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1 Candy Man Blues - 3:04
2 Rooster Rag - 4:35
3 Church Falling Down - 5:21
4 Salome - 6:31
5 One Breath at a Time - 5:17
6 Just a Fever - 4:23
7 Rag Top Down - 5:25
8 Way Down Under - 4:05
9 Jamaica Will Break Your Heart - 4:24
10 Tattooed Girl - 4:53
11 The Blues Keep Coming - 5:50
12 Mellow Down Easy - 4:08
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It’s borderline miraculous to have a band surprise you on its 16th studio effort, but Little Feat’s Rooster Rag – to be released on Rounder Records June 26 – documents a vitality that many a baby band would love to have. Bill Payne delivers four new songs written with the legendary Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter. Fred Tackett contributes four songs that demonstrate some superb songwriting and singing. Paul Barrere drops a classic cover and a sizzling rocker written with the late Stephen Bruton. Sam Clayton brings it with a cover of Little Walter. New band member Gabe Ford keeps Feat’s funky rhythms going in a fashion that would have made Richie Hayward proud. And Kenny Gradney just keeps on providing a truly superb bottom end.
Recorded at long-time Bonnie Raitt guitarist Johnnie Lee Schell’s studio in Los Angeles, Rooster Rag includes visits from Fabulous Thunderbirds harp monster Kim Wilson, all-around string star Larry Campbell on violin, Aces Darrell Leonard on trumpet, Joe Sublet on saxophone, and additional vocals from Johnnie Lee himself.