LOWELL GEORGE

 

THANKS I'LL EAT IT HERE

1979

U.S.

MUSICIENS :

Lowell George – guitar, vocals, production

Bonnie Raitt – vocals

James Newton Howard – keyboards

Chuck Rainey – bass

Denny Christianson – keyboards, horns

David Foster – keyboards

Chilli Charles – drums

Nicky Hopkins – keyboards

Jim Price – horns

Jim Keltner – drums

Jim Gordon – drums

Michael Baird – drums

Dennis Belfield – bass

Bobby Bruce – violin, guitar

Turner Stephen Bruton – guitar

Luis Damian – guitar, keyboards

Gordon DeWitty – keyboards, piano

Maxine Dixon – piano

Arthur Gerst – piano

Jimmy Greenspoon – guitar, piano

Roberto Gutierrez – vocals, guitar, drums

Richie Hayward – drums

Jerry Jumonville – saxophone, guitar

Ron Koss – guitar, engineering

Darrell Leonard – horn, vocals

Maxayn Lewis – vocals

David Paich – keyboards

Jeff Porcaro – drums

Dean Parks – guitar, keyboards

Bruce Paulson – keyboards

Bill Payne – keyboards, vocals

Herb Pedersen – vocals

Joel Peskin – vocals, saxophone

John Phillips – saxophone, drums

Peggy Sandvig – piano

James Self – tuba

Steve Madaio – horns

Floyd Sneed – drums, vocals

J.D. Souther – bass, vocals

Paul Stallworth – bass, guitar

Fred Tackett – guitar, vocals

Maxine Willard Waters – vocals

TITRES :

1. What Do You Want The Girl To Do

2. Honest Man

3. Two Trains

4. Can't Stand The Rain

5. Cheek To Cheek

6. Easy Money

7. Twenty Million Things

8. Find A River

9. Himmler's Ring

Cet album, publié en 1979 en pleine crise de leadership au sein de son groupe Little Feat, est absolument réussi de bout en bout. Variant les styles tout en conservant un certain rythme funky sur la longueur, cet album est le seul disque solo de George.

C'est un album sans aucune prétention où seul le plaisir de faire de la bonne musique importe, ou du moins le style de musique qui plaisait à son interprète. Dégoûté du tournant jazz-rock que prenait son groupe Little Feat, on sent qu'il jubile à faire ici sa propre musique au-delà de toute considération commerciale.

Dommage qu'au moment où il lançait sa carrière solo prometteuse et qu'il
souhaitait faire le ménage dans Little Feat pour en reprendre le contrôle, il disparut subitement à 34 ans d'une crise cardiaque. (Blue Boy)