Way back in 1969, two outcasts from Frank Zappa’s band, guitarist/singer Lowell George and bassist Roy Estrada, formed a new band. Depending on whom you believe, Zappa either fired George for writing a song about drugs or because he was too good to be a sideman. Estrada followed his friend, hoping for greener pastures.
After recruiting pianist Bill Payne and drummer Richie Hayward, the duo formed a band called Little Feat. The band released its first, self-titled album in 1971.
Now after more than 50 years, multiple gold and platinum albums and classic tunes like the slow-rolling “Dixie Chicken,” the truck-driver anthem “Willin’,” the fiery jazz fusion of “A Day at the Dog Races” and the rollicking runaway train “Let It Roll,” Little Feat is calling it a day with “The Last Farewell” tour…