On My Own Two Feet Explained

On My Own Two Feet
Type:studio
Artist:Paul Barrère
Cover:OwnTwoFeetcover.jpg
Released:1983
Studio:Axis Sound Studio, Atlanta, Georgia; George Massenburg Studios
Genre:Blues rock, southern rock, hard rock, swamp rock, funk rock, jazz fusion
Length:36:21
Label:Mirage Records
Producer:Jeff Glixman, Paul Barrère
Year:1983
Next Title:Real Lies
Next Year:1984

On My Own Two Feet is the 1983 debut album by Little Feat guitarist/vocalist Paul Barrère, recorded during the period when Little Feat were disbanded (1979–87). It features Steve Walsh from Kansas, Barrère's erstwhile Little Feat colleague Bill Payne and Keith Knudsen and Bobby LaKind from The Doobie Brothers.

The song Fool For You was originally recorded by Fuller and Kaz in 1978. Its writer, Craig Fuller would join the reformed Little Feat in 1987.

High Roller had previously been recorded in a jazzier form by Little Feat on their 1977 album Time Loves a Hero.

Track listing

All songs written by Paul Barrère except where noted

  1. "Sweet Coquette"
  2. "High Roller"
  3. "Fool For You" (Craig Fuller)
  4. "Love Sweet Love"
  5. "Who Knows For Sure" (Paul Barrère/Tom Snow)
  6. "She Lays Down The Beat"
  7. "Fortune Cookie"
  8. "Along This Lane" (Paul Barrère/Bill Payne/Dennis Morgan)

Personnel