Dixie Chicken
| Dixie Chicken | ||||
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| Released | January 25, 1973 | |||
| Recorded | Late 1972 | |||
| Studio | Clover Recorders, Los Angeles, Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood, Sunset Sound, Los Angeles[1] | |||
| Genre | Southern rock, blues rock, roots rock, New Orleans R&B, swamp rock | |||
| Length | 36:12 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Lowell George | |||
| Little Feat chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [2] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[3] |
Dixie Chicken is the third studio album by the American rock band Little Feat, released in 1973. The artwork for the front cover was by illustrator Neon Park [4] and is a reference to a line from the album's third track, the song "Roll Um Easy".
The album is considered their landmark album with the title track as their signature song that helped further define the Little Feat sound. This was augmented by two additional members (guitarist Paul Barrere and percussionist Sam Clayton) added to make the more complete and familiar lineup that continued until their 1979 breakup following the death of Lowell George. Bassist Kenny Gradney was brought in to replace original bassist Roy Estrada, who had left after the band's second album Sailin' Shoes to join Captain Beefheart's Magic Band. This new lineup radically altered the band's sound, leaning toward New Orleans R&B/funk.
It was voted number 563 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums 3rd Edition (2000).[5]
Track listing
Lowell George lead vocals on all tracks, except where noted:
Side One
- "Dixie Chicken" (Lowell George, Fred Martin) – 3:55
- "Two Trains" (George) – 3:06
- "Roll Um Easy" (George) – 2:30
- "On Your Way Down" (Allen Toussaint) – 5:31
- "Kiss It Off" (George) – 2:56
Side Two
- "Fool Yourself" (Fred Tackett) – 3:10
- "Walkin' All Night" (Paul Barrère, Bill Payne) – 3:35 (lead vocals: Barrere, Payne)
- "Fat Man in the Bathtub" (George) – 4:29
- "Juliette" (George) – 3:20
- "Lafayette Railroad" (George, Payne) – 3:40 (instrumental)
Personnel
- Paul Barrere – guitar, vocals (first album with group)
- Sam Clayton – congas (first album with group)
- Lowell George – vocals, guitar, cowbell, flute
- Kenny Gradney – bass (first album with group)
- Richie Hayward – drums, vocals
- Bill Payne – keyboards, synthesizer, vocals
Additional personnel
- Bonnie Bramlett – backing vocals
- Malcolm Cecil – synthesizer
- Tret Fure – backing vocals
- Danny Hutton – backing vocals
- Milt Holland – tabla
- Gloria Jones – backing vocals
- Debbie Lindsey – backing vocals
- Bonnie Raitt – backing vocals
- Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals
- Fred Tackett – guitar (joined band 1988)
- Neon Park - cover art
Notes
- ^ "Little Feat - Hotcakes & Outtakes". Discogs. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ Dixie Chicken at AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: L". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 1, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/park_neon.htm
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 191. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
External links
- Rolling Stone review
- Fat Man In The Bathtub on YouTube - provided by Warner Music Group
- Dixie Chicken on YouTube - provided by Warner Music Group