Category: Psychedelic Music

We Open The New Month in Psychedelic Mode With Our EP, The Doors and Live Jefferson Airplane on December 1, 2024

Good morning, lovers of psychedelia! We’re opening the month in fine style with ‘The Psychedelic Express’ EP, a Doors ‘Spotlight’ feature and live Jefferson Airplane!

Here’s your mind-bending musical lineup:

10:00 a.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of The Doors

The Doors were born in L.A. in 1965 and helped to pioneer the psychedelic and acid rock sound of the sixties.

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

Of course, there were many artists who helped to bring the genre to the mainstream, none the least of which was The Beatles, who embraced it wholeheartedly. In additon to them, you’ll also hear Vanilla Fudge, the Chambers Brothers, the Electric Prunes, The Animals, Jefferson Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Blues Image, The Doors, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakersc, Donovan, The Byrds, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Jimi Hendrix, Traffic, Cream, Dr. John, Procol Harum, The Who, Canned Heat, Yes, Electric Light Orchestra, Tommy James & The Shondells, Blind Faith, The Grateful Dead, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Velvet Underground and more!

8:00 p.m. Jefferson Airplane Live at Falconer Salen, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 28, 1968

We close out the day’s programming with another band in the forefront of the psychedelic music genre. The Airplane defined the San Francisco sound and were the first from the Bay area to achieve commercial success.

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On Wednesday We Go Full-On Sixties With Our EP, a Live Jimi Hendrix Jam, and Early Fab Four, November 20, 2024

Good morning, music lovers and welcome to a day dedicated to the sixties as we begin with our ‘Original Sixties Rotation’ EP, then it’s live Hendrix and The Fab Four.

Here’s your midweek musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Original Sixties Rotation: Various Artists

We start the day with music from one of the most amazing musical decades with The Beatles, The Monkees, Sonny & Cher, Joe Cocker, Little Eva, Simon & Garfunkel, The Everly Brothers, The Searchers, Dusty Springfield, The Drifters, The Dave Clark Five, Johnny Rivers, Bob Dylan, The Animals, Petula Clark, The Rolling Stones, Procol Harum, The Turtles, Del Shannon, The Temptations, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Fats Domino, The Left Banke, James Brown, Fontella Bass and more!

4:00 p.m. Jimi Hendrix Live at The Cafe a Go Go, New York, NY, March 17, 1968

We’ve got a great blues jam as Jimi Hendrix joins Paul Butterfield and Elvin Bishop on stage at New York’s iconic Cafe A Go Go.

8:00 p.m. The Beatles: The Early Years

The Beatles started out like many groups, emulating those who laid the foundations of rock and roll before them. Eventually, however, they began to sprinkle in some of their own compositions and the rest, as they say, is history.

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Sunday is Nothing But a Big, Wide Open Stream Day, November 10, 2024

Good morning, music lovers! We’re on a big, wide Open Stream day today as we prepare for the winter here in The Mermaid Lounge, working on new programs and the like.

It’s as simple as that! Unprogrammed, uninterrupted open stream music from our library of 27,000 songs all day. The button is below.

Open Stream Sunday!

On Saturday We’re ‘Under The Influence’, Then It’s Christine McVie and ‘Live’ Emmylou Harris, November 9, 2024

Good morning, Weekenders, and welcome to Saturday in The Lounge. We’ve got a great lineup today and we’re starting off ‘Under the Influence’.

Here’s your Saturday lineup:

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

We’re under the influence of great music here with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Byrds, Arlo Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Little Feat, The Rolling Stones, Small Faces, Jimi Hendrix, Steely Dan, NRPS, 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: The Music of Christine McVie

The heart and soul of Fleetwood Mac, from our perspective here in The Lounge. However, Christine McVie started out in the British blues scene. Before joining Fleetwood Mac she was in Chicken Shack. She was also the legendary Christine Perfect (her maiden name). Today we give you her music from all three phases of her musical life.

8:00 p.m. Emmylou Harris & The Daniel Lanois Band Live at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, UK, November 23, 1995

Emmylou Harris has always managed to surround herself with the best possible bands from the very beginning: The Hot Band, The Nash Ramblers, Chris Hillman’s Desert Rose Band, and Spyboy. The Daniel Lanois Band does not break that streak.

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We’re Weekenders With Our House EP, Live Bob Marley & The Wailers, and a Joan Baez Spotlight on Saturday, November 2, 2024

We’re off to the weekend races (except I have one more day of work here) and we start off with a great day featuring our House EP!

Here’s your Saturday lineup:

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

The music that provided inspiration for the station from 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, Marvin Gaye, The Association, Phil Ochs, Tom Rush, The Band and more!

4:00 p.m. Bob Marley & The Wailers Live at The Santa Barbara County Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA, November 25, 1979

This afternoon we’ve got some live Wailers music from the Santa Barbara County Bowl.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Joan Baez

We close out the day with a Spotlight feature with Joan Baez, a musical legend whose career has spanned six decades.

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Friday is for ‘The Psychedelic Express’, Early Linda Ronstadt, Then JT & Carole King at The Troubador, November 1, 2024

Good morning music lovers and welcome to Friday and a brand new month to boot! We open up the month with a bang. Read on for details!

Here’s your mind-bending musical lineup:

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

Take a five-hour trip across psychedelic worlds with 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, The Byrds, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Traffic, Cream, Dr. John, Procol Harum, The Who, Canned Heat, Yes. Electric Light Orchestra, Tommy James & The Shondells, Blind Faith, the Grateful Dead, Big Brother & The Holding Company and more.

4:00 p.m. A Linda Ronstadt Retrospective: The Stone Poneys & Early Solo Years

Taking a trip in the wayback machine here before Linda Ronstadt rose to the top of the charts and became the Queen of Rock. Good stuff indeed.

8:00 p.m. James Taylor & Carole King Live at The Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA, November 28-30, 2007

A great way for The Troubadour to celebrate it’s 50th birthday! For the two musical stars, it also marked the anniversary of the first time they ever played together in 1970.

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Monday Brings Our ‘Out In The Cold’ Playlist, Then the Gregg Allman Band and The Grateful Dead, October 28, 2024

Good morning, musicologists. Today we’re ‘Out In the Cold’ then it’s live Gregg Allman Band and a Grateful Dead ‘Spotlight’ feature.

Here’s your musical lineup:

10:00 a.m. Out In The Cold: Various Artists

Not an EP, but good enough to start the day! Songs about the weather with Albert King, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bob Dylan, Johnny Rivers, Bill Withers, The Association, Neil Young, Martha & The Vandellas, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Doors, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Electric Light Orchestra and more!

4:00 p.m. The Gregg Allman Band Live at Wolfgang’s, San Francisco, CA, May 14, 1987

Afternoon brings a live performance from Gregg Allman’s ‘other’ band at Wolfgang’s. Back in the day, Wolfgang’s was the place, a small 600-seat venue which is now defunct. Still, it’s easier to remember who did not play the venue than those who did. It was that popular.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of The Grateful Dead

I’m one of those people who likes the Dead’s studio music better than their live performances. Founding member and bass player Phil Lesh passed away this past week, and we air this in honor of him today.

Yes, it’s a return to the work day today. Mondays are always rough, but we can get you through! We’re on 24/7 with no commercial interruption playing the best music on the planet. And we’re free. Just close your door and pull up a tab. The button is below.

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At Midweek It’s Our Our ‘Original Sixties’ EP, Bob Dylan and Jefferson Ariplane, Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Good morning, music lovers. We’re deep into the Sixties music scene today and we’re starting our with five hours of uninterrupted music with our ‘Original Sixties’ Rotation EP!

Here’s your hippie dippie musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Original Sixties Rotation: Various Artists

We’re all about the sixties today with The Beatles, The Monkees, Sonny & Cher, Joe Cocker, Little Eva, Simon & Garfunkel, The Everly Brothers, Dusty Springfield, The Searchers, The Drifters, The Dave Clark Five, Johnny Rivers, Bob Dylan, The Animals, Petula Clark, The Four Tops, Fats Domino, The Rolling Stones, The Turtles, Del Shannon, James Brown, Fontella Bass, The Four Tops, Them and many more!

4:00 p.m. Bob Dylan Live at The Gaslight Cafe, Greenwich Village, New York, October 15, 1962

We have vintage Bob Dylan this afternoon with a 1962 concert worthy of a trip in the Wayback Machine. The Gaslight Cafe launched many a career during the great sixties folk revival centered in Greenwich Village.

8:00 p.m. The Jefferson Airplane Live at The Matrix Club, San Francisco, CA, February 1, 1968

We close out the programming with an iconic sixties band whose music helped propel the psychedelic music movement of the times.

Before, in between and after we give you our big, wide Open Stream. We’re here 24/7 for your listening pleasure, and we won’t cost you a penny. The button is below.

It’s The Sixties!

On Friday The B’s Have It: The Beatles, The Band and Bonnie, October 18, 2024

Good morning, music lovers we’re at Friday. We’re on the cusp of the weekend, and The B’s are in The Lounge today taking care of business.

Here’s your Friday lineup:

10:00 a.m. The Beatles: Three-Part Harmonies NEW!

During the course of putting together our newest EP of three-part harmonies, it became clear just how much the Beatles employed it during their time. Hence we have a new Beatles playlist to enjoy! Can you pick your favorite? Someone asked me and I have yet to answer.

4:00 p.m. The Band Live at The Academy of Music, New York, NY, December 28-31, 1971

Surely one of the most incredible bands ever to grace the music world. The Band went from being Dylan’s back-up band to being one of the most influential acts in rock music history. Why were they called simply ‘The Band’? Because that’s what everyone referred to them as when they were backing Dylan. It stuck.

8:00 p.m. Bonnie Raitt Live at The Rainbow Room, Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, PA, February 22, 1972

We close out the programming portion of our day with early Bonnie Raitt at Sigma Sound in Philly, hanging out and singing in The Rainbow Room.

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Monday We’ve Got a Couple of Live Performances From Van Morrison and The Doors Sandwiched Around a Townes Van Zandt Spotlight, October 14, 2024

Good morning, music lovers and welcome back to the work week. We’ve got some great music on tap for today mixed in with the great big wide Open Stream! And by the way, Happy Indigenous People’s Day because Christopher Columbus was a real piece of shit.

Here’s your Monday musical lineup:

10:00 a.m. Van Morrison Live at The Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, December 18, 1993

I will admit that I find Van Morrison a bit caustic as a human being, but the man is a legend and his shows are a virtual spiritual experience.

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Townes Van Zandt

Townes Van Zandt is the only songwriter that I’ve ever heard anyone come close to putting on a pedastal next to Bob Dylan. Some of the songs he has written, such as Pancho & Lefty, are considered masterpieces of American songwriting, and with good reason.

8:00 p.m. The Doors Live at The Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, June 6, 1970

We close out the programming with the Lizard King and his band.

Don’t know what it’s like there, but it’s pretty rainy and gloomy here in the Boston area today. Good day to hunker down with some good music as my vacation comes to a close and I return to hardware hell tomorrow. By the way, the button is below.

Monday, Monday.