Chinese Work Songs

Chinese Work Songs is the 13th studio album by the American rock band Little Feat, released in 2000.

Four of the album's songs are covers; of "Rag Mama Rag" by The Band, "Sample in a Jar" by Phish, "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" by Bob Dylan and "Gimme a Stone" from the concept album Largo. "Gimme a Stone" marked the only time drummer Richie Hayward sang lead vocals with the group.

Track listing "Rag Mama Rag" (J. R. Robertson) – 4:38 "Eula" (Barrère, Tackett) – 4:26 "Bed of Roses" (Murphy, Payne) – 4:48 "Sample in a Jar" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 4:54 "Just Another Sunday" (Murphy, Payne) – 7:52 "Gimme a Stone" (Hyman, Chertoff, Forman, Bazilian) – 5:06 "Rio Esperenza" (Murphy, Payne) – 4:54 "Tattoo Heart" (Barrère, Murphy) – 6:55 "Marginal Creatures" (Barrère, Tackett) – 5:16 "Chinese Work Songs" (Payne, Tackett) – 6:27 "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (Bob Dylan) – 6:07

Personnel Little Feat Paul Barrère – vocals, guitar, dobro, bicycle bells Sam Clayton – percussion, backing vocals Kenny Gradney – bass, backing vocals Richie Hayward – drums, vocals Shaun Murphy – vocals, percussion Bill Payne – keyboards, vocals Fred Tackett – guitar, dobro, backing vocals

Texicali Horns Darrell Leonard – trumpet, trombonium Joe Sublett – saxophone

Additional personnel Béla Fleck – banjo on Gimme A Stone Lenny Castro – percussion Piero Mariani – percussion

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