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Music CD - Lowell George: Thanks I'll Eat It Here
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Music CD: Thanks I'll Eat It Here
Artist: Lowell George
List Price: $11.98
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Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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Tracks:
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1. What Do You Want The Girl To Do
2. Honest Man
3. Two Trains
4. I Can't Stand The Rain
5. Cheek To Cheek
6. Easy Money
7. 20 Million Things
8. Find A River
9. Himmler's Ring
10. Heartache
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075992675529
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publication Date: 1987
Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea
Release Date: 1993-09-14
Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
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Customer Rating:
Summary: If you have to ask...
Comment: This is one of those records that (in the past) you wear out and buy again. CD version sounds outstanding. If you can't get into this recording then you absolutely are hopeless.
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Summary: The Only Lowell George solo album
Comment: Lowell George disliked recording in the studio. Perhaps that's why the best Little Feat album (and one of the best live albums of all time)remains "Waiting for Columbus". He also disliked the direction his band was heading with the emphasis on Weather Report style jamming. So his solo album sounds much more in tune with something like "Dixie Chicken" (and in fact features Little Feat members Richie Hayward and Bill Payne playing on some tracks)than "Times Loves A Hero". A bit of trivia--this was the original title of "Sailin' Shoes" Little Feat's second album.
The remaster by Lee Herschberg sounds terrific. It was done in 1993 so it doesn't have all the problems with overcompression and the volume pushed to the limit (squeezing the dynamic range and life out of the recording)that characterizes so many newer releases.
It's a terrific album that has a mixture of New Orleans style R&B (think of The Meters or prime early Little Feat and you'll get an idea as to what's here)mixed in with more traditional bluesy-rock style stuff. George only co-wrote four new tunes for the album (from what I recall he was having health problems chiefly related to drug and drink problems). The best track "20 Million Things" ended up on the Little Feat box set "Hotcakes and Outtakes" but there is so much more good stuff here that it's worth picking up this album to hear it.
George does definitive versions of "I Can't Stand The Rain", "What Do You Want The Girl To Do?", and Rickie Lee Jones "Easy Money" giving it the funky arrangement it always called out for with a dynamic horn arrangement that compliments the song. Add in George's sense of humor evident in the originals and the heartfelt "20 Million Things" and you have a winner. It's just too bad that George died from a heart attack during the tour to support this ironically playing his last show in one of the venues used to record Little Feat's most popular album "Waiting for Columbus".
My only disappointment is that, like all Warner Archive releases, the original sleeve notes are duplicated as faithfully as possible. There's no essay on the making of the album, no lyrics but we DO get one demo added for the CD issue.
Lowell you're missed but your distinctive slide playing, songs, bluesy voice and humor live on in your marvelous songs.
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Summary: Golden Throat
Comment: This album grows on you. When I first heard it in 1979 I was hoping for Little Feat I must admit. After several years without hearing it I recently bought the CD and I appreciate it much more than in '79. Lowell's voice was amazing. Golden Throat indeed. It's music as it ought to be.
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Summary: A classic from the frontman for Little Feat...
Comment: Could the 1970's have had a more convincing conclusion to a decade filled with musical genius than with this release? No more compelling argument could be made as Lowell George releases a little-heard, yet pure, goose-bump treat with his only solo release - due to his untimely demise. Every track is a vocal treat and Lowell uses his voice to take the listener on the journey of life. Tears well in my eyes as I listen to "What Do You Want The Girl To Do" as it beckons remembrances of a much earlier, unjaded, time in life when young-love consumed with untold promise. "Easy Money" shows a sixties style funk combined with Dr. John-style New Orleans musical themes... I can visualize the hooker trying to set-up her john! We take a journey back-in-time with "Himmler's Ring" as a pleasant stroll through a long-ago era of pleasantries and genteel folk. Even "Cheek to Cheek" is a convincing Spanish ballad with Lowell's typical tongue-in-cheek humor. Could you really ask for anything more? This album represents a lasting tribute to a truly great artist.
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Summary: Lowell George CD a Keeper
Comment: Any one who is interested on L.A.rock bands know of LITTLE FEAT.Lowell was the lead guitarist and vocalist and wrote most or all of their material.His only solo disc features members of L.F. as well as others. the songs are great and belongs in anyone's collection.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Few musicians mirror Los Angeles's tradition of rock chameleons better than Lowell George, son of a Hollywood furrier and the brilliant, short-lived auteur that shaped Little Feat's '70s sound and fury before retreating to allow a more democratic if less gripping chemistry to surface. George's hearty but lyrical, blues-rimmed voice, signature electric slide guitar, and infectious, often surreal songs defined the band--as did his production on their pivotal mid-decade albums, which convinced more than a few listeners that they were Southerners. His 1979 solo album, recorded shortly before his untimely death, mixed new originals ("Honest Man," "Cheek to Cheek," "Himmler's Ring," and the touching "20 Million Things" among them) with smart R&B covers from Allen Toussaint ("What Do You Want the Girl to Do") and Ann Peebles ("I Can't Stand the Rain"), dressed in tight brass choruses and sleek backing choruses, and fit snugly with the Feat canon. --Sam Sutherland
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