Under the Radar (Little Feat album)
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Under the Radar is the twelfth studio album by the American rock band Little Feat
Little Feat
Little Feat is an American rock band formed by singer-songwriter, lead vocalist and guitarist Lowell George and keyboardist Bill Payne in 1969 in Los Angeles....

, released in 1998. (see 1998 in music
1998 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998.-Events:*January 28 – "Weird Al" Yankovic gets LASIK surgery to cure his myopia...

). It was the fifth studio album since the band reunited in 1988 and the second since vocalist Shaun Murphy joined Little Feat.

Track listing

  1. "Home Ground" (Barrère) – 4:07
  2. "Eden's Wall" (Barrère, Murphy, Payne) – 6:33
  3. "A Distant Thunder" (Barrère, Murphy, Payne) – 5:36
  4. "Hoy Hoy" (Barrère, Murphy, Payne, Tackett) – 4:08
  5. "Under The Radar" (Barrère, Murphy, Payne) – 7:14
  6. "Vale Of Tears" (Barrère, Murphy, Payne, Takett) – 6:11
  7. "Loco Motives" (Barrère, Murphy, Payne, Takett) – 5:16
  8. "Ferocious Morning" (Barrère, Murphy, Payne, Tackett) – 6:06
  9. "Voiceless Territory (Intro to Falling Through the Worlds)" (Barrère, Murphy, Payne, Tackett) – 7:51
  10. "Falling Through the Worlds" (Barrère, Murphy, Payne, Tackett) – 0:49
  11. "The Blues Don't Tell It All" (Murphy, Payne) – 5:55
  12. "I Got Happiness" (Barrère, Murphy) – 6:14
  13. "Calling The Children Home" (Barrère, Payne, Tackett) – 4:32

Band members

  • Paul Barrère
    Paul Barrere
    Paul Barrere is a current member of the band Little Feat, having joined the band in 1974...

     - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , dobro
    Dobro
    Dobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...

    , dulcimer
    Appalachian dulcimer
    The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings. It is native to the Appalachian region of the United States...

    , harmonica
    Harmonica
    The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...

    , vocals
  • Sam Clayton
    Sam Clayton
    Sam Clayton has been a singer and percussionist, primarily focusing on drums; conga and djembe, throughout his musical career. He is best known for his membership as percussionist and supporting vocalist with the American rock band Little Feat since 1972....

     - percussion, vocals
  • Kenny Gradney
    Kenny Gradney
    Kenny Gradney, a native of New Orleans, is a member of the band Little Feat. He joined after their second album, replacing founding bassist Roy Estrada in 1972....

     - bass, vocals
  • Richie Hayward
    Richie Hayward
    Richie Hayward was a drummer best known as a founding member and drummer in the band Little Feat. He performed with several bands and worked as a session player...

     - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

    , vocals
  • Shaun Murphy
    Shaun Murphy (singer)
    Shaun Murphy is an American R&B singer songwriter, best known for her powerhouse singing style. Her recording career started in 1971 with Motown Records and continues to this day.-Biography:...

     - vocals, tambourine
    Tambourine
    The tambourine or marine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head at all....

  • Bill Payne
    Bill Payne
    Bill Payne is a founding member of American rock band Little Feat. He is considered by many other piano rock musicians, including Elton John, to be one of the finest American piano rock and blues music artists...

     - keyboards, vocals
  • Fred Tackett
    Fred Tackett
    Fred Tackett, an American native of Arkansas, is an accomplished songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Originally a session player on guitar, mandolin, and trumpet, he is best known for his longevity as a member of the band Little Feat....

     - guitar, dobro, trumpet, vocals

Texicali Horns

  • Darrell Leonard
    Darrell Leonard
    Darrell Leonard is a Los Angeles based trumpet player, composer and arranger.He recorded and toured with Delaney and Bonnie and Friends from 1970 through 1972.He is a Grammy winner for his work with Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band....

     - trumpet
    Trumpet
    The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

    , trombonium
  • Joe Sublett - saxophone
    Saxophone
    The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...



Tracks 1, 2, 13

Additional personnel

  • Lenny Castro
    Lenny Castro
    Lenny Castro is an American freelancing percussionist in the studio recording industry in the Los Angeles area.-Early life:Castro is a percussionist of Puerto Rican descent and was born and raised in New York City. His father, Hector Castro, played the keyboard in a Latin style and gave his son...

     - percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

     (tracks 1,2)
  • Piero Mariani - percussion (tracks 10,11,13)
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