Tuesday Lunch with Abe Perlstein

12/11/2025

Thankful…

12/10/2025

Central Coast Tuesday Lunch with Abe listeners: Get with th’ grits! Don’t miss bluesmaster John Németh and band TONIGHT at The Siren in Morro Bay!

Central Coast Cali - see you tonight at The Siren | 7pm show!!
Tix: https://www.tixr.com/groups/thesiren/events/john-nemeth-blues-show-163675
John Németh Blues R***e at The Siren! The Rock FM Radio - Morro Bay Tuesday Lunch with Abe Perlstein

12/07/2025

A six-hour exploration of recorded music unfolds as the Tues., Dec. 9th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch With Abe radio broadcast starts with celebrating singer-songwriter-bandleader Dan Hicks who would've been 84 today.

Memphis-based John Nemeth has worked with blues icons Anson Funderburgh, Junior Watson, Elvin Bishop, and released a number of his own recordings. 12:30pm PT | 1:30pm MT | 2:30pm CT | 3:30pm ET ushers in the rich legacy of the blues and what you could expect hearing Wednesday night when Nemeth plays The Siren, Morro Bay.

BirdBelly, the moniker of Métis indigenous Edmonton, Alberta singer-songwriter Cynthia Harmar finds the spotlight at 1:30pm PT | 2:30pm MT | 3:30pm CT | 4:30pm ET blending elements of jazz, country and gospel on "The Wind The Wood," cinematic, poetic Americana often touching upon themes of faith and resilience.

A 2:30pm PT | 3:30pm MT | 4:30pm CT | 5:30pm ET memorial tribute to guitarist, A&R man, recording engineer, producer Steve Cropper who worked with Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd, was a founding member of Booker T. & the MG’s, The Mar-Keys, and was literally involved in virtually every Stax Record release from '61 through '70, assuring Cropper an honored place in the soul music hall of fame as co-writer of "(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay," "Knock On Wood," "In The Midnight Hour," and countless other classics.

Newmarket, New Hampshire singer-songwriter, producer Jon Nolan joins the action at 3:30pm PT | 4:30pm MT | 5:30pm CT | 6:30pm ET with Jon Nolan and Good Co.'s Strolling Bones Records release "Slow Cooker,"relatable storytelling conveyed through a latticework of folk-inspired country-rock drawn from personal stories and his imagination.

The Dec. 9th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch with Abe, 12-6pm PT | 1-7pm MT | 2-8pm CT | 3-9pm ET exclusively on listener-supported, all-volunteer 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock.

--> FM-97.3: Los Osos, Baywood, Morro Bay, Cayucos
--> FM-107.9: Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero
--> Streaming live and later on demand at: www.TheRockCommunityRadio.org.
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11/30/2025

The Tues., Dec. 2nd, 2025 six hour Tuesday Lunch With Abe begins with a short tribute to the The Rolling Stones somewhat overlooked "Blue & Lonesome" blues rock cover album released Dec. 2nd, 2016 followed by four new album segments and a hot mess o'new and vintage recordings.

At 12:30pm PT | 1:30pm MT | 2:30pm CT | 3:30pm ET two-time Grammy-winning jazz & pop vocalist, pianist, songwriter Nicole Zuraitis' concert album, Nicole Zuraitis & Friends "Live at Vic's Las Vegas" effectively demonstrates why she stands out in today's music landscape, a natural reflection of her fluid, artistic path that began with opera.

From Dublin, Ireland at 1:30pm PT | 2:30pm MT | 3:30pm CT | 4:30pm ET | 9:30pm Ireland time it's pianist, Fender Rhodes, alto saxophonist, composer Carole Nelson's commanding Livia Records CD "Through The Storm," the Carole Nelson Trio's fourth release celebrates nature's resilience and renewal inspired by the annual migration of swallows from Africa to Ireland.

New York saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer Jason Rigby's new "Mayhem" will be featured at 2:30pm PT | 3:30pm MT | 4:30pm CT | 5:30pm ET, an immersive duo project on the Endectomorph Music label also featuring drummer, multi-instrumentalist Mark Guiliana. Grab your headphones for a sonic adventure you won't want to miss.

Nashville singer-songwriter Maia Sharp whose songs have been recorded by Art Garfunkel, Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt and many others returns at 3:30pm PT | 4:30pm MT | 5:30pm CT | 6:30pm ET with her 10th solo release, "Tomboy" on Crooked Crown Records, a grounded Americana-adjacent effort with great songcraft steeped in quiet gratitude, internal celebration and a complete embrace of true self.

The Dec. 2nd, 2025 Tuesday Lunch with Abe, 12-6pm PT | 1-7pm MT | 2-8pm CT | 3-9pm ET exclusively on listener-supported, all-volunteer 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock.

--> FM-97.3: Los Osos, Baywood, Morro Bay, Cayucos
--> FM-107.9: Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero
--> Streaming live & later on demand at www.TheRockCommunityRadio.org.
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11/28/2025

Heather Ward from her Nov. 4th Tuesday Lunch with Tuesday Lunch with Abe appearance. Her segment begins 2-minutes, 32-seconds in…

November 4th, 2025 , Use Your Common Sense Day and Election Day coincide with an all new Tuesday Lunch With Abe radio broadcast featuring four new albums plus a hearty stew of compelling new and vintage recordings.

Soulful Seattle jazz vocalist Heather Ward leads off at 12:30pm PT | 1:30pm MT | 2:30pm CT | 3:30pm ET. Her second album "Guilded & Silver" features uncluttered, rich originals, standards and reinterpretations of pop classics accompanied by piano, upright bass, percussion, and subtle trumpet flourishes paired well with her smoky, sultry nuanced alto.

At 1:30pm PT | 2:30pm MT | 3:30pm CT | 4:30pm ET L.A. drummer, composer Chris Wabich who's worked with Sting, Stanley Jordan, Leonard Cohen, the Zappa family and Mark Murphy leads a trio packed with chemistry between himself, pianist Josh Nelson and bassist Dan Lutz resulting in soothing, picturesque positivity on "1978 (steep)."

At 2:30pm PT | 3:30pm MT | 4:30pm CT | 5:30pm ET East Lansing, Michigan guitarist Randy Napoleon and composer Gregg Hill bring their OA2 Records CD "Waking Dream, The Music of Gregg Hill & Randy Napoleon." Napoleon whose career includes The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Letterman, The View, and The Today Show leads an ensemble including five guitarists with music flowing as a series of playful, dreamlike, mysterious vignettes shaped by reverie and reflection.

Brooklyn saxophonist, composer Dan Blake appears at 3:30pm PT | 4:30pm MT | 5:30pm CT | 6:30pm ET with "Got My Wings" a Adhyâropa Records release dedicated to Buddhist practitioner and author on death row Jarvis Jay Masters, exploring the possibility of finding freedom through art and spirituality, even in the context of incarceration.

At 4:30pm PT | 5:30pm MT | 6:30pm CT | 7:30pm ET Che Miller & Colleen Gnos of California Central Coast beergrass quartet The Mother Corn Shuckers drop into the studio presenting the first-ever broadcast of selections from their upcoming new album produced by Mother Hips' Tim Bluhm; plus what to expect when opening for Southern Culture On The Skids this same evening at The Siren, Morro Bay.

The Nov. 4th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch with Abe, uncommon, eclectic, 12-6pm PT | 1-7pm MT | 2-8pm CT | 3-9pm ET on listener-supported, all-volunteer 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock.

--> FM-97.3: Los Osos, Baywood, Morro Bay, Cayucos
--> FM-107.9: Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero
--> Streaming live & later on demand at www.TheRockCommunityRadio.org.
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11/23/2025

Tues., Nov. 25th, 2025 is National Espresso Day and an all new Tuesday Lunch With Abe radio broadcast tailor made for seekers of new and vintage music.

At 12:30pm PT | 1:30pm MT | 2:30pm CT | 3:30pm ET New York and Texas-based trombonist, composer, bandleader, educator and Outside In Music Records founder Nick Finzer's debut big band effort "The Jazz Orchestra Volume 1" finds the spotlight with New York's finest rising star jazz players on originals and J.J. Johnson compositions.

At 1:30pm PT | 2:30pm MT | 3:30pm CT | 4:30pm ET among the most revered, inventive modern music artists, keyboardist, composer Craig Taborn, drummer, percussionist, composer Marcus Gilmore and guitarist, lap steel guitarist, bassist, composer Nels Cline join forces on their genre-defying Pyroclastic Records CD "Trio Of Bloom" first inspired by long time collaborator with all three, producer/poet David Breskin.

Creative, versatile Brooklyn guitarist, composer, award-winning elite runner David Bailis returns at 2:30pm PT | 3:30pm MT | 4:30pm CT | 5:30pm ET brings his 4th release "Running Through My Mind" a Create Or Destroy Records modern jazz outing leading a quintet on thoughtful, cinematic tributes to his love of running.

At 3:30pm PT | 4:30pm MT | 5:30pm CT | 6:30pm ET Vancouver, B.C. singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, producer Petunia first learns covers by Hank Williams, Jimmie Rogers, The Carter Family and others 'til inspiration strikes on originals by Petunia & The Vipers on their 6th album "Callin' Me Back" a modern spin on trad country, folk, and blues.

Plus, listen for your chance to win a pair of tickets to a Palm Theatre big screen presentation of The Doors documentary film "When You're Strange."

The Nov. 18th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch with Abe, 12-6pm PT | 1-7pm MT | 2-8pm CT | 3-9pm ET only on listener-supported, all-volunteer 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock.

* FM-97.3: Los Osos, Baywood, Morro Bay, Cayucos
* FM-107.9: Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero
* Streaming live & later on demand at www.TheRockCommunityRadio.org
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11/17/2025

The Nov. 18th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch With Abe begins with a tribute to the Buffalo Springfield's landmark "Buffalo Springfield Again" album released 58 years ago today followed by jazz, country-folk, bluegrass and psychedelic rock new album showcase segments.

At 12:30pm PT | 1:30pm MT | 2:30pm CT | 3:30pm ET hear the results of big band leader Ira B. Liss and multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger Dan Radlauer having invited 11 world class musicians not associated with big band jazz including country superstar Vince Gill and Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso Daniel Ho to record with the 17-piece Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine on their all original album "Unexpected Guests."

At 1:30pm PT | 2:30pm MT | 3:30pm CT | 4:30pm ET a sneak preview of two not-yet-released companion albums by country-folk troubadour, guitarist, singer-songwriter, producer Eric Vancil's "Morning Part 1 of Morning & Midnight and "Midnight Part 2 of Morning & Midnight" on Nearhome Records crafted in a secluded, East Texas cabin.

2:30pm PT | 3:30pm MT | 4:30pm CT | 5:30pm ET ushers in "Safe, Sensible And Sane," a collaborative banjo-centric Compass Records bluegrass album debut from banjoists, singer-songwriters Alison Brown and Steve Martin along with musical luminaries Jackson Browne, Jason Mraz, Indigo Girls, Vince Gill, and Sarah Jarosz.

Psychedelic rock collective The Third Mind's 3rd Yep Roc Records release, spontaneously arranged songs featuring guitarist, vocalist, Grammy winner Dave Alvin, vocalist, acoustic guitarist Jesse Sykes, bass guitarist Victor Krummenacher bursts forth at 3:30pm PT | 4:30pm MT | 5:30pm CT | 6:30pm ET. "Right Now!" combines instinct and improvisational interpretations of 60s classics such as The Youngbloods' "Darkness, Darkness."

The Nov. 18th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch with Abe, 12-6pm PT | 1-7pm MT | 2-8pm CT | 3-9pm ET exclusively on listener-supported, all-volunteer 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock.

--> FM-97.3: Los Osos, Baywood, Morro Bay, Cayucos
--> FM-107.9: Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero
--> Streaming live & later on demand at www.TheRockCommunityRadio.org.
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11/10/2025

Longtime friend and tuba master Jim Self, a reoccurring guest on Tuesday Lunch With Abe radio who showcased many new albums over the years passed on Nov. 2nd. Some weeks back we shared a lovely meal in San Luis Obispo. I’ll surely miss Jim's bright, positive energy, good humor and passion for a life in music.

11/09/2025

Hey now music connoisseurs! Nov. 11th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch With Abe radio presents 9 new albums for your listening pleasure!

Jazz reigns supreme as Houston pianist, composer Ben Clifton's "Overlook" leads off at 12:10pm PT | 1:10pm MT | 2:10pm CT | 3:10pm ET followed by a 12:50pm PT | 1:50pm MT | 2:50pm CT | 3:50pm ET spotlight on New Orleans saxophonist, arranger David Bode's "Good Hang" on 1718 Records.

At 1:30pm PT | 2:30pm MT | 3:30pm CT | 4:30pm ET pianist, keyboardist, composer Marc Seals' Origin Records CD "People & Places" featuring legendary saxophonist Ernie Watts leads into a 2:10pm PT | 3:10pm MT | 4:10pm CT | 5:10pm ET segment on New York drummer, composer, arranger Steve Smith and Steve Smith and Vital Information, The NYC Edition's "Heart of The City" on BFM Jazz Records right into a 2:50pm PT | 3:50pm MT | 4:50pm CT | 5:50pm ET study of Chicago tenor saxophonist, composer Sam Pilnick's Nonet Project's "The Project."

At 3:30pm PT | 4:30pm MT | 5:30pm CT | 6:30pm ET Mountain View, California guitarist, arranger Jim Witzel's Jim Witzel Quartet's "Very Early, Remembering Bill Evans," precedes a 4:10pm PT | 5:10pm MT | 6:10pm CT | 7:10pm ET feature on Toronto drummer, composer Joe Bowden's "Music Is Life."

A pair of Bulletproof Records | Kartel Records releases close out the show first with reggae super group The Mighty Rootsmen's album of the same name at 4:50pm PT | 5:50pm MT | 6:50pm CT | 7:50pm ET, then a 5:20pm PT | 6:20pm MT | 7:20pm CT | 8:20pm ET sampling of The KIngston Lions' self-titled "The Kingston Lions."

The Nov. 11th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch with Abe, 12-6pm PT | 1-7pm MT | 2-8pm CT | 3-9pm ET exclusively on listener-supported, all-volunteer 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock.

--> FM-97.3: Los Osos, Baywood, Morro Bay, Cayucos
--> FM-107.9: Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero
--> Streaming live & later on demand at www.TheRockCommunityRadio.org.
--> 'Like' or 'Follow' Tuesday Lunch with Abe Perlstein.

11/03/2025

November 4th, 2025 , Use Your Common Sense Day and Election Day coincide with an all new Tuesday Lunch With Abe radio broadcast featuring four new albums plus a hearty stew of compelling new and vintage recordings.

Soulful Seattle jazz vocalist Heather Ward leads off at 12:30pm PT | 1:30pm MT | 2:30pm CT | 3:30pm ET. Her second album "Guilded & Silver" features uncluttered, rich originals, standards and reinterpretations of pop classics accompanied by piano, upright bass, percussion, and subtle trumpet flourishes paired well with her smoky, sultry nuanced alto.

At 1:30pm PT | 2:30pm MT | 3:30pm CT | 4:30pm ET L.A. drummer, composer Chris Wabich who's worked with Sting, Stanley Jordan, Leonard Cohen, the Zappa family and Mark Murphy leads a trio packed with chemistry between himself, pianist Josh Nelson and bassist Dan Lutz resulting in soothing, picturesque positivity on "1978 (steep)."

At 2:30pm PT | 3:30pm MT | 4:30pm CT | 5:30pm ET East Lansing, Michigan guitarist Randy Napoleon and composer Gregg Hill bring their OA2 Records CD "Waking Dream, The Music of Gregg Hill & Randy Napoleon." Napoleon whose career includes The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Letterman, The View, and The Today Show leads an ensemble including five guitarists with music flowing as a series of playful, dreamlike, mysterious vignettes shaped by reverie and reflection.

Brooklyn saxophonist, composer Dan Blake appears at 3:30pm PT | 4:30pm MT | 5:30pm CT | 6:30pm ET with "Got My Wings" a Adhyâropa Records release dedicated to Buddhist practitioner and author on death row Jarvis Jay Masters, exploring the possibility of finding freedom through art and spirituality, even in the context of incarceration.

At 4:30pm PT | 5:30pm MT | 6:30pm CT | 7:30pm ET Che Miller & Colleen Gnos of California Central Coast beergrass quartet The Mother Corn Shuckers drop into the studio presenting the first-ever broadcast of selections from their upcoming new album produced by Mother Hips' Tim Bluhm; plus what to expect when opening for Southern Culture On The Skids this same evening at The Siren, Morro Bay.

The Nov. 4th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch with Abe, uncommon, eclectic, 12-6pm PT | 1-7pm MT | 2-8pm CT | 3-9pm ET on listener-supported, all-volunteer 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock.

--> FM-97.3: Los Osos, Baywood, Morro Bay, Cayucos
--> FM-107.9: Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero
--> Streaming live & later on demand at www.TheRockCommunityRadio.org.
--> 'Like' or 'Follow' Tuesday Lunch with Abe Perlstein.

10/26/2025

National Chocolate Day, Oct. 28th, 2025 coincides with a mouthwatering Tuesday Lunch With Abe, four delicious new albums and a slew of other new and vintage fare.

Jerusalem upright and 5-string acoustic bassist, composer, producer Yosef Gutman Levitt returns at 12:30pm PT | 1:30pm MT | 2:30pm CT | 3:30pm ET with his mesmerizing Soul Song CD "Shir Yedidot" ("Songs of Loves") with piano, the Persian bowed instrument kamancheh, oud, flute, cello, reeds and percussion; 12 tracks of wordless, intimate, honest, largely improvised melodies from the heart.

New York pianist Billy Lester checks in at 1:30pm PT | 2:30pm MT | 3:30pm CT | 4:30pm ET with his Ultra Sound Records CD "High Standards" with bassist Marcello Testa and drummer Nicola Strannieri in a series of exhilarating, wholly unpredictable arrangements of "There Will Be Another You," "You Go To My Head," "What Is This Thing Called Love," other standards, plus closing with a stellar improvisational piece.

Madre Vaca, a Jacksonville, Florida instrumental original jazz-rock, fusion-meets-chamber-music composers collective is spotlighted at 2:30pm PT | 3:30pm MT | 4:30pm CT | 5:30pm ET on "Yukon" citing diverse influences such as Wayne Shorter, Wes Montgomery, Cecil Taylor, Mozart, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker and Nirvana combined via superb musicianship and boundless creativity.

Karachi, Pakistan-born, New York-based acoustic guitarist, composer Rez Abbasi makes his way back at 3:30pm PT | 4:30pm MT | 5:30pm CT | 6:30pm ET with his 17th recording and 3rd with the Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quintet, "Sound Remains" finding Abbasi in good company with vibes, acoustic bass, drums and percussion playing originals rich in depth and emotion on his Whirlwind Records release.

6-hours of new and vintage music: the Oct. 28th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch with Abe, 12-6pm on listener-supported, all-volunteer 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock.

--> FM-97.3: Los Osos, Baywood, Morro Bay, Cayucos
--> FM-107.9: Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero
--> Streaming live & later on demand at www.TheRockCommunityRadio.org.
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10/19/2025

There will NOT be a Tues., Oct. 21st Tuesday Lunch With Abe 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock radio broadcast. Why? Your esteemed host has been busy preparing for TODAY’S Mon., Oct. 20th gory good time at The Bay Theatre celebrating the 40th anniversary screening of director Stuart Gordon's iconic “Re-Animator” in a stunning new 4K UHD-HDR restoration of this classic horror-comedy (with the emphasis on dark comedy played straight, though still plenty bloody) from Ignite Films and Eagle Rock Pictures!

After a short intermission, stay for the never-before-seen big screen presentation of behind-the-scenes photos shot on set during production, narrated by Abe and Central Coast Film Society principles, Carlos Plummer and Kyle Plummer.

Audience participation--impromptu snarky comments, questions, sound effects, etc.---heartily encouraged.

This fundraiser event for the non-profit Central Coast Film Society will also afford opportunities to acquire your own “Re-Animator” 4K Blu-ray, t-shirts, hoodies and limited edition bobbleheads (as found in the Ultimate Collector's Edition)!

Get tickets now at www.centralcoastfilmsociety.org/events.

For a 20% discount > type in promo code TUESDAYLUNCH.

$20 at the door, if not sold out.

Doors: 5:00pm
Film & slide show: 5:30pm
The Bay Theatre
464 Morro Bay Bl.
Morro Bay, CA.

Read Glen Starkey’s 10-16-25 New Times SLO article:

www.newtimesslo.com/photographer-abe-perlstein-unveils-behind-the-scenes-photos-from-re-animator-screening-oct-20-at-the-bay-theatre