Lowell George was one of the best composers of the seventies and Willin is probably his most emblematic song.
Legend tells that Willin was the  motivation for George's departure  from Frank Zappa's The Mothers of Inventions and the reason of the Little Feat foundation.
Some say that Zappa expelled him from the band for his references to drugs, and others say  that when Zappa heard the song,  he thought Lowell was too good and he had to form his own band.
In any case, the theme was a success in American FM radio, becoming the unofficial anthem of American truckers.
George recorded the song with Ry Cooder for the album debut of Little Feat in 1971 and re-recorded it a year later for the second LP of the band, Sailin'Shoes.
Linda Rondstad recorded an emotional cover on her 1974 album for Capitol Records, Heart Like a Wheel, on which we are based
