Love and Mersey

Contact Gil at loveandmersey@aol.com

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...

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” (“Bac...

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 a...

Contact Gil at loveandmersey@aol.com

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...

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...

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 I...

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...

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 influe...

Hosted by Gil McLean- Welcome to an unfortunate Episode 15. This is ordinarily a podcast for music lovers who are fans of music and bands influenced by the Beatles & Beach Boys... and this episode sadly will serve to pay tribute to the late great Eric Carmen.  “That’s Rock ’N Roll” “Sunrise” “Go All The Way’ “Tonight” “Ecstasy” “I Wanna Be With You”  “Hey Deanie” “Let’s Pretend” “Overnight Sen...

Hosted by Gil MacGhiolleainn- Welcome to Episode 14. 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. 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! "Don't Let Me...

Hosted by Gil MacGhiolleainn- Welcome to Episode 13. 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. 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! "Baby It's Col...

Hosted by Gil MacGhiolleainn- Welcome to Episode 12. This is a podcast for music lovers who are fans ordinarily of music and bands influenced by the Beatles & Beach Boys. For this episode, I am going with the originals-- the four kings of EMI-- to discuss EXCLUSIVELY Beatle tunes. On the US Charts, the Beatles have score 20 songs at #1, and 30 songs in the Top 40 that did not make it to #1 (or...

Hosted by Gil MacGhiolleainn- Welcome to Episode 11, belated Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas. 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. 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...

Hosted by Gil MacGhiolleainn- Welcome to Episode 10. 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. 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! "Go Now"- Denn...

Hosted by Gil MacGhiolleainn- Welcome to Episode Number 9... Number 9... Number 9... and we start off with the new, and last, Beatles single! 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. So if you have about an hour where you want to hear some good music and some narrative context of wha...

Hosted by Gil MacGhiolleainn- Welcome to Episode 8- the Halloween episode.  This is a podcast for music lovers who are fans of music and bands influenced by the  Beatles & Beach Boys... although this episode strays a wee bit for Halloween. 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 rig...

Hosted by Gil MacGhiolleainn- Welcome to Episode 7. This particular episode will have a bit of a John Lennon tribute and then veer into Country, strangely. You'll see what I mean. 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...

Hosted by Gil MacGhiolleainn- Welcome to Episode 6. 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 c...

Hosted by Gil MacGhiolleainn. This episode is a little different from the ones I've been doing. This is a little more "Rock history" or whatever kind of pseudo-intellectual eggheaded name you want to give it. I talk about the times when our beloved Beatles and Beach Boys met the guy who started it all. The songs listed below, mostly, are not played in their entirety and/or without s...

Hosted by Gil MacGhiolleainn- Welcome to Episode 4. 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 c...

Hosted by Gil MacGhiolleainn- Welcome to Episode 3. 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 c...

Hosted by Gil MacGhiolleainn- Welcome to Episode 2 . 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...

Hosted by Gil MacGhiolleainn- Welcome to Episode 1 . 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...