Tracing Footsteps feat. Bill Payne of Little Feat

RME is very proud to present a very unique and intimate evening featuring Bill Payne of Little Feat in the Redstone Room.

Bill Payne is best known as co-founder (along with Lowell George) of the legendary American rock band Little Feat. The evening will include live performance on piano and keyboards from Bill Payne, as well as his photography being featured on the large screens in the Redstone Room. The artist will offer commentary on his music, his career with Little Feat and beyond, and commentary on his photography as well.

This will be a seated show, and tickets are limited to the first 200 persons. Tickets are $20 for RME Members, and $25 for the general public.

BILL PAYNE

For the past four decades, Bill Payne has spent more time on the road, in studios, and working with rock n’ roll hall of famers than most of that rare group of musicians who can pay the bills with their talent and endurance. He’s one of rock’s most talented keyboardists, a legitimate legend among peers. A founding member of Little Feat, he’s appeared on hundreds of studio albums and toured with the likes of Jimmy Buffet, James Taylor, and the Doobie Brothers. Most people in the music industry or familiar with rock’s meaningful past know this amazing musician’s songs and recognize his chops instantly. Countless musicians have shared time with him in the studio or onstage. More would like to, because he makes most musicians better.

Among musicians, the highest compliment is when someone is “a player’s player.” You can’t get that with flash and dazzle; you have to earn it with substance. Elton John, for one, would tell you that Bill Payne, co-founder of Little Feat, is a player’s player, one of the finest keyboardists in the entire rock world.

His trademark barrelhouse blues piano, along with a powerful but sensitive attack on the Hammond B-3, have made him a popular session man, working with Jimmy Buffett, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Bob Seger, Phil Lesh, J.J. Cale, the Doobie Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Rodney Crowell, Bryan Adams, and Pink Floyd. And when he doesn’t play, he writes songs, and his credits include Feat’s “Oh, Atlanta.” He’s presently working with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter on a number of songs destined for the next Little Feat album.

When he isn’t seated at a keyboard, he has a camera in his hand, and his photographs have been shown in various galleries.

Two ears and two eyes…Bill Payne seems to get more out of the package than most.