''Chinese Work Songs'' is the 13th studio album by the American rock band Little Feat, released in

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. Four of the album's songs are covers; of " Rag Mama Rag" by The Band, "

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and "Gimme a Stone" from the concept album '' Largo''. "Gimme a Stone" marked the only time drummer Richie Hayward sang lead vocals with the group.

Track listing

#" Rag Mama Rag" ( J. R. Robertson) – 4:38 #"Eula" (Barrère, Tackett) – 4:26 #"Bed of Roses" (Murphy, Payne) – 4:48 #"

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) – 4:54 #"Just Another Sunday" (Murphy, Payne) – 7:52 #"Gimme a Stone" (Hyman, Chertoff, Forman, Bazilian) – 5:06 #"Rio Esperenza" (Murphy, Payne) – 4:54 #"Tattoo Heart" (Barrère, Murphy) – 6:55 #"Marginal Creatures" (Barrère, Tackett) – 5:16 #"Chinese Work Songs" (Payne, Tackett) – 6:27 #"

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Personnel

Little Feat

* Paul Barrère – vocals,

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

, dobro, bicycle bells *

Sam Clayton Sam Clayton (born March 30, 1952) is an American singer and percussionist, primarily focusing on drums, conga and djembe, throughout his musical career. He is best known as a supporting vocalist and percussionist with the American rock band Lit ...

– percussion, backing vocals *

Kenny Gradney Kenny Gradney, (born February 25, 1950) a native of Baton Rouge, is an American bassist and songwriter, best known as a member of the band Little Feat. He joined after their second album, replacing founding bassist Roy Estrada in 1972. Gradney ...

– bass, backing vocals *

Richie Hayward Richard "Richie" Hayward (February 6, 1946 – August 12, 2010) was an American drummer best known as a founding member and drummer in the band Little Feat. He performed with several bands and worked as a session player. Hayward also joined ...

– drums, vocals *

Shaun Murphy Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Championship. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight cue action and his long potting. Born in Harlow, Essex and r ...

– vocals, percussion * Bill Payne – keyboards, vocals * Fred Tackett – guitar, dobro, backing vocals

Texicali Horns

Darrell Leonard Darrell Leonard is an American, Los Angeles-based, trumpet player, composer and arranger. He recorded and toured with Delaney and Bonnie and Friends from 1970 through 1973. He is a Grammy Award winner for his work with Taj Mahal and the Phantom ...

–

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

, trombonium *Joe Sublett –

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of Single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed (mouthpi ...

Additional personnel

Béla Fleck Béla Anton Leoš Fleck (born July 10, 1958) is an American banjo player. An acclaimed virtuoso, he is an innovative and technically proficient pioneer and ambassador of the banjo, bringing the instrument from its bluegrass roots to jazz, classi ...

– banjo on Gimme A Stone *Lenny Castro –

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

* Piero Mariani – percussion

References

{{Authority control 2000 albums Little Feat albums Albums produced by Bill Payne Albums with cover art by Neon Park