Vinegar Joe 1972 Album

Vinegar Joe

Everyone has to get their start somewhere. For 80's Casanova pop star Robert Palmer, it was with Vinegar Joe, a rollicking theatrical blues rock outfit from the U.K. which also featured the raunchy pipes of female counterpart Elkie Brooks and multi-instrumentalist Pete Gage. They all share the spotlight in a roughly equal fashion, through a pleasant, engaging, and versatile set of groove-heavy songs - although at certain points Brooks' vocal gymnastics can't help but get out in front. Not to mention, tracks like "Leg Up" and "Never Met A Dog" had a thread that the studio was never going to ever capture.