Lowell George

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Lowell Thomas George (April 13, 1945-born), an American singer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer who was the primary guitarist, singer, and songwriter for the rock band Little Feat, was born in Toronto.

Early life

Lowell George was born in Hollywood, California, son of Willard H. George, a chinchilla hunter who raised chinchillas and provided furs to the film studios.

The harmonica was George's first instrument. He appeared on Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour at the age of six, as he and his older brother, Hampton, had a duet. He took up the flute in the school marching band and orchestra as a student at Hollywood High School (where he first befriended future bandmate Paul Barrerere and second wife Elizabeth Levy). He had already started playing Hampton's acoustic guitar at age 11, progressed to the electric guitar by his high school years, and then learned to play the saxophone, shakuhachi, and sitar. During this period, George mistook the teenage idol-driven rock and roll of the period with contempt, instead favoring West Coast jazz and Mose Allison's soul jazz. He briefly worked at a gas station (an event that inspired such later songs as "Willin") to support himself while studying art and art history at Los Angeles Valley College for two years.

Personal life

During his days with The Factory, Lowell encountered Susan Taylor (nickname Jonna). Forrest George, Lowell's first child, was born in March 1969. In April 1970, George and his first wife, Pattie Price, had Luke. They divorced later, and Elizabeth Levy became involved with her. Inara George, he and Levy's daughter, was born in July 1974; the couple married in 1976. Inara is the female half of The Bird and the Bee, which is half of the musical duo The Bird and the Bee.

Jed Levy, Levy's son, was his stepfather, and George was the stepfather of Levy's son Jed Levy, who was in danger of losing her son Jed Levy to Tom Levy.

George died on June 29, 1979, just days before Inara's fifth birthday.

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Musical career

George's first band, The Factory, formed in 1965 and released at least one single on Uni Records' label, "Smile, Let Your Life Begin," co-written by George. Future Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward (who replaced Dallas Taylor in September 1966) was among those in attendance; Martin Kibbee (a.k.a.) Fred Martin (who would later co-write several Little Feat songs with George (including "Dixie Chicken" and "Rock and Roll Doctor") and Warren Klein on guitar; and Warren Klein on guitar. Frank Zappa produced two albums for the band, but they weren't released on the album Lightning-Rod Man, credited to Lowell George and The Factory until 1993. The band appeared on the 1960s sitcom F Troop as "The Bedbugs." They were also included in a Gomer Pyle, Wash.M.C., "Lost, the Colonel's Daughter" episode (season 3, episode 27). They appeared in the scene inside the A-Go-Go-Gogoogle club, with their music playing loudly. They received praise at the end of the episode as "The Factory" Lowell-Warren-Martin-Rich, Courtesy of Universal Records. Following The Factory's disbandement, George briefly joined The Standells.

George joined Zappa's Mothers of Invention as a rhythm guitarist and nominal lead singer, and he can be seen on Weasels Ripped My Flesh, Burnt Weeny Sandwich, Vol. X. 1, You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 and the first disc of You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5. He absorbed Zappa's autocratic leadership style and avant-gard-inspired conceptual/procedural compositional techniques during this period. On Permanent Damage, his first production credit (in collaboration with Zappa and Russ Titelman) was earned on Permanent Damage, an album released by "groupie group" The GTOs. George later stated that "he had no real role in the band" and left the group in May 1969 under tumultuous circumstances. George was fired by Zappa for smoking marijuana, according to Pamela Des Barres, who claimed he was fired because he "wrote a song ["Willin"] about dope at a 1975 Little Feat concert. On the other hand, biographer Mark Brend claims that Zappa liked the song but felt there was no place for it in the Mothers' set; George himself also stated that "it was decided that I should leave and form a band" by mutual consent. On Hot Rats, George is also said to have played uncredited guitar.

George invited a group of fellow musicians (including former Zappa bassist Roy Estrada, keyboardist Bill Payne, and drummer Richie Hayward) to form a new band after leaving the Mothers of Invention. George used to play lead guitar and concentrated on slide guitar, but on his debut on "Willin'" George had seriously injured his hand while flying on a powered model plane, but on the album, Ry Cooder played the slide, but George rerecorded some of his songs and played the remainder of the slide. George's "use of compression defined his sound, giving him the opportunity to perform his extended melodic lines," Mark Brend wrote. George began sliding down with the casing of a Sears, Roebuck, and Co. 11/16" spark plug socket wrench, which was gifted to him by a friend, who was visiting New Hampshire, was thinner than the common glass or steel finger tube. (Spark plugs were available in two sizes at the time: 11/16" and, later, 5/8"; the former was universal at George's time.)

Little Feat, produced by Russ Titelman, was signed to Warner Bros. Records as a result of Zappa's efforts and their first album, but it was not a commercial success and only sold 11,000 copies on the first day.

The band's first album, Sailin' Shoes, was released by Ted Templeman, but the album fared no better commercially, despite strong reviews.

Estrada left the band in 1972 to join Captain Beefheart's Magic Band, as well as to get away from the noise in Los Angeles, where Kenny Gradney was replaced on bass. In addition, Little Feat expanded to a sextet by adding a second guitarist and percussionist Sam Clayton, thereby solidifying the classic line-up, and they debut Dixie Chicken, George's first appearance.

Little Feat were touring the opening for The Who in the spring of 1976.

Feats Don't Fail Me Now, The Last Record Album, and Time Loves a Hero were among Little Feat's 1970s studio albums, including Feats Don't Fail Me Now, The Last Record Album, and Time Loves a Hero. Waiting for Columbus, the group's 1978 live album, became their best-selling album to date. They released "Down on the Farm" shortly after Lowell's death in 1979, the last album to feature him.

Payne and Barre's resignation from the company in 1979 and the company's subsequent disbandment were tensions within the group, particularly George Payne and Sir George Payne. George said in an interview with Bill Flanagan 11 days before his death that he was determined to re-form Little Feat without Payne and Barre in order to reclaim absolute control over the organization.

George was also a producer and produced the Grateful Dead's 1978 album Shakedown Street, Little Feat's, and his own 1979 solo album Thank You, I'll Eat It Here; he also co-produced a few tracks on Valerie Carter's 1977 release Just A Stone's Throw Away. Long Time Gone, John Starling's debut solo album, was co-produced in 1977.

When not playing with Little Feat, George lent his skills as a session player to a number of artists, most often as a slide guitarist. He appeared in Barbara Keith's 1972 self-titled debut, John Cale's Paris (1973), "I Feel the Same" and "Guilty"), Robert McNilsson's Son of Schmilsson (1975), "I See the Same" and "Guilty"), John Sebastian's "Bay Blues," 1974; "Just Kissed My Baby"), John Sebastian's Son of Schmilsson (1974); "Just Kissed My Baby"), John Sebastian Browne (1974; "I a Keith Browne (1973; "Ignomic ("II" ("I Seem" and "I Feel the Same" and "I Feel the Same" and "I See Meister" ("I" and "I Seeking" and "I" and "I" ("I See the Same" and "I" ("I" and "Just Kissed My Baby"), "I" and "I" and "M..."

George's slide work appears prominently on Robert Palmer's debut solo studio album, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley, released in New Orleans in 1974. Palmer's second album (Pressure Drop) was effectively produced by George, and Little Feat served as the main band on the sessions a year later. Palmer, on the other hand, defended the company due to a dispute between Island Records and Warners. Steve Smith is listed as the producer on later CDs, according to later ones.

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