JOHN’S JUKEBOX PICKS → SPOTIFY | APPLEMEL’S PICKS → SPOTIFY | APPLEWelcome 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] | 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 | twelvefourThanks for visiting Mel’s Diner. Subscribe for free to receive new episodes from your favorite jukebox in the corner of your favorite diner.Know someone who would love the vibes at Mel’s Diner? Share the love. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melsdinerjukebox.substack.com

Blair’s Jukebox Picks → SPOTIFY | APPLEMel’s Picks → SPOTIFY | APPLEWelcome 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] | 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 SurThanks for visiting Mel’s Diner. Subscribe for free to receive new episodes from your favorite jukebox in the corner of your favorite diner.Know someone who would love the vibes at Mel’s Diner? Share the love. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melsdinerjukebox.substack.com

MITCH’S JUKEBOX SELECTIONS → SPOTIFY | APPLEMEL’S PICKS → SPOTIFY | APPLEWelcome 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] | 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 EPThanks for visiting Mel’s Diner. Subscribe for free to receive new episodes from your favorite jukebox in the corner of your favorite diner.Know someone who would love the vibes at Mel’s Diner? Share the love. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melsdinerjukebox.substack.com

Heather's Jukebox Selections ← SPOTIFY LINKHeather's Jukebox Selections ← APPLE MUSIC LINKMel's Picks ← SPOTIFY LINKMel's Picks ← APPLE MUSIC LINKWelcome 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]’s Jukebox PlaylistSONG | 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 Thanks for visiting Mel’s Diner. Subscribe for free to receive new episodes from your favorite jukebox in the corner of your favorite diner.Know someone who would love the vibes at Mel’s Diner? Share the love. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melsdinerjukebox.substack.com

LISTEN TO THE SONGS ← SPOTIFY LINKLISTEN TO THE SONGS ← APPLE MUSIC LINKWelcome 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] | 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)Thanks for visiting Mel’s Diner. Subscribe for free to receive new episodes from your favorite jukebox in the corner of your favorite diner.Know someone who would love the vibes at Mel’s Diner? Share the love. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melsdinerjukebox.substack.com

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.JUKEBOX SELECTIONS ← Listen to all the songs that Matthew Merson Sr. selected here. These songs make take on new meaning for you, too.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.SONG | ARTIST | ALBUM* Turn It On, Turn It On, Turn It On | Tom T. Hall | Tom T. Hall - Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher* How Great Thou Art | Elvis Presley | How Great Thou Art* I’m Just A Country Boy | Don Williams | Country Boy* Good Ole Boys Lile Me | Don Williams | Portrait* What A Friend We Have In Jesus | Alan Jackson | Precious Memories* You And I | Eddie Rabbitt, Crystal Gayle | Radio Romance* Love, Me | Collin Raye | All I Can Be* Convoy | C.W. McCall | C.W. McCall’s Greatest Hits* When God Ran | Phillips, Craig & Dean | Restoration* Barabbas | Greenbrier | The Back of the Book* Far Side Bank of Jordan | Allison Krauss, The Cox Family | I Know Who Holds TomorrowWant to be on the show? Know someone who should be on the show? Email me: [email protected] for visiting Mel’s Diner. Subscribe for free to receive new episodes from your favorite jukebox in the corner of your favorite diner.Know someone who would love the vibes at Mel’s Diner? Share the love. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melsdinerjukebox.substack.com

Welcome to Mel’s Diner. My name is Matthew and I am so glad you are here. You found a very special place that welcomes all who enter while serving up only the best vibes to build a community of amazing people who love discovering great music.JUMP TO THE MUSIC ← Spotify MusicThis is going to be the final Mel’s Diner Jukebox in this format (although let’s be real, I am definitely going to revisit this format again).Mel’s Diner Jukebox is transitioning from a curated playlist of ten amazing songs, to a podcast of personal interviews and conversations with anyone willing to share 5 to 10 very important songs and the stories behind why those songs are so important to them. These conversations, and a link to a playlist of the important songs, will be posted every other week on all major podcast platforms as well as this substack. Mel’s Diner Jukebox is a place where stories and songs build community and connections.There is still quite a bit happening behind the scenes but until then, here is a curated playlist of songs put together by dear friend BonaSong. BonaSong has been my friend for 20+ years, and he has been a regular at Mel’s Diner since the beginning. So, as a fitting way to end this menu item at Mel’s Diner, BonaSong is going to take us out. Thanks BonaSong, and I can’t wait to interview you.Peace.SONG | ARTIST | ALBUM* Coyulde - Live | Mongo Santamaria | Live At Yankee Stadium* See Her Out (Thats Just Life) | Francis and the Lights | Farewell, Starlite!* Morning | Noble Oak | Horizon* The Dawn | Osibisa | Osibisa* Pressure Machine | The Killers | Pressure Machine* Emere Pa Beba | Daddy Lumba, Pat Thomas | Ahenfo Kyiniye* [Rainbow] | Coldplay | Moon Music (Full Moon Edition)* Age of Anxiety I | Arcade Fire | WE* Glass Eyes | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool* Wait | M83 | Hurry Up, We’re DreamingThanks for visiting Mel’s Diner. Subscribe for free so you will never miss an episode from your favorite jukebox in the corner of your favorite diner.Know someone who would love the vibes at Mel’s Diner? Share the love. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melsdinerjukebox.substack.com

A short introduction to the changes coming Mel’s Diner Jukebox. Subscribe to the new podcast, invite your friends, and if you would like to be on the show, email me:[email protected] launch coming in a few weeks.Peace. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melsdinerjukebox.substack.com

Welcome to Mel’s Diner. My name is Matthew and I am so glad you are here. You found a very special place that welcomes all who enter while serving up only the best vibes to build a community of amazing people who love discovering great music. If you have been a previous visitor to Mel’s Diner, you know that there is an amazing curated playlist that is shared every week. Up until now, each jukebox playlist has been curated by me, but soon I would like to change that. I would love it if YOU came to Mel’s Diner and picked up to 10 important songs to you on the jukebox, and then you and I sit down and talk about why they are important. I would love to hear those stories then hear those songs through your story. If you would like to join me, reach out to me at [email protected] and we can save you a seat at the counter. Also, spring break starts this week, so Mel is taking next week off. But have no fear, there is a 25 song playlist today (with one bonus track) that is curated specifically for a long drive (about an hour forty-eight drive to be exact). So start the car, get a coffee to go, turn up the volume, and enjoy the ride! See you all soon.JUMP TO THE MUSIC ← Spotify link SONG | ARTIST | ALBUM* Will The Circle Be Unbroken | John Lee Hooker | In PersonLoad the car, strap the luggage down, adjust the mirrors, seatbelt, let’s go.* The Swimming Song | Loudon Wainwright III | Attempted MustachePulling out of the driveway and leaving town for a few days.* Over You Again | The Dig | Tired Hearts EPMade it to the highway, we are crusin’ now.* Things Will Change |Treetop Flyers | The Mountain MovesWhere are the snacks? * Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone) | Kurt Vile | (watch my moves)Windows rolled down. No one is talking. Turn it up.* I Like The Way You Walk | The Donkeys | Born With StripesIn the groove now.* Love Lives Here | Faces | 1970-1975: You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or AnythingRod Stewarts voice can take us anywhere.* Summer | Skinshape | OracoloAny signs for a Buc-ee’s? * Biloxi | Hiss Golden Messenger | Heart Like a LeveeFresh cup of coffee and arms like ocean waves out the window.* Charley’s Girl | Lou Reed | Coney Island BabyThis song can soundtrack any scenery.* Gimme Some Lovin’ | The Spencer Davis Group | The Best of Spencer Davis GroupThis classic banger. Everyone must sing along. * Storm Boy | Xavier Rudd | Storm BoyBringing the vibe down a bit but turning up the beauty of travel.* You Got Me Runnin’ | Calvin Love | Highway DancerSun set drive? Turn this up.* Pacific Theme | Broken Social Scene | You Forgot It In PeopleTake me to the California coast.* Dirt Road Blues | Bob Dylan | Time Out Of MindPull into that cool looking diner up ahead.* Where Dirt and Water Collide | The White Buffalo | The White Buffalo EPMay you see mountains out your window or at least in your mind.* Electric Indigo | The Paper Kites | twelvefourMay this song and this road never end.* Oh I Wept | Free | Fire And Water (Deluxe Edition)A vintage Cadillac is all this song needs.* The Way We Move - Romero Thrasher Version | Langhorne Slim | The Way We Move - Romero Thrasher VersionParty in the van now.* Rolling Rolling Rolling | Daniel Norgren | Wooh DangPerfect fit for this drive.* I’m in Love | Junior Kimbrough | Most Things Haven’t Worked Out We are on a long country road deep in the south.* Wicked Game | Chris Isaak | Heart Shaped WorldThe first note and everyone is here for it.* Hey Carolina | The Horse Traders | I Don’t MindPicking up the groove and elevation.* Grazing In The Grass | Hugh Masekela | The Promise Of A FutureWords are not necessary.* You Can’t Always Get What You Want | The Rolling Stones | Let It BleedAll together now.* BONUS TRACK - CRANK IT UP, ROLL THE WINDOWS DOWN, AND SING ALONGYou can not help it. It is out of your control. You and everyone around will have no choice but to scream out every single word. Cherish these moments. It is where the magic lives.Thanks for visiting Mel’s Diner. Subscribe for free to receive new playlists each week from your favorite jukebox in the corner of your favorite diner.Know someone who would love the vibes at Mel’s Diner? Share the love. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melsdinerjukebox.substack.com

Welcome to Mel’s Diner. My name is Matthew and I am so glad you are here. You found a very special place that welcomes all who enter while serving up only the best vibes to build a community of amazing people who love discovering great music. The jukebox at Mel’s curates a weekly playlist of new, vintage, and deep-cut music that can soundtrack any adventure that awaits you. Just sit anywhere, my friend, I will get us some pie and a cup of coffee.PLAY BUTTON ← JUMP TO THE MUSIC [SPOTIFY LINK]Got a request for the jukebox or just want to say “hello”. [email protected] | ARTIST | ALBUM* The Truth | Orgone, Kelly Finnigan | ConnectionGreat neo-soul music.* Midnight Train | David Rawlings | Poor David’s AlmanackDavid Rawlings’s music is incredible. * Freaks | Surf Curse | FreaksThanks to my kids for introducing me to this track.* To Keep Sane in the Dark | Mo Lowda & the Humble | Tailing the GhostSuper cool indie track I discovered last week.* Wish I Had Not Said That | Elizabeth Moen, Matt Gold | Wish I Had Not Said ThatElizabeth Moen covering J.J. Cale. Two of my favorites combined into one amazing track.* Cosmic Salami | Favourite People | Favourite PeopleOne of the coolest songs you will hear today.* Over The Hill | John Martyn | Solid AirThis track will be a perfect addition to any early morning drive you find yourself on.* The Only One | Roy Orbison | Mystery GirlThis track has been one of my all-time favorites since I first heard it about 10 years ago.* Chiri Hari | Samba Toure | GandadikoI love Saharan music.* Love On My Brain | Jim Ford | Harlan CountyAmazing Muscle Shoals style country R&B.Thanks for visiting Mel’s Diner. Subscribe for free to receive new playlists each week from your favorite jukebox in the corner of your favorite diner.Know someone who would love the vibes at Mel’s Diner? Share the love. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melsdinerjukebox.substack.com