Middle of the Road

I've always thought that like the late Bob Murphy, Chrissie Hynde's voice was a vocal harbinger of summer. Catch her running through those early Pretenders hits from 'round about '79 or '80 and it pretty much called for a cold beer on the back porch or the front stoop. Later this summer, the artist and I are planning to see Hynde and the current Pretenders lineup in Central Park - but I thight it would be great to kick off summer 'round here (and perhaps chase away the lingering monsoon) with this live gem, an early 80s rendition of Middle of the Road (which Chrissie Hynde most definitely is not).