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Despite the strong influences whose torch they’ve carried and the strong influence they’ve  in- spired in generations of rockers, Little Feat are not in the Rock and Roll of Fame, an oversight fans wrestle with every October when a new list of nominees is revealed. Yet, that’s not going to stop them from continue to enjoy the band’s 50th anniversary tour, which will roll on with several Mid-Atlantic dates: Oct. 18, Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, N.Y.; Oct. 19, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, N.Y.; Oct. 24, Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank; Oct. 26, The Paramount, Huntington, N.Y., and Oct. 27, FM Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. On behalf of current band mates Paul Barrere, vocals and guitars; Sam Clayton, percussion and vo- cals; Kenny Gradney, bass; Fred Tackett, guitar, mandolin, trumpet and vocals; Gabe Ford, drums, backing vocals, as well as past ones, such as co-founding vocalist- guitarist Lowell George and long- time drummer Richie Hayward, Bill Payne, Little Feat’s only original Watch Little Feat perform “Dixie Chicken” NJ STAGE - ISSUE 63 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 8