January 9, 2017

Hi everyone and Happy New Year! Been a little under the weather here do to a little procedure and subsequent infection. Sucks getting old and as my Dad used to say, getting old ain't for sissies! Boy was he right!

A new friend expressed some interest in my Little Feat photos from the Oriental Theater here in Milwaukee on April 27, 1977. It was an awesome show and my blog #56 on 4-15-2013 was about them and that show.

I have rescanned the photos and worked on them a bit and here ya go! New technology helps a lot but this is some old film that I could work on forever!

Enjoy another look at Lowell George. He was one of the best slide guitar players ever and a great writer. I have heard that he taught Bonnie Raitt how to play slide guitar.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

April 15, 2013

Lowell Geoge's birthday was April 13.  In his memory here is my weekly blog.

Lowell George and his band, Little Feat, played in Milwaukee at the Oriental Theater in 1977.  It was a great show.

The amazing fact I discovered in doing this blog is that Lowell George was a former member of the Mothers of Invention, Frank Zappa's band!!  There are several ideas of why Frank dismissed Lowell from the Mothers and I like the one that Frank said Lowell was to good for the band.  Frank then helped Lowell out in forming his own band.  The Mothers of Invention drummer, Jimmy Black, gave Lowell the name of his new band Little Feat because he supposedly has little feet!  The changing of feet to feat is in homage to the Beatles I read in an article.

I have seen people play slide guitar before but at this show, I was watching the master at work!  Lowell George was amazing on his slide guitar.  I recently heard that he taught Bonnie Rait how to play slide guitar.  She learned from a very good teacher.

These images, give us a look at the master at work with his friend, Paul Barrere.

Put some history on your walls at home with our blog pictures of the week.  All 8 1/2 X 11's are  $50.00 for a limited edition archival print.

Enjoy, and have a great week.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Lowell George, a master slide guitar player with his band Little Feat at the Oriental Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1977.