Little Feat -- Eagles

This week on Six Degrees of Rock & Roll, We embarked on a musical journey that started with Little Feat, one of my favorite LA rock bands and ended with the Eagles. Here was the run-down:

0) Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward had previously been in the band:
1) Fraternity of Man, who recorded "Don't Bogart Me"for the movie Easy Rider. Elliot Ingber was in the band after spending time with Frank Zappa in his band:
2) Mothers of Invention with well-known and widely used bassist Jim Fielder. Included in Fielder's extensive resume is a stint with the pop group:
3) The Association which featured banjo player and harmony singer Larry Ramos. Ramos had joined the Association after a tenure with:
4) The New Christy Minstrels which was a starting point for many famous careers including Kim Carnes, Barry McGuire, Kenny Rogers and Gene Clark, who after stardom as a founding member of the Byrds, would collaborate with Doug Dillard (fresh from the Dillards) to form:
5) Dillard & Clark which featured Bernie Leadon, a good friend of Doug's that provided harmonies and a vast array of instrumentation on their debut album. Leadon would go on to fame with the Flying Burrito Brothers and eventually as a founding member of:
6) The Eagles

Be sure to tune in next week!

Fairport Convention -- Pink Floyd

Six Degrees of Rock and Roll is a special segment on The Long Strange Trip. At 11:00 on Monday mornings we connect 2 different artists to each other through bands. Think of 6 degrees to Kevin Bacon, but with bands. We play a song from each band/artist along the way and the result is an entertaining and informative peek into the interconnectedness of the whole rock and roll network.


On "6 Degrees" this week we connected The Fairport Convention to Pink Floyd in exactly 6 steps:


0) Fairport Convention: including Iain Matthews, who founded:
1) Matthews Southern Comfort: including bassist Andy Leigh, who would join:
2) Spooky Tooth: to replace bassist Greg Ridley after he left to join:
3) Humble Pie: which included guitarist/singer Peter Frampton, who would form:
4) Frampton's Camel: to record his 1973 album with bassist Rick Wills, who had been in:
5) Jokers Wild: with guitarist David Gilmour, who would replace Syd Barrett in:
6) Pink Floyd


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