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Paul Barrere has passed on...

Post by Lhmwrench » Sat Oct 26, 2019 7:55 pm

... ? :cry: .

Fuck. Another one down...

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Post by Sling Shot On Mars » Sat Oct 26, 2019 8:54 pm

What!?!?! Knew about his ongoing battle with liver disease, but did not think that it was THAT serious. Figured he was being somewhat proactive by missing out on the October shows. Damn..... :cry:

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Post by danM » Sat Oct 26, 2019 9:19 pm

Got to witness your greatness on many occasions. Thx for giving your all, right to the end.
Hope your jammin with Lowell.
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Post by mossismyrice » Sat Oct 26, 2019 11:19 pm

Awful news.

God bless you Paul Barrere.

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Post by caseyjonesed » Sun Oct 27, 2019 7:10 am

i saw Little Feat in Charlotte decades ago.
needless to say I hadn't seen anything like them before.
at the heart of the Feat experience was Paul Barrere.

needless to say I've been listening to them and him ever since.

one of my faves was He who shall not be named and Friends in 2000 at Shoreline with Dylan.

the music world is a little quieter without his presence.

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Post by caseyjonesed » Sun Oct 27, 2019 7:10 am

i saw Little Feat in Charlotte decades ago.
needless to say I hadn't seen anything like them before.
at the heart of the Feat experience was Paul Barrere.

needless to say I've been listening to them and him ever since.

one of my faves was He who shall not be named and Friends in 2000 at Shoreline with Dylan.

the music world is a little quieter without his presence.

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Post by Rich » Sun Oct 27, 2019 8:13 am

One of the best experiences I ever had was the triumphant return of Little Feat at Oxford Plains Speedway in Maine, July 2nd and 3rd 1988 opening for the Grateful Dead. There was no question after those amazing two days that Little Feat was back. Paul's singing and guitar playing, often overlooked by the casual fan obviously because of the giant presence of Lowell George, became a HUGE part of that band when he came on board in '72 along with Sam Clayton. His absence could certainly be felt on this most recent tour where he had to take leave because of his illness.

Rest in Peace Paul.

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Post by Opus40 » Sun Oct 27, 2019 8:13 am

caseyjonesed wrote:
Sun Oct 27, 2019 7:10 am
i saw Little Feat in Charlotte decades ago.
needless to say I hadn't seen anything like them before.
at the heart of the Feat experience was Paul Barrere.

needless to say I've been listening to them and him ever since.

one of my faves was He who shall not be named and Friends in 2000 at Shoreline with Dylan.

the music world is a little quieter without his presence.
Always loved Feat, but they are one of those bands I’ve never gotten around to seeing. I did see Paul and Billy (and Robben Ford) on that P&F tour with Dylan, at the Merriweather tour. I thought it was an underrated Friends lineup. Loved that show.
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Post by Beyond Description » Sun Oct 27, 2019 8:25 am

RIP Paul

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Post by caseyjonesed » Sun Oct 27, 2019 8:35 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2VhSc36p6Q

7/29/2000 He who shall not be named & Friends at Merriweather.

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Post by terrapinflyer » Sun Oct 27, 2019 8:36 am

Going to last show of tour tonight in Wilkes Barre .
Sad days indeed . RIP Paul Barrere .

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Post by Lhmwrench » Sun Oct 27, 2019 9:32 am

RIP indeed.
Happened so quickly. Goes to show ya don't ever know.
Seen him quite a few times over the years.
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Post by Jack O. Hartz » Sun Oct 27, 2019 10:33 am

Beyond Description wrote:
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RIP Paul
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Post by Texhead » Sun Oct 27, 2019 11:39 am

This sucks They came through HTOWN all the time with Lowell with them.GRATE shows!! Was a Feathead big-time back in those days until I got on the bus fulltime with the DEAD! Roll right thru the night! RIP

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Post by Mary Poppins » Sun Oct 27, 2019 12:19 pm

Bummer. Love, love, love Little Feat, especially Waiting for Columbus. RIP Paul.

Here's a nice tribute from Warren Haynes on FB. Unfortunately, he's been writing a lot of nice tributes lately. :(

RIP Paul Barrere- In 1991 the Allman Brothers and Little Feat did a wonderful tour together. Having just joined one of my all-time favorite bands two years earlier, here I was, now, on tour with two of my favorite bands of all time. Virtually every night I would join Little Feat on stage and soak up the magic that only they could create. Being in the middle of it was truly a joyous experience. Countless times I found myself acknowledging the fact that ‘if there was another band that I grew up listening to that I would want to join it would be Little Feat’.

From the moment I discovered their music in the seventies I was hooked, and studied every nook and cranny of their amazing body of work. Dixie Chicken came first for me and then I moved backwards and forwards, to the the early albums and to everything I had somehow missed. I had a lot of catching up to do. By the time Waiting For Columbus came out everyone I hung out with was a Little Feat fanatic. The pulse of the grooves, the way Richie, Kenny, and Sam locked into some voodoo stew that couldn’t be pinned down or traced back to any certain genre, laid a foundation for this multi-dimensional new approach to music that was a combination of so many elements that you heard something different each time you listened. Bill’s virtuosic sense of chordal complexity and harmony, combining jazz with a glimpse into the history of all American music and beyond, made the more organic, bluesy lines that flowed on top sound both perfect and deceptive at the same time. Lowell’s and Paul’s voices, both as singers and guitar players, weaved together in a way that rounded out each other and came together in the middle, highlighting both the similarities and the differences between them- the mark of any great guitar tandem or vocal duo. There has to be just enough contrast, juxtaposition, and tension, combined with a proportionate amount of simpatico common ground and a shared love of influences to create that balance that true chemistries are made of- where the sum is greater than the parts- where the world is glad and lucky that those people found each other. Lowell and Paul had that. Little Feat had that in spades.

Having played a lot of Little Feat’s music through the years- both with them and in several other situations- I can say that my love and reverence for that music has not diminished one iota. In fact it's quite the opposite. There are truly so few bands and artists whose music is better now than it was when we first discovered it and I consider Little Feat to be one of those sacred few. A couple of years ago at the Saenger Theater in New Orleans (a place where were Paul and Fred Tackett had previously sat in with Gov’t Mule) I was part of a celebration of Waiting For Columbus which I consider to be one of the greatest albums of all time. Although I had never played or sung a lot of those tunes, I had listened to them countless times and thought it would be no big deal learning the ones I had never tackled. Wrong again. It made me realize not only how deceptive and tricky the tunes are but also how much I appreciate the fact that I never dissected that music and learned the individual parts but rather let it soak in from a fan’s perspective and influence me however it would. I am very grateful for Little Feat’s music- it will always be in the Pantheon for me. I’m also thankful to call each of them my friends. I love you, Paul. Thanks for giving us all “something real- something to feel”.- WH

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Post by JonDupee » Mon Oct 28, 2019 8:30 am

I remember Feat opening for the Dead at Oxford Plains in Maine too. Such a great weekend. I also remember a Ratdog tour where Feat played with RD at the Beacon. Great music though they never seemed to overcome the loss of Lowell George.

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Post by LazyLightning » Mon Oct 28, 2019 10:03 am

This saddens me. I felt so optimistic reading his note last month and now this. A perfect imperfection- sometimes happy, sometimes sad.

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Post by Lhmwrench » Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:29 pm

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Post by KEZHEAD » Mon Oct 28, 2019 7:25 pm

Another sad day for us all :cry:

Yet again the lord has taken another fine musician from our youth

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