Notes From a Pandemic: Happy birthday, Willie Nelson; stream Winnetka Bowling League, Molly Moore, Yuna, Natalie Prass and more

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Willie Nelson on Sunday at the BeachLife Festival (Photo by Jessie Lee Cederblom)
Willie Nelson on at the 2019 BeachLife Festival (Photo by Jessie Lee Cederblom)

Here we are, about a million days into quarantine, celebrating Willie Nelson’s 87th birthday. See the 2:20 p.m. listing below for a special stream on YouTube.

ONLINE FIND

■ It’s never not time for a Yusuf/Cat Stevens song, but this stripped-down performance from home seems especially right.

TODAY’S LIVE STREAMS

■ 2AM: Garrett Kato on Instagram (from Australia).
■ 7AM: KAMAUU on Instagram.
■ 7AM: KPop group TWICE’s documentary “Seize the Light” on YouTube.
■ 9AM: James Bay (guitar lesson) on Instagram.
■ 9AM: Justin Furstenfield (Blue October) on Facebook.
■ 9AM: Tribute to Les Paul (archive livestream) with Slash, Joe Perry (Aerosmith), Buddy Guy, Joe Satriani and more on AXS TV.
■ 10AM: The Arkells’ Flatten the Curve Music Lessons on Instagram.
■ 10AM: La Blogotheque’s #StayAwayShow with Natalie Prass on Instagram.
10AM: The Dunwells on Facebook.
10AM: Jazz piano master Fred Hersch via Facebook live
10AM: Ed O’Brien on Rough Trade NYC’s Instagram.
■ 10AM: Carly Pearce on Billboard’s Facebook.
■ 10AM Natalie Prass on Instagram.
■ 10AM: Sofi Tukker (dj set and more) on Instagram.
■ 11AM: The Grammy Museum continues it’s Monday, Wednesday, Saturday sharing of never-before-released archives of past Public Programs at their Clive Davis Theater. Check out Brett Young here today.
■ 11AM: Winnetka Bowling League on Z104.5’s Instagram.
■ 12PM: James Bay guitar lessons on Instagram.
■ 12PM: Tim Burgess’ Listening Party with Trampoline and their album “PICK A POCKET OR TWO: QUIET Side” with on Twitter (#TimsTwitterListeningParty) (replay here).

■ 12PM: Nathan Ball on SoFar Sounds’ website.
■ 12PM: The Ballroom Thieves on StageIt.
■ 12PM: Charlie XCX on Instagram.
■ 12PM: Cold War Kids on Instagram.
■ 12PM: Martin Guitar’s Jam in Place on Facebook.
■ 12PM: Oh Wonder on Instagram.
■ 12PM: Rock ‘n Roll Playhouse with Eric Krasno on Facebook and YouTube.
■ 12PM: The Roots’ Reconstruction with Stro Elliot on YouTube.
■ 12PM: SCENES Live Sessions with MamaDear on Facebook.
■ 12PM: Stephane Wrembel plays Django Reinhardt on Facebook.
■ 12PM: Katelyn (Tarver) at Noon with J. Hart on Instagram.
■ 12PM: Trivium on YouTube.
12PM: We Are Hear with Linda Perry on YouTube.
■ 1PM: Tim Burgess’ Listening Party with Maccabees and their album “Given To The Wild” with on Twitter (#TimsTwitterListeningParty) (replay here).
■ 1PM: Alex Henry Foster and The Long Shadows on Facebook.
■ 1PM: Grouplove on Instagram.
■ 1PM: Joshua Hyslop on Instagram.
■ 1PM: Herman Li (Dragonforce) on Twitch TV.
1PM: The Kennedy Center’s #KCCouchConcerts with Washington Women in Jazz Festival Showcase: Amy K Bormet, Christie Dashiell and Nicole Saphos on Facebook and YouTube.
■ 1PM: Lincoln Center at Home: SUDS on their website.
■ 1PM: Pickathon’s “A Concert a Day” with Dinosaur Jr. on YouTube.
■ 1PM: Tori Kelly on Instagram.
■ 1PM: The Unlikely Candidates present their weekly “Flatten the Humpday” livestream on Instagram.
■ 2PM: At Home with Michael & Lusiana (Bublé) on Facebook.
■ 2PM: Audiotree Livestreams with Late Bloomer and Liza Anne on Instagram.
■ 2PM: Toby Keith’s “Furniture Store Guitar Sessions” on his YouTube and Instagram.
■ 2PM: Tim Burgess’ Listening Party with Heaven 17 and their album “Penthouse and Pavement” with on Martyn Ware on Twitter (#TimsTwitterListeningParty)
(replay here).
2PM: Every Wednesday & Saturday, Guitar Mash brings us the “Homemade Music: Virtual Campfires” playalong/singalong on Instagram. Today is Mark Stewart with Paul Simon’s “Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard” and “For Our Courageouse Workers: A City-Wide Symphonic Fanfare.” Pick up your songsheets on their website.
■ 2PM: Paste Happies Hour: Avi Kaplan on YouTube and Facebook.
2PM: Carly Pearce on Pandora’s Instagram.
■ 2PM: An Intimate Evening with Willie (Nelson) and Merle (Haggard) on AXS TV.
■ 2:20 PM: On the legendary songwriter’s 87th birthday, Willie Nelson’s 1976 performance of the album “Red Headed Stranger” (which turns 45 this week) at Austin City Limits streams on YouTube.
2:20PM: Brendan Benson of the Raconteurs’ “Boy in a Bubble” daily series on Instagram.
■ 2:30PM: Downtown Boys on Instagram.
3PM: Christine & the Queens on Instagram.
3PM: Melissa Etheridge on Facebook.
■ 3PM: Neil Finn & family on Mixlr/Fangradio (and archived here).
■ 3PM: Honey Harper on Instagram.
■ 3PM: Quinn XCII’s Quarantine Green quiz show on Instagram (every weekday).
■ 3PM: The Roots Jam Presents Solo Sessions with MuMu Fresh, Son Little and Madison McFerrin on YouTube.
■ 3:03PM: Willie Nelson on AXS TV.
■ 3:30PM: Amanda Shires’ “I So Lounging” with Jason Isbell on YouTube.
■ 4PM: Molly Moore on Buzz Bands LA’s QUARANTUNES Live on Instagram.
■ 4PM: Ally Brooke plays on Navy Exchange’s Facebook or Instagram.
■ 4PM: Beth Cosentino (Best Coast)‘s BETHLINE with Fred Savage on YouTube.
■ 4PM: Offset and Friends (Young Thug, Rich the Kid and SAINt JHN) raising funds for the Atlanta Community Food Bank on Facebook.
■ 4PM: Pedro the Lion (every Wednesday) on Twitch TV.
■ 4:30PM: Preservation Hall Jazz Band on Instagram.
■ 5PM: Girls With Guitars, curated by H.E.R., featuring Sheryl Crow on Instagram.
■ 5PM: Anderson Street Project Neighborhood Chats with Natalie Imani on Instagram.
■ 5PM: Bluegrass Station Whiskey Sour Happy Hour: Ben Harper, Sierra Hull, Julian Lage and Margaret Glaspy and more on their website, YouTube and Facebook.
■ 5PM: Americana Highways: Randy Palmer, Justin Farren, Shannon LaBrie, Karen Mal and Will Taylor on Facebook.
■ 5PM: Jimmy Buffet on MargaritaVille.
■ 5PM: Deniro Farrar and Trent the HOOLiGAN on Baby TV (tickets).
■ 5PM: The Disco Biscuits on Nugs TV.
■ 5PM: SCENES Live Sessions with the Keymakers on Facebook.
■ 5PM: St. Vitus Bar’s “Age of Quarantine” with Alex Skolnick (Testament) on Instagram.
■ 5PM: Bob Weir on Nugs TV.
■ 5PM Ohana Fest at Home with Melissa Brooks (Aquadolls) on Instagram.
■ 5:01PM: Yuna on Levi’s Instagram.
■ 5:30PM: Annabel Lee on Instagram.
■ 5:30PM: Sammy Rae & the Friends on Instagram.
■ 6PM: La Ceiba Festival with DJ Spinna on Vimeo (rsvp here).
■ 6PM: Experimental Sound Studio: The Quarantine Concerts with Matmos, Susan Alcorn and more on their website.
■ 6PM: Drew Holcomb’s “Kitchen Covers” on Instagram and Facebook.
■ 6PM: The Roots’ DJ Questlove Presents (Live) on YouTube.
■ 6PM: Stone Foxes on Anchor Brewing’s Instagram.
■ 6:30 PM: Lauren Ruth Ward’s “virtual album release party,” with Alicia Blue and SWIMM, on the Teragram Ballroom’s Instagram.
■ 6:30PM: “Stay Home for Nevada” with Shania Twain, Nick Carter, Sammy Hagar, Lee Brice and more on iHeartRadio.
■ 7PM: Experimental Sound Studio: The Quarantine Concerts with Bonnie Jones, Tom Boram, Harwood House, Susan Alcorn and Matmos on their website.
■ 7PM: iHeartRadio Living Room Concert Series with Thomas Rhett on YouTube and iHeart Radio stations.
■ 7PM: SCENES Live Sessions with Erin Kirby on Facebook.
■ 7PM: Tones and I on YouTube.
7PM: Jeff Tweedy and family on Instagram.
7PM: We Found New Music showcase with Axel Mansoor, M.A.G.S., Tory Ruperto and Sophia Gripari on Instagram.
■ 8:30PM: The Subdudes and Andrew Duhon on Nugs TV.

SUPPORT THE SCENE

With venues and bars shuttered, fundraising campaigns are underway for staff — house sound engineers, bartenders, security, door people, etc. Here’s how to help:

■ A GoFundMe campaign has been started for staff at the Troubadour. Donate.

■ A GoFundMe campaign has been started for employees of the Teragram Ballroom and the Moroccan Lounge. Donate.

■ A GoFundMe campaign has been started for employees of the Satellite. Donate.

■ A GoFundMe campaign has been started for employees of the Hi Hat. Donate.

The Hotel Café is soliciting donations via it tickets page, with 100% of the proceeds going to employees who are jobless because the venue is shuttered. Donate.

The Bootleg Theater, which is operated by the nonprofit Rampart Theater Project, sent out a message to patrons thanking them for past support and noting that tax-deductible donations may still be made. Donate here. There is also a GoFundMe campaign. Donate here.

Zebulon Café has set up a GoFundMe page for its employees. Donate.

The Lodge Room (and adjacent Checker Hall) has a GoFundMe for their employees. Donate.

Gold-Diggers has launched a GoFundMe campaign for its staff. Donate.

■ Downtown’s Resident has a GoFundMe campaign ongoing for its staff. Donate.

■ The recently reopened Airliner has set up a GoFundMe page for its people. Donate.

■ A GoFundMe campaign has been started for staff at La Cita. Donate.

The 1933 Group, owner of 11 establishments including Highland Park Bowl, both Bigfoot Lodges, the Sassafras Saloon and the Thirsty Crow, is taking a novel approach to fundraising: They’re selling “bonds.” Essentially gift certificates, the bonds are worth $100 in future purchases, and they’re being sold at a discount for $80. More information here.

DoLA— the popular website and email newsletter that’s a virtual city guide to all things music, arts and culture — is soliciting donations for its staff. Like many outlets who depend on marketing dollars (including this site), DoLA’s revenue has plummeted to zero because of the lockdown. Their plea is simple: help us stay in business.

Amoeba Music has started a GoFundMe to help their three stores (their flagship Berkeley, San Francisco, and relocating Hollywood locations) which have been shuttered since mid-March. More info and donations accepted here.