Dixie Chicken

For the bar in Texas, see Dixie Chicken (bar).

Dixie Chicken is the third studio album by the American rock band Little Feat, released in 1973, on Warner Bros. Records. The artwork for the front cover was by illustrator Neon Park^[4] and is a reference to a line from the album's third song, "Roll Um Easy".

Dixie Chicken
Studio album by Little Feat
Released	January 25, 1973
Recorded	Late 1972
Studio	Clover Recorders, Los Angeles Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood Sunset Sound, Los Angeles
Genre	Swamp rock[1] funk rock[1] New Orleans R&B[2]
Length	36:12
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Lowell George
Little Feat chronology
Sailin' Shoes (1972) Dixie Chicken (1973) Feats Don't Fail Me Now (1974)
Singles from Dixie Chicken
"Dixie Chicken" Released: 1973

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[3]

The album is considered their landmark album with the title track as their signature song that helped further define the Little Feat sound. The band added two members (guitarist Paul Barrere and percussionist Sam Clayton) to make the more complete and familiar line-up that continued until their 1979 breakup following the death of Lowell George. Bassist Kenny Gradney was brought in to replace original bassist Roy Estrada, who had left after the band's second album, Sailin' Shoes, to join Captain Beefheart's Magic Band. This new line-up radically altered the band's sound, leaning toward New Orleans R&B/funk.^[2]

It was voted number 563 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums 3rd Edition (2000).^[5]

The title track was released as a single by Warner Bros. in March 1973 in the U.S., backed with "Lafayette Railroad" (WB 7689) and in February 1975 in the UK, backed with "Oh Atlanta" (K 16524).

Track listing

Lowell George sings lead on all tracks, except where noted:

Side one

1. "Dixie Chicken" (Lowell George, Fred Martin (Martin Fyodor Kibbee)) – 3:55
2. "Two Trains" (George) – 3:06
3. "Roll Um Easy" (George) – 2:30
4. "On Your Way Down" (Allen Toussaint) – 5:31
5. "Kiss It Off" (George) – 2:56

Side two

1. "Fool Yourself" (Fred Tackett) – 3:10
2. "Walkin' All Night" (Paul Barrère, Bill Payne) – 3:35 (lead vocals: Barrere, Payne)
3. "Fat Man in the Bathtub" (George) – 4:29
4. "Juliette" (George) – 3:20
5. "Lafayette Railroad" (George, Payne) – 3:40 (instrumental)

Deluxe edition

A remastered and expanded edition of Dixie Chicken was released on June 23, 2023. This new edition is a 2-CD set, with the original album on disc one, and bonus material on disc two, labeled as Hotcakes, Outtakes & Rarities. Tracks 10 to 16 are a live recording from Boston, Massachusetts on April 1, 1973.

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Two Trains (demo)"	George	3:19
2.	"Fat Man in the Bathtub (demo)"	George	3:58
3.	"Walkin' All Night (alternate version)"	Payne, Barrere	3:40
4.	"Roll Um Easy (alternate version)"	George	2:36
5.	"On Your Way Down (alternate version)"	A. Toussaint	5:57
6.	"Eldorado Slim"	Payne, George	4:42
7.	"Juliette (alternate version)"	George	3:34
8.	"Hi Roller (Ace in the Hole)"	Barrere	2:28
9.	"Dixie Chicken (alternate version)"	George, Martin	4:06
10.	"Two Trains"	George	3:23
11.	"Got No Shadow"	Payne	6:53
12.	"On Your Way Down"	A. Toussaint	6:26
13.	"Walkin' All Night"	Payne, Barrere	3:34
14.	"Fat Man in the Bathtub"	George	5:31
15.	"Willin'"	George	4:31
16.	"A Apolitical Blues"	George	3:33

Personnel

Little Feat

• Lowell George – vocals, guitar, cowbell, flute
• Paul Barrere – backing vocals, guitar, co-lead vocals on "Walkin' All Night"
• Bill Payne – backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, co-lead vocals on "Walkin' All Night"
• Kenny Gradney – bass
• Richie Hayward – backing vocals, drums
• Sam Clayton – congas

Additional personnel

• Fred Tackett – guitar, mandolin, trumpet
• Bonnie Bramlett – backing vocals
• Malcolm Cecil – synthesizer
• Tret Fure – backing vocals
• Danny Hutton – backing vocals
• Milt Holland – tabla
• Gloria Jones – backing vocals
• Debbie Lindsey – backing vocals
• Bonnie Raitt – backing vocals
• Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals
• Neon Park – cover art