It was their first album to feature percussionist Rebop Kwaku Baah and their only album to feature drummer Jim Gordon and bassist Ric Grech. As with other Traffic albums, The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys featured different forms and offshoots of rock including jazz rock , progressive rock , as well as classic rock and roll. The name of the album's title track was suggested by the actor Michael J. His only other unaccompanied vocal on a Traffic studio album was "Dealer" from Mr. Fantasy
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The trio that made that album had been augmented by three others Ric Grech , Jim Gordon , and "Reebop" Kwaku Baah in the interim, though apparently the Low Spark sessions featured varying combinations of these musicians, plus some guests. But where their previous album had grown out of sessions for a Steve Winwood solo album and retained that focus, Low Spark pointedly contained changes of pace from his usual contributions of midtempo, introspective jam tunes. But the standout was the minute title track, with its distinctive piano riff and its lyrics of weary disillusionment with the music business. The band had only just fulfilled a contractual commitment by releasing the live album Welcome to the Canteen , and they had in their past the embarrassing Last Exit album thrown together as a commercial stopgap during a temporary breakup in But that anger had proven inspirational, and "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" was one of Traffic 's greatest songs as well as its longest so far. The result was an album that quickly went gold and eventually platinum in the U. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country.
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If you see something that looks like a star And it's shooting up out of the ground And your head is spinning from a loud guitar. And you just can't escape from the sound Don't worry too much, it'll happen to you We were children once, playing with toys. And the thing that you're hearing is only the sound Of the low spark of high-heeled boys. The percentage you're paying is too high priced While you're living beyond all your means And the man in the suit has just bought a new car From the profit he's made on your dreams. But today you just read that the man was shot dead By a gun that didn't make any noise But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest was The low spark of high-heeled boys. If you had just a minute to breathe And they granted you one final wish Would you ask for something like another chance? Or something similar as this? Don't worry too much it'll happen to you As sure as your sorrows are joys. And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound Of the low spark of high-heeled boys.
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