| Setlist: 1965 - 1967??
Initially funded by the sale of his grandfather`s stock, George`s first band The Factory
formed in 1965 and released at least one single on the Uni Records label, "Smile, Let
Your Life Begin" (co-written by George). Members included future Little Feat drummer
Richie Hayward (who replaced Dallas Taylor in September 1966), Martin Kibbee (a.k.a.
Fred Martin) who would later co-write several Little Feat songs with George (including
"Dixie Chicken" and "Rock and Roll Doctor"), and Warren Klein on guitar. Frank Zappa
produced two tracks for the band, but they were not released until 1993 on the album
Lightning-Rod Man, credited to Lowell George and The Factory.[2] The band made an
appearance on the 1960s sitcom F Troop as "The Bedbugs". They were also featured in
an episode of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., "Lost, the Colonel`s Daughter" (season 3, episode
27). They appeared in the scene inside the A-Go-Go club, with their music heard
playing loudly. They received credits at the end of the episode as "`The Factory` Lowell-
Warren-Martin-Rich, Courtesy of Universal Records". |
