Sailin' Shoes

"Sailin' Shoes" was the second studio album by the American rock band Little Feat, released in 1972. The album is notable for several reasons. First, it introduced the cover artwork of Neon Park to the group. Second, it was a more refined style than the group's first album Little Feat and signalled a shift towards the more mature Dixie Chicken. Third, it marked the last album appearance of original bassist Roy Estrada. Highlighted by a reworked group version of "Willin'," the track that had led Frank Zappa to sack guitarist and vocalist Lowell George from The Mothers of Invention, it also featured such enduring tracks as "A Apolitical Blues," "Easy to Slip" and the title track, all by guitarist and lead vocalist Lowell George, the second co-written with Martin Kibb,e, credited as "Fred Martin", a former bandmate from The Factory, and the first appearance of the "George/Martin" credit on a Little Feat record. It was the last full Little Feat record to be produced by an outsider until 1977's Time Loves a Hero, with each of the three interim albums being produced almost entirely by Lowell George. In 2008 the album was released as Gold CD