Day: June 12, 2023

It’s a Tuesday Bluesday Trifecta With Our Multi-Artist ‘Best of Louisiana Blues’ EP, Susan Tedeschi’s AOW, and ‘Live’ Paul Butterfield Blues Band Later, June 13, 2023

Good morning, bluesologists! We’ve got a trifecta going this Tuesday Bluesday as our AOW is also a blues album. Read on for all the details!

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Best of Louisiana Blues: Various Artists

We kick the day off with some blues on The Bayou and beyond with Ray Charles, Lillian Glinn, Slim Harpo, Fats Domino, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Rodney Harris, Roosevelt Sykes, Shirley & Lee, Ray Brown, Papa Lightfoot, Guitar Slim, Annie Laurie, Fats Matthews, Big Joe Turner, Big Boy Myles, Little Walter, Mary Butler, Erline Harris, Marcia Ball, Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Professor Longhair, The Neville Brothers, Irma Thomas, Dave Bartholomew and more!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Just Won’t Burn by Susan Tedeschi

The second airing of this great blues album by Boston-born and raised Susan Tedeschi earned her well-deserved comparisons to Janis Joplin and Bonnie Raitt.

7:00 p.m. Paul Butterfield Blues Band Live at The Fillmore, San Francisco, October 14, 1966

Some great sixties ‘live’ music from one of The Mermaid Lounge’s favorites closes out the blues programming for the day.

Before, in between and after we give you that big, wide Open Stream. We’re on 24/7; not just when we have programming scheduled. And we’re totally free of charge with no commercial advertising!

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The Work Week is Back and We’ve Got Some Badass Guitarists and Bill Withers In the Spotlight Later, Monday, June 12, 2023

We’re back for another work week here in the Land of Capitalism, but we’ve got some great plans to get you through the week. Read on for details for today!

Here’s today’s musical lineup:

11:00 a.m. Badass Guitarists, Volume One: Various Artists

You may not hear them singing, but you hear them playing. In the first volume you’ll hear Dickie Betts, Mike Campbell, Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Page, Joe Perry, John J. Geils, Pete Townshend, Jimi Hendrix, Walter Becker, Keith Richards, Jeff Beck and others!

3:00 p.m. Badass Guitarists, Volume Two: Various Artists

In the second volume this afternoon you’ll hear Albert Lee, Duane Allman, Brian May, George Harrison, Lowell George, Neil Young, Bonnie Raitt, Chuck Berry, Dickie Betts, Jerry Garcia, Mike Campbell, John Fogerty, Ritchie Blackmore and more!

7:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Bill Withers

Some artists have long careers that span decades. Others make an impact in a short period of time. Bill Withers made the most of his 18-year career, winning three Grammy Awards and being nominated for six others.

Before, in between and after our programming, we give our big, wide Open Stream courtesy of The Music Mermaid. As you know, she has impeccable taste in music and you never know what she has in store. That’s what radio is. Best of all we’re free 24/7 and we don’t accept commercial advertising.

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