"Thirty years of sophisticated music is often more than any modern rock band is expected to accomplish, but Little Feat
has spent the bulk of the last three decades offering the unexpected.
This "box set" dovetails nicely with the band's last retrospective, "Hoy
Hoy", that came out two years after the band's founder, Lowell George,
died (1979). Since then, the band has gone their separate ways,
reformed, re-tooled, and have rejuvinated a sound as authentic to our
culture as buffalo nickles and velvet art work. "Hotcakes and Outtakes"
provides a common ground for old and new fans to observe the rich,
musical talents of a band that bravely never quite fit into any
programmable radio format. The first three cd's offer a rich menu of the
band's talents, humor, and innovative sound. Replete with an 80 page
history of the band, the Little Feat story makes both sense and nonsense
out of the band constantly in conflict, but totally dependent on the
emotional traction each player brought to the table. However, it is the
fourth cd that the die hard Little Feat fan will find the most
gratifying. Here, demos and outtakes rule the day. It is a poignant
reminder of a time when an entire band shunned sleek studio wizardry and
produced simple nuts and bolts rock and roll.
Lowell George, Billy Payne, Paul Barrer, Richie Heyward, Sam Clayton, Kenny Gradney, Shaun Murphy, Fred Tacket, and Craig Fuller all make up the tribe called Little Feat: a band intent on befuddling the record industry, and a band smart enough to go straight to their audience. Believe me, bands today could learn a few things from Little Feat .
Disc 1: 1966-1975
01.Strawberry Flats
02.Hamburger Midnight
03.Easy To Slip
04.Cold, Cold, Cold
05.Trouble
06.Tripe Face Boogie
07.Willin'
08.Cat Fever
09.Sailin' Shoes
10.Dixie Chicken
11.Two Trains
12.Roll Um Easy
13.Fat Man In The Bathtub
14.Fool Yourself
15.Spanish Moon
16.Rock And Roll Doctor
17.Oh Atlanta
18.Skin It Back
19.Feats Don't Fail Me Now
20.Mercenary Territory
21.All That You Dream
22.Long Distance Love
23.Day Or Night
Disc 2: 1976-1981
01.Hi Roller
02.Time Loves A Hero
03.Rocket In My Pocket
04.Old Folks Boogie
05.Day At The Dog Races
06.Fat Man In The Bathtub - (live)
07.All That You Dream - (live)
08.Mercenary Territory - (live)
09.Spanish Moon - (live)
10.20 Million Things
11.Down On The Farm
12.Six Feet Of Snow
13.Gringo
14.Lonesome Whistle
15.Front Page News
16.Fan, The - (live)
17.Red Streamliner - (live)
18.Teenage Nervous Breakdown - (live)
Disc 3: 1988-1998
01.Hate To Lose Your Lovin'
02.Let It Roll
03.Hangin' On To The Good Times
04.Rad Gumbo
05.Texas Twister
06.Representing The Mambo
07.Ingenue, The
08.Shake Me Up
09.Things Happen
10.Borderline Blues
11.Cadillac Hotel
12.Ain't Had Enough Fun
13.Can't Be Satisfied - (live) / They're Red Hot (Hot Tamales) - (live)
14.Home Ground
15.Blues Don't Tell It All, The
16.Eden's Wall
Disc 4: Studio Artifacts
01.Lightning-Rod Man
02.Crack In Your Door
03.Teenage Nervous Breakdown
04.Juliet
05.Jazz Thing In 10
06.Rat Faced Dog
07.Doglines
08.Wait Till The Shit Hits The Fan
09.Easy To Fall (Easy To Slip) - (demo)
10.Texas Rose Cafe - (demo)
11.Doriville
12.Boogie
13.Two Trains - (demo)
14.Roto/Tone
15.Ace In The Hole (Hi Roller)
16.Eldorado Slim
17.Feats Don't Fail Me Now
18.Brickyard Blues
19.All That You Dream
20.Down Below The Borderline - (demo)
21.Rockin' Shoes I & II
22.Front Page News
23.High Roller
24.Roll 'Em Easy
25.Boogie Wigwam
26.Buck
