Little Feat - Dixie Chicken

Little Feat's idea to present in music the American dream of unlimited freedom got off to a slow start. Although the critics were impressed by the mix of bone-dry garage rock and powerful road-movie sound, according to Little Feat's guitarist Paul Barrere their "stewpot of American music" wasn't quite to the taste of the public. This changed overnight with their third album Dixie Chicken, in which the band didn't do everything differently but did do quite a lot better. The high-pitched voice of front man Lowell George and the waves of his wailing slide guitar, together with the subtle use of funky elements, all go to produce a highly varied highway feeling.