Here’s the rare Capital Radio show that was recorded but never played (at its regular time). So here it is a day late, belatedly celebrating what would have been the 124th birthday of baseball great Satchel Paige, the Negro League and MLB pitcher who is remembered not only for his five-decade-long career but for his motto, “Don’t look back, something may be gaining on you.”
But yes, it was also the 85th (!) birthday of the still very active (and touring!) Ringo Starr, so we begin with nearly an hour of his joyful work. We also noted the birthdays (uh, yesterday) of Joe Zawinul, Mary Ford, Charlie Louvin, Pinetop Perkins and Jim Rodford. And, taking advice of Satchel, we stopped looking back so much and played nearly a dozen songs just out this year.
Here’s the setlist:
Capital Radio July 7, 2025 www.cygnusradio.com
“Capital Radio Two,” The Clash
“It Don’t Come Easy,” Ringo Starr
“I’m the Greatest,” Ringo Starr
“She’s About a Mover,” Ringo Starr
“We’re on the Road Again,” Ringo Starr
“Photograph,” Ringo Starr
“Wrack My Brain,” Ringo Starr
“I Wanna Be Your Man,” The Beatles
“Boys,” The Beatles
“Honey Don’t,” The Beatles
“What Goes On,” The Beatles
“Act Naturally,” The Beatles
“Yellow Submarine,” The Beatles
“Octopus’s Garden,” The Beatles
“Carry that Weight,” The Beatles
“Good Night,” The Beatles
“Mercy, Mercy, Mercy,” Cannonball Adderly
“Birdland,” Weather Report
“Say the Words I Love to Hear,” Les Paul & Mary Ford
“I’m a Fool to Care,” Les Paul & Mary Ford
“I Have Found a Way,” Louvin Brothers
“Knoxville Girl,” Louvin Brothers
”Down in Mississippi,” Pinetop Perkins
“Worried Life Blues,” Pinetop Perkins
“Hold Your Head High,” Argent
“Hold Your Head Up,” Argent
“Satchel Paige Said,” The Baseball Project
“Don’t Look Back,” The Temptations
“Don’t Look Back,” The Remains
“Don’t Look Back,” Boston
“Don’t Look Back,” Jay Leighton
“Don’t Look Back,” Lollipop Shoppe
“Don’t Look Back,” Teenage Fanclub
“Don’t Look Back [live],” The Church
“Don’t Look Back,” John Lee Hooker with Van Morrison
“Don’t Look Back,” Bruce Springsteen
“Don’t Look Back in Anger,” Oasis
“She Belongs to Me [live],” Bob Dylan
“Sunday Love,” Bruce Springsteen
“London May,” Bonnie “Prince” Billy
“Preachin’ Blues,” North Mississippi Allstars
“Nancy & The Pensacola Pimp,” The Delines
“Southern Life (What It Must Be Like),” Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory
“Snapping Turtle,” S.G. Goodman
“Down to Joy,” Van Morrison
“Talkin’ to the Trees,” Neil Young & the Chrome Hearts
“Foxes in the Snow,” Jason Isbell
“Not Broken,” Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles
“Everybody Laughs,” David Byrne
“Catch These Fists,” Wet Leg
Capital Radio returns July 14 at 1 p.m. EDT on www.cygnusradio.com. The show can also be heard via the cygnusradio.com app, available free at iTunes or GooglePlay. Older shows are available at Substack.com/@rogercatlin.
