"The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" is the title track from the 1971 album by British rock band Traffic, written by Jim Capaldi and Steve Winwood.
Verses are sparsely arranged with a slow deliberate pace in D minor, contrasting with double-time densely-layered pop choruses modulating to D major.
[5] The album cut features extended solos, by Chris Wood on tenor saxophone and by Winwood both on piano and on a Hammond organ distorted through a fuzzbox.
In 2022, Winwood promoted on YouTube the release of its parent album in Dolby Atmos format with a solo rendition of the title song on piano.
[8] In addition to being performed solo by both Capaldi and Winwood after the breakup of Traffic, the song has been covered by Rickie Lee Jones,[9] Widespread Panic,[10] The Dead,[11] Phil Lesh and Friends,[12] and EMF among others.