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

  1. Sep 10

    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: melsdinerjukebox@gmail.com 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] 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

  2. Aug 27

    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: melsdinerjukebox@gmail.com 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) 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

  3. 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

    Mel's Diner Jukebox | Becca Booth

  4. 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

  5. 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

    Mel's Diner Jukebox | John Meinen

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

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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

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  • Creator
    Mel's Diner Jukebox
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Mels Diner Jukebox
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