This summer’s Live on the Levee lineup is the strongest yet, believes organizers at the Fair St. Louis Foundation.

And with Black Crowes, One Republic, Lonestar, Boyz II Men, War, Rusted Root, O.A.R., and Umphrey’s McGee/Sound Tribe Sector 9 booked for the free St. Louis riverfront concert series that begins in July, a decent argument can be made. 

But it may also a tough argument best left up to individual interpretation and taste. 

2007’s version of Live on the Levee featured Bruce Hornsby, Musiq Soulchild, Emmylou Harris, Ani DiFranco, John Michael Montgomery, Robert Randolph, Los Lonely Boys, and Steel Pulse. 

2006 was the first full year of Live on the Levee after a truncated preview in 2005. Concerts were Cameo and Morris Day and the Time, Better Than Ezra and Sister Hazel, India Arie, Big Head Todd and Toad the Wet Sprocket, Cheap Trick, Lyle Lovett, Grand Funk Railroad, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Edwin McCain.

Looking at all three lineups, real pluses can be found with each. But does year’s lineup outweigh the others? 

Which year is Live on the Levee’s best lineup?

Photo: Black Crowes