Tag: Tom Petty

It’s Finally Friday With Songs About Time, Live Allman Brothers Band, and The Traveling Wilburys, October 17, 2025

Good morning, music lovers! We’ve got a great lineup heading into Friday, and we start with songs about time (which is, of course, relative)!

Here’s your Finally Friday lineup:

10:00 a.m. It’s Aboout Time: Various Artists

We kick it off with songs about time from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Carly Simon, Dr. John, J.D. Souther, The Chambers Brothers, John Hiatt, Talking Heads, Paul Simon, Nina Simone, Shawn Colvin, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Dusty Springfield, Valerie Carter, Buckwheat Zydeco, Linda Ronstadt, The Byrds, Fairport Convention, and more!

4:00 p.m. The Allman Brothers Band Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, March 12 & 13, 1971

We spend some quality time with The Brothers at The Fillmore East this afternoon.

8:00 p.m. The Traveling Wilburys: The Bootleg Collection

This is always a great take as we feature the greatest supergroup on the planet with alternate versions, outtakes, special recording sessions, and some stuff you’ve most likely never heard.

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At Midweek It’s Psychedelia, a Tom Petty ‘Spotlight’ Feature, and Norah Jones Live in Austin, on Wednesday, September 3, 2025

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.

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The Psychedelic Express!

On Monday It’s ‘Rock, Blues & Ballads,’ Johnny Rivers Live at The Whiskey, and a Santana ‘Spotlight’ Feature, July 21, 2025

Happy Monday, musicologists! Today we serve up this neat little playlist I almost forgot about, along with live Johnny Rivers and some Santana to close out the programming!

Here’s your Monday, Monday playlist:

10:00 a.m. Rock, Blues & Ballads: Various Artists

We’ve got so much stuff that we almost forgot about this great little playlist featuring Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Aretha Franklin, Tom Petty, Jimmy Buffett, Eric Clapton, Dusty Springfield, Neil Young, Paul McCartney & Wings, Long John Baldry, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Greg Allman, Johnny Cash, and more!

4:00 p.m. Johnny Rivers Live at The Whiskey A Go Go, West Hollywood, CA, January 15, 1964

One of the best hitmakers of the sixties visits us this afternoon for some great live music at the legendary Whiskey.

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

We close out the day’s programming with some Latin Rock (a fusion of rock, jazz and Latin influences) courtesy of Santana.

Remember, before, in between, and after our great programming we give you that big, wide Open Stream! See for yourselves. The button is below.

Monday, Monday

We Start With The Traveling Wilburys, Then It’s Our ‘Travelin’ Fever’ EP and Wide Open Stream Tonight, Sunday, October 6, 2024

Good morning, music lovers. It’s Sunday Funday in The Mermaid Lounge and we continue on with our Tom Petty celebration with a great Traveling Wilburys entry.

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

10:00 a.m. The Traveling Wilburys: The Bootleg Collection

Always a favorite, both the supergroup (and this is a true supergroup) and this playlist of outtakes, alternate takes and extended sessions. What we essentially have here is five friends who harnessed that friendship to create some of the most amazing music on the planet. Roy was the first to go. Then George. Then Tom. But their music rocks on.

2:00 p.m. Travelin’ Fever: Various Artists

Life on the road is a popular topic in popular music. Just ask 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 Wheel, Mudcrutch, The Traveling Wilburys, Tom Rush, Buffalo Springfield, The Guess Who and more!

We then return to our big, wide Open Stream to take us through to morning. We’ll be back to close out our Tom Petty celebration with a Fillmore trifecta tomorrow! The button is below.

The Traveling Wilburys!

A Steely Dan Spotlight Feature, A Live Neil Young Acoustic Set, and Tom Petty as DJ are All On Tap, Friday, June 14, 2024

Good morning, music lovers! We’ve got some great stuff today as we head into the weekend, including live Neil Young that is new to the station.

Here’s your musical lineup:

10:00 a.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Steely Dan

Certainly a Mermaid Lounge favorite and one of the bright lights of the seventies and beyond, Steely Dan had a distinctive style and made some of the best music on planet earth. Walter Becker and Donald Fagan were certainly a dynamic duo.

4:00 p.m. Neil Young Live at Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, January 19, 1971 NEW!

This afternoon we have Neil Young in a great live acoustic performance at Massey Hall during his Journey Through The Past solo tour.

8:00 p.m. Tom Petty’s Picks: The Best of The Buried Treasure Show

Tom Petty moves out of the rock star category here and becomes a D.J. For those who may not know it, Doctor Petty was a DJ for his own radio show called Buried Treasure. It’s a master class in the evolution of rock n’ roll, and we’ve got it here tonight.

We’re almost there, folks. Tomorrow officially begins the weekend. We’re here 24/7 at no charge to the public and with no commercial advertising. See for yourself. The button’s below.

Funday Friday!

We Start With ‘The Psychedelic Express,’ Then Move to Tom Petty’s Top 100 Songs On Sunday, May 26, 2024

Good morning, musicologists! We move into our Memorial Day weekend programming today with Tom Petty’s Top 100. Tomorrow, we close out the weekend with The Beatles Top 100. But before all this, we kick off with ‘The Psychedelic Express.’

Here’s your holiday Sunday playlist:

9:00 a.m. The Psychedelic Express: Various Artists

One of our favorite EPs because psychedelic music is one of our favorite genres to explore. You’ll hear Vanilla Fudge, The Chambers Brothers, The Beatles, Electric Prunes, The Animals, Jefferson Airplane, Blues Image, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Donovan, Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Byrds, 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. Tom Petty’s Top 100 Songs

It’s time to pull out our House Bands for the holiday, and we start with Tom Petty’s Top 100 Songs as we listen to his music with The Heartbreakers, Mudcrutch, The Traveling Wilburys and as a solo artist. And these are in no particular order. We don’t have the infrastructure to handle votes from listeners, so we took a very scientific method and pulled song names out of a bucket. (No laughing.) From our perspective, all of his songs are great, so it doesn’t really matter what song is arbitrarily number one and which is number one hundred. Just enjoy the experience!

Kick back and relax with us this weekend. It was a beautiful day yesterday here in the Boston area, but it’s pouring rain today and it’s the perfect day to wrap your head around some great music.

Tom Petty’s Top 100!

At Midweek It’s Vol. 2 of Our Sixties Rotation, Tom Petty, and ‘Live’ Peter Tosh, Wednesday, February 28, 2023

Good morning, music lovers and welcome to another day in The Lounge. We’ve got more sixties, Tom Petty’s incredible songwriting on display, and some ‘live’ Peter Tosh later.

Here’s your midweek music:

9:00 a.m. The Sixties Rotation, Volume Two: Various Artists

We’ve got them all. In addition to all the above artists, you’ll hear Chuck Berry, Roy Orbison, the Temptations, B. B. King, Marvin Gaye, Elvis Presley, The Yardbirds, The Animals, Wilson Pickett, the Stone Poneys, The Band, the Box Tops, Jimmy Cliff, Velvet Underground, Strawberry Alarm Clock and more!

4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Tom Petty

Dr. Petty is back with his second turn as our featured singer-songwriter for this week as we wind down on this year-long feature.

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Peter Tosh

Peter Tosh was an original founder of The Wailers before he set out on a successful solo career. Tonight we put him In the Spotlight.

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Midweek Mayhem!

It’s Our ‘Original Sixties Rotation’ EP, The Association, and Tom Petty as Our Featured Singer-Songwriter, Monday, February 26, 2024

Good morning, music lovers! We are starting off the week with a rare EP on a Monday, but it’s a short month and we have to get this one in. We are also winding down on our Singer-Songwriter Series, saving the best for last. This week we introduce Tom Petty as our featured artist. Next week? It’s Lennon & McCartney.

Here’s your musical Monday:

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

One of two major sixties playlists airs today. You’ll hear The Beatles, The Monkees, Sonny & Cher, Joe Cocker, Simon & Garfunkel, Little Eva, 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, The Box Tops, Blues Image, Booker T & The MG’s, The Four Tops, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Them, The Left Banke, Fats Domino and more!

4:00 p.m. The Association Live at The Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 3, 1970

I love airing the old bands. It’s often tough to find ‘live’ performances but, if you persevere, you can find some. This is a great performance from The Salt Palace.

8:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Tom Petty NEW!

We’re winding down on this great series which has taken us through nearly a year. We’ve saved the best for the end. This week we feature Dr. Tom Petty, certainly the most prolific and consequential songwriter of his generation via The Heartbreakers, Mudcrutch, The Traveling Wilburys and his solo career. Every single song on this playlist is a Petty composition, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Great way to start your work week, people. Good music helps smooth over the transition back into indentured servitude. All you need to do is hit the button below.

Monday, Monday.

On Monday We Deliver Lukas Nelson and POTR, Banned Songs, and ‘Live’ Pretenders in Germany, January 8, 2024

Good morning, music lovers! We’ve got a great lineup that includes Willie’s boy Lukas and his band, some songs that were banned from the airwaves back in the day, and The Pretenders live from Hamburg.

Here’s today’s lineup:

10:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real

Willie’s boy is back with his band. Any band that tours with Neil Young is the real deal. If you haven’t heard them before, this is a good time.

3:00 p.m.  Banned From the Airwaves: Various Artists

Yes, songs like God Only Knows by The Beach Boys were banned from the airwaves because it was the first time God was mentioned in a rock song. So was The Heartbreakers’ You Don’t Know How It Feels, and Lennon’s Imagine. The craziest one of all was My Generation by The Who because it allegedly made fun of people who stutter. They are all here today.

7:00 p.m.  The Pretenders Live at Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany, June 23, 2009

The great Chrissie Hynde and my favorite alternative band are live from Germany to close out the programming tonight.

Come on. It’s Monday. The beginning of another work week. And we all need a bit of a boost on Monday. If you have an office and a computer, just close your door, pretend you’re immersed in the bottom line, and hit the button below.

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Merry Christmas From The Mermaid Lounge Where The Only Programming is Tom Petty’s Top 100! December 25, 2023

Good morning, holiday revelers and Petty-ologists, and a very Merry Christmas. Today, we feature the late and very great Tom Petty’s Top 100 Songs

Here’s your Christmas programming:

10:00 a.m. Tom Petty’s Top 100 Songs

Our picks for Doctor Tom Petty’s top 100 songs from his legendary days with The Heartbreakers, his beginnings (and renewal) with Mudcrutch, his stint with the greatest supergroup on the planet, The Traveling Wilburys, and his solo career. Not to be missed.

Before and after, we run the best wide Open Stream on the Internet and the airwaves. We broadcast 24/7 free of charge and with no commercial interruption.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!