NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Nathaniel Mayer on 27 July 2023. Nathaniel Mayer has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 5 episodes and was first played on 15 June 2015.

Nathaniel Mayer (February 10, 1944 – November 1, 2008) was an American rhythm and blues singer, who started his career in the early 1960s at Fortune Records in Detroit. "Nay Dog" or "Nate," as he was also known, had a raw, highly energetic vocal style and wild stage show.

After a 35-year absence from music, in 2002 Mayer began recording and touring again, releasing albums with Fat Possum, Alive…