

[@briancullen9575]

This record should be in everyone’s collection, but somehow most people have never heard of Little Feat. As others have said, there’s not one bad song on the whole album.

[@ericoh123]

One perspective that's always seemed to resonate (in my 'vitamin A' music appreciation mindset during that era) is very much their Grateful Dead-ish jam band type vibe, but originating in the Bayou, versus San Fran.

[@thcarter123]

I’ve asked my wife to play this at my funeral, turned up to 11, on loop.

[@UMPeeps1348]

The greatest Live album ever released!! Dont sleep on Trip Face Boogie!

[@SmilingMedicineEntertainment]

Lowell George was one of the best slide guitar players of this era. Him and Duane Allman. This amazing album really put Little Feat on the map for lots of people when it first came out. If you're gonna do more tracks from Waiting for Columbus, you need to check out side three with the Dixie Chicken>Tripe Face Boogie medley. Outstanding stuff. It'll get you guys outta them chairs. Still waiting for ya to check into some Grateful Dead.....

[@Alewifes_Husband]

This is one of the all-time Live albums in the rock world. And the re-release on CD from 2002 is even better -- a bit cleaner, a handful of added songs and takes of the same song from different nights in the tour. But it's just a top-quality recording of some top-quality performances. The album has few peers in the live album category.

[@timcardona9962]

LIttle Feat - you guys are killin' it! Are you two familiar with the music of New Orleans? That is where this rhythm comes from and its very funky but it's also more syncopated and off kilter then the grooves you are used to

[@Irockthere4]

Once you know the sound of his slide guitar AND his voice, then you know Lowell George. RIP what a great live band though.

[@mtzoar]

Just ran across you guys. Good job. i will suggest Spanish Moon as my favorite from this album

[@marauder600]

Richie Hayward on drums. Just after duty with Frank Zappa and the Mother's. Good stuff.

[@robinbolton6064]

Just a fabulous record ❤

[@brooksboyd1959]

There is a live version of Rock and Roll Doctor by LF. You will LOVE it!