Willin': The Story of Little Feat
Ben Fong-Torres / Dec 11, 2019
Willin The Story of Little Feat The saga of the legendary Los Angeles band Little Feat is one of rock n roll s great stories Formed in by ex members of Frank Zappa s Mothers of Invention Little Feat created groove heavy music

The saga of the legendary Los Angeles band Little Feat is one of rock n roll s great stories Formed in 1969 by ex members of Frank Zappa s Mothers of Invention, Little Feat created groove heavy music that was an irresistible mix of rock, blues, RB, country, jazz, soul, and funk.Fronted by the charismatic but doomed vocalist and brilliant slide guitarist Lowell GeorThe saga of the legendary Los Angeles band Little Feat is one of rock n roll s great stories Formed in 1969 by ex members of Frank Zappa s Mothers of Invention, Little Feat created groove heavy music that was an irresistible mix of rock, blues, RB, country, jazz, soul, and funk.Fronted by the charismatic but doomed vocalist and brilliant slide guitarist Lowell George, the band recorded such classic studio albums as Sailin Shoes and Dixie Chicken, as well as Waiting for Columbus, which many consider to be one of the best live albums of all time.Acclaimed journalist Ben Fong Torres working with Little Feat s surviving members, their friends, and associates wrote Willin based on hours of brand new interviews with the key players The result The first definitive biography of this beloved rock n roll institution.
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Ben Fong-Torres
Benjamin Fong Torres F ng Zh nh o is an American rock journalist, author, and broadcaster best known for his association with Rolling Stone magazine through 1981 and the San Francisco Chronicle from around 1982.Due to the Chinese Exclusion Act, Fong Torres father, Ricardo Fong Torres born Fong Kwok Seung , changed his surname to Torres and posed as a Filipino citizen in order to emigrate to the United States His family later adopted the hyphenated surname, Fong Torres He is the brother of Shirley Fong Torres.He was portrayed in the 2000 film Almost Famous by actor Terry Chen The fictional version of Fong Torres was character William Miller s editor at Rolling Stone.In real life, Fong Torres was a writer and senior editor of Rolling Stone from almost the magazine s inception He conducted interviews for Rolling Stone of entertainment figures including Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, comedian Steve Martin and Linda Ronstadt s first cover story in 1975 A Fong Torres interview with Ray Charles was awarded the Deems Taylor Award for Magazine Writing in 1974.Fong Torres was also a rock DJ for San Francisco radio station KSAN FM in the 1970s On television, he is the Emmy Award winning co anchor of the Chinese New Year Parade broadcast on KTVU Fox in San Francisco In recent years, he has published Hickory Wind, a biography of Gram Parsons The Rice Room, a memoir The Hits Just Keep on Coming, a history of Top 40 radio, and two compilations of past articles, Not Fade Away and Becoming Almost Famous published in May 2006 His book with The Doors The Doors By The Doors was published by Hyperion in November 2006 Since July 2005, he has written the bi weekly column Radio Waves in the San Francisco Chronicle s Sunday Datebook He is also a contributing editor to Parade magazine, and the music editor for TONEAudio, a web based audio publication He is now the host of Backstage which is aired from 7 9 am and 7 9 pm on San Francisco s KFRC FM.