'80s On 8
- Smoking Gun-Robert Cray Band (Still one of the band's most powerful tracks; with vocals and guitar work like this, it's not surprising this was the first Cray track that received widespread commercial radio airplay.)
- The Eye-Brandi Carlile (Sincere lyrics about watching someone you care about make ill-advised choices.)
- Holy, Holy, Holy-Steve Green (Mighty vocals, augmented appropriately with trumpet.)
- How Great Thou Art-Hope's Call (Endearing, reverential a cappella harmonies.)
- Windy-Baja Marimba Band (A fun instrumental cover of The Association's hit, with brass and marimba covering the melody appealingly.)
- Breathing Room-Erik Scott/Jeff Pearce (The floating nature of Leo Kottke's "A Child Should Be A Fish" could segue into this.)
- Every Little Bit-Spencer Davis Group ("Every Little Bit" reminds me of the Blood, Sweat & Tears tune, "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know," but with a more optimistic tone.)
- Got To Be A Better Way Home-Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes (The first time I played this on KCOU, I made a mental note to play it when I needed to add energy--and a Bruce Springsteen sound--to my playlist. Strong guitar and horn backing instrumentation.)
