Little Feat "Long Distance Love" OGWT November 18, 1975

Filmed at the ALL3Y Studios on Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA. The room was the smaller room, called "The Basement".
This aired on the Old Grey Whistle Test November 18, 1975

[@Islwynpaul]

This band has meant more to me than any other over my 67 years on this earth...LG was a musical genius....the drugs didn't work.....still miss him.....

[@shays01]

So is Bill Payne ... and no one drums like Richie did (sometimes, even he couldn't repeat the things he did)

[@kevinherbert4256]

me 3....

[@danocable]

Yeah I cry when I hear this song, I guess it’s kinda a personal thing, and 1975 was a good year to be alive.🎃

[@mralexandarhodes2007]

Agreed, The most amazing band ever, very lucky to see them live a couple of times in London..

[@jerrythompson2857]

Likewise, three times in London, Lowell had it all, the songs, the slide and a voice that made angels smile

[@waynebrady4296]

Never seen a band so stoned, reminds me of being in the crew bar on a Saturday night when I was at sea

[@user-fr2hh1rx4k]

The drummer had two black eyes. What happened last night?

[@user-fr2hh1rx4k]

The rhythm guitarist had to remind mouth the lyrics to Lowell. It’s crazy that it’s a old gray whistle test and the band is that fucking good they were like we can do this.

[@johnknottenbelt2727]

After almost 50 years, this tune still gives me shivers of delight. One of the most beautiful songs of lost love ever.

[@harvumdum]

This is so beautiful! And I love that they all look high as a kite and the drummer has a black eye 😂

[@saltpigohyeah]

For sure haha

[@tompreiss1361]

Richie Hayward was in a bad motorcycle accident around this time. Possibly why he has a black eye.

[@elizabethhann4028]

The cracked mosaic of a cartoon consciousness... R.I.P, sweet Lowell. I wish I could have met you.

[@JamesS001]

Hello Elizabeth, how are things going with you?

[@muzikmind77]

34 years old.. I can't believe this man's voice at his age.. anyone who sings for a hobby would understand Rip

[@digitalnobody74]

That Voice....... A master....

[@solefood7477]

Agreed. Every hair on my body is standing.

[@MrBuellMike]

Bonnie Raitt once said: I miss the Feat more than being 9 Years old… I‘ll go with that… (now 59).

[@stargazer6753]

She and Lowell were both big drinkers ending up in an argument with Bonnie hitting Lowell over the head with a bottle. So it is said.

[@cayenneman08]

Nobody should be as good looking, as great a vocalist and great a guitar player as Lowell was. Damn what a loss!

[@SoulShines4U]

*Huge* Little Feat fan here! My God was Lowell George ever a brilliant musician. The talent that man had could fill a stadium. We lost out on decades of great music with his untimely death. Long Distance Love has always been one of my favs of theirs along with All That You Dream and Roll Um Easy. This song in particular always gave me strong Van Morrison vibes.

[@szymonbus6496]

Yes! When I heard it for the first time, I had to check if it's Van Morrison singing.

[@alanbartholomew7108]

Probably the most beautiful song I have ever heard

[@robtempe]

inspired by Linda Ronstadt

[@blackfinjrblackfinjr3555]

Yes it was. Can you imagine the talent those kids of theirs would have had??

[@jeffmcgovern6130]

I will never forget the day Lowell sang the lyrics from his solo album for me while the vocal free tape played on his Nakamichi deck in Nashville 1978. So great! He treated me and my entourage to third row center seats that night and for the next show in Memphis. A great talent

[@xxHouseInMotionxx]

Damn

[@davetighe]

Lucky man Jeff, great memory, thanks for sharing.

[@MrBuellMike]

So you were blessed with meeting the man… I envy you. He strikes a chord in my heart every time… like many, gone too soon. 4ever in my heart.

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

The most underrated band of all time! Just buy Rad Gumbo box set and listen why!

[@DickRichie5150]

This is absolute an absolute jam.... could listen to every day. Such feeling

[@bjm8238]

Same, gives me the same feels at the Jayhawks song “Gonna be a darkness”

[@thefilmandmusic]

This band truly one of the all time greats ..

[@dannysmith9217]

I saw them in The Listener Auditorium in Washington DC in 74. Best Rock and Roll show I've ever seen. It will never be equaled.

[@Marx-Lennon]

It was summer of 1978, I was making a late night turn around run from Flagstaff to Santa Fe. I noticed my fuel light came on and I was out of gas. There were no gas stations for the next 27 miles. I had no extra fuel on board. I was doomed. If this shipment didn’t arrive on time my entire family would be killed. There was nothing I could do. Out of nowhere, the sweet sounds of Lowell George’s raspy voice came slowly oozing out of my speakers and filled the cabin of my rig. As I sang along with tears streaming down my face, thinking of my family and how I let them down, I looked at fuel and it started to rise. Thinking I was hallucinating, I became confused but kept singing. I started singing harder and harder along with the this song and just as the song ended…my fuel light shut back off. Miraculously I was able to drive long enough to get to the fuel station and complete the run. My family was saved. Thanks Lowell George.

[@Chronicallycactus]

😂😂😂😂

[@ttidforever7416]

I'm fascinated why you find this story funny.

[@yurolson]

becasue you were willing to be movin!!! good on - Tehachapi to Tonapah - driving the back roads so won't get weighed - well you know the rest of the story

[@elizapatterson7304]

top tier comfort video. i love everything about it. the creepy british guy at the beginning, the fact that they all look like they’re on another fucking planet, and the slow drawling version of this song, almost discordant but still groovy as fuck. soooooo good.

[@JamesS001]

Hello Eliza, how are things going with you?

[@blossie33]

The British guy is 'Whispering' Bob Harris, the presenter of the music programme The Old Grey Whistle Test - he always spoke softly 😄 nice guy actually.

[@eliww9694]

poor british guy! he's just trying to live his life you know!

[@raffaelecappieri4906]

I can’t forget this amazing track 😄😄😄😄👋👋👋🌹🌹🌹

[@naturalrestingface4909]

The greatest band that ever rented the Earth. Jimmy Page had high praise for them too. Their first album reminded me of Sgt. Pepper, raw, brilliant and like nothing that came before or since.

[@beeamadeusfox]

I have loved this long since 78' when I first heard it. It still gives me solace and hope in equal measure, a sublime gem that stands tall against the ravages of time. We all have a bit of long distance love in us.

[@robertstultz2260]

Im 66 myself and i wore out many 8 tracks of this album. Go to the bank and get a handful of matchbooks so we could wedge the tape up to get it to play!!!!😂

[@prissilou]

Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn. DAMN. The planets aligned when you guys did this song and this album. LOVE, love, love LF for all time. RIP Lowell, Richie, and Paul. Rock n Roll Heaven is rockin' for sure these days!

[@blackfinjrblackfinjr3555]

They got a helluva band up there now

[@KM-kg9mb]

It’s amazing that Lowe can sing as well as he is in this video, considering the fact that he’s so high on cocaine and alcohol that he’s literally sweating bullets! Every year, my brother and his friends on Nantucket threw a “Little Feat” party on June 29th. It started out small, but over the years it grew to be a rather large affair. It was often held at Corky Lang’s house… and that eventually led to other rockstar luminaries finding themselves on Nantucket so they could go to the party. It was a wild time and included massive amounts of barbecue, seafood right off the boat, adult beverages/party favors, and a jam session that often went on into late Sunday afternoon the next day! It was the same weekend every year and during that unfortunate June in 1979, Mr. Lowell George took his leave from us and left his worldly concerns behind. Lowe died on Friday, and the next day the official name of the annual event was changed to: “The Lowe George Memorial concert”. True story! Sadly, Mr. George was really coming into his own with the release of “Thanks, I’ll Eat It Here” The song 20 Million Things is a miracle of songwriting narrative and music production. That is both exquisitely, complicated and very easy to listen to at the same time. In fact, that song is often taught in music schools and conservatories, because there is a plethora of wonderful examples of harmonic rhythm, bass line re-harmonization, New Orleans style, percussion, and drumming, and so forth.

[@stargazer6753]

Your comments are very interesting. I am familiar with these songs “Long Distance Love” and “20 Million Things” not only because of Lowell but because of the fact Jackson Browne, a really best friend to Lowell, thoroughly respecting his talent and choosing to cover those two songs recognizing how brilliant they were. He was Godfather to both Lowell’s daughter and the daughter of Warren Zevon, whom he also thought was a brilliant writer when no one else did. But that relationship a whole other story.

[@fr3ak1shh]

That's cool that 20 Million Things is taught in music schools. I would have never known if you didn't share that info!

[@catlink8998]

Students at the local college turned the classical radio station into an underground broadcast Friday nights at midnight. They played the just released Last Record Island I was was blown away. I'd never heard anything quite like it. Purchased the album when I got my next pay. Still have it & it remains one of my favorites. It still grieves me LG is gone. Imagine what how his genius would have developed over the years he missed.

[@TheMrCompletely]

Exquisite. Wonderful song, beardless Lowell, loved every second of it

[@jjcale27]

Thanks for posting....Lowell George wow...

[@marisadaniela6]

How am I just finding out about this amazing band and this beautiful man's angelic voice😍 Rest in peace and thanks for music, man.

[@ttidforever7416]

There's someone I know which captures these lyrics perfectly. Someone I have never met in person, but she keeps me fed with her mind, Heart and humor. However, knowing I will probably never meet her is still painful all the same. Glad Lowell and the boys all those years ago would be able to give me something to sing and sometimes cry to. RIP Lowell and Ritchie. #OneLove

[@haw_n_thorne]

“Hello Give me Missing Persons” They said: “what is it that you need?” I said, “whoa: I need her so” They said “you gotta stop your pleadin’ Cuz no matter what you do You can even pray to heaven above All you ever get from her is Long distance love” ❤️ I read the papers And I got the blues I’m so sad to hear the news: “Help Wanted” - but not enough... I guess these times are gettin rough ❤️ Her toes were so pretty And her lies so sweet I wonder: Do she know? Do she know she hurt me so? Cuz no matter what I do I can even pray to heaven above All I seem to get from her is Long distance love ❤️

[@user-fr2hh1rx4k]

Long Distance Love #Lit Foot #Jackson #Classic.

[@ncrmh]

this is the first time i'm hearing little feat. incredible.

[@charleshash4919]

What rock have you been keeping yourself under?

[@sb6217]

So Much Greatness!

[@BertisGuitar]

Thanks for the clean version of this. My favourite video on youtube.

[@xxHouseInMotionxx]

I like the scratchy one haha

[@jeremygreen2198]

What a great band they were! No other Band musically near them 2 other bands make the cut The Band and The, Allman. Bros, maybe the LATTER DAY Amazing Rythm Aces but it was, those vocals, N gdameat songwriting of Lowell George n Billy Payne that elevated the to the best Band ever! Melbourne Australia,

[@petritanskanen8465]

Right on brother! 👍

[@raffaelecappieri4906]

Wow what a great song 👋👋👋👋

[@blmrgtr]

Live. Unfuckingbelievably awesome.

[@tiggy2shu]

Pure genius! Nevermind laying that stack down when stoned out of their heads, killed it. Special band!

[@Jordan__Sloan]

Yeah definitely some substance rolling through that band, percussionist doesn’t know there’s other people in the room

[@yurolson]

ya but it was stoned on good smoke - and maybe some china with - but Lowell other than the sweat look pretty clear. I think his body just ran on the chemicals. they didn't effect him like others. But he got to heavy and did too much and the heart just stopped plus the dam cigs. I think that was the worst - was the cigarettes…

[@davesmith7363]

Full brain massage-love as always George-RIP X

[@solefood7477]

This hits the soul

[@waakneelerner4354]

Oooo. So in the pocket. I know that place. It’s a gift and a curse.. Miss you Lowell. ☮️

[@gonzoexpress9885]

Great track. Lowell was feeling no pain in this croon session. He and Jackson Browne were good friends. Jackson has covered this song laid down on some of his early bootlegged gigs. Lowell's version, suffice to say, is outstanding.

[@flamencoprof]

@Earl Guthrie Thanks so much. I saw this on TV in NZ at the time, spent the whole of the next day with it running thru my head. When the internet became a thing I looked for it, several times I found it but the links would break. Awesome to find this once more, now that video downloaders are a thing.

[@paulm1145]

I remember seeing this as well, and my brothers saying that all the band members looked so wasted lol. Memories

[@flamencoprof]

@@paulm1145 LOL I think it was the wastedness that appealed to me as much as the music.

[@hanswagner2831]

always thought lowell was a phenomenal muscian and fantastic slide player ,sometime its hard for me to tell his voice from van morison! RIP BROTHER YOU ARE MISSED TERRIBLY!

[@turdrhinofiend]

he was a great songwriter and arranger also.

[@philiphalpenny9761]

@@turdrhinofiend ...& producer.

[@jublaim]

@@philiphalpenny9761 he really like swamped-up everything he heard and experienced through the years, from Zappa and onwards. If it had feel, yup let's.

[@ruthtaylor5253]

Brother Lowell .. such a voice n soooo missed

[@BEX371]

So good! As a Guthrie & a Little Feat fan it's a treat to be here!

[@jublaim]

I love this band, one of my best influences. Funny though, these eyes!🙃

[@elgonm289]

Being 64,.I only got into Little Feat in the last 15 years ..absolutely love them

[@rp6563]

Beautiful track!

[@blmrgtr]

The most underrated Frank Zappa contribution to 70’s music was cutting Lowell George from his team.

[@FeatnikSF]

This must have been recorded after the first of two motorcycle accidents Richie had before it was put into his contract that he could NOT ride again! Richie's hospital bills - including his home address - were printed on the back of the Little Feat album, forcing he and his family to move. The 2nd accident happened in 1979. Richie was in the hospital, in traction, and was not able to participate in the Tribute to Lowell at the Forum in LA.

[@hqhq4611]

I was wondering about his black eye. A motorcycle accident sounds like a likely cause.

[@philt1771]

I've always loved Little Feat and pretty toes!

[@sebastiaoreis1122]

Que música maravilhosa...💭

[@dannyflorio1126]

Rockin’ a black eye & an Exorcist shirt… my kinda guy 😆

[@pattimartin7250]

oh, Lowell. I miss you, still.

[@JamesS001]

Hello Patti, how are things going with you?

[@redbarchetta8782]

The talent of Lowell George was otherworldly.

[@muzikmind77]

This shit is phenomenal

[@atelierjosef1]

Even at his worst, he is and always will be,my favorite

[@lynnemurdock3079]

Love this so much. Thank you for posting. It is much appreciated.

[@JamesS001]

Hello Lynne, how are things going with you?

[@Raittway]

Love Little Feat ❤ I saw them live with Lowell George in 78. Incredible concert. Lowell was phenominal. Bonnie Raitt was a huge fan of Lowell. There is a live radio broadcast made on Long Island in 1972. "Ultrasonic Studio" is the album name.. Bonnie Raitt, Lowell George, Freebo and John Hammond. Incredible album

[@johnmcdermott326]

One of the greatest videos I've ever seen ! WOW !

[@chazbganster]

Why isn’t there more footage of this amazing band. Little Feat lives!

[@brucemacmillan9581]

There's lots of Little Feat footage available on KZbin, as well as Feat albums.

[@zounds13]

I never realized until now just how much Inara looks like her dad.

[@sharonhallshipp6011]

Wow. How lovely to see this.

[@Danfrolujo]

Dear George, you will be loved forever!

[@xxHouseInMotionxx]

toasted out of his mind and locked the fuck in on the vocals... Jesus - shit they all look cooked a bit

[@kateaustin4254]

Little Feat. So tight. Much missed.

[@rightweaponry908]

Love! Thanks for posting this gem👌🏽

[@johnnyhickman8961]

Thanks for a cleaner upload than the other! Those are definitely some "crispy critters". Creating magic!

[@dougthePogingguitarist]

great song

[@dodgedandle8311]

The Real Shit …. Say no more ❤️🌞👍🏻⭐️❤️🌞❤️❤️❤️❤️. Lowell George gone but never Forgotten ❤️❤️❤️🌞🌞🌞⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@keithlutman5611]

oh man! They were certainly at the top of their game.

[@willypep]

Thank you for the upload

[@thefilmandmusic]

All time greats.

[@ronancogan8192]

Brothers THIS SONG is thé MOST

[@elissasara1615]

Whispering Bob !! And my fave LF track :-)

[@robertevans6596]

Damn stonest thing I ever seen !

[@jaykstanton281]

This is amazing.

[@user-fr2hh1rx4k]

I love this old grey whistle. The band is on a binge. The drummer has a black eye. The guitarist is talking Lowell through the lyrics. It’s not dis. They showed up and did great.

[@spiratustreviso9885]

Unbelievable...Genius!

[@philiphalpenny9761]

I'll have what Sam's having!

[@keithwaynejones]

i think they were on uppers but this song is as down as they come. i love it

[@natecrooklockacab9020]

Class ✊🏻

[@louisevad6091]

Great version

[@trintdaddylandis]

hook me up with a lowell george album... definite classic.

[@louisevad6091]

The whole band was genius

[@bryceharris9196]

As a 19 year old, i listen to music from the 60's through the 90's primarily. Im a musician(guitar, drums, vocals) I remember the first time i heard the live waiting for columbus album. I was 7 and i fell in love with it just like the greatest hits lynyrd skynyrd album i had and many many more albums of all these great musicians. I hope one of you older heads could tell me why he had 2 mics...whats the reason?

[@earlguthrie7196]

One mic for the room and the other mic going to the film audio. There was probably another mic off camera picking up the ambient room sound for the film reel. This was a small rehearsal room at the Alley studios in Los Angeles.

[@imnokid]

Nice shiner on the drummer! lol

[@antoniolambert4738]

Is it a shiner or drruuugggss?

[@haw_n_thorne]

Read it was a motorcycle accident

[@j1thom]

Richie was the man.

[@davescheffler3383]

@@haw_n_thorne yeah...bet the cycle was being ridden by a jealous husband!

[@heartpath1]

Drummer have a black eye? 😅These dudes look STONED outta their gourds. This is one of my all time fav songs.

[@RodFleming-World]

I was actually more upset by LG's death than any of the others who were taken. It was like 'WTF are we going to do now?'

[@trintdaddylandis]

anyone who doesn't like this song should pay attention

[@seabertotter4325]

They all enjoyed The Kind that day together!

[@IronMonkee]

Could you imagine you and the boys are chilling , working out a jam and you get perfectly in line and your lead singer sings along so melodically and beautiful? By going off the sweat of the brow it almost seems like what happened on that colourful sun filled day

[@shadowyuiop]

Wow

[@JamesS001]

Hello Karen, how are things going with you?

[@F8Tributo]

Nice feeling

[@GerasimosChouliaras]

Lowell George&Little Feat 👍

[@JeffDonley-mq1ru]

Not one song I don’t love. Lowell passed away in Alexandria Virginia a while after his last show. I was lucky enough to see that show. It was everybit as good as all the other times I saw him. Saw the Mothers once and there were almost as many musicians on stage as audience members ✌️

[@justinmiller5963]

Nobody can get the Goerge sound man, that's his

[@bjorngillefalk8965]

So good. And that's without Lowell playing slide.

[@Unsung_Earth]

Fast show Jazz club 😂