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Arizona Amp & Alternator “The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys”

Saturday, November 19, 2005

First, the band members on AA&A’s self-titled debut album: Howie Gelb from alt-country pioneers Giant Sand, backed with a revolving cast that includes M. Ward, Scout Niblett, Grandaddy, and Jeremy from Arcade Fire. Second, the song: stripping all of the jazzy, ambient studio perfection from Traffic’s canonized original and replacing it with a dusty yet [...]