Good morning, musicologists and welcome to The Mermaid Lounge where it is, yes, raining again. An EP about water is appropriate for the day, so that’s where we start.
Here’s your musical lineup:
9:00 a.m. Water, Water Everywhere: Various Artists
Water is one of the main elements of life, and you have no idea how many references to it there are in popular music until you go looking. You’ll hear Paul McCartney, Deep Purple, Joe Cocker, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Otis Redding, The Doobie Brothers, Valerie Carter, Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Al Green, Loggins & Messina, Steely Dan, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Spirit, Linda Ronstadt, Tom Rush, Bonnie Raitt, Carole King, Van Morrison and more!
4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan
We are winding down on this great album. The final airing will be sometime on Saturday.
7:00 p.m. Bob Dylan Live at The Gaslight, Greenwich Village, New York, October 1962 NEW!
This is early Bob Dylan recorded live sometime during October of 1962 at The Gaslight, in Greenwich Village, the hub of the great folk music revival. The performance happened between his first and second albums, when he was still relatively unknown.
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