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On Monday It’s Songs About Water, Van Morrison Live in Belfast, and The Lost Tapes of Valerie Carter, October 20, 2025

Good morning, music lovers and welcome to the start of another work week! We’ve got a great start to your week today indeed!

Here’s your Monday, Monday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Water, Water Everywhere: Various Artists

Songs about water in all its forms from Paul McCartney, Deep Purple, Joe Cocker, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Otis Redding, The Doobie Brothers, Valerie Carter, Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Al Green, Loggins & Messina, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Linda Ronstadt, Spirit, Bonnie Raitt, The Grass Roots, Carole King, Tom Rush, Donovan, Johnny Rivers and more!

4:00 p.m. Van Morrison Live at The Grand Opera House, Belfast, N. Ireland, March 11-12, 1983

We spend some time this afternoon with Van the Man who never disappoints in a live setting, even if he is a horse’s ass as a human being.

8:00 p.m. Valerie Carter: The Lost Tapes, Volumes One & Two

We close with a great collection of songs from the late, great Valerie Carter, released after her death. Some are collaborations with artists like Prince and Linda Ronstadt. The songs were pulled together by her sister, Jan Carter, and longtime friend Kathy Kurasch.

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On Monday, Monday It’s ‘Drivin’ Songs,’ Live Wailers, and a Bee Gees ‘Spotlight’ Feature, September 15, 2025

Welcome back to the work week, rockologists! We start the work week with songs that are great to drive to, the non-disco Bee Gees ‘In the Spotlight’ and live Bob Marley & The Wailers.

Here’s your Monday, Monday lineup:

10:00 a.m. Drivin’ Songs: Various Artists

Not songs about going places, but songs that are great listen to while driving from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, The Doobie Brothers, Bruce Springsteen, The Allman Brothers Band, The Grateful Dead, The Eagles, Deep Purple, The Byrds, Mudcrutch, and more! If you’ve got a two-hour trip coming up, this is the playlist for you!

4:00 p.m. Bob Marley & The Wailers Live at The Beacon Theater, New York, NY, May 1, 1976

This afternoon, we have The Legend playing at an iconic venue.

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

Don’t get alarmed. This is all PRE-Saturday Night Fever. We celebrate the innovative rock band that was shelved in favor of making more money than they already were making. Too much is never enough.

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On Saturday It’s ‘Three Part Harmonies,’ Live Neil Young, and a Joni Mitchell ‘Spotlight’ Feature, September 13, 2025

Good morning, weekenders! Today we’ve got a great lineup with our ‘Three Part Harmonies’ EP, some live acoustic Neil Young, and a Joni Mitchell ‘Spotlight.’

Here’s your Saturday musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Three Part Harmonies: Various Artists

Some of the greatest three part harmonies came from The Beatles, The Mamas & Papas, and CSNY, but there were others: The Marshall Tucker Band, The Who, T. Rex, The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads, Buffalo Springfield, The Zombies, The Doobie Brothers, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Band, The Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Allman Brothers Band, Boston, Steely Dan, and more!

4:00 p.m. Neil Young Live at The Dorothy Chandler Pavillion, Los Angeles, CA, February 1, 1971 NEW!

Neil Young drops by this afternoon with a fantastic solo acoustic performance at an iconic venue.

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

We close it out with a ‘Spotlight’ featuring the career-expansive music of the legendary Joni Mitchell.

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It’s Sunday Funday With The Beatles, The All-Girl Revue, and ‘Three-Part Harmonies,’ On August 10, 2025

Good morning, music lovers! It’s a great day today with a great opening set, followed by two more great sets. So, read on for all the details!

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

10:00 a.m. The Beatles: Songs With Character(s)

Yep. That’s what it’s all about. Songs with characters like Bungalow Bill, Prudence Farrow (a real person; Mia’s sister), a deceased woman named Eleanor, the man in the mack, a barber, a woman they called Lady Madonna, a psychopath who wielded a silver hammer, and plenty more. This is a great playlist.

2:00 p.m. The All-Girl Revue, Volume Three: Various Artists

We’re back with the ladies, albeit a shorter list. We’ve got Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Melanie, Aretha Franklin, Shawn Colvin, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Emmylou Harris, Judy Collins, Bonnie Raitt, Phoebe Snow, Linda Ronstadt, Wendy Waldman, Valerie Carter, and more!

6:00 p.m. Three-Part Harmonies: Various Artists

We love this EP and we’re going to take you into the late hours tonight with The Beatles, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Mamas & Papas, The Who, T. Rex, The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Buffalo Springfield, The Zombies, The Doobie Brothers, The Band, The Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Allman Brothers Band, Yes, Queen, Boston, Jefferson Airplane, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner, Paul McCartney & Wings, The Pretenders, Chicago, and more!

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We’re at Midweek With Songs About Water, Live Ry Cooder, and Larkin Poe ‘In The Spotlight’, On Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Good morning, music lovers! We’re at the midweek point, and that means tomorrow we’ll be on the downslide to the weekend once again! We’ve got a fine lineup today starting with our ‘Water, Water Everywhere’ EP. It’s Open Stream with a theme!

Here’s your midweek lineup:

9:00 a.m. Water, Water Everywhere: Various Artists

We’ve got a bunch of artists today talking about the earth’s most plentiful element, including Paul McCartney, Deep Purple, Joe Cocker, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Otis Redding, The Doobie Brothers, Valerie Carter, Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Van Morrison, The Beach Boys, Al Green, Loggins & Messina, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Linda Ronstadt, Spirit, Bonnie Raitt, The Grass Roots, Carole King, Tom Rush, Donovan, America, Johnny Rivers and more!

4:00 p.m. Ry Cooder Live at The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, July 7, 1974

This afternoon it’s the legendary Ry Cooder, Linda Ronstadt’s favorite guitarist and an amazing songwriter, singing and playing for us from The Record Plant.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Larkin Poe

We close out the midweek programming with a great roots rock sister act which started out in Georgia but is now based in Nashville. If you haven’t been paying attention, now is your chance!

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It’s Sunday Funday With Songs About Water, Dr. John Live at The Lone Star, and Ann Peebles ‘In The Spotlight’, April 13, 2025

Good morning, Weekenders! It’s Sunday and we’ve got some great stuff on tap today starting with ‘Water, Water Everywhere’, then moving on to a brand new Dr. John performance and Ann Peebles, a favorite of Dr. Tom Petty.

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Water, Water Everywhere: Various Artists

I’m not going to remind everyone that water makes up 71% of the earth’s surface. No sir. I’m going to tell you that you’ll hear the music of Paul McCartney, Deep Purple, Joe Cocker, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Otis Redding, The Doobie Brothers, Valerie Carter, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Al Green, Loggins & Messina, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Linda Ronstadt, Spirit, Bonnie Raitt, The Grass Roots, Carole King, Tom Rush, Donovan, America, Johnny Rivers and more!

4:00 p.m. Dr. John Live at The Lone Star Cafe, New York, NY, December 22 & 23, 1986 NEW!

We’ve got a new-to-the-station performance from the incredible Dr. John this afternoon live from The Lone Star Cafe!

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Ann Peebles

It should be no surprise that I’m a lover of Tom Petty’s Sirius XM Buried Treasure show. I would not have learned about the amazing Ann Peebles had I not been a devoted listener. If you don’t know her, you should. Tune in tonight and see for yourselves.

Here we are again on the weekend. The Orange Menace is golfing at Mar-a-Lardo, so it’s relatively quiet for another 24 hours. In the meantime, we’ve got music non-stop around the clock at no expense to you and without commercial interruption. The button is below.

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Thursday It’s Songs About Water, Blood, Sweat & Tears ‘In the Spotlight’, and The All-Girl Revue, March 13, 2025

Good morning, music lovers! Today we open with songs about water which, of course, makes The Music Mermaid happy. Then it’s ;pioneering band B,S&T and volume four of the All-Girl Revue!

Here’s Thursday’s musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Water, Water Everywhere: Various Artists

Water takes many forms, and the earth is 71% water, so there are plenty of songs about it in all its forms. You’ll hear Paul McCartney, Deep Purple, Joe Cocker, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Otis Redding, The Doobie Brothers, Valerie Carter, Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Al Green, Loggins & Messina, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Linda Ronstadt, Spirit, Bonnie Raitt, Carole King, The Grass Roots, Tom Rush, Donovan, America, Johnny Rivers, Van Morrison, The Beach Boys and more!

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

This band had two lives, thankfully, one under the great Al Kooper and another under David Clayton Thomas. Regardless who their leader was, they were a groundbreaking jazz-rock band and a great one at that.

8:00 p.m. The All-Girl Revue, Volume Four: Various Artists

Our celebration of Women’s Month continues with Carly Simon, Nicolette Larson, Joni Mitchell, Shawn Colvin, Carole King, Rosanne Cash, Linda Ronstadt, Lucinda Williams, Janis Joplin, Martha & The Vandellas, Emmylou Harris, Stevie Nicks, Valerie Carter and more!

Don’t make me say it over and over again. Just tune us in. You’ll see for yourself why this should be a routine for you…especially during these trying times. The button is below.

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Turkey Day Bring’s ‘Alice’s Restaurant’, Volume Two of Our ‘Sixties Rotation’ and Live Doobie Brothers, Thursday, November 28, 2024

Happy Turkey Day! I’m kind of on the run cooking and stuff, so no long words this morning.

Here’s what we’ve got:

9:00 a.m. Alice’s Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie

All 18:37 seconds start out the day.

12:00 p.m. The Sixties Rotation, Volume Two: Various Artists

This one covers the mid-to-late sixties. We’ll skip the artist names today.

8:00 p.m. The Doobie Brothers Live at Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN, October 8, 1975 NEW!

We close it out with a new live Doobie Brothers concert from 1975.

Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving today. Enjoy your families and friends and we’ll be back to normal tomorrow! The button is below.

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Welcome Weekenders! Songs About Water, a Tom Petty ‘Spotlight’ and Live Creedence Dominate On November 16, 2024

Good morning, weekenders and welcome to The Mermaid Lounge where the music is great and the living is easy. You just may need us to get through the next four years.

Here’s your Saturday music:

9:00 a.m. Water, Water Everywhere: Various Artists

Songs about water are back with Paul McCartney, Deep Purple, Joe Cocker, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Otis Redding, The Doobie Brothers, Valerie Carter, Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Al Green, Loggins & Messina, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Linda Ronstadt, Spirit, Bonnie Raitt, The Grass Roots, Carole King, Tom Rush, Donovan, America, Johnny Rivers and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Musical Journey of Tom Petty

We’ve got it all for you this afternoon, from Tom’s time leading The Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch, to the Traveling Wilburys and his solo career.

8:00 p.m. Creedence Clearwater Revival Live at The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, July 4, 1971

We close the programming out with one of the finest rock and roll bands of the sixties and seventies as CCR takes the stage at The Fillmore on Independence Day 1971.

Come on, folks. Let’s turn it on and turn it up. We’re at the weekend and we’re totally free…here at your desire. Just hit the button below and see for yourself. Tell your friends about us. We’re all about the music.

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Our New ‘Three Part Harmonies’ EP, a CSNY Spotlight, and Live Allman Brothers are On Tap, Friday, October 11, 2024

Good morning, music lovers! We’re on the case today with a brand new EP of songs that use three-part harmonies, some live Allman Brothers Band and a CSNY Spotlight feature.

Here’s your Friday musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Three Part Harmonies: Various Artists NEW!

We’ve got a brand new EP for you this morning of songs that employ three part harmonies. One of the things I noticed putting this together is just how many Beatle songs used it. In addition to The Beatles, you’ll hear Creedence Clearwater Revival, CSNY, The Beach Boys, Talking Heads, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Yes, The Band, Stevie Nicks, The Doobie Brothers, Queen, Paul McCartney & Wings, The Mamas & The Papas, The Allman Brothers Band, The Grateful Dead, The Who, Boston and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young

Speaking of three part harmonies, we have a band here that used it plenty. The second best supergroup (sorry, The Traveling Wilburys are first) on the planet is a back this afternoon.

8:00 p.m. The Allman Brothers Band Live at The Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, December 31, 1973

We haven’t spun this one for a while, so it’s high time we did! This is a great New Year’s Even show from the Brothers.

We’re at the cusp of the weekend and we’re here to get you over the finish line with some great music. We’re on the air 24/7, we’re free and we don’t air commercial advertising. The magic button is below.

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