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Today It’s The Animals, the ‘Original Sixties Rotation’, and Some Rare Live Guess Who, On Sunday, February 16, 2025

Good morning, music lovers, and welcome to The Mermaid Lounge. We’ve got some great stuff with an Animals ‘Spotlight’, some live Guess Who and five uninterrupted hours of sixties music!

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

9:00 a.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of The Animals

Undoubtedly one of the greatest of the British sixties R & B and rock bands led by the fantastic Eric Burdon on lead vocals.

12:00 p.m. The Original Sixties Rotation: Various Artists

Ah, the sixties. There has been nothing like them since either culturally, politically or musically. We celebrate it all today 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, James Brown, Fontella Bass, Blues Image, Booker T & The MGs, The Four Tops, Lovin’ Spoonful, Them, The Left Banke, Fats Domino and more!

8:00 p.m. The Guess Who Live at The Ambassador Theater, St. Louis, MO, May 6, 1974

Another great band that straddled the sixties and seventies led by another great vocalist in Burton Cummings. They would eventually disband and morph into Bachman-Turner Overdrive, but that’s a whole different story for another day.

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It’s Midweek With The Sixties: Our Original EP, The Beatles On the Rooftop, and Joplin at Winterland, Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Good morning, sixties music lovers! All of our programming is for you today as we begin with the ‘Original Sixties Rotation’ EP, then it two great live performances to follow.

Here’s your musical lineup:

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

We start it off with the icons of the sixties, including 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, The Temptations, Del Shannon, James Brown, Fontella Bass, Blues Image, Booker T & The MGs, The Four Tops, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Them, The Left Banke, Fats Domino and more!

4:00 p.m. The Beatles Live on The Rooftop, Apple Corp Headquarters, London, UK, January 30, 1969

We’re getting close to the 56th anniversary of The Beatles’ very last live performance, an impropmptu concert on the rooftop of Apple Records that blew London’s hair back during weekday lunch. It took the British Bobbies long enough to figure out where it was coming from so that The Beatles managed to record five songs on that rooftop for Let It Be, including Get Back, I’ve Got A Feeling, Don’t Let Me Down, One After 909 and Dig A Pony. It was a momentous musical occasion.

8:00 p.m. Janis Joplin Live at Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, April 12 & 13, 1968

We close the day’s programming with a great live performance from Janis Joplin from the iconic Winterland Ballroom.

Here we are at midweek and tomorrow we begin the downslide to the weekend. Stick with us. We’ve got great music here every day, free of charge to all of you. No shit. The button is below.

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Today It’s an Al Green ‘Spotlight’, Live Rolling Stones and Our ‘A Little Bit O’ Soul’ EP on Saturday, December 28, 2024

Good morning, soulful revelers! We’ve got a great lineup today that includes our ‘A Little Bit O’ Soul’ EP that combines the best of Motown, Stax, Atlantic and others to deliver the best of soul and R & B during the sixties and seventies.

Here’s your Saturday musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Al Green

One of the absolute best here, the Reverend Al. Here’s a little treat to whet your whistle, as they say. Al Green joins with Chicago on a TV special from back in 1978 for Tired of Being Alone. A gem.

1:00 p.m. The Rolling Stones Live at The Hoffheinz Pavillion, Ft. Worth, TX, June 24-25, 1972 NEW!

This performance is new to our station. We’ve never aired it before. I saw the Stones live in Boston around this time back in the day. One of the best I’ve seen.

4:00 p.m. A Little Bit O’ Soul: Various Artists

We’ve got our big, bad soul and R & B EP to take us into the evening tonight with Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Jackson Five, Marvin Gaye, Martha & The Vandellas, Sam & Dave, The Four Tops. The Ronettes, The Temptations, Carla Thomas, James Brown, The Shirelles, Etta James, Curtis Mayfield, Sam Cooke, Edwin Starr, Fontella Bass, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Ray Charles, Irma Thomas, The Box Tops, Ann Peebles, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Otis Redding, The Drifters and more!

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Monday It’s ‘The Original Sixties’ EP, Live Bonnie Raitt and a Harry Nilsson ‘Spotlight’ Feature, December 23, 2024

It’s Monday, Monday once again and we start off another week in style with our ‘Original Sixties Rotation’ EP, followed by some live Bonnie Raitt and Harry Nilsson bringing up the rear.

Here’s your Monday musical mayhem:

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

The music that inspired me comes from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, 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, Procol Harum, The Turtles, Del Shannon, The Temptations, James Brown, Fontella Bass, Blues Image, Booker T & The MGs, The Four Tops, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Them, The Left Banke, Fats Domino and more.

4:00 p.m. Bonnie Raitt Live at The Record Plant, Sausalito CA, December 9, 1973

We’ve got some early Bonnie this afternoon, live from the famous Record Plant.

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Harry Nilsson

We all called him Nilsson. No Harry. He was a character and he was also a brilliant artist who achieved most of his fame in the early seventies.

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Today We ‘Paint It Black’, Then It’s Harrison & Clapton Live in Japan and Brandi Carlile Later on Friday, November 29, 2024

Yeah, it’s Black Friday. We’re not selling anything. We’re giving you free music, so we start it all out with our ‘Paint It Black’ playlist…not quite an EP, but close!

Here’s your Black Friday anti-capitalist lineup:

10:00 a.m. Paint It Black: Various Artists

We’ve got an EP about colors and we’ve got a slightly smaller playlist for the color black. You’ll hear The Rolling Stones, The Wallflowers, James Brown, Three Dog Night, The Beatles, Warren Zevon, The Band, Nina Simone, Curtis Mayfield, Lucinda Williams, John Lee Hooker, J.D. Souther, Jethro Tull, Guy Clark Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Tom Rush and more!

4:00 p.m. George Harrison & Eric Clapton Live at The Nagoya International Exhibition Hall, Nagoya, Japan, December 5, 1991

This afternoon we have two good friends, who also happen to be two stellar musicians, playing together on the same stage.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Brandi Carlile

Ten-time Grammy award winner Brandi Carlile closes the day’s programming with folk rock, alternative country, Americana and classic rock.

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We’ve Got a Lot of Soul Today With Our Big Motown EP, Sam Cooke, and James Brown on Thursday, November 14, 2024

Good morning, soul music lovers! We’ve got a lot of soul going on today here in The Mermaid Lounge, starting out with our big ‘M is for Motown’ multi-artist EP!

Here’s your musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. M is For Motown: Various Artists

We start out the day in Motor City with Barrett Strong, Eddie Kendricks, Eddie Holland, Edwin Starr, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Jackson Five, Kim Weston, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Marvin Gaye, Martha & The Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers, The Temptations, The Contours, Rare Earth, Mary Wells, Tammi Terrell, Diana Ross & The Supremes and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Sam Cooke

Known as ‘The King of Soul’, Sam Cooke was indeed a pioneer and remains one of the most influential soul and R&B singers on the planet because of his incredible songwriting and unique vocal style.

8:00 p.m. James Brown & The Famous Flames Live at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York, June 24-25, 1967

We close out the programming this evening with the hardest working man in show business, hands down, at the iconic Apollo Theater in Harlem.

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On Sunday It’s Our ‘A Little Bit O’ Soul’ EP in Between a Patty Griffin ‘Spotlight’ and Live John Fogerty, October 27, 2024

Good morning, music lovers, and welcome to The Mermaid Lounge where we have some great stuff on tap. We play the stuff nobody else is playing.

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

10:00 a.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Patty Griffin

I’ve been on the planet a long time. I’ve not heard Patty Griffin on the radio anywhere, but you’ll hear her here. Who is she? She’s a (primarily) folk singer, songwriter, guitar and piano player who is known for her stripped-down songwriting style. Her songs have been covered by many singers, including Emmylou Harris, Rory Block and Bette Midler. She has won numerous Grammy awards, but women still do not get representative play time on the airwaves. Unless, of course, you listen to us! You can learn more about Patty here.

1:00 p.m. A Little Bit O’ Soul: Various Artists

We’ve got our big soul and R & B playlist today with Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Ronettes, Marvin Gaye. Ray Charles, Otis Redding, The Drifters, Chuck Berry, Stevie Wonder, Carla Thomas, James Brown, The Shirelles, Etta James, Curtis Mayfield, Sam & Dave, Sam Cooke, Edwin Starr, Fontella Bass, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Irma Thomas, The Box Tops, Ann Peebles, Al Green, The Staple Singers, Nina Simone, LaVern Baker, Diana Ross & The Supremes and more!

8:00 p.m. John Fogerty Live at Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, June 24, 2008

This guy’s a rock n’ roll legend, the leader of Creedence Clearwater Revival and a prolific solo artist. Tonight we have him live from Royal Albert Hall.

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Spend the Day With America, Rickie Lee Jones and Volume Two of Our ‘Sixties Rotation’ on Saturday, September 28, 2024

Good morning, sunshines! Here we are again functioning as weekenders and we’ve got a great lineup for you today that starts with some new music (relatively speaking; all of our music is pretty old music) and wraps up with a trip in the Wayback Machine!

Here’s your Saturday lineup:

10:00 a.m. America Live at Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, PA, February 7, 1972 NEW!

There are just some bands you are drawn to. This is one of those bands, in fact. I became an early adopter with A Horse With No Name. Over the years, they have made a lot of great music, much of which is buried on their albums. That’s the beauty of America. They were also innovative enough to catch the eye of a guy named George Martin.

3:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Rickie Lee Jones

The Spotlight is on Rickie Lee Jones, another female artists who is difficult to box into a style of music. Over her five-decade career she has recorded in various musical styles, including rock, R&B, pop, soul, and jazz.

6:00 p.m. The Sixties Rotation, Volume Two: Various Artists

We close out the evening on Sixties music from The Mamas & The Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Buffalo Springfield, Sly & The Family Stone, The Temptations, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Roy Orbison, The Yardbirds, The Animals, Linda Ronstadt, Wilson Pickett, The Band, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, The Ronettes, The Kinks, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jimmy Cliff, The Velvet Underground, The Byrds, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Blind Faith, The Spencer Davis Group, The Four Tops, CSNY, Elvis Presley, Marvin Gaye, The Doors, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell and more!

Whew. That’s quite a lineup. And it’s all free. No lie. Here’s the other thing: We’re on 24/7; not just when we have schedule programs. We’ve got more than 27,000 songs to share with you. The button is below.

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Spend Your Day With a Carly Simon Spotlight, The Trio Sessions, and The Doors Live on Friday, September 27, 2024

Good morning, music lovers! We are one day from the official weekend and we’ve got a Carly Simon Spotlight feature and live Doors wrapped around Ronstadt-Parton-Harris’s Trio Sessions.

Here’s your Friday lineup:

9:00 a.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Carly Simon

This incredible singer-songwriter rose to fame during the seventies with her string of 13 Top 40 hits, including You’re So Vain (which is not about Jagger, but about Warren Beatty, apparently), Anticipation, The Right Thing To Do, and Haven’t Got Time For The Pain. Today we put her In The Spotlight to start things off.

12:00 p.m. Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris: The Trio Sessions

Nobody calls this alignment a “supergroup” for some reason, but it surely is and we always do. All three of these brilliant women had already embarked on incredibly successful solo careers before they got together for two of the best albums ever made. Today, we have the Trio Sessions that includes outtakes and alternative versions, among other things. Enjoy.

6:00 p.m. The Sixties Rotation: Volume Two

We take you through the evening with volume two of our Sixties Rotation, focusing on the mid-to-late part of the decade with The Mamas & The Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, Jefferson Airplane, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Sly & The Family Stone, The Temptations, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Wilson Pickett, The Band, Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Joni Mitchell, The Yardbirds, Linda Ronstadt, Roy Orbison, B. B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, The Doors, The Box Tops, The Kinks, Creedence Clearwater Revival and more!

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At Midweek It’s The ‘Original Sixties Rotation,’ a Blood, Sweat & Tears Spotlight Feature and Live Jethro Tull, Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Good morning, musicologists and welcome to midweek mayhem in The Mermaid Lounge! We’ve immersed in the sixties today, and that’s a good thing!

Here’s your midweek musical lineup:

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

We kick the day off with our first playlist and, yes, it was small at first. Today you’ll hear The Beatles, The Monkees, Sonny & Cher, Joe Cocker, Simon & Garfunkel, Little Eva, 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, James Brown, Fontella Bass, The Box Tops, Blues Image, The Four Tops, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Booker T & The MG’s and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Blood, Sweat & Tears

BS&T is another of those bands with two lives, one with the great Al Kooper at the helm and another with David Clayton Thomas. In either iteration, they were pretty damned great.

8:00 p.m. Jethro Tull Live at The Capital Center, Landover, MD, November 21, 1977

We close out the festivities this evening with Jethro Tull live in Landover. I had the pleasure of seeing these guys a few times in my lifetime. They never disappointed.

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