ROBERT PALMER - "Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley" (1974)

 

I love this 1974 album by Robert Palmer so much, it took me forever to try and decide on which song to choose from it.

This record is as funky and syncopated as music can get, and when you have this caliber of songwriters and musicians, it is truly a masterpiece.

"Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley" was Robert Palmer's first solo album after being in a band called Vinegar Joe, and it's hard to imagine the GQ dapper Robert as a long hair hippie type, but stranger things have happened in this world.
 

This particular song was written by  New Orleans legend Allen Toussaint, and was originally recorded by Lee "Working In The Coal Mine" Dorsey in 1966.

The backing band is one of the funkiest bands to ever grace a stage, The Meters, who also played on the original version, with the addition of Little Feat's Lowell George on slide guitar, and the sweet and soulful voice of Vicki Brown on background vocals.

After you listen to this, do yourself a favor and also check out Robert's epic "Through It All There's You," another killer song driven by the drums of the amazing Bernard "Pretty" Purdie." 

In fact, just go ahead and listen to the whole damn album. I guarantee you won't be sorry!

ROBERT PALMER - "Sneakin" Sally Through The Alley."