Hot Feet

Hot Feet

Hot Feet are a group from Los Angeles, United States, active from 1969 to the present. Their listed members include Lowell George, Roy Estrada, Richie Hayward, Bill Payne, Paul Barrère, Sam Clayton, Kenny Gradney, Fred Tackett, Craig Fuller, Shaun Murphy, Scott Sharrard, Tony Leone and Phil Brown. The group’s labels include New Little Feat and Zoo Entertainment, and its sound is associated with blues rock, boogie rock, rock and southern rock.

Group profile

Hot Feet are described elsewhere as a folk, blues'n'roll quartet with roots in Stroud, Gloucestershire, via London and Brighton, and as consisting of Marianne Parrish, Jack Page, Rob Pemberton and Lachlan McLellan. Their music is said to draw on Delta blues, 1960s folk, classical music and Gypsy jazz, combining ethereal folk textures with guitar hooks, breakbeats, tambourines, bass and charango.

Style and instrumentation

The group’s sound is characterised as a blend of dreamy, atmospheric folk and percussive, dance-oriented arrangements. Their instrumentation includes guitar, break beats, tambourines, a prominent bass part and a charango from Bolivia, and their performances are presented as energetic and rhythmic.