The Hear and Now, for November 29, 2012 - 10:00pm
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Pianist Bill Payne Live on The Hear and NowPianist Bill Payne, best known as co-founder, keyboardist, and songwriter for the legendary band Little Feat (whose new album is Rooster Rag), visits KPFA before his Saturday shows at Yoshi's in Oakland (with Gabe Ford on drums and guest guitarist Robben Ford). Payne has released only two solo albums, but he has played with Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, J.J. Cale, Robert Palmer, James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Phil Lesh, and many others, and he'll have songs to sing, a piano to play, and many stories to tell.
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Playlist for this Program:
| Artist | Song | Album | Label |
| Show Start | Talk | ||
| Mickey & Sylvia | Love Is Strange | Casino (movie soundtrack) | MCA |
| Bill Payne (Little Feat pianist, songwriter) | Truck Stop Girl | Live in the KPFA performance studio | n.a. |
| Bill Payne | Interview and three songs: Rooster Rag, Deep Away in the Bluegrass Pines, Oh Atlanta | Live in the KPFA performance studio | n.a. |
| Little Feat | Time Loves a Hero | Best of Little Feat | Rhino Warner Bros. |
| Talk | |||
| Randy Newman | I Think It's Going to Rain Today | Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 | Nonesuch |
| Sandy Denny | Late November | No More Sad Refrains: The Sandy Denny Anthology | A&M |
| The Youngbloods | Darkness Darkness | Get Together: The Essential Youngbloods | RCA |
| George Harrison | Beware of Darkness | All Things Must Pass | Capitol |
| Mekons | Dark Dark Dark | Natural | Quarterstick |
| Beth Orton | Last Leaves of Autumn | Sugaring Season | Anti- |
| Jimmy LaFave | Not Dark Yet | Cimarron Manifesto | Red House |
| Talk | |||
| John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers | You Don't Love Me | A Hard Road | Decca |
| Jimi Hendix | The WInd Cries Mary | Are You Experienced | MCA |
| Jimi Hendrix | One Rainy Wish | Axis: Bold as Love | MCA |
| Talk | |||
| Duke Ellington and His Orchestra | Blood Count (by Billy Strayhorn) | ... and His Mother Called Him Bill | Bluebird RCA |
| Talk |
