Late Thursday night standout tunes:
KFMG (Des Moines, IA)
- Up On Cripple Creek-The Band (I have no strong feelings about the tune's lyrics. However, I've always thought that the song's steady airplay on album rock stations is deserved. With a rhythm that romps compellingly and a piano part I'd like to play, "Up On Cripple Creek" has endured through the decades. I could write a similar review of "King Harvest (Has Surely Come.)"
KUVO (Denver, CO)
- Satellite-Luciana Souza (Warm piano and sincerely articulated vocals.)
WACC (Enfield, CT)
- Numb Little Bug-Em Beihold (A lyrically honest way of acknowledging compassion fatigue.)
- Running Up That Hill-Kate Bush (I've never watched "Stranger Things," but I'm glad its use of "...Hill" has given the song the acclaim it should have had originally. I remember hearing it on "American Top 40" in 1985 and thinking, "There's a powerful intensity here, vocally and instrumentally, but I'll be surprised if it's a big hit here. Songs with lyrics and vocals like this aren't typically big American hits.")
WRTI (Philadelphia, PA)
- Soul-Leo-Louis Hayes (Hayes grounds the proceedings on drums, but this is also a strong showcase for saxophone. The great recurring rhythm for piano and bass is essential for the tune's atmosphere.)
- Miss Ann's Tempo-Grant Green (A brisk tempo, carried off on the organ and with Green's customary pep on guitar.)
