Lowell George

Lowell George
Lowell George was a singer-songwriter guitarist for the moderately successful band “Little Feat”. He also did a stint with Frank Zappa but got thrown out after writing the song “Willin”. In 1978 “Little Feat” enjoyed their biggest success with the release of “Waiting For Columbus” , a two-record live set. Comprised mostly of previous album cuts, the songs were performed in a renewed vigor and sounded better then the original studio versions. On July 29th of 1979 he suffered a drug-induced heart attack. He was friends with Jackson Browne who wrote a song about him after his death called “Of Missing Persons”. Lowell was 34 years old.