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| Released | May 17, 2024 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Label | Hot Tomato | |||
| Producer | Little Feat and Charles A. Martinez | |||
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Sam's Place is a blues album by Little Feat, released on May 17, 2024. [1] [2] [3] It was their first studio recording since Rooster Rag in 2012 and the first to feature slide guitarist Scott Sharrard and drummer Tony Leone. It was also their first since the death of their longtime guitarist Paul Barrere in 2019.
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The album is a collection of blues standards and is unique in the band's output in that all lead vocals were supplied by their congas player Sam Clayton. Clayton had joined the group in 1972 at the suggestion of their then newly acquired bassist Kenny Gradney, a friend and colleague of Clayton's. Although his deep gruff voice had often featured prominently in the background, he rarely sang lead on a whole song except when onstage, a notable exception being his composition Feel the Groove from Down on the Farm in 1979.[ citation needed ]
Some of the songs had previously featured in other versions on earlier Feat albums and/or in concert. The opening track, "Milkman", is the only original song on the collection, and is credited to Clayton and guitarists Scott Sharrard and Fred Tackett, although Clayton revealed the lyrics were actually written by his wife Joni.
A bonus single from the sessions, released later in the year, is a cover of "Wang Dang Doodle" which featured backing vocals by former member Shaun Murphy.
Sam's Place was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. [4]