The Final Time for The Wilburys and Our Down In N’Awlins Playlist, Plus a New “Live Dead” Tonight, Saturday, February 29, 2020

Good Morning, Ungovernables! We say farewell to a couple of favorites here, but the New Orleans sound will become part of the rotation.

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Here’s your Saturday line-up!

11:00 a.m. Down in N’Awlins Playlist

The final airing of this great three hours includes Dr. John, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Neville Brothers, BeauSoleil, and many other great masters of the cajun/zydeco sound.

5:00 p.m. Album of the Week: The Traveling Wilburys, Volume 1

This is also the final airing of the debut album from the greatest supergroup of all time. Tomorrow, we will post a new choice on the blog.

10:00 p.m. Live Dead, Europe ’72: Wembley 4-8-72

We’re working our way through the full tour of Europe ’72. We did do Wembley last week, but that was from April 7. The beauty of The Dead is that they never played the same show twice on a tour.

Tune us in. You won’t regret it.

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The Killer Plays Orlando, Marsalis & Clapton Play the Blues, Cash & The Heartbreakers are ‘Unchained’, and Alison Krauss & Union Station Live, on Friday, February 28, 2020

Good Morning, Ungovernables! We continue our music excursion to New Orleans, with scheduled playlists from Jerry Lee Lewis and Wynton Marsalis.

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Here’s your programming for today:

11:00 a.m. Johnny Cash with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Unchained

The boys help Cash produce a Grammy winner here!

2:00 p.m. Jerry Lee Lewis Live From Church Street Station in Orlando (1986)

5:00 p.m. Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues, Live From Lincoln Center

Marsalis, born in New Orleans in 1961, joins Eric Clapton on stage at the Lincoln Center for some blues.

9:00 p.m. Alison Krauss & Union Station “Live”

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The New Orleans Sound of Dr. John and Allen Toussaint, The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, and Our #BecomeUngovernable House Playlist, Thursday, February 27, 2020

Good Morning, Ungovernables! We have the great sounds of Allen Toussaint and Dr. John sandwiched around our Album of the Week and our House Playlist.

Here’s your Thursday line-up:

11:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Allen Toussaint

2:00 p.m. Album of the Week: The Traveling Wilburys, Volume 1

5:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Dr. John

Dr. John spent many years as a fixture on the New Orleans music scene. Hear his vast repertoire on #BecomeUngovernable Radio.

9:00 p.m. #BecomeUngovernable House Playlist

Hear from Barry McGuire, The Buffalo Springfield, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and many others!

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We’ve Got Wide-Open Wednesday, Streaming The Best Music Evah, February 26, 2020!

Good Morning, Ungovernables! Software updates and music upgrades are the order of the day here on #BecomeUngovernable Radio! We’re on Open Stream!

Tomorrow, we return to scheduled programming and our continuing New Orleans celebration. Open Stream-music FINAL

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The Down in N’Awlins Playlist Debuts, Irma Thomas Shines, The Wilburys Return, and Happy Birthday to George Harrison on Fat Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Good Morning, Ungovernables! Today is Fat Tuesday, and we’re celebrating with our new Down in N’Awlins Playlist!

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Here’s your Fat Tuesday line-up!

11:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: Irma Thomas, The Soul Queen of New Orleans

A contemporary of Aretha Franklin who never seemed to reach that plateau for some unexplained reason. But Irma Thomas is a rare bird, and is heralded as The Soul Queen of New Orleans for a reason.

2:00 p.m. Down in N’Awlins

The music of New Orleans is as eclectic as its people. We’ve got everything in this playlist — jazz, brass, cajun, zydeco. Some of the best musicians on the planet have been born in Louisiana, including Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Lucinda Williams, and Dr. John. We’ve got them in here too. Come join the fun!

6:00 p.m. Album of the Week: The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 by The Traveling Wilburys

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of George Harrison

Happy Birthday, George Harrison! Whether a Beatle, a Wilbury, or a solo artist, George is sorely missed. We celebrate his birth and his life on this earth today.

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The Heartbreakers in NOLA, Fats in the Spotlight, Lucinda Williams “Live” at the Fillmore, and Albert King & SRV “In Session,” Monday, February 24, 2020

Good Morning, Ungovernables! We continue on with our NOLA Music Festival. Today we feature two Louisiana natives, Fats Domino and Lucinda Williams!

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Here’s Monday’s line-up!

11:00 a.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Lives at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (2012)

In keeping with our NOLA-themed week, we’re debuting a brand new “live” set of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers recorded at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival back in 2012.

2:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Fats Domino

5:00 p.m. Lucinda Williams: Live at The Fillmore

9:00 p.m. Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan “In Session”

Tune us in and get yourselves ready for Fat Tuesday!

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The New Orleans Gig Starts Today! And Our New Album of the Week is Pretty Awesome Too, on Sunday, February 23, 2020

Good Morning, Ungovernables! We’re heading for Fat Tuesday as we begin our week-long tribute to the music and legends of New Orleans! And I might add that we have a pretty great new Album of the Week.

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Here’s today’s planned programming:

12:00 p.m. The Bluesiana Triangle: The Combined Talents of Dr. John, Art Blakeley, and David “Fathead” Newman

Singing and playing Da Blues down in New Orleans, Louisiana!

3:00 p.m. BeauSoleil: Live From Louisiana!

Heralded as the best Cajun band ever, with David Doucet at the epicenter. BeauSoleil plays music rooted in the traditional folk tunes of the Cajuns and Creoles of Louisiana.

7:00 p.m. Album of the Week: The Traveling Wilburys, Volume 1

Released in 1988, and thus began a magical journey indeed for all of us with the Wilburys: Spike (George Harrison), Clayton (Jeff Lynne), Muddy (Tom Petty), Boo (Bob Dylan) and Lefty Jr. (Roy Orbison; named posthumously). There has not been another supergroup like it. There may not ever be.

This week begins a musical experience that extends far beyond the Mardi Gras, so be sure to tune us in!

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A Tribute to Fats Domino, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers On the Mojo Tour, The Dead’s Free Piedmont Park Concert & Farewell to “Band On The Run,” Saturday, February 22, 2020

Good Morning, Ungovernables! We have a full slate of programming today, and we do hope you’ll join us!

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Here’s Saturday’s line-up:

11:00 a.m. Album of the Week: Paul McCartney & Wings’ Band On The Run

Our final airing of this masterpiece before we select a new album on Sunday morning!

2:00 p.m. Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Lucinda Williams, Taj Mahal & The New Orleans Social Club, Elton John, and John Lennon all pay tribute to one of the pioneers of rock n’roll.

5:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers On the Road in 2010: The Mojo Tour

10:00 p.m. Live Dead: The Grateful Dead’s Free Concert in Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia (July 7, 1969)

Dead devotees can learn more about this day in Grateful Dead history right here.

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Dylan at Budokan, The “Let It Be” Sessions, Mudcrutch Madness & Van Morrison in the Spotlight, Friday, February 21, 2020

Good Morning, Ungovernables! It’s a fine day of programming here at The Mermaid Lounge, home of #BecomeUngovernable Radio!

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Here’s your Friday line-up:

11:00 a.m. Bob Dylan Live at Budokan (1979)

2:00 p.m. The Beatles’ Let It Be Sessions: Rare and Unreleased

By the time Let It Be rolled around, the good times were few and far between for The Beatles. Still, some of the old magic was there during the sessions, as you can see from today’s photo. We have about 30 session minutes in this set, followed by Let It Be…Naked, the non-Phil Spector version of Let It Be.

5:00 p.m. Mudcrutch Madness!

There are those who will say that Mudcrutch doesn’t look a thing like Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, but I’ll argue that point. Mudcrutch looks exactly like TPHB: A bunch of friends who enjoy playing music together and just happen to be really good at it.

In this band, the band that launched The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty is the bassist. And although he fronts the band and sings many of the songs, others contribute vocally as well. The standout here is the brilliant version of Hungry No More recorded at Boston’s House of Blues in 2016, which appeared on the posthumously-released An American Treasure box set in 2018.

9:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Van Morrison

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The Blues Train Rolls Through, Lucinda “Live,” Hooker & Heat Together, and Roy Orbison’s Friends Drop By, Thursday, February 20, 2020

Good Morning, Ungovernables! It turns out to be a somewhat bluesy day here today at #BecomeUngovernable Radio.

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Here’s today’s line-up:

11:00 a.m. The Blues Train: Big Joe Turner, Roomful of Blues, and Dr. John

It’s like the trifecta of blues; can’t go wrong here.

2:00 p.m. Lucinda Williams Live at Austin City Limits (1998)

5:00 p.m. Hooker & Heat: John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat Together

9:00 p.m. Roy Orbison & Friends: The Original Black & White Night (1988)

Roy Orbison invites a few friends over to sing some tunes. Wouldn’t you know that Jackson Browne, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, and Bruce Springsteen all showed up! Backing vocals eagerly supplied by Bonnie Raitt, k d lang, and Jennifer Warnes.

11:00 p.m. Album of the Week: Band On The Run, Paul McCartney & Wings

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