Paul Barrere is a guitarist and singer/songwriter who joined the celebrated cult band Little Feat for the recording of its fourth album, Feats Don't Fail Me Now (1974). Barrere stayed with the group, taking, along with keyboard player Bill Payne, an increasing role in singing, playing, and writing as bandleader Lowell George slowly retreated, until the group fragmented following George's death in 1979. Barrere then did sessions and recorded solo in the 1980s until the re-formation of Little Feat in 1988.