Driving While Stoned Songs: "Willin'" (1970)

Little Feat, performing in 1977

Listening to Lowell George's classic tune on a Saturday morning, I wonder: Where are the Zeitgeist and the correct choice (not necessarily the same thing) on the legalization of marijuana? Cultural elites seem to be saying yes, and yet some well-meaning institution or agency paid good money for the stay-off-dope ad I saw before "Stay of Play" at the Edwards 14 last night. The fact that our tax-addicted state and federal governments need the money from legal drug sales isn't a good enough reason.

Perfect Duets: "I'm Blowin' Away" (1975)

Bonnie Raitt and Linda Ronstadt, performing in August 1979 at a benefit concert for the family of Little Feat's Lowell George, who died that June at, I was astonished to learn, the Key Bridge Marriott in Roslyn, Virginia. This song was written by Eric Kaz. Both singers recorded it. This is Ronstadt's arrangement. Raitt's, featuring an orchestral track, appeared on her 1975 album "Home Plate."