ARTIST: Lowell George 
TITLE: Thanks I’ll Eat It Here
YEAR RELEASED: 1979
CHART ACTION: #71
SINGLES: Cheek to Cheek, What Do You Want the Girl to Do (Promo Only)
OTHER SONGS YOU MAY KNOW: He covered I Can’t Stand the Rain
LINEUP: Lowell George and crack session players like David Foster, Nicky Hopkins, Richie Hayward, Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner, Ron Koss, Bill Payne, Chuck Rainey, etc.
WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT: First solo album for long time Little Feat driving force is unfortunately his musical eulogy as well.
SOME WORDS, PHRASES AND CLAUSES ABOUT THIS RECORD: Lowell George had a long career that took him from the odd to the mainstream. Little Feat had become popular but band infighting about direction gave him a reason to go solo.
Sadly, he was on the junk and not feeling his best. The album, though, is a good collection of top-notch late 70’s singer songwriter interpretations in a country and pop mode and some new songs that are equally laid back. It signaled a return to a direction Little Feat had gone in the mid-70’s and space he was comfortable in.
Alas, he OD’d during a tour to support this album, and the promise of this debut solo album was never fulfilled.
NOTES & MINUTIAE: The single on this album was a new interpretation of Irving Berlin’s standard Cheek to Cheek done 70’s style.
IS THERE A DELUXE VERSION: No.
GRADE: B: Nothing is spectacular, but everything is good. A good album for a rainy day.
But Is It Any Good? 