Little Feat

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1972's Sailin' Shoes was the second album from the original Little Feat lineup of singer-guitarist Lowell George, drummer Richard Hayward, keyboard player Bill Payne, and bassist Roy Estrada. The LP spawned numerous signature songs which would later be covered by the band's many fans, including "Sailin' Shoes" (Van Dyke Parks, Robert Palmer), "Easy to Slip" (Bob Weir, Black Crowes), "A Apolitical Blues" (Van Halen), and "Teenage Nervous Breakdown" (Nazareth).  The most famous, though, is "Willin," a re-recording of a Lowell George tune from Little Feat's debut.  The Byrds, Phish, Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, and Mandy Moore have all sung the ode to "weed, whites, and wine" - as did Linda Ronstadt on her seminal 1974 album Heart Like a Wheel.  This 2-CD or 3-LP expansion adds previously unreleased demos, alternate versions, and outtakes, as well as a newly unearthed and previously unreleased complete concert recorded at Los Angeles' Palladium on August 28, 1971. This live set, drawing on songs from both Little Feat and Sailin' Shoes, marks the only existing multi-track recording to feature the original lineup of the band.  Both editions include new liner notes by rock historian David Fricke.