An early Little Feat song, "Easy To Slip" was written by the band's guitarist/singer Lowell George and his frequent writing collaborator Martin Kibbee. Kibbee had the original idea, then played it for George, who added the guitar part. It's one of those upbeat-sounding songs with lyrics that reveal dread and despair, with Lowell George singing about the good things that have slipped away, leaving him alone in a world gone cold. According to Kibbee, he wrote the song after his wife left him, which inspired the lyric.
Little Feat was angling for a hit with this song, keeping it lively with a compact production by Ted Templeman, who produced the Doobie Brothers album Toulouse Street that same year - 1972. "Easy To Slip" was issued as a single from Little Feat's second album, Sailin' Shoes. They won over critics with their self-titled 1971 debut album, especially with the song "Willin'," but it didn't translate to much radio play or sales. Sailin' Shoes faced a similar fate when "Easy To Slip" failed to chart. Their label, Warner Bros., stuck with the band and did reap some rewards down the road when their 1978 live album, Waiting For Columbus, went Platinum, but Little Feat never grew the huge audience many expected and remain one of those hidden gems in pile of '70s rock. Group leader Lowell George is a tragic figure: Drug use and poor lifestyle choices led to a heart attack in 1979 that killed him at age 34. The band returned to action in 1987, with keyboard player Bill Payne remaining the only constant member.
The song's writers, Martin Kibbee and Lowell George, started their own publishing company around this time called Naked Snake Music because they had lost the rights to their earlier songs. Pre-Little Feat, Kibbee and George were in a band together called The Factory.
Martin Kibbee was often credited, including on this song, as Fred Martin. This meant that the writing credit would go to "George/Martin." George Martin was the producer for The Beatles and this was their way to pay tribute to him. From: https://www.songfacts.com/facts/little-feat/easy-to-slip
