Tag: Long John Baldry

It’s Tuesday Bluesday With a James Cotton ‘Spotlight,’ ‘The Best of British Blues,’ and Live Muddy Waters, on October 7, 2025

Good morning, bluesologists! Today’s EP starts at 1:00 p.m. as we switch it up by opening with a James Cotton ‘Spotlight’ feature. We close with some live Muddy at The Fillmore.

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

9:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of James Cotton

A great blues harp player, singer and songwriter who made his start by playing for Howlin’ Wolf. We give you the full spectrum of his musical career in this ‘Spotlight’ feature.

1:00 p.m. The Best of British Blues: Various Artists

We go through the afternoon hours with The Animals, Chicken Shack, Cream, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green’s Splinter Group, Foghat, The Jeff Beck Group, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, The Rolling Stones, Christine McVie, Long John Baldry, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Savoy Brown, The Spencer Davis Group, Ten Years After, Them, The Yardbirds, Dr. Feelgood, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Martin Harley, Robin Trower, Elles Bailer, The Kris Barras Band, Kyla Brox, Dom Martin, and more!

8:00 p.m. Muddy Waters Live at The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, November 4-6, 1966

We close it out with a live performance by Muddy Waters at the The Fillmore West.

It’s another Tuesday Bluesday and it’s busy, as usual. But there’s room for everyone, including you. So, just hit the button below and see for yourself!

It’s Tuesday Bluesday!

It’s Labor Day! Time to Break Out Our ‘Working Songs’ Playlist, and Our ‘Beatles Top 100’ EP, On September 1, 2025

Good morning, musicologists and welcome to Labor Day 2025! We keep it simple today with our ‘Working Songs’ playlist for starters, and then move on to our Beatles Top 100!

Here’s your Monday musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Working Songs: Various Artists

We start out with songs about work and working in all its forms with Van Morrison, Canned Heat, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Maria Muldaur, Jesse Winchester, Roy Orbison, Slim Harpo, Bob Dylan, Little Feat, Emmylou Harris, Woody Guthrie, Sam Cooke, The Beatles, Long John Baldry, Lee Dorsey, Marvin Gaye and more!

3:00 p.m. The Beatles Top 100 Songs

From I Want to Hold Your Hand to Let It Be, we give you the best of the band that not only changed music, but changed the world.

Before, in between, and after our programming we give you our big, wide Open Stream. No commercials. No charge. We’re the real deal. We’re all about the music. Happy Labor Day!

The Beatles Top 100!

It’s Tuesday Bluesday With a Brand New EP, Long John Baldry Live in Germany, and an SRV ‘Spotlight’ Feature, July 22, 2025

Good morning, bluesologists! Today we introduce our fifth blues EP with ‘The Best of British Blues,’ followed by some live Long John Baldry and Stevie Ray Vaughan ‘In the Spotlight.’

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Best of British Blues: Various Artists NEW!

We kick off another Tuesday Bluesday with a brand new EP of British blues and blues-rock featuring The Animals, Chicken Shack, Peter Green, Foghat, The Jeff Beck Group, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, The Rolling Stones, Christine McVie, Long John Baldry, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Savoy Brown, Them, The Yardbirds, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Robin Trower, Elles Bailey, Alex Korner and more!

4:00 p.m. Long John Baldry Live at The Down Town Blues Club, Hamburg, Germany, September 21, 1999

One of the great British bluesman drops by with a live performance this afternoon!

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Stevie Ray Vaughan

We close out our Tuesday Bluesday programming with a guy, who in just seven years, managed to establish himself as one of the most influential blues artists in the world.

We’re here on another Tuesday Bluesday with another EP in the arsenal. Remember that before, in between, and after the blues we give you our big, wide Open Stream of more than 27,000 songs. The button is below.

Best of British Blues!

On Monday It’s ‘Rock, Blues & Ballads,’ Johnny Rivers Live at The Whiskey, and a Santana ‘Spotlight’ Feature, July 21, 2025

Happy Monday, musicologists! Today we serve up this neat little playlist I almost forgot about, along with live Johnny Rivers and some Santana to close out the programming!

Here’s your Monday, Monday playlist:

10:00 a.m. Rock, Blues & Ballads: Various Artists

We’ve got so much stuff that we almost forgot about this great little playlist featuring Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Aretha Franklin, Tom Petty, Jimmy Buffett, Eric Clapton, Dusty Springfield, Neil Young, Paul McCartney & Wings, Long John Baldry, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Greg Allman, Johnny Cash, and more!

4:00 p.m. Johnny Rivers Live at The Whiskey A Go Go, West Hollywood, CA, January 15, 1964

One of the best hitmakers of the sixties visits us this afternoon for some great live music at the legendary Whiskey.

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

We close out the day’s programming with some Latin Rock (a fusion of rock, jazz and Latin influences) courtesy of Santana.

Remember, before, in between, and after our great programming we give you that big, wide Open Stream! See for yourselves. The button is below.

Monday, Monday

It’s Tuesday Bluesday With The Allman Brothers Band, Long John Baldry, and Johnny Winter, July 30, 2024

Good morning, bluesologists! We’ve got three great acts on board for Tuesday Bluesday today, including a new live performance by British bluesman Long John Baldry.

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Allman Brothers Band Sing The Blues, Volume Two

This playlist comes from Martin Scorcese’s great TV series on the subject of the genre and its artists. Here we have The Brothers singing traditional blues offerings.

4:00 p.m. Long John Baldry Live at The Down Town Blues Club, Hamburg, Germany, September 21, 1999

Brand new to the station. We’re expanding our blues offering once again and this guy has been on the list. It’s finally here, and a Spotlight is also in the works.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Johnny Winter

Mr. High Energy always remained true to the blues. Tonight he closes out the Tuesday Bluesday programming.

Before, in between and after, we’ve got that big, wide Open Stream to get you through the days and nights. We’re anti-capitalist. No fees. No memberships. No credit card required. Just hit the button. Seriously. That’s it.

Tuesday Bluesday!

It’s Finally Friday With Our ‘Paint It Black’ Playlist, a Stephen Stills Send-Off, and The Beatles With Some Friends Later Tonight, July 14, 2023

Good morning, music lovers! You’ve made it to the end of the work week (I’ve got one more day to go) and we’ve got some great stuff from The Mermaid Lounge coming your way!

Here’s today’s musical menagerie:

11:00 a.m. Paint It Black: Various Artists

Today’s opener is songs about the color black in the title, lyrics or both with The Hollies, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, The Rolling Stones, The Move, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, k.d. lang, Tom Rush, Fairport Convention, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Long John Baldry, J.D. Souther, Guy Clark, Nina Simone, The Beatles, Steely Dan, Stephen Stills, Curtis Mayfield, Lucinda Williams, John Lee Hooker and more!

4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Stephen Stills FINAL AIRING!

Today we bid farewell to Stephen Stills as our featured singer-songwriter. Tomorrow we’ll have a brand new selection here for you.

8:00 p.m. The Beatles: Songs With Character UPDATED!

We’re back with the Man in the Mack, Bungalow Bill, Maxwell and his silver hammer, Eleanor Rigby, a barber who works on Penny Lane, a chick named Polythene Pam, a dog named Martha, Lucy who loves to fly around the sky with diamonds, and more. The Beatles had a lot of characters, and tonight we’re going to meet them.

Great day to tune us in. It’s Friday. What could be better than great music free 24/7 with no commercial interruption. Go ahead. I’m waiting.

Finally Friday!

We’re Sliding Toward The Weekend With Bobbie Gentry & Some Friends at BBC Studios, Our ‘Rock, Blues & Ballads’ Playlist, and our AOW, Thursday, June 16, 2022

Good Morning, Musicologists. We’ve got some great new stuff to start off the day today as we’ve discovered a Bobbie Gentry BBC Studios performance with a couple of friends along for support.

A couple of friends dropped by to help Bobbie Gentry out with her BBC Studios show

Here’s Thursday’s lineup:

11:00 a.m. Bobbie Gentry Live at The BBC Studios, London, 1968-1969 NEW!

This was a great find, given the fact that Bobbie Gentry was always a bit reclusive and shunned the limelight. She just wanted to write songs for other people. But she did perform live music, and she did so at BBC Studios in 1968 and 1969. Maybe she brought Donovan and James Taylor along for moral support! We’re glad she did!

3:00 p.m. Album of The Week: American Tune by Eva Cassidy

We’re winding down on this week’s album selection as we’ve reached our next-to-last airing here. The final will be sometime on Saturday. Don’t wait too long!

7:00 p.m. Rock, Blues and Ballads, Volume One: Various Artists

I know. It’s about time I got volume two together. And I totally agree, so it’s on my weekend list. But this one’s pretty damned good and we haven’t heard it in a while. You’ll hear Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, Van Morrison, James Taylor, Aretha Franklin, Tom Petty, Delbert McClinton, Bonnie Raitt, J.J. Cale, Dusty Springfield, Neil Young, Paul McCartney & Wings, Long John Baldry, Randy Newman, Maria Muldaur, Ry Cooder, Gregg Allman, Linda Ronstadt, and more!

We’re sliding steadily toward the weekend here in The Mermaid Lounge, although I’ll grant you it’s not getting here fast enough this week. But good music goes a long way toward making the work week easier, so give us a shot. Because we play some seriously good shit with absolutely no commercial interruption, no chatty disc jockeys who’d rather talk than play music, or cost to you. Not one penny. And we’re open 24/7. What more do you want?

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It’s Tuesday Bluesday Again and We’ve Got Our ‘Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blues’ EP Along With Our Petty Album of The Week, October 19, 2021

Good Morning, Bluesologists! It’s another Tuesday Bluesday in The Mermaid Lounge and we’ve got our blues EP going today, bringing you five hours of multi-artist blues and blues-rock.

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday line-up:

11:00 a.m. Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blues: Various Artists

It’s back for a return engagement. Our big, bad blues EP is here with more than five hours of uninterrupted blues from B. B. King, Delbert McClinton, Bonnie Raitt, Little Walter, Slim Harpo, John Lee Hooker, The Animals, The Allman Brothers Band, The Yardbirds, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Robert Cray Band, Johnny Winter, The Rolling Stones, Long John Baldry, Foghat, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, J. J. Cale, Koko Taylor, Janis Joplin, Muddy Waters, Tedeschi-Trucks Band, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Buddy Guy, Ry Cooder, James Cotton, and more!

7:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty

We’re back with our second airing of this week’s Album of The Week, Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty. This was the first of three great Tom Petty solo albums (although most of the Heartbreakers contributed mightily).

Tuesday Bluesday is always a great intro to our station. This is the perfect day with our signature blues extended playlist. You cannot go wrong, particularly since there are no subscription requirements or fees, and we do not ask for your personal information. Ever.

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Here’s Your Lesson From The College of Rock n’ Roll Knowledge: 1/12/2021

Here we are again! Greetings and salutations from The College of Rock n’ Roll Knowledge! We have a pretty active lesson today!

British bluesman Long John Baldry and his band, Bluesology. Yes, That’s Elton John on the far right. Long John Baldry is to his left.

Here’s today’s lesson:

January 12, 1957: Elvis Presley recorded All Shook Up, Got a Whole Lot of Lovin’ To Do, I Believe, and Tell Me Why at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California.

January 12, 1959: Jackie Wilson continued at #1 on the R & B chart for a fifth week with Lonely Teardrops.

January 12, 1964: The Beatles appeared on the ATV show Sunday Night at The London Palladium, where they sang I Want To Hold Your Hand, This Boy, All My Loving, and Twist & Shout.

January 12, 1968: Manfred Mann released the single, The Mighty Quinn.

Also on this date, Pink Floyd debuted as a five-piece band at the University of Aston in Birmingham, England.

January 12, 1969: Led Zeppelin released their debut album in the U.S.

Also on this day, Wonderwall, the psychedelic movie with the George Harrison soundtrack, opened in theaters across the U.S.

January 12, 1970: Badfinger (a great power pop band) released the single, Come And Get It.

January 12, 1974: The late Jim Croce’s You Don’t Mess Around With Jim, finally hit #1 after 47 weeks on the charts.

Also on this day, The Steve Miller Band’s The Joker goes to #1 in the US, and everyone wants to know what the fuck the “pompatus of love” is to this day.

And if that isn’t enough, Aretha Franklin’s Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna’ Do) knocked Stevie Wonder’s Livin’ For The City out of the #1 spot.

January 12, 1980: Damn The Torpedos, Tom Petty & The Heartbreaker’s breakout album, was at #6 on the Album chart on this day.

Also on this day in 1980, An American Dream by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Linda Ronstadt was making its run up the charts, from #59 to #33.

Born On This Day

January 12, 1928: R & B singer Ruth Brown was born in Portsmouth, Virginia.

January 12, 1941: Long John Baldry, who recruited the likes of Elton John and Rod Steward for his band Bluesology, was born in East Haddon, Derbyshire, England.

January 12, 1944: Cynthia Robinson, singer and trumpet player for Sly & The Family Stone, was born in Sacramento, California.

January 12, 1955: NRBQ drummer Tommy Ardolino was born in Springfield, Massachusetts.

And that’s it from the college, people! Be back soon with the line-up!

Getting a Jump on The Trivia of The Day In The College of Rock n’ Roll Knowledge: 1/7/2021

Good Morning, Students of Music Trivia! It’s always so much less stressful when I get a jump on thing, not always possible, I might add.

Aaron Neville had the first #1 song of 1967 with “Tell It Like It Is.”

Here’s today’s lesson, kids:

January 7, 1954: Muddy Waters recorded Hoochie Coochie Man.

January 7, 1955: Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & The Comets debuted on the UK charts.

January 7, 1964: Bluesman Long John Baldry forms The Hoochie Coochie Men.

Also on this day, The Beatles recorded for the BBC program Saturday Club, singing Chuck Berry’s Johnny B. Goode, along with All My Loving, Money, I Want to Hold Your Hand and three other songs. It was their third appearance on the show.

January 7, 1967: The Doors and The Young Rascals played the second of two nights at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco.

Also on this day, Aaron Neville had the first #1 song of the new year with Tell It Like It Is, undoubtedly one of my favorite songs ever.

January 7, 1970: Fleetwood Mac started a five-night stint at The Whiskey A Go Go on Sunset Strip.

January 7, 1978: Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours album, which was already #1 for 29 weeks, returns to #1 after 46 weeks of release.

January 7, 1980: Led Zeppelin’s In Through The Out Door is certified Platinum. It is the final album John Bonham appears on before his death.

January 7, 1981: The Eagles Live is certified Platinum. In spite of that, it will be 13 years before their next album is released.

Born On This Day

January 7, 1948: Kenny Loggins was born on this day in Everett, Washington.

And that is it. We are done here, and will return with today’s line-up shortly. (It really is tomorrow’s line-up today.)