On Friday It’s Our ‘Train Tracks’ Playlist, Dion Live at The Bitter End, and an ELO ‘Spotlight’ Feature, September 5, 2025

Good morning, music lovers! We’ve got a great set of programs to close out the work week, and we begin with songs about trains!

Here’s your Finally Friday lineup:

10:00 a.m. Train Tracks: Various Artists

We start with songs about trains from Steve Winwood, Joni Mitchell, Guy Clark, Linda Ronstadt, The Clash, Pete Seeger, Laura Nyro, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Boogaloo Swamis, J.J. Cale, Elvis Presley, Mother Earth, Allen Toussaint, The Eagles, Lucinda Williams, and more!

4:00 p.m. Dion DiMucci Live at The Bitter End, New York, NY, August of 1971 NEW!

Many of you know him merely as Dion of Runaround Sue fame, but Dion DiMucci is so much more than that. He has spent decades honing his craft and reinventing himself masterfully. This is just Dion and his guitar in a fantastic performance at The Bitter End.

8:00 p.m. Jeff Lynne’s ELO: In The Spotlight

Or we can simply call them Electric Light Orchestra, whichever you prefer. Either way, we close out the day’s programming with this great band ‘In the Spotlight.’

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It’s Sunday Funday With ‘The Female Species’ EP, a Dion ‘Spotlight’ and Live Neil Young & Crazy Horse, February 2, 2025

It’s Sunday in The Mermaid Lounge and we’ve got songs about women, dames, chicks, ladies…etc. Some real. Some imaginary. Then it’s Dion Dimucci and live Neil Young!

Here’s your Sunday musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Female Species: Various Artists

We give you songs about women to day; not necessarily songs by women (although some will be undoubtedly). You’ll hear from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Talking Heads, Jackson Browne, John Mayall, Hot Tuna, The Eagles, Elvis Presley, Electric Light Orchestra, Fleetwood Mac, Percy Sledge, The Beatles, America, Roy Orbison, Aretha Franklin, Linda Ronstadt, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, The Temptations and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Dion Dimucci

People will surely remember Dion for Runaround Sue and The Wanderer back in the early days of rock n’ roll; and certainly the heart wrenching Abraham, Martin and John, released in 1968 after the assassination of Bobby Kennedy. Dion is also a bluesman at heart and is still making music. We’ll show you today.

8:00 p.m. Neil Young & Crazy Horse Live at The Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA, October 22, 1978

We end the day’s programming with vintage Neil Young & Crazy Horse in a live performance from The Cow Palace.

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Our Big, Bad Blues EP, The Yardbirds Live in New York, and Dion In The Spotlight Awaits on Tuesday Bluesday, July 23, 2024

Good morning, bluesologists! We are back with another Tuesday Bluesday full of great music, including a brand new Spotlight featuring Dion of The Belmonts fame. Yes. You read that right.

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

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

Our big, bad blues EP featuring Delbert McClinton, Robert Johnson, 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, Bobby “Blue” Bland, The Allman Brothers Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Elmore James, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Robert Cray Band, Susan Tedeschi, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, James Cotton, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Howlin’ Wolf, Koko Taylor, Marcia Ball, Roomful of Blues and more!

4:00 p.m. The Yardbirds Live at B. B. King’s Blues Club, New York, NY, July 16, 2006

Jeff Beck and his mates captured live at B. B. King’s Blues Club in New York.

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Dion (Dimucci) NEW!

Many will remember Dion for Runaround Sue, The Wanderer and Abraham, Martin & John (a really fine song indeed), but Dion is a bluesman at heart. Today we’ve got the Dion’s blues In The Spotlight.

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