Join the Band (Little Feat album)
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Join the Band is a 2008 album recorded by Little Feat. Their first studio album in five years, it features no new original songs but is a set of collaborations with other artists such as Bob Seger. Emmylou Harris, Dave Matthews and Inara George. It was released on July 1, 2008.
The album was recorded at Jimmy Buffett's studio and co-produced by Feat keyboard player Bill Payne with Mac McAnally of Buffett's Coral Reefer Band.
The track list consists mostly of reworked Feat classics with a few cover versions thrown in.
It also turned out to be the band's last work with singer Shaun Murphy with whom they parted company in 2009.
Tracks
- "Dixie Chicken" (Lowell George, Fred Martin) feat. Vince Gill and Sonny Landreth
- "Something in the Water" (Al Anderson, Jeffrey Steele, Bob Dipiero) feat. Bob Seger and Brad Paisley
- "See You Later Alligator" (Robert Guidry)
- "Fat Man in the Bathtub" (Lowell George) feat. Dave Matthews and Sonny Landreth
- "Champion of the World" (Will Kimbrough) feat. Jimmy Buffett
- "The Weight" (Robbie Robertson) feat. Béla Fleck
- "Don't You Just Know It" (Huey "Piano" Smith)
- "Time Loves a Hero" (Paul Barrère, Kenny Gradney, Bill Payne) feat. Jimmy Buffett
- "Willin'" (Lowell George) feat. Brooks and Dunn
- "This Land Is Your Land" (Woody Guthrie)
- "Oh Atlanta" (Bill Payne) feat. Chris Robinson
- "Spanish Moon" (Lowell George) feat. Craig Fuller and Vince Gill
- "Trouble" (Lowell George) feat. Inara George
- "Sailin' Shoes" (Lowell George) feat. Emmylou Harris, Sam Bush and Béla Fleck
- "I Will Pay for Gumbo" (Jimmy Buffett) feat. Sam Bush
Past collaborations
- Bela Fleck's banjo playing can also be heard on the song "Gimme A Stone" on Feat's 2000 album Chinese Work Songs.
- Craig Fuller was a member of Little Feat from 1988 to 1993. He still occasionally joins them at live shows.
- Inara George is the daughter of the late Little Feat founder Lowell George. She sang with the band on "Sailin' Shoes" on their 1996 concert album Live From Neon Park.
- Emmylou Harris can be heard on backing vocals on the band's 1974 album Feats Don't Fail Me Now.
- Sonny Landreth plays on a live version of the song "Let It Roll" on the live collection Raw Tomatos.
- Bob Seger can be heard on backing vocals on the band's 1988 album Let It Roll.
Little Feat personnel
References
External links
Official announcement and full rundown of musicians on Little Feat's website
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