Friday, April 25, 2025

Slip-In Mules - Sugar Pie DeSanto

Slip-In Mules - Sugar Pie DeSanto
2:48
single, 1964
Written by Tommy Tucker and Billy Davis

This blues swing number was written as an answer song to Tucker's own blues classic "Hi-Heel Sneakers."  It's celebrating the comfortable low-heel shoe, which the narrator wears to match her beau's spats and calfskins.   "Ain't wearing no high-heel sneaker / Cause they hurt my toes so bad."  DeSanto's bluesy growl, the blues guitar lines, and tinkling piano all bring a lot of fire to this otherwise kind of silly song.  Her Fun fact: DeSanto's birth name was Peylia Marsema Balinton.  Imagine that on a marquee!

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