It’s a (Mostly) Open-Stream Wednesday Again, With a Sprinkling of T-PATH Later On, October 7, 2020

Good Morning, Music Lovers. Today’s the day you get a taste of what we’re all about on Open Stream, until later in the day when we most heartily welcome Tom Petty and his bandmates.

***NEW ORLEANS, LA – APRIL 28: Tom Petty performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz &*** ***Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 28, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)***

Here’s todays line-up:

5:00 p.m. Tom Petty: Wildflowers & All The Rest, The New Releases

Tom Petty’s Wildflowers Project will come to fruition this month, and we eagerly await it here in The Mermaid Lounge. Here are the five songs that have been released to Tom Petty Radio on Sirius-XM to date.

7:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, April 28, 2012

Tom Petty and his bandmates performed live at the yearly New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival every spring. This one is from 2012.

Tune us in, people. We’re (mostly) Open Stream all day today, with a little interlude from the house band later in the day.

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Happy Monday From The Mermaid Lounge, With Lucinda Williams and The Heartbreakers, October 5, 2020

Good Morning, Musicologists! Today’s mix is Lucinda Williams and Tom Petty. It was Lucinda who opened for The Heartbreakers on their 40th Anniversary Tour at The Hollywood Bowl. It’s only fitting that we pair them up today.

***Tom Petty & Lucinda Williams on the 40th Anniversary Tour***

Here’s Monday’s line-up:

11:00 a.m. Lucinda Williams Live From Austin City Limits, December 5, 1998

Lucinda Williams is a singer-songwriter extraordinaire whose bluesy roots rock music has stood the test of time. If her name doesn’t roll off your tongue, it should.

4:00 p.m. Tom Petty: Wildflowers & All The Rest, The New Releases

We’re back with the five new releases from the Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers new box set, due out on October 16.

6:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, December 31, 1978

The infamous New Year’s Eve show from Santa Monica with a very young, energetic Tom Petty. That’s how we remember him.

Come on, people. It’s your day to give us a shot here. Don’t waste any more time turning the dial on your radio. Get to your computer or your phone and pull up a tab.

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Today We Open With Some Heartbreakers, Followed by Bonnie Raitt, Ronstadt at Rockpalast, Our Saturday LIVE DEAD, and Some Wildflowers, October 3, 2020

Good Morning, Music Lovers! It’s our usual full-slate Saturday as Tom Petty Month continues. We’ve got a great Heartbreaker’s playlist today. (Among other great musical experiences.)

***I was at this Christmas Eve concert. Best thing I ever did.***

Here comes your Saturday line-up:

11:00 a.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Under the Covers

The Heartbreakers were not only the best rock n’ roll band I’ve ever experienced, but they were also the best cover band. They loved to add ‘oldies’ for their live shows, even instrumental recreations like Goldfinger and Booker T’s Green Onions, which happen to be two of my favorites. My first introduction to this was their inclusion of a very energetic version of Shout at the ’78 Boston show. Enjoy this playlist. It’s one of two we own. We will get to the other also.

3:00 p.m. Album of the Week: Give It Up by Bonnie Raitt

The final airing of Bonnie Raitt’s excellent Give It Up, our Album of The Week. Tomorrow is a new day. And a new album.

5:00 p.m. Tom Petty: Wildflowers & All The Rest, The New Releases

You’ll be hearing this short playlist regularly as we move toward the release of the entire package around mid-month.

7:00 p.m. Linda Ronstadt Live at Rockpalast, Germany, November 11, 1976

Linda Ronstadt as she approached her Zenith. She was in full control of her career from start to finish, and it shows.

10:00 p.m. Live Dead! The Grateful Dead Live at USAir Arena, Landover, Maryland October 9, 1994 NEW!

No two show ever the same. Yet another classic Dead performance here. This one in one of the hearts of the Deep State.

Turn On. Tune In. Drop Out. Sounds like a plan on a Saturday. You?

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It’s a Two-Tom Day Today: Petty & Rush, One’s in the Spotlight and One’s On Stage; The New Wildflower Releases, Friday, October 2, 2020

Here we are in The Mermaid Lounge on day two of Tom Petty month. We have a Two-Tom Day today. Seriously good programming.

**Tom Rush plays Mountain Stage, Charelston WV – 2009**

Here’s today’s Two-Tom line-up:

11:00 a.m. The New Releases: Tom Petty’s Wildflowers & All The Rest NEW!

Very simply, the five latest releases on the way to the new Tom Petty compilation (available October 16), Wildflowers & All The Rest. We thought that would be appropriate today. You can learn more about this release here and on Tom Petty’s official web site. We will repeat this at 11:00 p.m.

By the way, there are ‘home demos’ here that are release worthy for most people.

3:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Tom Rush

Another favorite here in The Mermaid Lounge. And by the way, still kicking ass.

7:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live at the Coleman Coliseum, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, June 10, 1995

This is one of my personal favorites, particularly because of the song selection. But hell, they’re great live. Always have been. You can love their albums, but you can really appreciate their talent when they are live.

Come on, people. Get with the program. Today.