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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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Thursday Brings The Pioneers of Rock n’Roll, an Elton John ‘Spotlight’ and Live Townes Van Zandt, February 13, 2025

Here we go, folks, headed for the weekend. We celebrate ‘The Founders’, give EJ a ‘Spotlight’ feature and live Townes Van Zandt!

Here’s your Thursday lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Founders: Various Artists

The artists that forged the birth of Rock n’ Roll are with us today, including Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner, Hank Williams, Bill Haley & His Comets, Ray Charles, The Drifters, Roy Orbison, Robert Johnson, Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Cash, Muddy Waters and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Elton John

I sat up and took notice as soon as I heard Your Song, to this day one of the most incredible songs ever recorded. His career has stood the test of time.

8:00 p.m. Townes Van Zandt Live at The Old Quarter, Houston, TX, July 20, 1973

Many say that Townes Van Zandt is the only songwriter who can be mentioned in the same breath as Bob Dylan. I don’t get into those discussions. There have been many great songwriters. Townes Van Zandt is truly one of the greats.

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It’s Friday and We’ve Got Chuck Berry, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, and ‘The Founders’ EP on January 17, 2025

Good morning, musicologists and welcome to Friday! We’ve got a lot of ‘founders’ in the mix today. Even The Heartbreakers contribution contains songs from the founders or rock and roll!

Here’s your Friday lineup:

10:00 a.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry was a true pioneer of rock n’ roll as we know it. John Lennon cited Berry as a hero and one of his main musical influences, stating “If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry.”

2:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: The Fillmore ’97 Covers

During The Heartbreakers legendary 20-night Fillmore residency, they surely covered many of ‘The Founders’ songs. The qualities that make TPATH a great rock and roll band also made them the greatest cover band. You’ll hear them cover songs by Little Richard, J.J. Cale, The Kinks, Booker T & The MGs, Chuck Berry, The Rolling Stones, The Grateful Dead, Them, Bo Diddley, Bill Withers, The Byrds, John Lee Hooker, Ricky Nelson and more!

5:00 p.m. The Founders: Various Artists

We have the founders themselves taking us into the night. You’ll hear Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner, Hank Williams, Bill Haley & His Comets, Ray Charles, The Drifters, Roy Orbison, Robert Johnson, Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Cash, Muddy Waters and more!

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We’re at Friday With Our ‘Looks Like Rain’ Playlist, Live ELO, and The Beatles ‘Songs With Character’, January 3, 2025

Good morning, musicologists! We’ve got a great set of programs for you today as we head to the weekend once again! Before, in between and after we’ve got our big, wide Open Stream running 24/7.

Here’s your Friday lineup:

10:00 a.m. Looks Like Rain: Various Artists

It’s not quite an EP, but there are a hell of a lot of songs about rain out there from artists like The Beatles, Poco, Gordon Lightfoot, The Everly Brothers, The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Carole King, Irma Thomas, Ann Peebles, The Eurythmics, Fats Domino, Led Zeppelin, Ray Charles, Warren Zevon, The Searchers, Taj Mahal, The Band, Traffic, Linda Ronstadt, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and more!

4:00 p.m. Electric Light Orchestra Live at Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, February 3, 1976

Jeff Lynne’s great ELO is live early on from Winterland.

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

Undoubtedly one of our favorite playlists with songs about the man in the mack, Lucy who flies around the skies with diamonds, a lonely woman named Eleanor Rigby, a dog named Martha, and a guy named Bungalow Bill. And that’s just for starters.

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On Thursday We Celebrate ‘The Founders’, Then The Band ‘In the Spotlight,’ and Live Dr. John, December 19, 2024

Good morning, music lovers! We are once again headed for the weekend! We’re starting the day with a tribute to the founders who pioneered rock and roll, then it’s The Band and live Dr. John.

Here’s your Thursday music:

9:00 a.m. The Founders: Various Artists

We start off with music from Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner, Hank Williams, Bill Haley & His Comets, Ray Charles, The Drifters, Roy Orbison, Robert Johnson, Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Cash, Muddy Waters and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of The Band

They started out as Bob Dylan’s back-up band and he referred to him as “The Band.” The name stuck, and they proceeded to become one of the greates and most influential music acts in popular music. A definite Mermaid Lounge favorite.

8:00 p.m. Dr. John Live at Ultrasonic Studios, Hempstead, NY, November 6, 1973

From Wikipedia, which says it best: Active as a session musician from the late 1950s until his death, he gained a following in the late 1960s after the release of his album Gris-Gris (1968) and his appearance at the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music (1970). He typically performed a lively, theatrical stage show inspired by medicine shows, Mardi Gras costumes, and voodoo ceremonies. Rebennack recorded thirty studio albums and nine live albums, as well as contributing to thousands of other musicians’ recordings. In 1973, he achieved a top-10 hit single with “Right Place, Wrong Time“. We simply love Dr. John here in The Mermaid Lounge.

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It’s ‘The Founders’ of Rock n’ Roll to Start the Week, including Buddy Holly, and Elvis Presley on Monday, November 25, 2024

Good morning, working folks! We’re starting the week by focusing on the founders of rock n’ roll; the musicians and bands that inspired the groundbreaking sounds of the sixties and seventies.

Here’s your Monday, Monday lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Founders: Various Artists

We start the day off with our big EP featuring the pioneers of rock n’ roll, including Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner, Hank Williams, Ray Charles, Bill Haley & His Comets, The Drifters, Roy Orbison, Robert Johnson, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Eddie Cochran, Muddy Waters and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Buddy Holly

Born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texas, Buddy Holly was a singer, songwriter and musician who became a central and groundbreaking pioneer in the mid-50s birth of rock and roll.

8:00 p.m. Elvis Presley: The Complete Sun Studio Recordings

Here in The Mermaid Lounge, we consider this the absolute best of Elvis’ long history of recordings. More than anything, Elvis made rock and roll accessible to everyone.

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At Midweek It’s Our Our ‘Original Sixties’ EP, Bob Dylan and Jefferson Ariplane, Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Good morning, music lovers. We’re deep into the Sixties music scene today and we’re starting our with five hours of uninterrupted music with our ‘Original Sixties’ Rotation EP!

Here’s your hippie dippie musical lineup:

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

We’re all about the sixties today with The Beatles, The Monkees, Sonny & Cher, Joe Cocker, Little Eva, Simon & Garfunkel, The Everly Brothers, Dusty Springfield, The Searchers, The Drifters, The Dave Clark Five, Johnny Rivers, Bob Dylan, The Animals, Petula Clark, The Four Tops, Fats Domino, The Rolling Stones, The Turtles, Del Shannon, James Brown, Fontella Bass, The Four Tops, Them and many more!

4:00 p.m. Bob Dylan Live at The Gaslight Cafe, Greenwich Village, New York, October 15, 1962

We have vintage Bob Dylan this afternoon with a 1962 concert worthy of a trip in the Wayback Machine. The Gaslight Cafe launched many a career during the great sixties folk revival centered in Greenwich Village.

8:00 p.m. The Jefferson Airplane Live at The Matrix Club, San Francisco, CA, February 1, 1968

We close out the programming with an iconic sixties band whose music helped propel the psychedelic music movement of the times.

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We’ve Got ‘The Founders’ EP, a Bobbie Gentry ‘Spotlight’ and Live Neil Young On Thursday, October 17, 2024

Good morning, music lovers everywhere! Today we open with ‘The Founders,’ paying tribute to the artists who inspired the bands and singers who inspired us to start this radio station. Got all that?

Here’s your musical history lesson:

9:00 a.m. The Founders: Various Artists

We pay tribute to the pioneers of rock and roll today, celebrating the music of Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner, Hank Williams, Bill Haley & His Comets, Ray Charles, The Drifters, Roy Orbison, Robert Johnson, Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, Muddy Waters, Johnny Cash and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Bobbie Gentry

This afternoon we give you a Spotlight feature from Bobbie Gentry, one of the most innovative artists of the sixties who was also a recluse at heart. She much preferred to write for others to sing, but then she released Ode To Billie Joe and exploded on the music scene. When she’d had enough, she simply faded away, leaving us a legacy of fantastic music.

8:00 p.m. Neil Young Live at Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, January 19, 1971

A Mermaid Lounge favorite gives us a concert from his homeland to close out the programming for Thursday.

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On Wednesday It’s ‘The Founders’ EP, Live Jimi Hendrix and Volume Three of The ‘All-Girl Revue’, September 18, 2024

Good morning, music lovers! Today we give respect to the founders of rock and roll, those who inspired the first generation of classic rock. Did I complicate that enough?

Here’s your midweek lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Founders: Various Artists

Okay, I’ve already over complicated this thing. You’ll hear Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner, Hank Williams, Bill Haley & The Comets, Ray Charles, The Drifters, Roy Orbison, Robert Johnson, Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Cash, Muddy Waters and more!

4:00 p.m. Jimi Hendrix Live at The Los Angeles Forum, Los Angeles, CA, April 26, 1969 NEW!

We give you a bit of new-to-the-station live Hendrix this afternoon, this one from the Forum.

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

We chill out with the ladies this evening, including Linda Ronstadt, Phoebe Snow, Carole King, Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt, Melanie, Dolly Parton, Shawn Colvin, Carly Simon, Valerie Carter, Wendy Waldman, Susan Tedeschi, Aretha Franklin and more!

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On Saturday We Spend Time With The Founders, Elvis Presley and Fats Domino as We Get Back, August 3, 2024

Good morning, musicologists! Today we spend some program time with the founders of rock n’ roll; the inspiration for those whose music inspired the station. We wouldn’t be here without them.

Here’s your musical history lesson:

9:00 a.m. The Founders: Various Artists

Take a trip back in time with the artists who inspired our artists, the founders of rock n’ roll. You’ll hear Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner, Hank Williams, Bill Haley & The Comets, Ray Charles, The Drifters, Roy Orbison, Robert Johnson, Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Cash, Muddy Waters and more!

4:00 p.m. Elvis Presley Live at Bloch Arena, Pearl Harbor, HI, March 25, 1961 NEW!

These are tough to come by, but we found an Elvis benefit concert for the USS Arizona, and jumped at the chance to get it. We have it for you this afternoon.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Fats Domino

Was anybody playing rock n’ roll before Fats Domino? I’m not actually sure, but I do know he was playing music that nobody had ever heard before. The man is one of the stalwarts of rock n’ roll, and tonight we put him In the Spotlight.

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