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.
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It Could’ve Turned Out a Billion Different Ways, But it Turned Out This Way.
John’s Picks → SPOTIFY (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7hbXnkZoDL99wnRRyRtJG1?si=7ef48d9ba4ca4aee) || APPLE (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/mels-diner-jukebox-john-neese/pl.u-qxylEYXt7e3exY)
Mel’s Picks → SPOTIFY (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/157cvu28WtqUGxQCO0KiyT?si=6a20a14bd24e493a) || APPLE (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/mels-picks-episode-11/pl.u-zPyLmp9t5KeK29)
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
* 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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10 Sept 2026
Mels Diner Jukebox | Tim McCoy
Tim’s Jukebox Picks → SPOTIFY (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1QTrKqf7bpEaGL0X9Sdx0T?si=88e4b2f74299458c) | APPLE (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/mels-diner-jukebox-tim-mccoy/pl.u-yZyVEAVIXedemA)
Mel’s Picks → SPOTIFY (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6FMOJlwxRuU1D9O3Sds3Cr?si=144e7860dc01462c) | APPLE (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/mels-picks-episode-10/pl.u-zPyLl9YF5KeK29)
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]
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27 Aug 2026
Mels Diner Jukebox | Laura Allnutt
Laura’s Jukebox Picks → SPOTIFY (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4X5SPNfgd4fwzDoBelmNcu?si=f6b6cb3e38c5440f) | APPLE (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/mels-diner-jukebox-laura-allnutt/pl.u-06oxpyAsLlYl53)
Mel’s Picks → SPOTIFY (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/20TIbMTihu5V4TNgQEQKsh?si=db1ffaa6a6bc45c5) | APPLE (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/mels-picks-episode-9/pl.u-XkD0vRMFY626Lb)
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)
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