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Little Feat is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California formed by lead vocalist and guitarist Lowell George, bassist Roy Estrada (both formerly of the Mothers of Invention), keyboardist Bill Payne, and drummer Richie Hayward in 1969.
Lowell Thomas George (April 13, 1945 – June 29, 1979) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He was the primary guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the rock band Little Feat.
Barrere could play a wide variety of styles of music including blues, rock, jazz, and cajun music and was proficient as a slide guitarist. Barrere also recorded and toured as an acoustic duo with fellow Little Feat member Fred Tackett. [3] Barrere played several concerts with Phil Lesh and Friends in October 1999 and from March to June 2000.
The current Little Feat lineup features four mainstay members: Payne (who formed the band with George in 1969), bass guitarist Kenny Gradney, percussionist Sam Clayton and guitarist Fred Tackett.
In 1988 Little Feat reformed despite the absence of their former front man, and prolific singer, songwriter, and slide guitarist, Lowell George. The regrouped Little Feat included former members Paul Barrere, Richie Hayward, Bill Payne, Kenny Gradney, and Sam Clayton, with the addition of Tackett and Craig Fuller. All had been former members of ...
He joined after their second album, replacing founding bassist Roy Estrada in 1972. [1] Gradney has remained their bassist ever since and coinciding with his arrival, his friend Sam Clayton also joined the band on percussion and Paul Barrere, who knew bandleader Lowell George from Hollywood High School, joined as a second guitarist and cementing the classic line-up of George, Barrere, Richie ...
William H. Payne (born March 12, 1949, in Waco, Texas) [2] [3] is an American pianist who, with Lowell George, co-founded the American rock band Little Feat. [4] He is considered by many other rock pianists, including Elton John, [5] to be one of the finest American piano rock and blues musicians.
In 1982, a group of Lubbock high school students created their own prom night, renting Lubbock’s long-defunct Cotton Club, hiring the Maines Brothers Band