Playboy's History Of Jazz And Rock Part Two: Hot Jazz From Storyville
January, 1991
Electric Shoes! They were called St. Louis flats and Chicago flats, with cork soles, no heels, and decorated with lucky designs. The real sports implanted tiny light bulbs in the toes, attached to a battery in their pockets. When they saw a sweet Jane coming up the sidewalk along Liberty Street, or drinking in The Pig Ankle or 25's or some other Storyville honky-tonk, they'd blink their shoes to say, "Hello, I love you, won't you tell me your name?"New Orleans around 1900 was a scene....
