Chinese Work Songs
by Little Feat
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 June 2000
- Label: CMC International
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:01:16
- Community rating: 3.15/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: Richie Hayward, Shaun Murphy, Pierlugi "Piero" Mariani, Bill Payne, Fred Tackett, Kenny Gradney, Darrell Leonard, Sam Clayton, Paul Barr猫re, Nathaniel Kunkel
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Little Feat's thirteenth studio album, 'Chinese Work Songs' was produced by guitarists Paul Barr猫re and Bill Payne and divides its eleven tracks between originals and four covers. The program takes in The Band's 'Rag Mama Rag', Phish's 'Sample in a Jar' and Bob Dylan's 'It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry', plus 'Gimme a Stone' from the 'Largo' project, the only Little Feat track sung by drummer Richie Hayward.
Genres
Descriptors: bluesy, guitars, groove-laden, piano, soulful
Tracklist
- Rag Mama Rag (4:38)
- Eula (4:26)
- Bed Of Roses (4:47)
- Sample In A Jar (4:53)
- Just Another Sunday (7:51)
- Gimme A Stone (5:04)
- Rio Esperanza (4:52)
- Tattoo Heart (6:55)
- Marginal Creatures (5:16)
- Chinese Work Songs (6:27)
- It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (6:07)
Credits
- B茅la Fleck - banjo [guest], banjo guest
- Kenny Gradney - bass, vocals, vocal
- Richie Hayward - drums, vocals, membranophone, vocal
- Fred Tackett - guitar, dobro, vocals, guitar resonator guitar, vocal
- Lenny Castro - percussion [guest], guest percussion
- Piero Mariani - percussion [guest]
- Sam Clayton - percussion, vocals, vocal
- The Texacali Horns - performer [guest]
- Nathaniel Kunkel - recorded by, mixed by