Mel’s Diner Jukebox

Mel’s Diner Jukebox

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  • It Could’ve Turned Out a Billion Different Ways, But it Turned Out This Way.

    John’s Picks → SPOTIFY || APPLE

    Mel’s Picks → SPOTIFY || APPLE

    Welcome to Mel’s Diner Jukebox – a place where stories and songs build community and connections. My name is Matthew Merson, and each guest at Mel’s Diner heads over to the jukebox, selects really important, sentimental, and valuable songs to them, and then shares the story of how each song gained that personal and powerful meaning in their life. So let’s order some food, a cup of coffee, and grab a seat at the counter as we listen to some amazing stories and songs. I am so glad you are here.

    Below is a track list of the songs selected by today’s guest. I hope these songs take on new meaning for you as you listen to them in light of our guests amazing stories.

    Want to be on the show? Know someone who should be on the show? Email me: [email protected]

    SONG | ARTIST | ALBUM

    * Waiting On An Angel | Ben Harper | Welcome To The Cruel World

    * Friend of the Devil | Grateful Dead | American Beauty

    * La mamma morta | Maria Callas | L’essentiel

    * Teddy Boy - Apple Studio | The Beatles | Anthology 3

    * Aqueous Transmission | Incubus | Morning View

    * Sweet Disposition | The Temper Trap | Conditions

    * From The Morning | Nick Drake | Pink Moon

    * Do You Realize?? | The Flaming Lips | Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

    * I Was Just Thinking | Teitur | Poetry & Airplanes

    * Suite bergamasque, L.75: III Clair de lune | Claude Debussy, Finghin Collins | The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music

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    2 hr 20 min
  • Mels Diner Jukebox | Tim McCoy

    Tim’s Jukebox Picks → SPOTIFY | APPLE

    Mel’s Picks → SPOTIFY | APPLE

    Welcome to Mel’s Diner Jukebox – a place where stories and songs build community and connections. My name is Matthew Merson, and each guest at Mel’s Diner heads over to the jukebox, selects really important, sentimental, and valuable songs to them, and then shares the story of how each song gained that personal and powerful meaning in their life. So let’s order some food, a cup of coffee, and grab a seat at the counter as we listen to some amazing stories and songs. I am so glad you are here.

    Below is a track list of the songs selected by today’s guest. I hope these songs take on new meaning for you as you listen to them in light of our guests amazing stories.

    Want to be on the show? Know someone who should be on the show? Email me: [email protected]

    Song | Artist | Album

    * Impossible Germany | Wilco | Sky Blue Sky

    * Magpie To The Morning | Neko Case | Middle Cyclone

    * Rainbow Country | Bob Marley & The Wailers | Reggae Hits Explosion

    * Present Tense | Pearl Jam | No Code

    * Golden | My Morning Jacket | It Still Moves

    * Change | Blind Melon | Blind Melon

    * Lie in Our Graves | Dave Matthews Band | Crash

    * Drive | R.E.M. | Automatic For The People

    * You Played Yourself | ICE-T | The Iceberg/Freedom Of Speech…Just Watch What You Say

    * Jimmy James | Beastie Boys | Check Your Head [Deluxe Edition]

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    1 hr 6 min
  • Mels Diner Jukebox | Laura Allnutt

    Laura’s Jukebox Picks → SPOTIFY | APPLE

    Mel’s Picks → SPOTIFY | APPLE

    Welcome to Mel’s Diner Jukebox – a place where stories and songs build community and connections. My name is Matthew Merson, and each guest at Mel’s Diner heads over to the jukebox, selects really important, sentimental, and valuable songs to them, and then shares the story of how each song gained that personal and powerful meaning in their life. So let’s order some food, a cup of coffee, and grab a seat at the counter as we listen to some amazing stories and songs. I am so glad you are here.

    Below is a track list of the songs selected by today’s guest. I hope these songs take on new meaning for you as you listen to them in light of our guests amazing stories.

    Want to be on the show? Know someone who should be on the show? Email me: [email protected]

    Song | Artist | Album

    * Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu) | Dean Martin | This Is Dean Martin

    * One Way Ticket (Because I Can) | LeAnn Rimes | Blue

    * Eye of the Tiger | Survivor | Eye Of The Tiger

    * You’ve Got a Friend in Me | Randy Newman | Toy Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    * River Lea | Adele | 25

    * Be Still My Soul | Bifrost Arts, Sarah Fullen, Kelley McRae, Evan Gregory | Come, O Spirit! Anthology of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Vol.1

    * Praise You In This Storm | Casting Crowns | Lifesong

    * I’m Still Standing | Elton John | Too Low For Zero

    * Sailboat | Cody Fry, Ben Rector | Symphony Sessions

    * Rainbow Connection - From “The Muppet Movie”/Soundtrack Version | Kermit | The Muppet Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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    1 hr 9 min
  • Mel's Diner Jukebox | Becca Booth

    BECCA’S PICKS → SPOTIFY | APPLE

    MEL’S PICKS → SPOTIFY | APPLE

    MR. ROGERS VIDEO → YOUTUBE (a must see)

    Welcome to Mel’s Diner Jukebox – a place where stories and songs build community and connections. My name is Matthew Merson, and each guest at Mel’s Diner heads over to the jukebox, selects really important, sentimental, and valuable songs to them, and then shares the story of how each song gained that personal and powerful meaning in their life. So let’s order some food, a cup of coffee, and grab a seat at the counter as we listen to some amazing stories and songs. I am so glad you are here.

    Below is a track list of the songs selected by today’s guest. I hope these songs take on new meaning for you as you listen to them in light of our guests amazing stories.

    Want to be on the show? Know someone who should be on the show? Email me: [email protected]

    SONG | ARTIST | ALBUM

    * Five On The Floor | Flim & The BB’s | Further Adventures of

    * Dawn | Dario Marianelli, Jean-Yves Thibaudet | Pride and Prejudice OST

    * Green And Gray | Nickel Creek | This Side

    * Babys - AIR Studios - 4AD/Jagjaguwar Session | Bon Iver | Babys (AIR Studios - 4AD/Jagjaguwar Session)

    * Psalm 126 (feat. Molly Parden) | Bifrost Arts | He Will Not Cry Out: Anthology of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Vol. 2

    * High of 75 | Relient K | Mmhmm

    * Fearless | Taylor Swift | Fearless

    * When the One Flowered Suitcase | The Innocence Mission | Hello I Feel the Same

    * It’s You I Like | Mister Rogers | You Are Special

    * light dark light | Fred again…, Angie McMahon | light dark light

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    1 hr 39 min
  • Mel's Diner Jukebox | Owen Smith

    OWEN’S PICKS SPOTIFY | APPLE

    MEL’S PICKS SPOTIFY | APPLE

    Welcome to Mel’s Diner Jukebox – a place where stories and songs build community and connections. My name is Matthew Merson, and each guest at Mel’s Diner heads over to the jukebox, selects really important, sentimental, and valuable songs to them, and then shares the story of how each song gained that personal and powerful meaning in their life. So let’s order some food, a cup of coffee, and grab a seat at the counter as we listen to some amazing stories and songs. I am so glad you are here.

    Below is a track list of the songs selected by today’s guest. I hope these songs take on new meaning for you as you listen to them in light of our guests amazing stories.

    Want to be on the show? Know someone who should be on the show? Email me: [email protected]

    OWEN’S PICKS: SONG | ARTIST | ALBUM

    * When I’m Sixty Four | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

    * Trying to Get to You | Elvis Presley | Elvis Presley

    * The City of New Orleans | Arlo Guthrie | Hobo’s Lullaby (Remastered 2004)

    * White Dove | The Stanley Brothers | 16 Greatest Gospel Hits

    * Poncho & Lefty | Townes Van Zandt | The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

    * Please Don’t Bury Me | John Prine | Sweet Revenge

    * The Last Waltz Suite: The Weight (feat. The Staples) | The Band, The Staple Singers | The Last Waltz (Deluxe Version)

    * April the 14th Part 1 | Gillian Welch | Time (The Revelator)

    * The River - Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 09/22/79 | Bruce Springsteen | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts

    * Blue Chicago Moon | Songs:Ohia, Jason Molina | Didn’t It Rain (Deluxe Edition)

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Mel's Diner Jukebox | John Meinen

    JOHN’S JUKEBOX PICKS → SPOTIFY | APPLE

    MEL’S PICKS → SPOTIFY | APPLE

    Welcome to Mel’s Diner Jukebox – a place where stories and songs build community and connections. My name is Matthew Merson, and each guest at Mel’s Diner heads over to the jukebox, selects really important, sentimental, and valuable songs to them, and then shares the story of how each song gained that personal and powerful meaning in their life. So let’s order some food, a cup of coffee, and grab a seat at the counter as we listen to some amazing stories and songs. I am so glad you are here.

    Below is a track list of the songs selected by today’s guest. I hope these songs take on new meaning for you as you listen to them in light of our guests amazing stories.

    Want to be on the show? Know someone who should be on the show? Email me: [email protected]

    SONG | ARTIST | ALBUM

    * Canadian Railroad Trilogy | Gordon Lightfoot | Gord’s Gold

    * Bitter Sweet Symphony - Remastered 2016 | The Verve | Urban Hymns (Remastered 2016)

    * The Way We Get By | Spoon | Kill the Moonlight

    * We Never Change | Coldplay | Parachutes

    * Empty | Ray LaMontagne | Till The Sun Turns Black

    * Be the Song | Foy Vance | Melrose Ep

    * Ledges | Noah Gundersen | Ledges

    * Mess Is Mine | Vance Joy | Dream Your Life Away (Deluxe Edition)

    * The Stable Song | Gregory Alan Isakov | That Sea, The Gambler

    * Electric Indigo | The Paper Kites | twelvefour

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    59 min
  • Mel's Diner Jukebox | Blair Hunnicutt

    Blair’s Jukebox Picks → SPOTIFY | APPLE

    Mel’s Picks → SPOTIFY | APPLE

    Welcome to Mel’s Diner Jukebox – a place where stories and songs build community and connections. My name is Matthew Merson, and each guest at Mel’s Diner heads over to the jukebox, selects really important, sentimental, and valuable songs to them, and then shares the story of how each song gained that personal and powerful meaning in their life. So let’s order some food, a cup of coffee, and grab a seat at the counter as we listen to some amazing stories and songs. I am so glad you are here.

    Below is a track list of the songs selected by today’s guest. I hope these songs take on new meaning for you as you listen to them in light of our guests amazing stories.

    Want to be on the show? Know someone who should be on the show? Email me: [email protected]

    SONG | ARTIST | ALBUM

    * That’s How Strong My Love Is | Otis Redding | The Very Best of Otis Redding

    * I Won’t Back Down | Tom Petty | Full Moon Fever

    * Traveller | Chris Stapleton | Traveller

    * Drowning | The Red Clay Strays | Made by These Moments

    * Montana | Chance Peña | Ever-Shifting, Continual Blossoming

    * Blazing Highway Home | Josh Ritter | Fever Breaks

    * The World Ender | Lord Huron | Strange Trails

    * Bule Canoe | Blue Mountain | Dog Days

    * Into the Mystic | Simplified | Island Time

    * Fun | Sun Room | Sol Del Sur

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    53 min
  • Mel's Diner Jukebox | Mitch Rovito

    MITCH’S JUKEBOX SELECTIONS → SPOTIFY | APPLE

    MEL’S PICKS → SPOTIFY | APPLE

    Welcome to Mel’s Diner Jukebox – a place where stories and songs build community and connections. My name is Matthew Merson, and each guest at Mel’s Diner heads over to the jukebox, selects really important, sentimental, and valuable songs to them, and then shares the story of how each song gained that personal and powerful meaning in their life. So let’s order some food, a cup of coffee, and grab a seat at the counter as we listen to some amazing stories and songs. I am so glad you are here.

    Below is a track list of the songs selected by today’s guest. I hope these songs take on new meaning for you as you listen to them in light of our guests amazing stories.

    Want to be on the show? Know someone who should be on the show? Email me: [email protected]

    SONG | ARTIST | ALBUM

    * Richest Man On Earth | Bog Wagner | Richest Man on Earth

    * Heart In A Cage | Chris Thile | How To Grow A Woman From The Ground

    * Trashy Women | Confederate Railroad | Confederate Railroad

    * Coffee Mama | The Bumper Jacksons | Too Big World

    * Grief is Only Love | Stephen Wilson Jr. | sØn of dad

    * Fond Memories | JRD & the Big Mistake | You Can Come to My Funeral

    * I Don’t Mind | Sturgill Simpson | Cuttin’ Grass - Vol.1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions)

    * Motorcycle | Colter Wall | Colter Wall

    * Aunt Cynthia’s Cabin | Aunt Cynthia’s Cabin | Cabin Fever

    * Where Dirt and Water Collide | The White Buffalo | The White Buffalo EP

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    1 hr 14 min
  • Mel's Diner Jukebox | Heather McCoy

    Heather's Jukebox Selections ← SPOTIFY LINK

    Heather's Jukebox Selections ← APPLE MUSIC LINK

    Mel's Picks ← SPOTIFY LINK

    Mel's Picks ← APPLE MUSIC LINK

    Welcome to Mel’s Diner Jukebox – a place where stories and songs build community and connections. My name is Matthew Merson, and each guest at Mel’s Diner heads over to the jukebox, selects really important, sentimental, and valuable songs to them, and then shares the story of how each song gained that personal and powerful meaning in their life. So let’s order some food, a cup of coffee, and grab a seat at the counter as we listen to some amazing stories and songs. I am so glad you are here.

    Want to be on the show? Know someone who should be on the show? Email me: [email protected]

    Heather’s Jukebox Playlist

    SONG | ARTIST | ALBUM

    * I Second That Emotion | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | The 35th Anniversary Collection

    * Hysteria | Def Leppard | Hysteria

    * Could You Be Loved | Bob Marley & The Wailers | Uprising

    * These Days | Nico | Chelsea Girl

    * Lover | Taylor Swift | Lover

    * Glory Strums (Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner) | Hiss Golden Messenger | Quietly Blowing It

    * Just As Long As We’re Together | Jalen Ngonda | Just As Long As We’re Together

    * An Ocean In Between The Waves | The War On Drugs | Lost In The Dream

    * Better Things | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | I Learned the Hard Way

    * I Ain’t The Same | Alabama Shakes | Boys & Girls

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    59 min
  • Mel's Diner Jukebox | Episode 2

    LISTEN TO THE SONGS ← SPOTIFY LINK

    LISTEN TO THE SONGS ← APPLE MUSIC LINK

    Welcome to Mel’s Diner Jukebox – a place where stories and songs build community and connections. My name is Matthew Merson, and each guest at Mel’s Diner heads over to the jukebox, selects really important, sentimental, and valuable songs to them, and then shares the story of how each song gained that personal and powerful meaning in their life. So let’s order some food, a cup of coffee, and grab a seat at the counter as we listen to some amazing stories and songs. I am so glad you are here.

    Want to be on the show? Know someone who should be on the show? Email me: [email protected]

    SONG | ARTIST | ALBUM

    * Why Me | Kris Kristofferson | The Essential Kris Kristofferson

    * You and I | Eddie Rabbitt, Crystal Gayle | Radio Romance

    * A Groovy Kind of Love - 2016 Remaster | Phil Collins | The Singles (Expanded)

    * Then They Do - With String Into | Trace Adkins | Greatest Hits Collection, Volume 1

    * I Can Only Imagine | MercyMe | Almost There

    * In Christ Alone - Radio Mix | Brian Littrell | In Christ Alone (Radio Mix)

    * Here I Go Again | Casting Crowns | Casting Crowns

    * The Song Remembers When | Trisha Yearwood | The Song Remembers When

    * Your Song | Elton John | Elton John

    * In The Air Tonight - 2015 Remastered | Phil Collins | Face Value (Deluxe Edition)

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    34 min

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Mel's Diner Jukebox is a place where stories and songs build community and connections. Guests at Mel's Diner choose 5 songs that are important to them and share the stories that explain why these…