Vinegar Joe - Talkin' 'bout my baby.

[hasanrolf]

yeh man

[TheDaddyo56]

i remember seeing VJ at the kinectic playground in chicago as a back up band in 1973.I was in the front of the stage,ELKIE had this mini-skirt on with frills, i'll never forget this show, she was rocking the house.I'v tryed to find a album of hers to no avail.i just happened to put VJ name in you tube and wala.

[TheRockerxx69]

She was very very sexy !!!

[TheRockerxx69]

A great live band....very exciting...saw them 4 times in 1972...first lp is very good others not so good...

[dixie17084]

Elkie had the power of Janis Joplin, Robert Palmer so young here, glad he became his own headliner though and changed his style of music. We have so much to still enjoy of all his performances. He was great and I'm old enough to remember Elvis, but RP was the best!!!

[notmemate]

Can anyone tell me why VJ, Trapeze and SAHB never made it big in the 1970's?

They were all brilliant and way better than any of the shit that passes for music the last 30 years.

[paragtime]

@notmemate paybacks..money talks...

[prunelogic]

.. ah robert palmer ..elkie brooks saw them with vinegar joe ... burning... robert palmer played at my school dance with the mandrakes.. they were soooogood... I kept the ticket...sneaking sally through the alley...fine time.....jonny and mary life saving songs

[dragonmama12]

good cover band. r&b was old hat by 1972. kids at that point wanted songs written by new bands who represented the new American point of view. V-Joe is a pro band pushing pro songs. If they arrived in 1968 they would have ruled the world but to kids at the time they were another sly stone etc.,etc., ad infinitum.. may V-Joe arrive on time in the alternate universe cause they are good. even with the guitarists mistakes which he repeats in Spin Doctors. It is the same guy yes?

[gilouseb]

A great, great number...with such a good bass-player (Steve York).

[poisenpen2003]

What talent...but Palmer was misused, obviously a dead-end, and the band just didn't stir the juices of the audience -- despite her RIPPIN' sexuality!! There couldn't be a more sexual being!

[drwinkle101]

What a great band, with Jewish Elke looking and sounding like the rock version of Cher!

[tryst0]

this was an Andy Fraser {FREE) song.

[Bluesblaster]

@tryst0 Couldn't miss. Andy was/is a big star bringing some kind of suspense/rock/soul in his compositions. This goes for FREE, the Andy Fraser Band as well as compositions performed by people like Frankie Miller..... One of the greats imo, to rate next to Lennon/McCartney and the like.

[eloypath]

I saw Vinegar Joe live in K-Town 1972 in Germany .Great Rememberance,but Elkie could scream a lot more than that.

[ullastre]

Elkie rocks and the others too.

[Kegwithlegs]

p.s.

this has a Humble Pie flavour to it!

[Kegwithlegs]

I often wondered where RP appeared from, I only knew him as a solo singer.

[kanokth]

How many year is this ?

[hermitmcdermitt999]

Wow! That is a fair cry from the Robert Palmer in the MTV videos. Great to see some early stuff from him. Love the strength of Elkie's voice too.

[nettiebaby45]

Robert sings sooo sexy in this one. Elkie is

always great,too.

[edmundo172]

ELKIE had the voice and the balls

[hamburglar57]

i saw them at the bataclan in paris i can still remember elkie brooks  with her skirt ahhhhhhhhh

[sookie517]

Love this! Thanks for putting it up.

[billypaddy07]

Great ELKIE..

[stevids]

Anyone out there with Vinegar Joe video to trade/exchange for ones I've got?