An early-'90s supergroup,
Little Village is composed of string wizard
Ry Cooder, tunesmith
John Hiatt, English bassist
Nick Lowe, and session drummer extraordinaire
Jim Keltner. All four musicians originally played as a unit in 1987 on
Hiatt's breakthrough album
Bring the Family. In that context, all but
Hiatt were sidemen. Four years later they collectively wrote and recorded their self-titled debut CD. Although the record was a bit of a disappointment, the live shows were superb. ~ Rob Bowman