Little Feat
Waiting For Columbus

Warner Bros.    3140-2  (1978)

Rock/Pop
CD, 15   Tracks, 74:08  Length
01 Join The Band (Traditional) 01:24
02 Fat Man In The Bathtub Lowell George 04:52
03 All That You Dream Paul Barrére; Bill Payne 04:31
04 Oh Atlanta Bill Payne 04:20
05 Old Folks' Boogie Paul Barrére; Gabriel Barrère 04:27
06 Time Loves A Hero Paul Barrére; Kenny Gradney; Bill Payne 04:19
07 Day Or Night Bill Payne; Fran Tate 05:31
08 Mercenary Territory Lowell George; Richie Hayward; Elisabeth George 04:37
09 Spanish Moon Lowell George 04:42
10 Dixie Chicken Lowell George; Fred Martin 08:56
11 Tripe Face Boogie Richie Hayward; Bill Payne 07:10
12 Rocket In My Pocket Lowell George 03:48
13 Willin' Lowell George 03:50
14 Sailin' Shoes Lowell George 06:20
15 Feats Don't Fail Me Now Lowell George; Paul Barrére; Martin Kibbee 05:21
Music Details
Product Details
Packaging Jewel Case
Live Yes
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
Musicians  &  Credits
Guitar Lowell George
Bass Kenny Gradney
Keyboards Bill Payne
Percussion Sam Clayton
Drums Richie Hayward
Guitar Paul Barrére
Musician Little Feat
Producer Lowell George
Engineer Andy Bloch; George Massenburg; Warren Dewey
Personal Details
Index # 1993
Owner Dave
Tags Blues Rock
User Defined
Purchased New
Notes
Little Feat was one of the legendary live bands of the '70s, showered with praise by not only their small, fiercely dedicated cult of fans, but such fellow musicians as Bonnie Raitt, Robert Palmer, and Jimmy Page. Given all that acclaim, it only made sense for the group to cut a live album. Unfortunately, they waited until 1977, when the group had entered its decline, but as the double-album Waiting for Columbus proves, Little Feat in its decline was still pretty great. Certainly, the group is far more inspired on stage than they were in the studio after 1975 - just compare "All That You Dream," "Oh Atlanta," "Old Folks' Boogie," "Time Loves a Hero," and "Mercenary Territory" here to the cuts on The Last Record Album and Time Loves a Hero. The versions on Waiting are full-bodied and fully-realized, putting the studio cuts to shame. Early classics like "Fat Man in the Bathtub" and "Tripe Face Boogie" aren't as revelatory, but it's still a pleasure to hear a great band run through their best songs, stretching them out and finding new quirks within them. If there are any flaws with Waiting for Columbus, it's that the Feat do a little bit too much stretching, veering toward excessive jamming on occasion - and that mildly fuzzy focus is really the only way you'd be able to tell that this is a great live band recorded slightly after their prime. Even so, there's much to savor on Waiting for Columbus, one of the great live albums of its era, thanks to rich performances that prove Little Feat were one of the great live bands of their time. -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine (allmusic.com)