My Ten Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Snubs: Little Feat (#6)

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Time for another act that I’d vote for inducting into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame if I had a vote. Of course, I don’t, so all I can do is steal @teamfreak16 ‘s idea where he listed ten of his favorite glaring omissions. Here’s one of the bands I think would be a “poster child” for the separation of inductions by decade. #6: Little Feat Jimmy Page loved ‘em. Linda Ronstadt covered ‘em. The Dixie Chicks are named after one of their songs. Back in the 70s Little Feat, much like the Dead, were concert favorites and FM rock staples. Formed after Lowell George was kicked out of the Mothers of Invention, Little Feat delighted concert crowds and record buyers (all of their albums were “gold”), as well as the FM rock listeners. When the “superstars” format took over in the late 70s Little Feat was one of those bands that “didn’t qualify” because they weren’t selling in the Rumours or Hotel California stratosphere. As a result, unless you have a really good FM station, you haven’t heard these guys on the radio since Lowell George died in 1979. That doesn’t mean they didn’t have the success. One of my favorite Little Feat songs, which Linda Ronstadt later made her own: