KCLC-HD2 (St. Louis, MO)
- Get Ourselves Together-Delaney & Bonnie (I can't imagine any producer telling these singers, "Once more, with feeling," as there's plenty of grit and soul here. This is about as close as album rock gets to R&B without being R&B.)
- Omaha-Moby Grape (A fun, fast, of its time, i.e. 1967, romp that should have been titled "Listen, My Friends." Also recommended: "Come In The Morning" and "Looper.")
- Apache-Jorgen Ingmann (A guitar instrumental of a theme seemingly intended for a western filmed in space.)
- Over Under Sideways Down-The Yardbirds (This would segue well, to my ears, with "19th Nervous Breakdown" by The Rolling Stones.)
- Lovely Day-Freddy Cole (To me, the Bill Withers original is still the best version, but Cole and company do a fine lounge-tinged, jazzy take on it. Impressive trumpet work by Terell Stafford.)
- Pannonica (Live)-Peter Bernstein (A good guitar-based rendering, released in July, of a memorable Thelonious Monk melody, with compelling rhythmic support from Brad Mehldau on piano and Christian McBride on bass.)
- It Would Be So Easy-Cassandra Wilson (A compelling case for not leaving your feelings for your significant other unspoken. Rhythmically, the tune reminds me of the Esther Phillips song, "Home Is Where The Hatred Is.")
- Bitter Truth-Iron & Wine (I suspect that Lyle Lovett and Chris Isaak would also sing this effectively plaintive tune, released in August, convincingly.)
