While Little Feat originated out
of Southern California, I’ve always
thought you sounded more like a
New Orleans band. Why and how
have the sounds of New Orleans
meant a lot to Little Feat?
Maybe these things come
through the gene pool. I was born
Waco, Texas, and my parents mar-
ried in New Orleans. Kenny is from
Southern California, but his par-
ents had ties to New Orleans and
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Louisiana. I think Sam did too.
In terms of music, listening to
blues and the blues resurgence in
the ’60s, a lot came over with the
Stones and The Yardbirds, a lot of
English bands. But within that con-
text, we were starting to hear oth-
er styles of music. One was Clifton
Chenier. Another, Professor Long-
hair. Fats Domino, Dr. John, Allen
Toussaint, Lee Dorsey. It’s part of
what made up our vocabulary
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