Lowell George is best known and remembered for his outstanding ability on slide guitar, and his uniquely powerful blues voice. After Little Feat became accustomed to their unique ability to blend sound and harmony, Lowell usually played lead guitar with Barrere and focused as a slide guitarist. Although Lowell experimented earlier with playing with a slide, an injury to his hand involving a model aeroplane propeller during the recording of Little Feat's first album prompted him to rethink his use of a traditional glass side. It was unfortunate for him that Ry Cooder had to be called in to play the slide on original Little Feat recording, although once he had recovered, Lowell continued to pursue his own style, and re-recorded some of his material. Lowell George was certainly amongst the pioneers of the use of slide guitar in rock music, alongside Cooder. Also contributing to his distinctive slide style, it was "his use of compression that defined his sound and gave him the means to play his extended melodic lines.