Lowell George - Thanks I'll Eat It Here
Lowell George – guitar, vocals [click here to see more vinyl featuring Lowell George]
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
1 LP, Gatefold Cover
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Rainbo Records
Label : Friday Music
Original Label : Warner Bros
Engineered by Donn Landee, George Massenberg
Mixed by Ray Thompson
Produced by Lowell George
Remastered by Joe Reagoso
Originally released in 1979
Reissued in 2014
Tracks:
Side A :
- What Do You Want the Girl To Do
- Honest Man
- Two Trains
- Can't Stand the Rain
Side B :
- Cheek To Cheek
- Easy Money
- 20 Million Things
- Find a River
- Himmler's Ring
- Heartaches (not on original vinyl LP)
Reviews :
"Thanks I'll Eat it Here is strikingly different from the fusion-leanings of Little Feat's last studio album, Time Loves a Hero. Lowell George never cared for jazz-fusion, so it should be little surprise that there's none to be heard on Thanks. Instead, he picks up where Dixie Chicken left off (he even reworks that album's standout "Two Trains"), turning in a laid-back, organic collection of tunes equal parts New Orleans R&B, country, sophisticated blues, and pop. George wasn't in good health during the sessions for Thanks, which you wouldn't tell by his engaging performances, but from the lack of new tunes. Out of the nine songs on the album, only three are originals, and they're all collaborations. That's a drawback only in retrospect -- it's hard not to wish that the last album George completed had more of his own songs -- but Lowell was a first-rate interpreter, so even covers of Allen Toussaint ("What Do You Want the Girl to Do"), Ann Peebles ("I Can't Stand the Rain") and Rickie Lee Jones ("Easy Money") wind up sounding of piece with the original songs. George's music rolls so easy, the album can seem a little slight at first, but it winds up being a real charmer. Yes, a few songs drift by and, yes, Jimmy Webb's vaudevellian "Himmler's Ring" feels terribly out of place, but Lowell's style is so distinctive and his performances so soulful, it's hard not to like this record if you've ever had a fondness for Little Feat. After all, it's earthier and more satisfying than any Feat album since Feats Don't Fail Me Now and it has the absolutely gorgeous "20 Million Things," the last great song George ever wrote." AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4,5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,03 / 5