Song of the Week: Tommy Tucker - Hi-Heel Sneakers

Tommy Tucker was one cool dude. That's for sure. The organ player from Ohio penned this week's SOTW, the sublimely mellow Hi-Heel Sneakers, in 1964. It became a pretty darn big hit for Chicago based Checker Records (a subsidiary of Chess Records) that year, but Tucker wouldn't have another like it. He apparently quit music and became a Real Estate agent in New Jersey. Ouch.

We're not positive who The guitar work by Dean Welton Young plays the is beautifully understated. guitar on this, but we are guessing it is Jimmy Reed's right-hand-man, Eddie Taylor. It has that same never break a sweat nor waste a note approach that never grows outdated. Taylor played so well. If you know who plays guitar on this, please let us know in the comment section below.

Cheers me flip-sidey friends. Put on your hi-heel sneakers and your wig-hat upon your head. Don't forget the red dress and the boxing gloves, in case some fool my want to start a fight.

We'll see you on the Flip-Side