Track Listing

1. Join The Band
2. Fat Man In The Bathtub
3. All That You Dream
4. Oh Atlanta
5. Old Folks' Boogie
6. Time Loves A Hero
7. Day Or Night
8. Mercenary Territory
9. Spanish Moon
10. Dixie Chicken
11. Tripe Face Boogie
12. Rocket In My Pocket
13. Willin'
14. Sailin' Shoes
15. Feats Don't Fail Me Now

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36832 in Music
• Released on: 1990-10-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Live, Import, Original recording remastered

Amazon.com essential recording
Few rock concert documents can match this 1978 live album for sheer musicianship, or for its full-blooded representation of one of the best live bands ever. Little Feat's turbulent '70s pilgrimage had been studded with commercial detours when its second incarnation as a swampy, blues-rock sextet clicked musically, and these English and American dates, beautifully recorded by George Massenburg, capture the band in all its rowdy, precise glory. The late Lowell George's influence had been damped down in the studio, deferring to his bandmates' writing and singing, but Columbus is dominated by his gruff, lyrical vocal presence and the mercurial tang of his indelible slide guitar. With the Tower of Power Horns aboard to inject razor-sharp horn work, this romp through the Feat songbook of southern-fried rock represents a satisfying summation of the band's best works, every bit as engaging as their studio models. This is simmering, smart music measured by an honor roll of great songs with no lapses. The only caveat--and a minor one--is the deletion of two tracks to squeeze the original two LPs onto a single CD. --Sam Sutherland

Customer Reviews

Sho is funky in heah
The prototypical shoulda-been-bigger 70s band, the Feats hit their stride here. One of rock's finest live albums, Columbus showcases Payne's hot keys, the band's tight harmonies, a spankin' rhythm section, and two great lead players. Lowell is a hell of a singer to boot, and has moments of slide genius (Sears socket!). This is a best-of from the Feat catalog (almost...lots of fine tunes in there), and every track is smokin'. The TOP horns fit in sweetly.
These boys were out to have a good time, and it shows.
Many a party has gone off the rails while this played...

deceptive advertisement
this album leaves out 2 very important songs in order to cut it to only 1 cd. when i wrote about returning it they were not receptive, even tho i had not opened the package. we are trying to replace our pre-katrina collection and i am extrememly disappointed in this item. the writing on the package is not really visible in the amazon advertisement but quite clear in person. deceptive!!

Feats, Do Yo' Stuff
This is certainly one of the best live rock albums ever recorded, though I wouldn't say the best. (I don't think it knocks out Live At Leeds by The Who, The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East, or even Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out by The Rolling Stones - much less Hendrix at Monterey Pop.) Still, when you combine Little Feat at their peak (Lowell George above ground) with the Tower Of Power horns, you know you've got a red-hot evening on your hands. This CD delivers - and then some.

There's a lot of hand-wringing out there about two songs from the original 2-LP set being dropped to squeeze the concert onto one CD, Don't Bogart That Joint and A Apolitical Blues. Yikes. Don't Bogart That Joint was a cheap, embarrassing song when this was released, now it's just stupid. A Apolitical Blues is a great and witty number but readily available elsewhere if you need it that badly. Fans who require every squeal and stomp of this show should burn their bucks on the new, 2-CD reissue, complete with wave after wave of extraneous flotsam and jetsam.

The concert is fast out of the gate, Fat Man In The Bathtub was always one of Feat's best songs and it comes on so strong you can almost feel the audience lifting off the ground. Old Folks' Boogie grinds slow with a groove that really gets inside you. At this point the jams get longer and tend towards self-indulgence. Spanish Moon, Dixie Chicken, and Tripe Face Boogie are all great but the treatments here wander far and wee around the barnyard with inconsistent results.

Rocket In My Pocket is one of the absolute best while Willin' - though it's signature George - feels obligatory and out of place. Sailin' Shoes reads a little like one would need to be sailing to "get" it. Fortunately the show closes out in grand fashion with Feats Don't Fail Me Now, a real gottago kind of track. Despite these and other inconsistencies, Waiting For Columbus truly is a wonderful CD, and a great introduction to Little Feat.