Kultur: (About) 100 Words on...Lowell George Live at Hard Rock Cafe, New York City, 06/22/1979

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Kultur: (About) 100 Words on...Lowell George Live at Hard Rock Cafe, New York City, 06/22/1979

(About) 100 Words on...Lowell George Live at Hard Rock Cafe, New York City, 06/22/1979

Lowell George

Live at Hard Rock Cafe, New York City, 06/22/1979

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In the same way that Little Feat is not, part and parcel, Lowell George; Lowell George is not Little Feat. This June 1979 concert was part of George's last tour, one he undertook after leaving the band. George was to die of cardiac arrest a week after this show. George is in fine voice and slide guitar, but on the Feat material he sorely misses his band, particularly drummer Richie Wayward and guitarist Paul Barrere. The performances of "Fat Man in the Bathtub," and "Spanish Moon" are spirited, but "Dixie Chicken" and "Willin'" do not quite work, in spite of a capable horn section. Selections from George's 1979 Thanks I'll Eat it Here are are uniformly fabulous. "Honest Man," "What Do You Want a Girl to Do," and Ann Peebles' "Can't Stand the Rain" rock while Rickie Lee Jones' "Easy Money" serves as "Dixie Chicken's" introduction. Where the Feat were heading in a jazz-rock fusion direction, George was choosing to address R&B. I fine and sad coda.