There is a strange connection between the groups Little Feat and the Grateful Dead. The first is a jam with Jerry Garcia and Kenny Gradney while they were on board the train for the Festival Express. Kenny Gradney was the bass player for Delaney and Bonnie when they played the festival. There is great footage of them jamming together in the film. Little Feat got their start when Lowell George was asked to leave Frank Zappa's band for writing a song that glorified drugs. The song was "Willin'." In a collection of interviews from Rolling Stone magazine, Mick Jaggar and Jimmy Page were both asked who their favorite American band was at the time the interview was done. They responded Little Feat. Here is a prime example of why they were so good; it is "Dixie Chicken." The group put out the finest live album ever. it rivals that of Allman Brothers Band at the Fillmore East and The Who's Live at Leeds. It is called Waiting for Columbus. If you don't have this, you must run NOW to your local store and gather this gem in to your collection. Trust me. It is that fantastic. I will wrap this up with the classic "Time Loves a Hero." Oh, just one more thing, the song "Willin'" got covered by Linda Ronstadt, and a portion was featured in a well known Sci-Fi movie The Abyss. Now the end has come, Lowell George did some producing for the Grateful Dead on their album Shakedown Street. There are some outakes available with Lowell joining the band.
Music for today:
Grateful Dead
November 23, 1973
County Coliseum
El Paso, TX
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