Day: April 17, 2023

It’s Tuesday Bluesday With Our Biggest, Baddest Blues EP and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band ‘live’ in Boston, April 18, 2023

Good morning, bluesologists! It’s another Tuesday Bluesday in The Lounge and we’ve got some great blues programming wrapped around our great album of the week.

Here’s today’s blues programming:

9:00 a.m. Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blues: Various Artists

This is the big kahuna. All the blues wrapped into one, big EP. You’ll hear Delbert McClinton, B.B. King, Little Walter, Slim Harpo, Ry Cooder, Canned Heat, John Lee Hooker, The Animals, Albert King, Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters, Little Feat, Bonnie Raitt, The Yardbirds, Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones, Bobby “Blue” Bland, The Allman Brothers Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Elmore James, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Robert Cray Band, J.J. Cale, John Mayall Bluesbreakers, Koko Taylor, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, James Cotton, Marcia Ball, Susan Tedeschi, Roomful of Blues, Howlin’ Wolf, Tracy Nelson, Linda Ronstadt and more!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Carry Me Home by Mavis Staples and Levon Helm

The second airing of this great musical collaboration is here, built on a friendship forged during the making of The Band’s The Last Waltz. Not to be missed.

7:00 p.m. Paul Butterfield Blues Band Live at The Unicorn Coffee House, Boston, MA, Spring 1966

We’ve researched the depths of the Internet to find the actual date of this show, but to no avail. It matters not, the music is timeless. It’s an epic band playing at an iconic Boston muisc venue.

It’s always a busy day in The Mermaid Lounge on Tuesday Bluesday, so why not join in. We’re on 24/7 at no charge to you. We’re all about the music.

Tuesday Bluesday!

Monday Brings Our ‘Are You Ready for the Country’ EP and Ry Cooder & David Lindley ‘Live’ in Austria, April 17, 2023

Good morning, marathoners! Yes, it’s the Boston Marathon today and the 10th Anniversary of the bombing. We’re staying right here in The Mermaid Lounge all day where the living is easy peasy. We’ve got a great lineup in store for you.

Here’s your Monday, Monday lineup:

10:00 a.m. Are You Ready for The Country: Various Artists

Today it’s the best of real country combined with the innovation of those who melded country with rock. You’ll hear Guy Clark, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, The Byrds, Gram Parsons, Pure Prairie League, Asleep At The Wheel, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Bob Dylan, The Eagles, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, The Marshall Tucker Band, Jerry Jeff Walker, Mudcrutch, The Band, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Glen Campbell, Rosanne Cash, Dan Fogelberg, New Riders of The Purple Sage, John Prine, The Desert Rose Band and more!

7:00 p.m. Ry Cooder & David Lindley Live at The Vienna Opera House, Vienna, Austria, July 6, 1995 NEW!

This is a brand new live recording to The Lounge with two greats on the road together. You probably all know Ry Cooder. If you don’t know David Lindley, he’s one of the most accomplished musicians of his generation who supported some of the best, including Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Iggy Pop, Warren Zevon, Curtis Mayfield and Dolly Parton. He also founded the rock band El Rayo-X. He left this world on March 3 of this year. This one is for Mr. Lindley.

Hell, it’s Monday. We all need a boost as we start a new work week and try to make our way back to the weekend. We’re on 24/7 and we’re totally free of charge. Give us a listen.

In Memory of David Lindley.