Good morning, music lovers! October 20 would have been the 75th birthday of one of the greatest musical masters of rock and roll, Tom Petty. Today we celebrate his day with his Top 100 songs, then we’re on big wide Open Stream until tomorrow morning.
Here’s your midweek musical lineup:
10:00 a.m. Tom Petty’s Top 100 Songs
We give you our Top 100 from Tom’s years as leader of The Heartbreakers, with his first band, Mudcrutch, with The Traveling Wilburys, and as a solo artist. This is over six hours of Tom Petty’s music encompassing his 40-year career.
That’s it for today. This is Dr. Petty’s day. Before and after, we give you our big, wide Open Stream until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. Just hit the button below.
We jump into the programming with our ‘Travelin’ Fever’ multi-artist EP, the it’s on to The Who and some live Stephen Stills!
Here’s your Thursday lineup:
9:00 a.m. Travelin’ Fever: Various Artists
We start out with music about hitting the road with Canned Heat, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Steve Miller Band, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Dan Fogelberg, Bruce Springsteen, Linda Ronstadt, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Eagles, Paul McCartney & Wings, Little Feat, The Band, Willie Nelson, Edwin Starr, Janis Joplin, Guy Clark, The Byrds, Asleep At The Wheel, Mudcrutch, The Traveling Wilburys, Tom Rush, Buffalo Springfield, The Beatles, The Guess Who and more!
4:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of The Who
Surely one of the biggest and most influential bands in all of music during the sixties and seventies. We’ve got them ‘In the Spotlight’ this afternoon.
8:00 p.m. Stephen Stills Live at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, UK, October 20, 2008
We close out the programming with the legendary Stephen Stills in a solo performance at Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London.
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Good morning, psychedelic music lovers. We have what you crave today as we open up with five hours of psychedelic music. Then it’s on to Tom Petty and Norah Jones!
Here’s your midweek musical lineup:
9:00 a.m. The Psychedelic Express: Various Artists
Did you know that Paperback Writer is considered the precursor to the psychedelic music genre? In additon to The Beatles, you’ll hear Vanilla Fudge, The Chambers Brothers, The Electric Prunes, Jefferson Airplane, The Animals, 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, Fleetwood Mac, The Who, Canned Heat, Yes, Electric Light Orchestra, Tommy James & The Shondells, Mudcrutch, Blind Faith, the Grateful Dead, Velvet Underground, Big Brother & The Holding Company, and more!
4:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Tom Petty
It’s an all-expansive career ‘Spotlight’ here with Petty’s music with Mudcrutch, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Traveling Wilburys, and his solo career.
8:00 p.m. Norah Jones & The Handsome Band Live at Stubb’s Bar-B-Q, Austin, TX, June 14, 2007 NEW!
We’ve got a brand new live performance from Norah Jones to close out the day’s programming.
I’m on the run this morning. It’s truck day in Hardware Hell today, and I’m in the pain zone as the manager is on vacation. But hey, here in The Lounge, the living will be easy. See for yourselves. Just hit the button below!
Good morning from The Mermaid Lounge, and welcome to Finally Friday! We’ve got a great lineup that includes The Heartbreakers 1993 live performance at home in Gainesville, a playlist about heaven and hell, and a Four Tops ‘Spotlight’ feature!
Here’s your finally Friday lineup:
10:00 a.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live at The Stephen C. O’ Connell Center, Gainesville, FL, November 4, 1993
We open it up with a great concert from The Heartbreakers at home in Gainesville, vintage 1993. The band at home was always a massive event, and this one is no exception. It’s got an impressive collection of music.
4:00 p.m. Between Heaven and Hell: Various Artists
It’s not an EP, but it’s a great playlist with songs about heaven and hell from The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Steve Winwood, Pink Floyd, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Byrds, Emmylou Harris, The Rolling Stones, Roberta Flack, John Lee Hooker, Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings, Fats Domino, Mudcrutch, Bruce Hornsby, Elvis Presley, and more!
8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of The Four Tops
We close it out with one of the bands that played an instrumental part of putting Motown on the musical map.
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It’s midweek and we start out with songs about being on the road, then it’s a John Prine ‘Spotlight’ feature, and Linda Ronstadt live at The Calderone Concert Hall in Hempstead.
Here’s your midweek musical lineup:
9:00 a.m. Travelin’ Fever: Various Artists
We kick it off with songs about traveling from Canned Heat, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Steve Miller Band, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, Bruce Springsteen, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Eagles, Janis Joplin, Paul McCartney & Wings, Willie Nelson, Little Feat, Edwin Starr, Guy Clark, The Byrds, Asleep at The Wheel, Mudcrutch, The Traveling Wilburys, Tom Rush, Buffalo Springfield, The Guess Who and more!
4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of John Prine
Singer-songwriter extraordinaire steps into the spotlight at 4:00 p.m. John Prine was a man with vision who could deliver a message, sometimes with tongue-in-cheek. One of the most incredible songwriters on the planet.
8:00 p.m. Linda Ronstadt Live at The Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, NY, January 29, 1975
We close it out with the GOAT here. Early Linda Ronstadt in a performance from The Calderone Concert Hall just a couple of months after releasing Heart Like A Wheel, her breakthrough album.
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Good morning, weekenders! It’s another eclectic music day in The Mermaid Lounge and we kick it off with the ladies large and in charge, followed by live Mudcrutch and then Pink Floyd to close out the programming!
Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:
9:00 a.m. Ladies Day Out: Various Artists
There’s no other Internet or airwave station that plays the ladies like us. Most give begrudgingly give them a venue once in a while, and then only a select few. Not here. We give you five solid hours from Linda Ronstadt, Norah Jones, Dolly Parton, Carly Simon, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Valerie Carter, Carole King, Aretha Franklin, Irma Thomas, Ann Peebles, Dusty Springfield, Lulu, Petula Clark, Etta James, Carla Thomas, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Shirelles, Nina Simone, Phoebe Snow, Maria Muldaur, and more!
4:00 p.m. Mudcrutch Live at The Fonda Theater, Los Angeles, CA, June 20, 2016
Tom Petty’s “other” band. This is the band that he left Gainesville with, and the band which eventually morphed into The Heartbreakers. In 2008, he would revive the original band and they went on to become part of his legend. Today they’re live from The Fonda Theater.
8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Pink Floyd
Tonight we close the programming with a little bit of the avante-garde, as Pink Floyd combines psychedelic and progressive rock to close out the evening.
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Happy Monday, working class! It has been rainy for days here in the Boston area, but it’s just fine here in The Mermaid Lounge as we bring you some great programming today, including a brand new playlist of Paul (McCartney) & Elvis (Costello) music!
Here’s your Monday, Monday lineup:
10:00 a.m. By The Numbers: Various Artists
We open up the day with a playlist of songs with numbers in the title, lyrics or both with Three Dog Night, Chicago, Mudcrutch, J.J. Cale, James Taylor, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Alice Cooper, Rosanne Cash, Shawn Colvin, Wilson Pickett, Johnny Rivers, Emmylou Harris, The Grass Roots, Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, John Lennon, Prince and more.
4:00 p.m. BeauSoleil Live at The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, March 24, 2007
BeauSoleil happens to be one of the premier, if not the premier, Cajun/Zydeco Band in the world. Today we’ve got them live from Williamstown, Massachusetts.
8:00 p.m. Paul & Elvis: The Collaboration NEW!
That’s McCartney and Costello, who formed a musical alliance in 1987 and produced a series of fantastic songs later used on each other’s albums. Today we have the results of that alliance, along with one memorable live performance of The Beatles’ One After 909, recorded at St. James Palace in London on March 23, 1995. (Costello is a noted Beatles fan.)
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Good morning, musicologists, and welcome to the cusp of the weekend once again. Today it’s a bunch of big, wide Open Stream and some excellent programs starting with songs about my favorite color.
Here’s your Friday musical lineup:
10:00 a.m. All About Blue: Various Artists
This is shorter than our EP’s for sure but will give you a little over of two hours of Open Stream with a Theme from Mudcrutch, The Allman Brothers Band, Taj Mahal, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Electric Light Orchestra, The Band, Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, Badfinger, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Jonathan Edwards, Linda Ronstadt and more!
4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of The Temptations
This afternoon it’s one of the bands that put Motown on the map and also invented the psychedelic soul genre with their album, Cloud Nine.
8:00 p.m. Linda Ronstadt Live at The Universal Amphitheater, Universal City, CA, October 3, 1977
Ronstadt just as she was busting out and becoming the undisputed Queen of Rock (and she still is in our book). During her hey day, she played a 20-night residency there.
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I have a rare working Monday, but it is what it is. In spite of that, The Music Mermaid is ready to rock n’ roll here. We should report here that one of our house bands, some guys called The Beatles, took home two Grammys last night, 55 years after breaking up. We’ll be celebrating them midweek.
Here’s your Monday, Monday lineup:
9:00 a.m. Travelin’ Fever: Various Artists
We start with songs about life on the road with Canned Heat, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Steve Miller Band, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Dan Fogelberg, Bruce Springsteen, Linda Ronstadt, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Paul McCartney & Wings, The Eagles, Little Feat, The Band, Willie Nelson, Edwin Starr, Janis Joplin, Guy Clark, The Byrds, Asleep At The Wheels, Mudcrutch, The Traveling Wilburys, Tom Rush, Buffalo Springfield, The Guess Who and more!
4:00 p.m. John Prine Live at The Fifth Peg, Chicago, IL, November ?, 1970 NEW!
This is one of those rare performances for which we cannot pinpoint a date. The back story is fascinating. John Prine, a true American treasure, was originally a mailman who performed a few nights a week at various locations around the Chicago area. One of those venues was The Fifth Peg. On this night, a young Roger Ebert sat in on one of his performances. The rest, as they say, is musical history. This eventually resulted in an album called The Singing Mailman Delivers, and we include Ebert’s 2013 review along with his memories of the performance captured for the album.
8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Ian & Sylvia
We close out the evening with a ‘Spotlight’ segment on Ian & Sylvia, a Canadian folk duo who eventually helped create the country-rock sound after moving to Nashville.
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Good morning once again, Weekenders and welcome to The Mermaid Lounge where we start the day off with a Leon Russell ‘Spotlight’ feature and move on from there!
Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:
9:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Leon Russell
The man’s career spanned 60 years and multiple genres, including rock n’ roll, country, bluegrass, gospel, rhythm n’ blues. Southern rock, blues rock, surf and the Tulsa sound. Today we put him in our ‘Spotlight’.
1:00 p.m. Travelin’ Fever: Various Artists
It’s Open Stream with a Theme starting early afternoon with Canned Heat, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Steve Miller Band, Bonnie Raitt, Dan Fogelberg, Bruce Springsteen, Linda Ronstadt, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Paul McCartney & Wings, The Eagles, Little Feat, The Band, Willie Nelson, Edwin Starr, Janis Joplin, Guy Clark, The Byrds, Asleep at The Wheel, Mudcrutch, The Traveling Wilburys, Tom Rush, Buffalo Springfield, The Guess Who and more.
8:00 p.m. The Allman Brothers Band Live at Macon City Auditorium, Macon, Georgia, February 11, 1972
The Brothers air it out tonight from the Macon City Auditorium as only they can.
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