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Lowell George was born on April 13, 1945 in Hollywood, California, United States. Lowell George was a musician, singer and composer. Death is recorded on June 29, 1979, at the age of 34. Education on record includes Hollywood High School. Awards on record include Americana Music Association President's Award (2009).
My Take
Lowell George is one of those musicians where the more you dig in, the more you can't believe he's not a household name — and then you remember he died at 34 and it all makes a devastating kind of sense. Growing up in Hollywood and passing through Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention before founding Little Feat, he built one of the most distinctive sounds in American rock: that warm, greasy slide guitar work, those deceptively casual grooves that are actually incredibly tight. "Willin'" alone is worth a lifetime of attention. Little Feat never quite broke through to arena-rock fame, and I think that actually preserved something special about them — they stayed weird, soulful, and real. The Americana Music Association gave him their President's Award posthumously in 2009, which feels like exactly the kind of belated institutional recognition a guy like Lowell would've gotten a kick out of. Miss what could've been.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lowell George
- Name (Japanese)
- ローウェル・ジョージ
- Reading
- ろーうぇる・じょーじ
- Born
- April 13, 1945 – June 29, 1979
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rooster
- Origin
- Hollywood, California, United States
- Occupation
- musician / singer / composer / guitarist / songwriter
2. Background
- High school
- Hollywood High School
Awards & achievements
- 2009 Americana Music Association President's Award
3. Links
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Lowell George born?
Born April 13, 1945.
When did Lowell George die?
Died June 29, 1979, aged 34.
Where was Lowell George from?
Lowell George was from Hollywood, California, United States.
What did Lowell George do?
Lowell George worked as musician, singer, composer, guitarist, songwriter.
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