It’s Full-Blown Tuesday Bluesday With Our Big, Bad Blues EP, ‘Live’ Tedeschi Trucks & Paul Butterfield With the AOW, August 22, 2023

Good morning, bluesologists and welcome back to another Tuesday Bluesday. Today it’s the trifecta of da blues, not an every Tuesday occurrence!

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

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

This is our big, bad, all-encompassing blues EP that brings you the finest in blues across the board with Delbert McClinton, B. B. King, Little Walter, Slim Harpo, Ry Cooder, Canned Heat, Koko Taylor, John Lee Hooker, The Animals, Albert King, Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters, Little Feat, Bonnie Raitt, The Yardbirds, Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones, Bobby “Blue” Bland, The Allman Brothers Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Elmore James, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Robert Cray Band, J. J. Cale, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, James Cotton, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Marcia Ball, Susan Tedeschi, Roomful of Blues, Howlin’ Wolf, Tracy Nelson, Linda Ronstadt, Robert Johnson and more!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: North South by Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Paul Butterfield and his bandmates take their second turn with our Album of The Week.

7:00 p.m. Tedeschi-Trucks Band Live at The Fox Theatre, Oakland, CA, Recorded Live September 8 & 9, 2016

Undoubtedly the biggest, baddest electric blues band around with the finest lead guitarist in Derek Trucks and the perfect front woman in Boston’s own Susan Tedeschi. They’re coming to Boston in September. If I were still doing big venues (which I’m not), I’d be there for sure. If you’re still into big venues, don’t miss them. Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real is the opening act and they don’t suck either.

Tuesday Bluesday is always a full house. We have Japan, Spain, the UK, Italy, Greece, The Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Germany, Texas, Maine, and Cali on already. Join us. We’re on 24/7 and we’re totally free of advertising. No joining fees. No credit card required.

Monday Brings Us ‘More Cowbell, Please’, Stephen Stills & Manassas Live in Amsterdam and ‘The Soul Men’, August 21, 2023

Good morning, musicologists! Hope you’re holding up under the threat of Monday! But we’ll make it better with this great music we’ve got waiting for you. Read on for details!

Here’s your Monday, Monday lineup:

10:00 a.m. More Cowbell, Please: Various Artists

Who knew there were so many great songs with cowbell? This is nearly an EP it’s so good. You’ll hear The Beatles, Argent, The Alan Parsons Project, Blind Faith, Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Dolly Parton, Edgar Winter, The Eagles, Grateful Dead, Harry Nilsson, The James Gang, Journey, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Linda Ronstadt, The Move, The Pretenders, Steely Dan, Sam & Dave, The Turtles, Warren Zevon, Little Feat and more!

3:00 p.m. Stephen Stills & Manassas Live at The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March 22, 1972

Stephen Stills is truly a musical genius and his lengthy career has shown it. We’ve heard all of his detractors. Yes, he’s a bit of a control freak. Today we give you Stills with his band Manassas.

9:00 a.m. The Soul Men, Volume 1: Various Artists

The soul men are in to close out the evening tonight with Ray Charles, Ben E. King, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, Fats Domino, Slim Harpo, The Temptations, Al Green, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and more!

What better way to start a Monday than with great music? There isn’t one. Join your friends from Portugal, Greece, Spain, Japan, Russian Federation, The Netherlands, Finland, the UK, France, Italy, Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, California and points beyond.

It’s Tuesday Bluesday Here With Our ‘Best Of Louisiana Blues’ EP and B. B. King In the Spotlight Later, August 15, 2023

Good mornng, bluesologists, and welcome to Tuesday Bluesday. Today we take a trip to the Bayou and beyond and get us some B. B. King later. In between, it’s our Album of The Week by The Kinks.

Here’s your bluesical lineup:

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

Take a trip with me to New Orleans and hear Ray Charles, Lillian Glinn, Slim Harpo, Fats Domino, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Rodney Harris, Roosevelt Sykes, Shirley & Lee, Ray Brown, Papa Lightfoot, Guitar Slim, Annie Laurie, Fats Matthews, Big Joe Turner, Big Boy Myles, Little Walter, Mary Butler, Erline Harris, Marcia Ball, Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Professor Longhair, The Neville Brothers, Irma Thomas, Dave Bartholomew and more!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Give The People What They Want by The Kinks

It’s the second airing of our Kinks Album of The Week. Although considered “unremarkable” by the critics (who listens to them anyway?) it spawned three single releases.

7:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of B. B. King

One of the giants of The Blues is back, along with his sidekick Lucille, for your listening pleasure. Been a while since we aired this one.

Before, in between and after our programming we run 24/7 on our big, wide Open Stream. While I’m working today, The Music Mermaid will be in charge. She’s go timpeccable taste in music, as you well know by now.

Midweek Brings Our ‘What’s In a Name’ EP, Buddy Holly as Our Singer-Songwriter and Our ‘Money, Honey’ Playlist Later, Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Good morning, musicologists! We’ve got a great midweek lineup today starting with our ‘What’s In a Name’ EP! But there’s more, so read on for details!

Here’s your midweek lineup:

9:00 a.m. What’s In a Name: Various Artists

What’s in a name? Some people say a lot. Others say names mean nothing. But the music world has certainly made plenty of music about names. You’ll hear Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Them, Janis Joplin, Simon & Garfunkel, Steve Winwood, Bonnie Raitt, Shawn Colvin, Carly Simon, Warren Zevon, Laura Nyro, Bobbie Gentry, the Kinks, Three Dog Night, The Association, Joni Mitchell, Badfinger, Linda Ronstadt, Steely Dan, Chi Coltrane, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, James Tayor, Tony Joe White and more!

4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly is back for another spin as our featured singer-songwriter for this week.

8:00 p.m. Money, Honey: Various Artists

We close out the programming with songs about money, lots of it or the lack of it, from Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Guess Who, Randy Newman, Barrett Strong, The Kinks, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Tom Waits, The Byrds, Slim Harpo, J.J. Cale, J. Geils Band, Joni Mitchell, Pink Floyd, Albert King and more!

We’re at midweek and it’s all downhill to the weekend from here. We’ve got some great stuff lined up to help get you there. We’re on 24/7, totally free of charge, and without commercial interruption.

It’s Tuesday Bluesday With Our Big, Bad Blues EP, Our AOW, and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Sing the Blues, July 25, 2023

Good morning, bluesologists and welcome to another Tuesday Bluesday. Today we kick it off with our biggest, widest and baddest blues EP and close it out with TPATH singing the blues later. In between, it’s Alison Krauss & Union Station with our AOW.

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

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

We’ve got our biggest, baddest blues EP today with Delbert McClinton, 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, The Rolling Stones, Bobby “Blue” Bland, The Allman Brothers Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Elmore James, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Robert Cray Band, J. J. Cale, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, James Cotton, Koko Taylor, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Marcia Ball, Duane Allman, Susan Tedeschi, Roomful of Blues, Howlin’ Wolf, Tracy Nelson, Linda Ronstadt and more.

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Lonely Runs Both Ways by Alison Krauss & Union Station

Today is the second spin of this great three-time Grammy winning album.

7:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Sing The Blues

Tom Petty once said he envisioned his band as a bunch of old men sitting around in chairs playing the blues. He never made it that far, but he and his band mates certainly paid credible homage to the genre over the years. Tonight we give you one of our favorite playlists.

Tuesday Bluesday is always a live one in The Mermaid Lounge with a worldwide audience for most of the day. Be one of them. We’re on 24/7 and we’re totally free…and we’re also free of commercial advertising.

It’s Tuesday Bluesday With ‘The Best of Louisiana Blues’ EP, Our AOW, and Stevie Ray Vaughan Live in Austin, July 18, 2023

Good morning, bluesologists! We start off Tuesday Bluesday with our ‘Best of Louisiana Blues’ EP this morning and ‘live’ Stevie Ray Vaughan closes it out. In between, The Young Rascals drop by with their Album of The Week.

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

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

Come on down to Louisiana and hear Ray Charles, Lillian Glinn, Slim Harpo, Fats Domino, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Rodney Harris, Roosevelt Sykes, Shirley & Lee, Ray Brown, Papa Lightfoot, Guitar Slim, Annie Laurie, Fats Matthews, Big Joe Turner, Big Boy Myles, Little Walter, Mary Butler, Erline Harris, Marcia Ball, Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Professor Longhair, The Neville Brothers, Irma Thomas, Dave Bartholomew and more!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Groovin’ by The Young Rascals

The Young Rascals take their second turn with their Album of The Week, an album that spawned eight single releases with the title track hitting number one in the U.S.

7:00 p.m. Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at The Austin Opera House, Austin, Texas, April 15, 1985

Stevie Ray Vaughan is arguably still the best blues guitarist on the planet years after his passing, and he delivers with this live performance from the Austin Opera House.

Hey, it’s Tuesday Bluesday and it’s always a full house in The Mermaid Lounge. Today we kick it off with five hours of uninterrupted Lousiana blues, so why not make this the day you join us?

It’s Tuesday Bluesday With Our Big, Bad Blues EP, Our AOW, and Big Mama Thornton with Muddy Waters Later on May 16, 2023

We have a great Tuesday Bluesday lineup for you today in The Mermaid Lounge starting with our all-encompassing, multi-artist blues EP! That’s five hours uninterrupted.

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

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

It’s the big one today with a lot of different artists, from those who birthed the blues to those who dabble, including Delbert McClinton, 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, The Rolling Stones, Bobby “Blue” Bland, The Allman Brothers Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Elmore James, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Robert Cray Band, J.J. Cale, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, James Cotton, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Koko Taylor, Marcia Ball, Duane Allman, Susan Tedeschi, Tedeschi-Trucks Band, Roomful of Blues, Howlin’ Wolf, Tracy Nelson, Linda Ronstadt and more!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Pieces of The Sky by Emmylou Harris

The second airing of this great second studio album by Emmylou Harris.

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

Two giants of the blues together in one fine session. This is a great way to close out today’s programming.

Tuesday Bluesday is always a popular day here in The Lounge, so why not join in! We are totally free, no strings, no lies. Come see for yourself.

Tuesday Bluesday Brings ‘TheBest of Louisiana Blues’ EP and Janis Joplin ‘Live’ at The Fillmore East; in Between, We’ve Got Mudcrutch with the AOW, May 9, 2023

Welcome to another Tuesday Bluesday in The Mermaid Lounge and today we kick off our programming with a fine Louisiana blues EP!

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

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

We begin the day in Louisiana with Ray Charles, Lillian Glinn, Slim Harpo, Fats Domino, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Rodney Harris, Roosevelt Sykes, Shirley & Lee, Ray Brown, Papa Lightfoot, Guitar Slim, Annie Laurie, Fats Matthews, Big Joe Turner, Big Boy Myles, Little Walter, Mary Butler, Erline Harris, Marcia Ball, Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Professor Longhair, The Neville Brothers, Irma Thomas, Dave Bartholomew and more!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Mudcrutch by Mudcrutch

The band finally released their first album 32 years after arriving in L.A. Disbanded by the record company, Petty formed The Heartbreakers. In 2008, he reformed Mudcrutch with the original members and released this great album. They also took to the road.

7:00 p.m. Janis Joplin Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, February 12, 1969

We close out the blues programming with our queen of blues-rock live from The Fillmore East in New York.

Tuesday Bluesday is always a popular day here. We hope you’ll choose to join us today if you’ve never been here before. We’re on 24/7 (not just when we have programming but all day and night) and we’re free of charge. Even better, we give you music uninterrupted by commercial advertising!

Happy Tuesday Bluesday! We’ve Got Trifectas to Start Each Hour, Our AOW, and ‘Live’ John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers Later On, April 25, 2023

Good morning, bluesologists! Today we’ve got an Open Stream day with blues trifectas to kick off each hour from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and The Bluesbreakers live from the BBC this evening. In between, it’s our AOW.

Here’s your bluesday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Blues Trifectas on The Hour!

Until 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. You’ll hear from Koko Taylor, B.B. King, Slim Harpo, Caned Heat, John Lee Hooker, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Janis Joplin, in that order. We’ll repeat later to take you into the wee hours of the morning.

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Karla Bonoff by Karla Bonoff

This is the second airing of our Album of The Week by singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff.

7:00 p.m. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers Live at the BBC, London (1965-1967)

This evening we’ve got a collection of live recordings from 1965 through 1967 of John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers performing live at BBC studios. Mayall has rightfully earned the title of “Godfather of the British Blues” and has been influential for six decades. He has retired from the road now, but is still alive and kicking at 89.

Tuesday Bluesday is always a great day to tune us in, but we want you to know that we don’t play the blues only on Tuesdays. It’s part of our standard rotation and is part of our DNA. We’re on 24/7, we’re totally free, and uninterrupted by commercial advertising. Every day.

It’s Tuesday Bluesday With Our ‘Best of Louisiana Blues’ EP, Our AOW and ‘Live’ Robert Cray Band Later, April 11, 2023

Good morning, bluesologists! We have another Tuesday Bluesday on tap here in The Lounge and we kick it off with five hours of uninterrupted blues from Louisiana!

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

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

There’s nothing like music from Louisiana. It has its own style, and that includes da blues. You’ll hear Ray Charles, Lillian Glinn, Slim Harpo, Fats Domino, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Rodney Harris, Roosevelt Sykes, Shirley & Lee, Roy Brown, Papa Lightfoot, Guitar Slim, Annie Laurie, Fats Matthews, Big Joe Turner, Big Boy Myles, Little Walter, Mary Butler, Erline Harris, Marcia Ball, Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Professor Longhair, The Neville Brothers, Irma Thomas, Dave Bartholomew and more!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: No Dice by Badfinger

We take just a slight break in the blues programming to give you the second airing of our Album of The Week, the album that put Badfinger on the map.

The Robert Cray Band Live at The Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA, December 2, 1995 NEW!

A live performance by Barack Obama’s favorite bluesman and his band billed as the 10th Annual Concert for Kids and broadcast on KFOG-FM closes out our blues programming for today.

It’s always a busy day on Tuesday Bluesday as we already have folks from Ireland, Greece, Italy, the UK, France, Australia, Spain, Portugal, Norway, The Netherlands and point beyond tuned in. Why not join them?