KMHD (Portland, OR)
- Bluesadelic-George Benson (Benson's pop vocals are excellent, but his guitar prowess deserves just as much acclaim. If you're only familiar with his hits, check out this strut of an instrumental from 1970 and revel in the guitar, organ, and saxophone.)
- Back Home-Booker T. & The MGs (The organ and guitar welcome you to the melody; upon first hearing it, I thought, "This would be a great theme for a retro variety show. It slows down in the middle, but it perks up again and eventually matches its initial burst of energy.")
- Four On Six-Wes Montgomery (One of Montgomery's standout compositions; Montgomery makes the guitar swing, and Wynton Kelly responds in kind on the piano.)
- Oh How Precious-Kathy Taylor (Powerfully sung gospel verses over a blues beat. In another context, I'd want less repetition in the lyrics, but in this case, the repetition makes the vocals appropriately fervent.)
- All I Do-Stevie Wonder (There's no shortage of songs conveying the message, "I think about you constantly, and I'm glad." A lot of them, however, don't have a groove that's nearly this steady or coalesce into a tune that you still want to hear after 50 listens.)
