Six early morning highlights:
KCSM (San Mateo, CA)
- Cakewalk-Oscar Peterson (A brisk workout for piano and rhythm section; Sammy Nestico's "Pressure Cooker" could segue with this.)
- Modinha-Eliane Elias (This cover of an Antonio Carlos Jobim tune sports pensive piano and vocals.)
WCBY (Cheboygan, MI)
- Blue Bayou-Linda Ronstadt (One of Ronstadt's best hits; it segues well with Stephen Bishop's "On And On.")
- Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)-John Denver (An honest summary of life's ups and downs.)
WKSU (Kent, OH)
- Henriette Bosmans: Poem For Cello And Orchestra (Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra/Ed Spanjaard, conductor; Dimitri Ferschtman, cello) (Ferschtman's resonant vibrato brings heroic, anthemic passages and gripping, foreboding ones to life effectively.)
WUSC (Columbia, SC)
- Everybody Else-The Casket Girls (A memorable refrain of ironic lyrics over swirling organ chords.)
