Love and Mersey

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Wouldn't it be nice, pun not really intended, to have a Love and Mersey show that exclusively featured the songs and/or musical performances of the sons and daughters of The Beatles and The Beach Boys? Well look no further... and why did it take me until Episode 24 to come up with this idea?


“Girl Don’t Tell Me”- The Beach Boys Family & Friends/Al Jardine’s Family & Friends (featuring Adam Jardine)
https://www.discogs.com/artist/3024188-Adam-Jardine-2

“Wouldn’t It Be Nice?”- The Brian Wilson Band (featuring Matt Jardine)
https://www.aljardine.com/

“Too Late For Goodbyes”- Julian Lennon
 https://julianlennon.com/

“The Dream Is Still Alive”- Wilson Phillips (Carnie & Wendy Wilson)
https://www.facebook.com/wilsonphillipsmusic/

“Yomp”- thenewno2 (Dhani Harrison)
https://www.dhaniharrison.com/

“Sum-Sum-Summer”- Christian Love
http://beachboysband.net/

“Into The Sun”- Sean Lennon
https://www.seanonolennon.com/

“Too Hard”- James McCartney (with Dhani Harrison)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYH5Bk4Nyfg5iLsOFO3sOg/community

“Real Good Looking Boy”- The Who (featuring Zak Starkey)
https://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Zak_Starkey.html; https://www.thewho.com/

“The Warmth Of The Sun”- Ambha Love
https://www.instagram.com/ambhalove/

“Primrose Hill”- James McCartney (with Sean Lennon)

“Only With You”- Carl B. Wilson
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/carl-b-wilson-mn0002111004

“Valotte”- Julian Lennon

And God only knows where any of us would be without... 
www.thebeatles.com
www.thebeachboys.com
www.brianwilson.com

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Hosted by Gil McLean. Welcome to Episode 23.  This is a podcast for music lovers who are fans of music and bands influenced by the Beatles & Beach Boys... with some music by the originals of course. As always, if you have about an hour where you want to hear some good music and some narrative context of what you're listening to, you've come to the right place!

1- “Snova V SSSR” (“Back In The USSR")- Love And Mersey (the band)

https://www.youtube.com/@loveandmersey

2- “Go And Say Goodbye”- Buffalo Springfield

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/buffalo-springfield-mn0000939567

3- “If I Ever Get To Saginaw Again”- The Monkees

https://www.monkees.com

4- “I Want To Be Your Davy Jones”- Freddy Monday

https://www.freddymonday.com

5- “Man We Was Lonely”- Davy Jones

https://www.davyjones.net

6-“Tomorrow”- David Cassidy”

https://www.davidcassidy.com/blog/

7- “Surfer Boy’s Dream Come True”- Fantastic Baggys

https://www.facebook.com/fantasticbaggys/

8- “Here Comes The Rain”- The Mavericks

https://www.themavericksband.com

9- “Soldier Of Love”- Marshall Crenshaw

https://marshallcrenshaw.com

10- “Everything I Need”- Jeffrey Foskett, with Brian Wilson

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000840338

11- “Whenever You’re Ready”- The Zombies

https://www.thezombiesmusic.com

12- “All Your Love”- John Mayall

https://www.johnmayall.com

13- “You Are The One For Me”- The Bablers 

https://bigstirrecords.com/the-bablers

14- “One Bad Apple”- The Osmonds

https://theosmondstore.com

15- “That Is All”- Andy Williams

https://andywilliams.com

And God Only Know where any of us would be without... 
www.thebeatles.com
www.thebeachboys.com
www.brianwilson.net

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Hosted by Gil McLean. Welcome to Episode 22.  This is a podcast for music lovers who are fans of music and bands influenced by the Beatles & Beach Boys... with some music by the originals of course. This episode features cover versions of solo Beatles tunes and solo Beach Boys tunes (well, Brian Wilson tunes really). As always, if you have about an hour where you want to hear some good music and some narrative context of what you're listening to, you've come to the right place!

“One For The Boys”- Kaitlynn Cook

https://www.youtube.com/@groovy60skait

“Behind That Locked Door”- Norah Jones

https://www.norahjones.com

“Rainbow Eyes”- Kle

https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/162262

“Every Night”- Phoebe Snow

https://www.vdebolt.com/phoebehome/

“Melt Away”- She & Him

https://sheandhim.com

“How?”- Ozzy Osbourne

https://www.ozzy.com

“Caroline No!”- Timothy B. Schmidt

https://www.timothybschmit.com/#!

“Live And Let Die”- Guns ’N Roses

https://www.gunsnroses.com

“Soul Searchin’”- Solomon Burke

https://rockhall.com/inductees/solomon-burke/

“Mull Of Kintyre”- Glen Campbell

https://www.glencampbell.com

“Still I Dream Of It”- Ed Harcourt

https://edharcourtmusic.com

“Let ‘Em In”- Lee Ann Womack

https://leeannwomack.com

“Do You Have Any Regrets?”- Darian Sahanaja

https://dariansahanaja.com

“I’d Have You Anytime”- Karen Elson

https://www.karenelson.com

And God only knows what any of us fans would be without... 

https://www.thebeatles.com/

http://www.beachboys.com/

https://www.brianwilson.com/ 

Contact Gil at [email protected]

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Hosted by Gil McLean.  Welcome to a special mini-Episode 20.

For the last few years, in lieu of albums, Ringo Starr has been releasing EPs. To be honest, I haven't tracked a lot of the songs down because there has been a sameness and slickness to Ringo's productions since the turn of the decade of the 20s.

So I'd been hearing all this talk about how Ringo's latest EP, entitled CROOKED BOY, is a real "comeback" of sorts, or what you might call a return to form. So I decided to check it out- in real time- for anyone who wants to listen. My conclusion- the hype is not just hype and I think there is stuff on here to enjoy.

"February Sky"
"Adeline"
"Gonna Need Someone"
"Crooked Boy"
https://www.ringostarr.com/#/

And God only knows what any of us fans would be without... 

https://www.thebeatles.com/

http://www.beachboys.com/

https://www.brianwilson.com/ 

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Hosted by Gil MacGhiolleainn- Welcome to Episode 19. This is a podcast for music lovers who are fans of the Beatles and the Beach Boys to discover some new sounds or rediscover some old sounds of artists highly influenced by both of these bands-- with maybe a track or two in there from the originals themselves. So if you have about an hour where you want to hear some good music and some narrative context of what you're listening to, you've come to the right place! 

"Summer's Comin'"- Clint Black

https://www.clintblack.com/

"500 Miles"- Peter & Gordon

https://www.peterandgordonthesingles.com/#!home%7CmainPage

"Morning Girl"- Shaun Cassidy

https://www.fanpop.com/clubs/shaun-cassidy/images/16996714/title/shaun-photo

"Will You Be Staying After Sunday"- The Peppermint Rainbow

https://www.discogs.com/artist/319866-The-Peppermint-Rainbow

"It's Summertime USA"- It's My Party

https://itsmypartyonline.com/

"Don't Look Back In Anger"- Calvin Kaminski

https://www.youtube.com/@calvinkaminski29

"Hearts In Her Eyes"- The Searchers

http://www.the-searchers.co.uk/

"Starry Eyes"- The Records

https://johnwicksandtherecords.com/

"Do You Love Me?"- The Explorers' Club

https://goldstarrecordings.co/the-explorers-club

"White Winter Hymnal"- Fleet Foxes

https://www.fleetfoxes.co/home

"Over The Summer"- Sparks

http://allsparks.com/

"Working Girl"- The Members

http://www.themembers.co.uk/

"5 A.M."- The Millennium

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqhe1KdPpALdtVIphDz4GYA

"Hackensack"- Fountains Of Wayne

https://www.facebook.com/groups/265185386971679/

And God only knows what any of us fans would be without... 

https://www.thebeatles.com/

http://www.beachboys.com/

https://www.brianwilson.com/ 

Contact Gil at [email protected]

Hosted by Gil McLean- This is a podcast for music lovers who are fans of the Beatles and the Beach Boys to discover some new sounds or rediscover some old sounds of artists highly influenced by both of these bands-- with, typically,  maybe a track or two in there from the originals themselves. This is Episode 17 and I have a different idea for this show. Here are the songs...

"Wouldn't It Be Nice?"
"Love Me Do"
"Dance, Dance, Dance"
"I Need You"
"Break Away"
"Every Little Thing"
"California Girls"
"When I Get Home"
"Darlin'"
"Hold Me Tight"
"Friends"
"Tell Me Why"
"God Only Knows"

You're thinking to yourself... "Oh, Gil is just playing a bunch of Beatles and Beach Boys songs"-- au contraire! Despite the familiarity of these titles, they are NOT Beatles and Beach Boys songs... so listen up!

Here are the artists' pages...

https://rubinoos.com/
https://smarturl.it/joeymolland
https://j50.stevemillerband.com/
https://www.venturahighway.com/
https://artgarfunkelofficial.de/
https://www.facebook.com/officialcarlenecarter
https://www.jefflynneselo.com/
https://gretchenwilson.com/
http://www.the-searchers.co.uk/
https://www.tomjones.com/
http://johnnynash.com/
https://www.eltonjohn.com/
http://www.thebelmonts.net/
https://screamingorphans.com/

And God only knows what any of us fans would be without... 

https://www.thebeatles.com/

http://www.beachboys.com/

https://www.brianwilson.com/ 

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Hosted by Gil McLean- Welcome to Episode 17 . This is a podcast for music lovers who are fans of the Beatles and the Beach Boys to discover some new sounds or rediscover some old sounds of artists highly influenced by both of these bands-- with, typically,  maybe a track or two in there from the originals themselves. However, this episode I am going to concentrate solely on Power Pop from the 1990's... and give you a few nuggets of my own musical history here and there. So, as I typically say,  if you have about an hour where you want to hear some good music and some narative context of what you're listening to, you've come to the right place!

"She Brings The Rain"- The Grip Weeds https://www.gripweeds.com/

"It's My Fault"- Jeffrey Foskett http://www.jeffreyfoskett.com/

"Baby's Comin' Back"- Jellyfish http://zenandjuice.com/music/jellyfish

"Mara Jade's Theme"- The Blue Scoobies https://www.reverbnation.com/thebluescoobies

"Diane"- Material Issue https://www.angelfire.com/in/tgower/ish.html

"Breakin' Right In Half"- The Peaces https://www.facebook.com/popbrian64/; %20https://youtu.be/pyx1iXx3z6c?si=EF7QBu0JKqZkKeMh

"Private Army"- Richard X. Heyman https://www.richardxheyman.com/

"Love Said To Me"/"Reasons"- The Rooks https://michaelmazzarella.bandcamp.co

"Solar Sister"- The Posies https://www.theposies.net/

"Alice"- Early Edison https://www.earlyedison.com/

"That Thing You Do!"- The Wonders https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChHzyHOQFRqzd-NE9HLJTxg

"That Was The Greatest Song"- The Pooh Sticks https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Pooh-Sticks-100063707700552/

"Noelle"- Gil McLean, Tom Ashton, Brian Halverson https://www.buzzsprout.com/2203560/episodes/14924296;
https://www.facebook.com/popbrian64; https://www.earlyedison.com/

And God only knows what any of us fans would be without... 

https://www.thebeatles.com/

http://www.beachboys.com/

https://www.brianwilson.com/ 

Contact Gil at [email protected]

Contact Gil at [email protected]

Hosted by Gil McLean- Welcome to Episode 16. This is ordinarily a podcast for music lovers who are fans of music and bands influenced by the Beatles & Beach Boys... but for the second episode in a row, I am going specialty. 

My original intent was to focus on a bunch of Irish Music for this episode in honor of March and St. Patrick's Day, as well as discuss the various Celtic/Irish influences that made their way into the solo careers of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Well, I got to the latter, but the former went off the rails a little bit.

Well this just gives me an excuse to do another Irish Episode next year! 

“The Coming Of Spring”/“Anthony Frawley’s Jig”- Deirdre McMorrow (with yours truly on guitar)

https://soundcloud.com/Gil-McLean

“Don’t Fear Me Now”- Celtic Cross

https://www.facebook.com/celticcrossmusic/

“Deirdre”- The Beach Boys

http://www.beachboysband.com

“Danny Boy”- Conway Twitty

http://www.conwaytwitty.com

“The Luck Of The Irish”- John Lennon & Yoko Ono

https://www.johnlennon.com

“Give Ireland Back To The Irish”/“Give Ireland Back To The Irish (version)”- Wings

https://www.paulmccartney.com

“Sunday Bloody Sunday”- John Lennon & Yoko Ono

https://www.johnlennon.com

“Rainclouds”- Paul McCartney

“Mull Of Kintyre” (live)- Paul McCartney

https://www.paulmccartney.com

“Spancil Hill”- Gil McLean (with Deirdre McMorrow, fiddle)

https://soundcloud.com/Gil-McLean

“Put The Message In The Box”- Karl Wallinger (World Party)

https://www.instagram.com/worldpartykarlwallinger/?hl=en

“You Raise Me Up”- Andy Cooney, with the RTE Orchestra

https://www.andycooney.com

And God only knows what any of us fans would be without... 
 https://www.thebeatles.com/
 http://www.beachboys.com
 https://www.brianwilson.com/

Contact Gil at [email protected]