''Dixie Chicken'' is the third studio album by the American rock band Little Feat, released in 1973. The artwork for the front cover was by illustrator

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and is a reference to a line from the album's third song, "Roll Um Easy". The album is considered their landmark album with the title track as their signature song that helped further define the Little Feat sound. The band added two members (guitarist Paul Barrere and percussionist

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) to make the more complete and familiar line-up that continued until their 1979 breakup following the death of

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. Bassist

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was brought in to replace original bassist

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, who had left after the band's second album, '' Sailin' Shoes'', to join Captain Beefheart's Magic Band. This new line-up radically altered the band's sound, leaning toward

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/ funk. It was voted number 563 in

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'' 3rd Edition (2000). The title track was released as a single by

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in March 1973 in the U.S., backed with "Lafayette Railroad" (WB 7689) and in February 1975 in the UK, backed with "Oh Atlanta" (K 16524).

Track listing

sings lead on all tracks, except where noted: Side One #"Dixie Chicken" (

, Fred Martin (Martin Fyodor Kibbee)) – 3:55 #"Two Trains" (George) – 3:06 #"Roll Um Easy" (George) – 2:30 #"On Your Way Down" ( Allen Toussaint) – 5:31 #"Kiss It Off" (George) – 2:56 Side Two #"Fool Yourself" ( Fred Tackett) – 3:10 #"Walkin' All Night" ( Paul Barrère, Bill Payne) – 3:35 (lead vocals: Barrere, Payne) #"Fat Man in the Bathtub" (George) – 4:29 #"Juliette" (George) – 3:20 #"Lafayette Railroad" (George, Payne) – 3:40 (instrumental)

Personnel

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* Paul Barrere – guitar, vocals (first album with group) *

– congas (first album with group) *

– vocals, guitar,

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, flute *

– bass (first album with group) *

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– drums, vocals * Bill Payne – keyboards, synthesizer, vocals

Additional personnel

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– backing vocals *

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– synthesizer *

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– backing vocals *

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– backing vocals *

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–

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– backing vocals *Debbie Lindsey – backing vocals * Bonnie Raitt – backing vocals *Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals * Fred Tackett – guitar (joined band 1988) *

– cover art

Notes

External links

''Dixie Chicken'' – album review
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