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Tuesday Bluesday Brings Our Big, Bad Blues EP, Our AOW, and ‘Live’ Albert Collins Later, February 27, 2024

Good morning, blues lovers and welcome to another Tuesday Bluesday here in The Mermaid Lounge. It’s always a full house here on Tuesday.

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

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

What do Robert Johnson, Bonnie Raitt, B.B. King, Ry Cooder, Susan Tedeschi and John Lee Hooker all have in common? They’re all part of this great playlist of blues artists. We even have artists who have paid homage to the blues, although they may not be considered pure “blues” artists, like Linda Ronstadt, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Canned Heat. Either way, it’s five hours of uninterrupted blues to kick off Tuesday Bluesday.

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Queen is back for their second spin with our Album of The Week, Sheer Heart Attack, the band’s third studio album and the one that put them on the map worldwide.

7:00 p.m. Albert Collins Live at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, December 26-28, 1969

We go into the Wayback Machine for this one, a great performance recorded during a three-night residency at the famed Fillmore West.

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It’s ‘The Best of Louisiana Blues’ EP, Our AOW, and ‘Live’ Paul Butterfield Blues Band on Tuesday Bluesday, January 16, 2024

Welcome to Tuesday Bluesday here in The Lounge where we begin our musical journey down in Louisiana and close it out at The Fillmore.

Here’s your musical lineup:

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

There are two main reasons to go to Louisiana. One is the food. The other is music. Today you’ll hear Ray Charles, Lillian Glinn, Slim Harpo, Ray Brown, Fats Domino, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Rodney Harris, Roosevelt Sykes, Shirley & Lee, Papa Lightfoot, Guitar Slim, Annie Laurie, Fats Matthews, Big Joe Turner, Big Boy Myles, Little Walter, Mary Butler, Erline Harris, Dave Bartholomew, Marcia Ball, Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Professor Longhair, The Neville Brothers, Irma Thomas and more.

4:00 p.m.  Album of The Week: Jesus Was A Capricorn by Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson is back for his second spin with the Album of The Week.

7:00 p.m.  Paul Butterfield Blues Band Live at The Fillmore, San Francisco, October 14, 1966

We’ve got one of the greatest live from the fabled Fillmore West to close out our Tuesday Bluesday programming today.

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Friday We’ve Got ’27 and Gone’ Along With Roger McGuinn’s Final Spin, and ‘Live’ Heartbreakers From The Fillmore, August 18, 2023

Good morning, weekenders! We are at the end of the work week and we are cooking with charcoal here in The Mermaid Lounge today. We’ve got a great lineup.

Here’s your musical lineup for Friday:

11:00 a.m. 27 and Gone: Various Artists

The infamous members of the 27 Club (musicians who died at the age of 27) come back with some haunting melodies today. You’ll hear Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Johnson, Amy Wnehouse, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan (The Gratefu Dead), Brian Jones (The Stones), Pete Ham (Badfinger) and more!

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

Roger McGuinn takes his final spin this afternoon as our featured singer-songwriter. Tomorrow, we’ll introduce a brand new musical genius!

8:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live at The Fillmore, San Francisco, March 15, 1999

This is not the band’s infamous 1997 20-night residency, but their trip through the Fillmore on the 1999 High Grass Dogs tour in support of Wildflowers. Not to be missed!

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27 and Gone!

We Start Off the Week With New Stone Poneys, Our ‘Seasons’ Playlist, and Live Hot Tuna, On Monday, August 7, 2023

Good morning, workers! A brand new week is upon is and we’ve got a brand new Stone Poneys playlist to start off the day, but it doesn’t end there! Read on for details!

Here’s your musical lineup:

11:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of The Stone Poneys NEW!

When Linda Ronstadt first left Tucson for LA to make music, she met Bobby Kimmel who proposed they start a band. Then came Kenny Edwards (who would become an integral part of her solo career band). Thus, The Stone Poneys were born. The rest, as they say, is musical history as Linda Ronstadt forged an amazing career that earned her the title ‘The Queen of Rock’ in a male-dominated world. These early days are often forgotten, but not here in The Mermaid Lounge as we give you a brand new Spotlight featuring her days as a Stone Poney.

3:00 p.m. Seasons: Various Artists

Yes, we are about to change seasons once again, so we think this is a good time to play this one since we’ve not heard it since the last snowfall. You’ll hear Bobbie Gentry, Janis Ian, Simon & Garfunkel, The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Byrds, Hoyt Axton, Sly & The Family Stone, John Prine, The Rolling Stones, Blood, Sweat & Tears, The Band, Nina Simone, The Kinks, The Zombies, Electric Light Orchestra, Jefferson Airplane, James Taylor and more!

7:00 p.m. Hot Tuna Live at The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, March 4, 1988

Closing out the programming on Monday is another Lounge favorite, Hot Tuna. This one is live from The Fillmore West.

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New Stone Poneys!

We’re at Midweek With the ‘Water, Water Everywhere’ EP, Townes Van Zandt, and ‘live’ Creedence Later, June 28, 2023

Good morning, music lovers! We’ve got a great lineup for your midweek experience today, starting off with our ‘Water, Water Everywhere’ multi-artist EP!

Here’s the midweek musical lineup:

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

I know I’ve give you all this factoid before, but the earth is composed of 71% water and it is a favorite topic of musicians in all of 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, The Grass Roots, The Beach Boys, Lindisfarne, Van Morrison, Bonnie Raitt, Carole King, Steely Dan, Tom Rush, Donovan, America, Johnny Rivers and more!

4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Townes Van Zandt

The second spin for Townes Van Zandt as our featured singer-songwriter, an artist whose musical talents have been compared to those of Bob Dylan.

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

As we approach the July 4th holiday, it’s only fitting that we play this great July 4th concert by CCR live from the iconic Fillmore in San Francisco.

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Water, Water Everywhere

It’s a Tuesday Bluesday Trifecta With Our Multi-Artist ‘Best of Louisiana Blues’ EP, Susan Tedeschi’s AOW, and ‘Live’ Paul Butterfield Blues Band Later, June 13, 2023

Good morning, bluesologists! We’ve got a trifecta going this Tuesday Bluesday as our AOW is also a blues album. Read on for all the details!

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

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

We kick the day off with some blues on The Bayou and beyond 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: Just Won’t Burn by Susan Tedeschi

The second airing of this great blues album by Boston-born and raised Susan Tedeschi earned her well-deserved comparisons to Janis Joplin and Bonnie Raitt.

7:00 p.m. Paul Butterfield Blues Band Live at The Fillmore, San Francisco, October 14, 1966

Some great sixties ‘live’ music from one of The Mermaid Lounge’s favorites closes out the blues programming for the day.

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Tuesday Bluesday

Friday Brings a Tribute to The Queens, Steve Winwood’s Final Turn as Our Featured Singer-Songwriter and Some ‘Live’ Byrds, April 14, 2023

Good morning, musicologists! We’ve made it to the end of the work week (for most) and we’ve got a great lineup for you today.

Here’s Friday’s musical lineup:

11:00 a.m. The Byrds Live at The Fillmore, San Francisco, February 7-8, 1969

The Byrds recorded live over a two-night stint at the historic Fillmore West.

3:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Steve Winwood FINAL AIRING!

This is our farewell airing to Steve Winwood as our featured Singer-Songwriter for this week. Tomorrow we will introduce a brand new artist, and we’re sure you’re going to love her.

7:00 p.m. Long Live The Queens: Various Artists

We haven’t heard this one in a while, and it’s time. We pay tribute to Linda Ronstadt, the Queen of Rock, Aretha Franklin, the undisputed Queen of Soul, Irma Thomas, the Soul Queen of New Orleans, and Koko Taylor, Queen of The Blues. Don’t miss it.

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Long Live The Queens!

We’re Heading Toward The Weekend With Our ‘Color My World’ EP, Our AOW, and Volume Two of The Hearbreakers at The Fillmore, Thursday, February 2, 2023

Good morning, musicologists! We’re back with more great music as we are on the downslide to the weekend! We keep on with our time travel back to the Heartbreakers’ 20-night residency at The Fillmore a bit later on, but we start with our EP about all kinds of colors in the title, lyrics or both!

Here’s your musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Color My World: Various Artists

There’s nothing quite like color, and we’ve got colors of all kinds in these song in the title, lyrics or both. You’ll hear Linda Ronstadt, Valerie Carter, The Kinks, The Beatles, The Traveling Wilburys, Jonathan Edwards, George Harrison, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, John Hiatt, Joni Mitchell, Badfinger, Donovan, Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder, Elton John, Procol Harum, Electric Light Orchestra, Amy Winehouse, The Who, Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Sam & Dave, Jefferson Airplane, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, The Hollies, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Booker T. & The MG’s, Lucinda Williams, John Cougar Mellencamp, Creedence Clearwater Revival and more!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds

We’re winding down on this one, so get it in while you can! Our final airing will be sometime on Saturday.

7:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live at The Fillmore, Volume Two, 1997

We’ve got volume two of one of the finest series of live performances every put on vinyl (yes, vinyl is still available and is still the best way to listen). Over a 20-night residency as The Fillmore House Band, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers established themselves as one of the finest live rock n’ roll bands on the planet. Don’t miss this one.

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Monday Brings You Santana In the Spotlight, Hot Tuna ‘Live’ at The Fillmore, and The All-Girl Revue, Volume Five, on January 2, 2023

Good morning Latin rock lovers and musicologists alike! Today we give Santana its due by putting Carlos Santana and his great band In the Spotlight. We also give you some ‘live’ Hot Tuna and the Women wrap up the programming later.

Here’s today’s musical lineup:

11:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Santana NEW!

Guitar great Carlos Santana started his band in San Francisco back in 1966. They appeared for the first time at Woodstock in 1969. Santana has stood the test of time, but with many different lineups over the years. The one constant has been Carlos Santana. He recently reunited the original band on the road. We finally give Carlos Santana and his band the spotlight it deserves.

3:00 p.m. Hot Tuna Live at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, March 4, 1988

This great blues-rock band was formed in 1969 by Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, former members of the Jefferson Airplane. Like Santana, they’ve had many musical lineups over the yeard, but Kaukonen and Casady have remained the band’s centerpieces. Today we have them live from The Fillmore.

7:00 p.m. The All-Girl Revue Five, Various Artists

We close out the evening’s programming with the women of music. I keep typing the ‘women of rock’ but that would be inaccurate because these female-based playlists offer such a diverse array of styles. You’ll hear Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, Jackie DeShannon, Chi Coltrane, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Petula Clark, Irma Thomas, Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders), Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac), Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin, Ann Peebles, Valerie Carter, Rosanne Cash, Lucinda Williams and more!

We’ve beefed up our rotation adding artists like blues artists like Ellen McIlwaine and early Christine McVie, new reggae/ska music from the I-Threes, Desmond Dekker and Rita Marley and we’ve got more waiting in the chute. We’re on 24/7 and we are totally free. No joke and no strings. We are also free of commercial advertising. You’re not risking a thing trying us out.

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It’s Tuesday Bluesday With Our Big, Bad, Multi-Artist Blues EP, Some ‘Live’ Paul Butterfield, and Tim Buckley With Our Album of The Week, December 20, 2022

Good morning, Bluesologists! We are all aboard the blues train today with Our ‘Somethng Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, and Something Blues’ EP, live Paul Butterfield Blues Band and the only non-blues programming with our AOW.

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

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

This is our biggest, baddest blues EP 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, the Robert Cray Band, J.J. Cale, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Koko Taylor, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, James Cotton, Marcia Ball, Duane Allman, Susan Tedeschi, Roomful of Blues, Howlin’ Wolf, Tracy Nelson and more!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Goodbye and Hello by Tim Buckley

Round two for this week’s Album of The Week, a combination of folk-rock and psychedelic-folk offerings from a man who left us all too soon.

7:00 p.m. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Live at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, October 14, 1966

One of the masters of the blues here giving us an early live performance from an iconic venue, The Fillmore West. We haven’t heard this one for a while. It’ll be like brand new.

We always seem to have a full house on Tuesday Bluesday and we believe that will hold true today as well. We’re on 24/7 (not just when we have programming) and we’re totally free to all. No surprises. No strings. No lie. Give us a listen. All you need is a free tab and the button below.

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