Mel’s Diner Jukebox

Mel's Diner Jukebox

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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 songs mean so much to them. It is a place of good stories, great music, and a shared love of the power of music in our lives. melsdinerjukebox.substack.com

Aug 13

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: melsdinerjukebox@gmail.com 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 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
Jul 30

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: melsdinerjukebox@gmail.com 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) 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
Jul 16

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: melsdinerjukebox@gmail.com 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 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
Jul 2

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: melsdinerjukebox@gmail.com 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 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
Jun 18

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: melsdinerjukebox@gmail.com 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 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
Jun 4

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: melsdinerjukebox@gmail.com 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 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
May 21

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: melsdinerjukebox@gmail.com 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) 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
May 7

Mel's Diner Jukebox | Episode 1

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 Tomorrow Want to be on the show? Know someone who should be on the show? Email me: melsdinerjukebox@gmail.com 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

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 songs mean so much to them. It is a place of good stories, great music, and a shared love of the power of music in our lives. melsdinerjukebox.substack.com

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Mel's Diner Jukebox
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2026
Episodes

20
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Clean
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