Lee Allen - "Promenade"

Here is the flip side to "Walkin' With Mr. Lee," which I posted back in 2011.

A couple trivia items about Lee Allen;He played three shows in October 1981 with the Rolling Stones: on October first at the Metro Centre (Rockford, Illinois), and on the third and the fourth at Folsom Field(Boulder, Colorado). According to Ian McLagan, who played keyboards with the Stones on the 1981 Tattoo You tour, Allen was so bewildered by playing with the Stones for over 80,000 people in attendance "he [Allen] completely choked up". Audio recordings of the shows confirm McLagan. Allen was replaced by Ernie Watts for the remainder of the tour.

After Allen's death, Blasters member Dave Alvin dedicated the song "Mister Lee" to Allen.

Walkin' With Mr. Lee - Lee Allen

Tenor saxophonist Lee Allen was born in Kansas, grew up in Denver and moved to New Orleans to attend the Xavier University, while in New Orleans and under the influence of its exceptional musical heritage he decided to play saxophone. He started out in Paul Gayten's band and quickly moved on to playing session with some of the biggest names around, including Fats Domino, Amos Milburn, Smiley Lewis and Little Richard. He can be heard on countless R&B, Rock & Roll, Jump Blues and Ballads of the 1950s, his signature tune Walkin' With Mr. Lee was his first for the Ember label and his biggest hit; and was also released in the UK on both 78 and 45 RPM formats.