It’s Tuesday Bluesday With Some Texas Blues, a Janis Joplin Surprise, and Live Stevie Ray Vaughan, September 23, 2025

Good morning, bluesologists. It’s another Tuesday Bluesday and I’m on the run due to an unresponsive computer for about 20 minutes. Stubborn little thing. We’ve got a great lineup today, so read on for details!

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Best of Texas Blues: Various Artists

One of our newer blues EP’s featuring Johnny Winter, Kim Wilson, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Doyle Bramhall II, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Marcia Ball, Gary Clark Jr., Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Janis Joplin, Freddie King, Angela Strehli, Big Mama Thornton, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Blind Lemon Jefferson, ZZ Top, Ally Venable, and more!

4:00 p.m. Janis Joplin & Jorma Kaukonen: The Famous Typewriter Tape NEW!

A little unknown tidbit is that Janis Joplin and Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, later the great blues-rock band Hot Tuna) often collaborated. This is a short, but sweet, interlude recorded at Jorma’s house. The sound in the background is Jorma’s wife typing. Hence, the name. This is vintage 1964!

8:00 p.m. Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at The Mann Music Center, Philadelphia, PA, June 30, 1987

We close with SRV live at the Mann Center in Philly.

Our programming is Texas blues all the way around today. Before, In between, and after it’s our big, wide Open Stream! Just hit the button below!

The Texas Blues!

It’s Tuesday With the ‘Ladies Sing The Blues’, Then It’s Live Paul Butterfield in Boston, and Bloomfield, Kooper and Stills Together On March 11, 2025

Good morning, blueologists, and welcome to another great Tuesday Bluesday here in The Lounge. We start off with five hours of uninterrupted blues from the ladies, then we move to vintage live Paul Butterfield and a great trio of blues-rock artists ‘in session.’

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Ladies Sing The Blues: Various Artist

From old to new, you’ll hear Billie Holliday, Big Mama Thornton, Ruth Brown, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, Koko Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Christine McVie, Marcia Ball, Ellen McIlwaine, Susan Tedeschi, Irma Thomas, Tracy Nelson, Etta James, Linda Ronstadt, Sippie Wallace, Bessie Smith, Shawn Murphy, Angela Strehli, Aretha Franklin, The Blues Broads and more! This playlist is also scheduled for an update, so stay tuned!

4:00 p.m. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Live at The Unicorn Coffee House, Boston, MA, Spring 1968

We’re not sure of the exact date, but we know it happened because it’s right here. This is an iconic band in another of those iconic Boston music venues that is no more. It’s a Wayback Machine event.

8:00 p.m. Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills Recorded at CBS Columbia Square Studios, Los Angeles, CA, May 1968

Another Wayback Machine event that took place after Bloomfield and Kooper had finished working with Bob Dylan on his Highway 61 Revisited album, and after they played in the backing band for Dylan’s 1965 performance at the Newport Folk Festival where he used electric instruments for the first time and ruffled quite a few feathers in the folk music world. The result was an album that peaked at number 12 on the Billboard 200, where it remained for 37 weeks.

Blah. Blah. Blah. I could give you the usual closing, but I’m in a bit of a rush this morning. Back to the retail work week for me. The Music Mermaid is in charge until I return. The button is below.

Tuesday Bluesday!

Songs About Water, A Zombies Spotlight Feature and Dylan & Cash ‘in Session’ Dominate Sunday, September 15, 2024

Good morning, musicologists, and welcome to Sunday in The Lounge. Today we’ve got songs about water, a new Spotlight featuring The Zombies and Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash ‘in session’ in Nashville, vintage 1969.

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

10:00 a.m. Water, Water Everywhere: Various Artists

And it is everywhere, comprising 71% of the elements on earth. You’ll hear from Paul McCartney, Deep Purple, Joe Cocker, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Otis Redding, The Doobie Brothers, Valerie Carter, Bob Dylan, Al Green, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Loggins & Messina, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Linda Ronstadt, Spirit, The Grass Roots, The Beach Boys, Lindisfarne, Van Morrison, Bonnie Raitt, Carole King, Tom Rush, Donovan, America, Johnny Rivers and more!

4:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Zombies NEW!

The Zombies are certainly one of the best of the British Invasion bands, and this Spotlight feature is long overdue. We’ve also got some live shows coming up in the future.

8:00 p.m. Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash “In Session” at Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN, February 17 & 18, 1969

This is a great ‘in session’ performance by two masters during the recording of Dylan’s Nashville Skyline album, one of my personal Dylan favorites. Although The Girl From The North Country was the only cut to make the album, it was a great collaboration.

Yeah, it’s Sunday Funday and we’ve got our usual great daily lineup sprinkled among all the big, wide Open Stream we offer every single day. And best of all, we’re free of charge and totally free of commercial interruption.

A Zombies Spotlight!

Tuesday Bluesday Opens With Music From The Windy City and Closes With Big Mama Thornton, January 9, 2024

Good morning, Bluesologists! Today we open Tuesday Bluesday with our ‘Best of Chicago Blues’ EP and we close with Big Mama Thornton and the Muddy Waters Blues Band in session at Coast Recorders.

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Best of Chicago Blues: Various Artists

We open the day with music from the Windy City including music from Otis Rush, Willie Dixon, Albert King, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Bo Diddley, Koko Taylor, Lowell Fulson, Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Guy, Magic Slim, Sonny Boy Williamson, Son Seals, James Cotton, Paul Butterfield, Elmore James, Jimmy Reed, Otis Spann and more!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Sittin’ In by Loggins & Messina

What was originally a solo album by Kenny Loggins actually became the first album my Loggins & Messina. And it’s a good one at that.

7:00 p.m. Big Mama Thornton In Session With The Muddy Waters Blues Band, Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA, April 25, 1966

There’s nobody quite like Big Mama. In fact, The House of Blues in New Orleans boasts ‘Big Mama’s Lounge.’ Today we’ve got the original Hound Dog singer in session with the Muddy Waters Blues band.

It’s always jumpin’ here on Tuesday Bluesday. Today is no exception. There’s plenty of room here for everyone, so get on board the blues train!

It’s Tuesday Bluesday!