The featured image is of The Lovin’ Spoonful lounging on a Greenwich Village stoop. A detail that may be hard to see is the No Loitering sign when the band is indeed loitering.

Darling Be Home Soon was written by John Sebastian in 1967. It wasn’t the band’s biggest hit but it’s a lovely song with plaintive lyrics as opposed to an ugly song with plain lyrics.

We begin with the Lovin’ Spoonful OG:

Walden Robert Cassotto DBA Bobby Darin was the first to cover this week’s tune:

Joe Cocker with Leon Russell on piano. Say no more.

Are you ready for some six-part harmonies?

A rocking cover from British pub rockers, Slade:

Bruce Hornsby covered the Sebastian classic in 2004.

Finally, a rousing rendition from the Tedeschi Trucks Band.

That’s it for this week. I’ll be dining at Brigtsen’s for my birthday tomorrow. Let’s toast that outstanding eatery. It’s what Bobby, Brooke, Michael, and Tiffany would want. Never argue with them.