Boogie Down (Me): Old Folks Boogie (#2)

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As that meme I saw on Facebook this morning said, it’s Mondnesday December 43rd. I think that’s why January always seems so long…it’s almost as if this week is part of it. We’ll boogie on through the last few days of 2025 with a song that @TheHorse was fully expecting. This isn’t a dedication to him as much as it is a “he sure knows my music tastes well, doesn’t he.” #2: Old Folks Boogie - Little Feat And you know that you’re over the hill When your mind makes a promise that your body can’t fill And Paul Barrère wasn’t even thirty years old when he wrote that! Now, to be fair, he shared co-writing credits with his father, actor Paul Bryar, who was 67 at the time…so those might be his words of wisdom instead of his son’s! When this album came out in 1977, it got a lot of lukewarm reviews (which, in Little Feat world, means they were negative but the critics couldn’t bring themselves to say it). I love this album. So sue me. I thought this song was funny when this album was released. That was nearly 50 years ago. It ain’t funny now. But it IS still a great song. Old Folks Boogie Written by Paul Barrère and Gabriel Barrère Recorded by Little Feat From Time Loves a Hero, 1977 Your credit creeps to an all-time low: