Buffett to Appear on new Little Feat album

Post by **phjim** » June 3, 2008 6:48 am

From Marketwire: Little Feat Throws a Party With New "JOIN THE BAND"

Little Feat teams with guest artists Jimmy Buffett, Dave Matthews, Vince Gill, Chris Robinson, Emmylou Harris, Brooks & Dunn, Bob Seger, Inara George, Sonny Landreth and others on a new album called "JOIN THE BAND". The album is produced by Bill Payne and Mac McAnally is is available in stores August 26th.

"JOIN THE BAND" features some of Little Feat's classic tunes -- "Fat Man in the Bathtub," "Dixie Chicken," "Sailing Shoes," "Oh, Atlanta" -- re-recorded with creative friends like Dave Matthews and Jimmy Buffett among many others (see above), as well as new material like Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land."

"JOIN THE BAND" was an idea born in 2004 just after original Little Feat keyboardist Billy Payne had played on Jimmy Buffett's chart topping album, "License to Chill." Jimmy suggested flying the band out to his Shrimp Boat Sound studios in Key West to put together the all star project that had been planned for years prior. With the production team of Payne and Buffett associates Mac McAnally and Alan Schulman in place, the project began to take shape.

Jimmy Buffett shares lead vocal on two songs: "Champion of the World" (along with Paul Barrere) and "Time Loves a Hero" (along with Bill Payne).

Martyritaville · Post by **Martyritaville** » June 3, 2008 10:24 am

Looks like Mac is performing on almost every track, too.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » June 3, 2008 10:47 am

Except for Dave Matthews, this sounds like it might be something worth having.

Looking at the credits, they have Michael Utley on B3 on a couple of songs. I'm old so I could be wrong but I don't think I've ever heard him play B3.

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » June 9, 2008 1:24 pm

From hoyhoy

"Join The Band"

1. Fat Man in the Bathtub - Featuring Dave Matthews & Sonny Landreth
(6:15)
2. Something in the Water - Featuring Bob Seeger (3:25)
3. Oh Atlanta - Featuring Chris Robinson (4:02)
4. Sailin' Shoes - Featuring Emmylou Harris and Sam Bush (6:01)
5. Time Loves A Hero - Featuring Jimmy Buffett (4:34)
6. Dixie Chicken - Featuring Vince Gill & Sonny Landreth (4:57)
7. Willin' - Featuring Brooks & Dunn (3:54)
8. Champion of the World - Featuring Jimmy Buffet (3:51)
9. This Land is Your Land - Featuring Paul Barrere and Mike Gordan
(4:46)
10. Trouble - Featuring Inara George (2:46)
11. Don't Ya Just Know It - Featuring Dr. John and Shaun Murphy (3:47)
12. Spanish Moon - Featuring Vince Gill (7:52)
13. The Weight - Featuring Bela Fleck & Mike Utley (5:24)
14. See You Later Alligator - Featuring Paul Barrere and Jim Mayer
(3:02)

Havaña Dreamer · Post by **Havaña Dreamer** » June 9, 2008 4:37 pm

FINALLY!!
Geez, this has taken forever to get done.

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » June 9, 2008 5:04 pm

Podcast about the new album along with some live music

http://featsatfive.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=340430

Click on POD KBCO Studio C live performance - 05/11/08

gumbo gal · Post by **gumbo gal** » June 9, 2008 6:51 pm

This is gonna be great...I'm putting the release date on my calendar right now.

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » June 10, 2008 9:40 am

according to the credits we're going to hear Mac's National reso-electric guitar again:

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » June 10, 2008 9:52 am

The release date is the day before the Jones Beach show. According to Little Feat's website, they have no shows scheduled after August 17. Maybe Billy Payne will be at Jones Beach and we'll get to hear a song or 2 from the album.

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » June 20, 2008 2:46 pm

http://www.429records.com/sites/429reco ... lefeat.asp

You can now hear 2 minute snippets of the new record at 429 Records
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conched · Post by **conched** » June 24, 2008 12:26 am

Molly, thanks for those great links to the podcast and sound clips.

gingerbreadman · Post by **gingerbreadman** » June 24, 2008 1:07 am

I remember way back when in 2005 when Jimmy opened with Time Love's a Hero!!!

http://www.buffettnews.com/resources/setlists/?show=51

Loved that and Little Feat too!!!!

Bfan53 · Post by **Bfan53** » June 29, 2008 5:33 pm

As a Little Feat fan, I was anxious to hear details of their upcoming album "Join the Band". And when I heard the album was recorded at Shrimpboat Sound and included JB on a few songs I thought: "This is getting better!"

Now, after hearing some of the audio clips and seeing the song list I must admit I'm a bit disappointed that this album is, for the most part, a repeat of so many other Feat albums. I fully realize that JB has made a career of re-releasing material, but I guess I was really hoping for a collection of new, original music from this group with so much musical talent........

Maybe, in time, I'll break down and buy the new CD, but for now there are some by other artists that will be added to my collection first......

conched · Post by **conched** » July 4, 2008 9:43 am

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:according to the credits we're going to hear Mac's National reso-electric guitar again:

Hey, SGH! You can hear that guitar loud and clear on This Land Is Your Land

freddyfishstick · Post by **freddyfishstick** » July 27, 2008 4:43 pm

LIPH wrote:The release date is the day before the Jones Beach show. According to Little Feat's website, they have no shows scheduled after August 17. Maybe Billy Payne will be at Jones Beach and we'll get to hear a song or 2 from the album.

On August 17th they are playing in Fort Collins !! Yep i get to go see one of my favorite bands in the park for a free show!!! Is that the last show of the tour?

phjrsaunt · Post by **phjrsaunt** » July 27, 2008 4:47 pm

They played "Champion of the World" on RM the other day...I like!

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » July 27, 2008 4:48 pm

LIPH wrote:The release date is the day before the Jones Beach show. According to Little Feat's website, they have no shows scheduled after August 17. Maybe Billy Payne will be at Jones Beach and we'll get to hear a song or 2 from the album.

That would be great!!!

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » July 27, 2008 4:51 pm

freddyfishstick wrote:
LIPH wrote:The release date is the day before the Jones Beach show. According to Little Feat's website, they have no shows scheduled after August 17. Maybe Billy Payne will be at Jones Beach and we'll get to hear a song or 2 from the album.

On August 17th they are playing in Fort Collins !! Yep i get to go see one of my favorite bands in the park for a free show!!! Is that the last show of the tour?

http://featbase.net/toursched.asp

nope

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » August 18, 2008 5:13 pm

http://www.429records.com/sites/429reco ... ittlefeat/

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » August 23, 2008 9:35 pm

2 great arrticles about the new CD

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=30366

http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art ... /808230333

Good LF back ground