Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - Live - 1972

[@FranzStrasse]

My first concert was Traffic at the Arie Crown Theatre in Chicago in January, 1972 - same musicians as we see/hear here. I was in high school and did not drive yet. When my dad picked us up after the show, he noticed the smell of marijuana on our clothes and could only smile and ask if we had enjoyed the concert. We had, even if our seats had been as far from the stage as Boston is from New York. This music is burned into my brain (in a good way).

[@dianebowser3012]

Now we understand when the old timers used to talk about the "Good old Days" and we thought old man you're crazy....until we got old and realized it is crazy...along with everything else concert tickets are crazy priced because these artists can't sell albums anymore so they have to tour and sell expensive tickets because that's the only way they can make money

[@thomaspuhringer8332]

Cool dad ☝🏻👍🏻

[@FranzStrasse]

@@thomaspuhringer8332 He really was. My brother and I miss him.

[@zdrumdude]

Coolest dad ever😂✌️

[@egx161]

This is real music. Great creativity and talent. Steve Winwood created something unique that still holds up today.

[@kati1017]

One of my favorite albums from when i was young. Ah, memories! First heard it blasted from a home speaker in Palo Alto. Was hooked.

[@UFOS4]

These were my high school years 50 years ago.Traffic never left me, it stays in my head and carries me away even now. Genius band and timeless.

[@Greg-io1ip]

Mellow. Jazzy. Beautiful. Deep lyrics. Steve Winwood and his band mates always will have a special place in music history. Steve Winwood in that Neil Young icon club. Huge impact on music. True art.

[@erosionhead420]

I’ve just really discovered Traffic and vinyl albums again recently. On the Road is mind blowing.

[@williamlloyd3769]

Drove down PCH from Oxnard to Santa Monica Civic to see this concert. Epic evening! Traffic was always playing on my stereo when I went to university.

[@JamesFolkers]

What a wonderful, wonderful band this was! There is no way to describe this genre. It’s simply “Traffic”!!

[@ramsay7026]

Потрясающе!!!

[@mediantrader]

fantastic! soundtrack of a generation. It will always remind me of London in the 1960' & 70's autumn rain for me.

[@michele-33]

Steve singing this at piano at 74 y/o was posted on his channel 2 months ago..so good ❤️ There's also a mini-doc for 50th anniversary of Traffic. Such a lovely talented man!

[@angeliquenova7440]

Great to know. Want to ck out doc THANKS !!!

[@angeliquenova7440]

Came back to revisit and I'm sure will come back Thank you Dexter for inspiring. I've always Loved this tune. Spiritual to me

[@deborahhewitt6101]

Damn, magic at its Inception!!

[@srobertweiser]

I think this entire album was etched into my brain by the time I left mom's womb. If that didn't do the job, hearing it, repeatedly, on the tape deck in my old man's car did it.

[@skyfox4387]

I saw Traffic at the Chicago Auditorium Theater on Congress during their John Barleycorn Must Die Tour. I couldn't believe that they made seats that high up! The concert was fantastic. The audience wanted them to play Low Spark, the band wanted to finish with more of the Barleycorn music. There was no way that was going to happen... the audience got their way.

[@robinblackmoor8732]

This was what music was like back in the day. You had a band like Traffic that was not the biggest band around but still jam packed with master musicians. Today that is not the case. The talent pool is shallow today.

[@manco828]

Those bands exist today, you just have to look for them. Porcupine Tree is one.

[@clarkpalace]

I m 63. I dont agree with you

[@robinblackmoor8732]

@@clarkpalace Ian Stewart is dead and has been dead for quite awhile now. I do agree that he was 6'3".

[@clarkpalace]

@@robinblackmoor8732 that was DEEP. You in a Purple state?

[@robinblackmoor8732]

@@clarkpalace Nothing purple here. Ian Stewart was a big guy. Not sure if he was in Traffic at any time, but if he was, that would have made traffic bigger. That is what you meant right?

[@idaho2ndgens240]

Thanks for sharing this Jim. Your music was so special, complex, jazzy, and timeless. Never get tired of listening to conversations between the musicians, the tempo and texture of this piece.

[@donarmenta4464]

Saw them @ Winterland S.F. Ca. Was behind the stage W/A perfect view of ,inwood & his Piano & Nobody could see Me ...Awesome Show ...!

[@vincelucas5722]

So good! Love this song and album.

[@mikepalmer2921]

Just south of Kansas City in '76 and picked up an older guy and young girl hitchhiking North - this song was playing on KY102 and the older guy said that was a supergroup but I'd never heard of Traffic - he was right!

[@anthonymaccherone]

You are such a talented and generous musician. Your creativity on the kit on this song is so fluid and timeless. Letting Roger Hawkins rock the beat was such a good idea.

[@johnkuthe1]

...but it wasn't a bullet that laid him to rest. t'was the low spark of high heeled boys! :-) WHAT a lyric! :-)

[@martinsaunders7925]

Ahhh,a long journey from Lock Road to the rest of the world, and from fellow traveler Mr Mason from The Ship on West Street.

[@BigWaveDav1]

Sir! THANK YOU! EXCELLENT ❤️

[@anitagilley3787]

😮❤

[@bobmctague7104]

Man, Would love to be there in the now.

[@johnkuthe1]

Excellent MUSIC! :-)

[@livemusicisbetter2]

Thanks for all the detailed background info. I'm sure no one knew what the title meant! And i wasnt sure what instrument the distorted solo was played on, thought possible guitar or sax, so now we know it was a hammond.

[@johnkuthe1]

I LOVE Traffic! 🙂

[@cliffbungalow9373]

Swampers Roger and David with Jimmy at FOH, no wonder it sounds so great.

[@bozzy99]

Was traffic good or what! This song will live forever, you couldn't write better lyrics 8/30 /23

[@mikebaker7362]

Nobody like them !! Fantastic!!

[@soxwina]

Gifted with voice+with Many instruments! A young paul McCartney could do the same.

[@c.e.anderson558]

Roger Hawkins on drums and David Hood on bass guitar From the Mussel Shoals rhythm section.

[@jhontorrescantu]

Super chingona

[@davidurciuoli8594]

The About Time album has a Traffic feel long solos but tight, sax, & percussions.

[@birdzzzondayflu2489]

Someone shut this whole thing down! I can’t handle it!

[@DexterHaven]

7:35 He'll be back in the high life again.

[@angeliquenova7440]

Hey, remember me Angelique Nova I have tried to respond to you great minds think a lot. I bet you have a lot of girlfriends your so cute. when is your birthday dont have to give year. I want to be back in the high life again, Neighbors break in and steal my smoke.

[@csedan510]

Was Winwood all of 20 years old here? Tremendous playing by everyone.

[@bobmctague7104]

He is special.

[@soaringvulture]

No, he was an old hand at the age of 24 for this concert.

[@DexterHaven]

@@soaringvulture After Traffic broke up, I wondered if he'd ever be back in the high life again.

[@michele-33]

Saw a lovely Steve Winwood interview. He and bandmates rented an old house in the middle of nowhere to write. He visited the house for the interview.. it was more bittersweet than he imagined it could be. What a lovely man. Ps: Steve is one of the only musicians with his original 60s 70s voice. There's a vid of him singing this song at piano, or is it *Dear Mr Fantasy*?lol.

[@michele-33]

@@DexterHaven ...all the doors he closed one time opened up again 🎶🎶🎶

[@DexterHaven]

Chris Wood on sax, dead before he hit 40, steals this song in the studio version. Great noodling.

[@thesupplyguy]

Sax with a wah wah pedal, he played it like a guitar. One badmamajamma!

[@angeliquenova7440]

@@thesupplyguy good to know

[@angeliquenova7440]

@@thesupplyguy It's amazing how we are here one day apart. Out of all the songs in this world we gravitate here. How neat!!

[@DexterHaven]

@@thesupplyguy Yeah, I wish he was a guest artist in a Doors concert with that sax; good to hear him jam with Ray M.

[@DexterHaven]

@@angeliquenova7440 Yes, it was fate how we met here, baby love...

[@JohnSmith-ds1fm]

Amazing musician

[@leedee4968]

🤩

[@bob-pn2qm]

This is good s***

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

REBOP!

[@johnkuthe1]

Reebop Qua Qu Bah!

[@angeliquenova7440]

I'm back and would like to dedicate this song to sexy D H from CA Angelique what did You call me? Baby girl 🍄🌅

[@roberte8273]

....and my feet are touching the ground........it feels good.....