Little Feat Time Loves a Hero

Right now I am listening to the Little Feat album "Time Loves A Hero." You could say that I am on a bit of a Little Feat kick right now. It's due to the fact that I am on a major Phish kick right now and they recently covered a Little Feat album at their Halloween concert. I never really gave Little Feat a chance. I bought this album at Housingworks Bookstore in Soho about a month ago not because I had to have it but because it was either Little Feat, Linda Ronstadt, The Aztec Two Step or David Cassidy (Lets just say Housingworks record section was a tad dry that day). I listened to it when I got home and liked it but wasn't blown away. But then out of the blue, Phish decided to cover the Little Feat album Waiting For Columbus. Phish has been known for covering some pretty legendary albums, i.e White Album, Exile on Main St., Loaded, Quadrophenia, and when I saw that they would be doing a Little Feat album I immediately decided to go back and see if there was something that I was missing and you know what there wasn't. I mean don't get me wrong, they are a great band to blast from your SUV with all the doors open at a bonfire but then again, so is Phish. Now Phish is clearly one of the best bands ever but I think it says a lot about Phish for them to cover a band like Little Feat. There has to be something that I'm not seeing here. I mean Little Feat reminds me of a poor mans Doobie Brothers.........or are the Doobie Brothers a poor mans Little Feat? Wait, do the Doobie Brothers suck? I mean yeah they had Michael McDonald, which goes a long way, but Phish has never covered a Doobie Brothers record or song that I can remember...holy shit! The Doobie Brothers kind of suck and....wait, No, oh my god!!! As I am listening to a song on this record called Red Streamliner, Michael McDonald just came on as a background vocalist...WOW! What are the odds....... Holy fuck, I just looked at the album notes and the Tower of Power horn section is on this album too as is Jeff Skunk Baxter...Woah!!!! Little Feat kicks ass....to have those people on your record is a Huge Feat!!!