Thanks I’ll Eat It Here is the only solo album by Lowell George, who was be… Read Full Bio ↴Thanks I’ll Eat It Here is the only solo album by Lowell George, who was best known for his work as a founding member of Little Feat. The album features contributions from a lengthy roster of well-known musicians, and was released on March 2nd 1979 on Warner Bros. Records. George died of a heart attack in an Arlington, Virginia hotel room on June 29th 1979 while on tour to promote the album.
While George is best known for his work with Little Feat, by 1977 Lowell felt that they were moving increasingly into jazz-rock, a form in which he felt little interest. As a result, he began working on his own album.
Thanks I’ll Eat It Here is an eclectic mix of styles reminiscent of Little Feat’s earlier albums – in particular Dixie Chicken, on which the track “Two Trains” originally appeared. The album’s cover art is by Neon Park (who created most of Little Feat’s album covers), and portrays a picnic scene (mirroring Édouard Manet’s Le déjeuner sur l’herbe) depicting Bob Dylan, Fidel Castro and Marlene Dietrich as Der Blaue Engel with an open copy of Allen Ginsberg’s Howl beside them.
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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 —
While George is best known for his work with Little Feat, by 1977 Lowell felt that they were moving increasingly into jazz-rock, a form in which he felt little interest. As a result, he began working on his own album.
Thanks I’ll Eat It Here is an eclectic mix of styles reminiscent of Little Feat’s earlier albums – in particular Dixie Chicken, on which the track “Two Trains” originally appeared. The album’s cover art is by Neon Park (who created most of Little Feat’s album covers), and portrays a picnic scene (mirroring Édouard Manet’s Le déjeuner sur l’herbe) depicting Bob Dylan, Fidel Castro and Marlene Dietrich as Der Blaue Engel with an open copy of Allen Ginsberg’s Howl beside them.
— wikipedia —
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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 —
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