While "Who'll Be the Fool Tonight" was the first hit single for the Larsen/Feiten Band, it was not the first occasion on which keyboardist Neil Larsen and guitarist Howard "Buzz" Feiten had worked together. The two had previously collaborated with several other musicians on the 1972 album Full Moon, one of the most highly regarded jazz fusion recordings of its time. Buzz also provided session guitar work on Neil's late 1970s solo albums Jungle Fever and High Gear.
Buzz and Neil formed the Larsen/Feiten Band in 1980 and the group's self-titled album was released later that year. Featuring contributions from a variety of musicians in the jazz and pop genres, the album quickly became a Westcoast classic. "Who'll Be the Fool Tonight," the only single released from the album, first appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1980, peaking at #29 in the early autumn.
After years of varying availability of Larsen/Feiten Band, the album was issued on CD by Wounded Bird Records in 2005. The reissue also contains the tracks from their excellent 1982 follow-up effort, Full Moon; the name was a nod to Neil and Buzz's earlier collaboration, but featured different songs. You can view footage of the Larsen/Feiten Band performing "Who'll Be the Fool Tonight" on the Solid Gold program, via YouTube:
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Woah. I remember this one. It got a lot of play on our local AM station (our crappy old car didn't have an FM radio).
So very early 80's.....and the Solid Gold clip was a nice touch.
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