Little Feat Releasing ‘Sam’s Place,’ 1st New Studio Album in 12 Years

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Little Feat will release Sam’s Place, the band’s first new studio album in 12 years, May 17, 2024, on Hot Tomato Productions/MRI. The recording marks the band’s first-ever blues album and the first to feature conga player Sam Clayton on lead vocals on every song. It’s available for pre-order in the U.S. here and in the U.K. here.

The first single/video, “You’ll Be Mine,” a cover of the Willie Dixon-written chestnut popularized by Howlin’ Wolf, was released on March 7, the day of the album’s announcement. A second song, a cover of the Muddy Waters tune “Can’t Be Satisfied,” was shared on April 17. Watch videos for both below. Plus, see the full track listing and the band’s extensive “Can’t Be Satisfied Tour” dates below.

The members of Little Feat in 2024 are: Bill Payne, keyboards and vocals; Sam Clayton, percussion and vocals; Fred Tackett, guitars and vocals, Kenny Gradney, bass; Scott Sharrard, guitars and vocals; and Tony Leone, drums and vocals. The album was recorded at Sam Phillips Recording in Memphis, Tenn. in August 2023, except for “Got My Mojo Working (Live),” recorded live at the Boulder Theatre in Boulder, Colo., on December 17, 2022. This is the first Little Feat album recorded with new members Sharrard and Leone.

Little Feat, 2024. Center: Sam Clayton
Back row, L-R: Bill Payne, Kenny Gradney, Fred Tackett, Scott Sharrard, Tony Leone (Photo by Fletcher Moore, used with permission)

The band’s longtime friend, Bonnie Raitt, provides vocals on the Muddy Waters number “Long Distance Call,” a duet with Clayton, and the album’s other special guests are Michael “Bull” LoBue on harmonica, Marc Franklin on trumpet and Art Edmaiston on saxophone on select songs.

Little Feat Sam’s Place Track Listing
1. Milkman- Written by Sam Clayton, Fred Tackett and Scott Sharrard
2. You’ll Be Mine – Written by Willie Dixon
3. Long Distance Call – Written by Muddy Waters
4. Don’t Go No Further – Written by Willie Dixon
5. I Can’t Be Satisfied – Written by Muddy Waters
6. Last Night – Written by Walter Jacobs
7. Why People Like That – Written by Bobby Charles
8. Mellow Down Easy – Written by Willie Dixon
9. Got My Mojo Working (Live) – Written by Preston Foster

A 50th anniversary expanded edition of their 1974 album, Feats Don’t Fail Me Now, is being released on June 14, on 3-CD and 2-LP in the U.S. here and in the U.K. here.

Little Feat 2024 Tour (Tickets are available here and here)

May 31-June 1 The Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA (w/ Tedeschi Trucks Band)
Jun 04 Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Reno, NV (w/ Tedeschi Trucks Band)
Jun 05 Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA (w/ Tedeschi Trucks Band)
Jun 07 The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA (w/Tedeschi Trucks Band)
Jun 08 Cal Coast Credit Union Amphitheater, San Diego, CA (w/Tedeschi Trucks Band)
Jun 09 The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA (w/Tedeschi Trucks Band)
Jun 13 Koka Booth Amphitheater, Cary, NC (Can’t Be Satisfied Tour w/ the Wood Brothers)
Jun 14 Pier Six Pavilion, Baltimore, MD (Can’t Be Satisfied Tour 50th Anniversary of Feats Don’t Fail Me Now w/ the Wood Brothers)
Jun 15 – Syracuse, NY – New York State Blues Festival
Jun 17 Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland, Pittsburgh, PA (Can’t Be Satisfied Tour w/ Los Lobos)
Jun 18 PNC Pavilion, Cincinnati, OH (Can’t Be Satisfied Tour w/ Los Lobos)
Jun 20 Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park, Indianapolis, IN (Can’t Be Satisfied Tour w/ Los Lobos)
Jun 21 Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids Charter Township, MI (Can’t Be Satisfied Tour w/ Los Lobos)
Jun 22 Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, IL (Can’t Be Satisfied Tour w/ Los Lobos)
Jun 24 Victory Theatre, Evansville, IN (Can’t Be Satisfied Tour w/ Marc Broussard )
Jun 25 The Factory, Chesterfield, MO (Can’t Be Satisfied Tour w/ Marc Broussard)
Jun 26 Uptown Theater, Kansas City, MO (Can’t Be Satisfied Tour w/ Marc Broussard)
Jun 28 Washington Pavilion Sioux Falls, SD (Can’t Be Satisfied Tour W/ Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel )
Jun 29 Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN (Can’t Be Satisfied Tour w/ Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel)
Jun 30 Vetter Stone Amphitheater, Mankato, Mn (Can’t Be Satisfied Tour w/ Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel)
Jul 02 Hoyt Sherman Place, Des Moines, IA (Can’t Be Satisfied Tour w/ Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel)
Jul 03 The Astro, La Vista, NE (Can’t Be Satisfied Tour W/ Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel)
Jul 05 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO (w/ the Avett Brothers)
Aug 18 – Jim Thorpe, PA – Penn’s Peak (w/ the Steel Wheels)
Aug 20 – Deerfield, MA – Tree House Brewing Company Summer Stage (w/ the Steel Wheels)
Aug 21 – Hyannis, MA – Cape Cod Melody Tent (w/ the Steel Wheels)
Aug 22 – Cohassett, MA – South Shore Music Circus (w/ Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley)
Aug 24 – Webster, MA – Indian Ranch (w/ the Steel Wheels)
Aug 25 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center For The Arts (w/ Tedeschi Trucks Band)
Aug 27 – Patchogue, NY – Patchogue Theatre (w/ Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley)
Aug 28 – Philadelphia, PA -The Mann Center (w/ Tedeschi Trucks Band)
Aug 30 – Selbyville, DE – Freeman Arts Pavilion
Aug 31 – Saratoga Springs, NY – SPAC (w Tedeschi Trucks Band)