It’s The Sixties at Midweek Along With The Boss and a Very Consequential Joni Mitchell Concert, Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Good morning, musicologists! We’ve got a great lineup today and once again it’s all begins with the sixties. We’ve also got Springsteen and the concert that launched Greenpeace.

Here’s your midweek musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Sixties Rotation, Volume Two: Various Artists

We’ve got volume two of our big sixties rotation today with The Mamas & The Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Buffalo Springfield, Sly & The Family Stone, The Temptations, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Roy Orbison, The Yardbirds, The Animals, Wilson Pickett, The Band, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, The Kinks, The Ronettes, Velvet Underground, Jimmy Cliff, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Byrds, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Blind Faith, The Four Tops, CSNY, Marvin Gaye, The Doors, The Box Tops, The Beatles and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Bruce Springsteen

This afternoon we put The Boss squarely In the Spotlight, the man who pioneered working-class heartland rock.

8:00 p.m. Joni Mitchell with James Taylor and Phil Ochs, Live at The Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, October 10, 1970

This is the concert that launched Greenpeace. The concert featured Joni Mitchell with her boyfriend at the time, James Taylor, and folk legend Phil Ochs in a performance that funded the organization’s protests of the 1971 nuclear weapons tests conducted by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission at Amchitka Island, Alaska.

It’s a good day to be here, people. We have what we hope to be one final summer gasp today as the temps have finally begun to moderate back into the seventies. Inside, however, we bring the heat from a musical perspective. The button’s below.

It’s Wayback Machine Time With JeffersonAirplane, a Ride On ‘The Psychedelic Express’ and Cream’s Farewell on Sunday, August 25, 2024

Good morning, time travelers! We’re headed back to the sixties today for some mind-bending music and two of the sixties’ biggest artists!

Here’s your musical lineup:

With Grace Slick at the helm, certainly one of the most formidable bands of the sixties opens up our programming today. We’re not so fond of the Starship, but the good old Airplane was our preferred method of travel.

1:00 p.m. The Psychedelic Express: Various Artists

We hope you enjoy your trip this afternoon with Vanilla Fudge, the Chambers Brothers, The Beatles, Electric Prunes, The Animals, Jefferson Airplane, Blues Image, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Donovan, Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, Traffic, Cream, Procol Harum, The Who, Canned Heat, Yes, Tommy James & The Shondells, Blind Faith, The Grateful Dead, Velvet Underground, Big Brother & The Holding Company and more!

8:00 p.m. Cream Live at Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, November 26, 1968

Cream, the very first supergroup on the planet, played their final show together as a band on this date. It was broadcast live on The BBC.

We Head ‘Down To New Orleans’, Hear Some ‘Lost’ Cream and Neil Young at Shoreline, Monday, August 12, 2024

Good morning, music lovers, and welcome to another work week. We’ve got some great stuff lined up for you today, including some music from New Orleans to start us off!

Here’s your Monday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Down In New Orleans: Various Artists

We take a trip to one of the best music areas of the nation this morning to hear authentic regional music along with the music of artists born in New Orleans. You’ll hear BeauSoleil, Clifton Chenier, Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Buckwheat Zydeco, Tony Joe White, Lucinda William, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, Irma Thomas, The Boogaloo Swamis, The Neville Brothers, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Queen Ida & The Bon Temps Zydeco Band, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Daywalkers and more.

4:00 p.m. The Lost Cream Tapes, 1967

We hear some great lost live music from the original group. If you are a Cream fan, and we are here, this is a must hear. The sound quality is excellent.

8:00 p.m. Neil Young & Crazy Horse Live at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA, October 1, 1994

More great live music from a great road warrior and his favorite back-up band of all. Live from Shoreline.

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We Spend Thursday ‘Under The Influence’, Then It’s Bob Marley & The Wailers and Closing With CSNY, August 8, 2024

Good morning, musicologists! Musical artists agree that “love” is probably the most sung about topic in the world, but drink and drugs can’t be far behind! We managed to locate five hours of music on the topic.

Here’s your musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Under The Influence: Various Artists

Spend some mind-bending time with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Byrds, Arlo Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Little Feat, The Rolling Stones, Small Faces, Jimi Hendrix, Steely Dan, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Talking Heads, Neil Young, The Beatles, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Foreigner, Jonathan Edwards, John Lee Hooker, Donovan and more!

4:00 p.m. Bob Marley & The Wailers Live at The Beacon Theater, New York, NY, May 1, 1976

The Legend and his mates live at the iconic Beacon Theater in New York.

7:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

We close out the program with our second favorite supergroup behind the Traveling Wilburys, and that’s CSNY (or sometimes, CSN and sometimes Y, depending up on how you look at it). Bands are like families. Sometimes they grind on each others’ nerves, but despite their sometimes contentions relationship, this band poured out a ton of great music.

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We Head to the Weekend With Our House EP, Simon & Garfunkel, and Clapton & Winwood, Thursday, August 1, 2024

Good morning, musicologists! Here we are on the downslide to the weekend and at the beginning of a brand new month, and we’ve got a great lineup for you today that starts out with our official House EP!

Here’s your musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. The #BecomeUngovernable House EP: Various Artists

We’re back with the music that inspired the station, with Barry McGuire, The Temptations, Edwin Starr, Peter Tosh, The Beatles, T. Rex, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bob Dylan, Country Joe & The Fish, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Joan Baez, CSNY, Pink Floyd, The Animals, Ten Years After, Plastic Ono Band, Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Three Dog Night, Jimmy Cliff, Richie Havens, Marvin Gaye, The Association, Phil Ochs, Tom Rush, Pete Seeger, The Band, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, Linda Ronstadt and more!

4:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Simon & Garfunkel

The kids who met in grammar school and who made their first live appearance in their teens went on to dominate the music scene and sell more than 100 million records worldwide.

7:00 p.m. Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, February 25-28, 2008

Two masters of their craft together live on stage at Madison Square Garden with music from their days together in Blind Faith and beyond.

Great day to tune us in. It’s going to be brutal here today as we all grapple with global warming. (Yeah. And it is real.) But The Music Mermaid is cool as a cucumber here in The Lounge and she’ll keep everything on track. Just use the button below!

Saturday Brings ‘The Psychedelic Express’ EP, Live Traffic, Some New Beatles, and One-Hit Wonders, July 27, 2024

Good morning, music lovers everywhere! We’ve got a pretty full slate today because we’ve added a late-night playlist at the request of a couple of listeners outside the U.S.

Here’s your musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Psychedelic Express: Various Artists

We hop on board promptly at 9:00 a.m. for a musical mind-bending trip to the past when psychedelia was king (or queen, as it were). You’ll hear Vanilla Fudge, The Chambers Brothers, The Beatles, Electric Prunes, The Animals, Jefferson Airplane, Blues Image, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Donovan, Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, Traffic, Cream, Dr. John, Procol Harum, Fleetwood Mac, The Who, Canned Heat, Yes, Electric Light Orchestra, Tommy James & The Shondells, Mudcrutch, Blind Faith, The Grateful Dead, Velvet Underground, Big Brother & The Holding Company and more.

4:00 p.m. Traffic Live at Woodstock ’94, Winston Farm, Saugerties, New York, August 14, 1994

It sure wasn’t Woodstock ’69 but, nevertheless, Traffic was there!

We made this one at the suggestion of a listener from Denmark: Beatle songs with the words sun or sunshine in the title, lyrics or both! If we’ve missed any, please let us know in the comments and we’ll ad them before the next airing!

11:00 p.m. One-Hit Wonders: The Sixties

We repeat this playlist from a week or so ago at the request of a few of our global listeners who missed it!

We’re at Midweek With ‘Here Comes The Night’, Badfinger Live in St. Louis, and a Pink Floyd Spotlight, Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Good morning, musicologists around the globe. We’re already at midweek here and we’ve got songs about the night time, live Badfinger, and a Spotlight featuring Pink Floyd.

Here’s your midweek lineup:

9:00 a.m. Here Comes The Night: Various Artists

We kick off the morning with songs about the night from Warren Zevon, J. Geils Band, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Them, The Beatles, Van Morrison, Patti Smith, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bruce Springsteen, The Kinks, Electric Prunes, Phoebe Snow, John Cougar Mellencamp, Joe Walsh, The Eagles, The Doors, Poco, Emmylou Harris, Neil Diamond, The Animals, The Rolling Stones, Don McLean, Steve Winwood, The Traveling Wilburys, Sam Cooke, Jimmy Cliff, Bonnie Raitt and more!

4:00 p.m. Badfinger Live at The Cowtown Auditorium, St. Louis, MO, April 7, 1972

This afternoon we have the absolute best band ever signed by Apple Records in Badfinger live in Missouri.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Pink Floyd

To close out the day’s programming, we move to Pink Floyd, certainly one of the earliest British pioneers of psychedelic rock.

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It’s Songs About Colors, Volume Two of ‘The Summer of Love’ and Chuck Berry In The Spotlight, Saturday, July 20, 2024

Good morning, music lovers! We are celebrating summer once again with volume two of our ‘Summer of Love’ playlist but not until we have songs about colors. Later, it’s Chuck Berry.

Here’s your Saturday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Color My World: Various Artists

Songs about colors in the title, lyrics or both. In case you thought Paint It Black was only one of a handful of songs, think again. You’ll hear The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, James Taylor, Donovan, Booker T & The MG’s, Electric Light Orchestra, Procol Harum, Joni Mitchell, The Who, Amy Winehouse, Sam & Dave, Badfinger, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello, Neil Young, Jefferson Airplane, The Hollies, Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, Cream, Marvin Gaye, Lucinda Williams, John Hiatt, J.D. Souther, Linda Ronstadt and more!

4:00 p.m. Summer of Love, Volume Two: Various Artists

Today we continue the songs of 1967 with volume two of our ‘Summer of Love’ playlist. You’ll hear Jefferson Airplane, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Aretha Franklin, Buffalo Springfield, The Beatles, The Grass Roots, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, The Turtles, The Doors, Simon & Garfunkel, Cream, Bobbie Gentry and more!

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Chuck Berry

Tonight we close with one of the main architects of rock n’ roll, Mr. Chuck Berry, firmly In The Spotlight.

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We’ve Made It To Friday and We’ve Got John Fogerty, ‘The British Are Coming’ EP, and The Original All-Girl Revue, July 12, 2024

Here we are again reporting from the cusp of the weekend here in The Mermaid Lounge with a John Fogerty Spotlight feature for starters. It keeps getting better from there.

Here’s your musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of John Fogerty

We’ve got John Fogerty’s music from his days as singer, guitarist and primary songwriter with Creedence Clearwater Revival to his solo career. Stop by The Lounge.

1:00 p.m. The British Are Coming: Various Artists

We’ve got them all here: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Dave Mason, Electric Light Orchestra, Petula Clark, The Zombies, The Hollies, Small Faces. Dusty Springfield, Small Faces, Led Zeppelin, Cream, Queen, The Kinks, The Dave Clark Five, the Bee Gees, The Moody Blues, Rod Stewart, Them, Herman’s Hermits, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Badfinger, The Yardbirds, Traffic, Elton John, Lulu, Pink Floyd, Yes, The Animals, the Spencer-Davis Group, Donovan, The Searchers and more!

8:00 p.m. The Original All-Girl Revue: Various Artists

This was the very first all-woman music list we put together; several others followed. And then we made our big, bad ‘Ladies Day Out’ EP. The original all-girl revue playlist includes Ann Peebles, Bobbie Gentry, Chi Coltrane, Carole King, Linda Ronstadt, Laura Nyro, Roberta Flack, Melanie, Mary Wells, Fontella Bass, Lulu, Joni Mitchell, Emmylou Harris, Irma Thomas, Janis Joplin, Judy Collins, Patti Smith and more!

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We Start Off Thursday ‘Under The Influence’, Then It’s Lucinda Williams and The Heartbreakers, July 11, 2024

Good morning, musicologists! We’re going to open up with some really great tunes about being ‘Under The Influence’, then it’s a Lucinda Williams Spotlight feature and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers as cover band.

Here’s your musical mayhem for Thursday:

9:00 a.m. Under The Influence: Various Artists

Plenty of songs about being under the influence, both legal and not so legal. You’ll hear Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Byrds, Arlo Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Little Feat, The Rolling Stones, Small Faces. Jimi Hendrix, Steely Dan, New Riders of The Purple Sage, Talking Heads, Neil Young, The Beatles, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Foreigner, Jonathan Edwards, John Lee Hooker, Donovan and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: Lucinda Williams

We have singer-songwriter extraordinaire, Lucinda Williams, In the Spotlight today.

8:00 p.m. Petty Theft: The Covers

The same qualities that make Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers the best American rock and roll band make them the best cover band. Tonight you hear them cover their favorite songs by the bands who influenced their music.

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