It was Columbus Day in some of the country and Indigenous Peoples’ Day in other parts, including mine. And we had the songs to enable them to duke it out on Capital Radio today (the Native Americans won).
We began with a salute to John Lodge of the Moody Blues, who died last week at 82. We paid brief tribute, too, to Diane Keaton, who was a sometimes singer in addition to being an actress (in her first Broadway role, she sang with the original cast of “Hair”).
Paul Simon, who once played a record producer who was going to sign Keaton’s character in “Annie Hall,” was turning 84, so we had nearly a dozen of his best songs. Birthdays were also noted for Chris Farlowe, Dorothy Moore, Ray Brown, John Ford Coley, Robert Lamm, Anita Kerr, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and two of the Sylvers.
Here’s he setlist:
Capital Radio October 13. 2015 1 – 4:20 p.m. www.cygnusradio.com
“Washington D.C.,” The Magnetic Fields
“I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band),” The Moody Blues
“Ride My See-Saw,” The Moody Blues
“Isn’t Life Strange,” The Moody Blues
“Love is Letting Go,” Ashe with Diane Keaton
“Congratulations,” Paul Simon
“The Boxer,” Simon & Garfunkel
“April Come She Will,” Simon & Garfunkel
“America,” Simon & Garfunkel
“Homeward Bound,” Paul Simon & George Harrison
“So Long, Frank Lloyd Wight,” Simon & Garfunkel
“Duncan,” Paul Simon
“American Tune,” Paul Simon
“Father & Daughter,” Paul Simon
“Another Galaxy,” Paul Simon
“Bad Dream,” Paul Simon & Edie Brickell
“Out of Time,” Chris Farlowe
“Handbags and Gladrags,” Chris Farlowe
“Misty Blue,” Dorothy Moore
“Isn’ This a Lovely Day?” Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
“The Face of Love,” Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
“Love is the Answer,” England Dan & John Ford Coley
“I Believe to My Soul,” Anita Kerr Singers
“The Rebel – Johnny Yuma,” Johnny Cash
“Beginnings,” Chicago
“Boogie Fever,” Sylvers
“Christopher Columbus,” David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights
“Christopher Columbus,” Burning Spear
“Christopher Columbus,” Nazz
“Columbus,” The Church
“Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream,” Bob Dylan
“Indigenous Peoples’ Day,” Fyūtch
“Ghost Dance,” Robbie Robertson & the Red Road Ensemble
“Ghost Dance,” Patti Smith Group
“Rant and Roll,” John Trudell
“I Pity the Country,” Willie Dunn
“Ta Shunka Witco (Crazy Horse),” Ian Hunter
“Cherokee,” Cat Power
“Come and Get Your Love,” Redbone
“Hippy Hippy Shake,” Chan Romero
“Rumble,” Link Wray
“The Way I Walk,” Robert Gordon with Link Way
“Washita Love Child,” Jesse Ed Davis with Eric Clapton
Capital Radio returns Oct. 20 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.
