The Halloween focus on Capital Radio was on that hairy subset, the werewolves. And there were a lot of them, in a 21-song salute that included everybody from the Cramps to Paul Simon.
We began with a lot of tributes, to soul master D’Angelo, Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley and folkie Bob Franke, who all died last week, and to R&B bassist Anthony Franklin, who died Sunday at 73.
A lot of birthdays were celebrated, for Tom Petty, who would have been 75; Wanda Jackson, turning 88; Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub, 65; and Snoop Dogg, turning 54. And we heard a bit from Jelly Roll Morton and Charles Ives, both also born on this day in the 19th century.
And we didn’t let the big No Kings protests go unnoticed.
Here’s the setlist:
Capital Radio October 20, 2025. 1 – 4:30 p.m. www.cygnusradio.com
“Capital Radio Two,” The Clash
“Cold Gin,” Kiss
“New York Groove” Ace Frehley
“Brown Sugar,” D’Angelo
“The Charade,” D’Angelo & The Vanguard
“Betray My Heart,” D’Angelo & The Vanguard
“For the Love of Money,” The O’Jays
“Where is the Love,” Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
“Mr. And Mrs. Jones,” Billy Paul
“For Real,” Bob Franke
“The Great Storm is Over [live],” Bob Franke
“No Kings Here,” Tom Paxton
“No More Kings,” Pavement
“(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thing,” Heaven 17
“Big Crime,” Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts
“The List,” Jesse Welles
“It’s Good to Be King,” Tom Petty
“Refugee,” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
“Listen to Her Heart,” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
“Everything Flows,” Teenage Fanclub
“Neil Jung,” Teenage Fanclub
“I Gotta Know,” Wanda Jackson
“Let’s Have a Party,” Wanda Jackson
“Shreveport Stomp,” Jelly Roll Morton
“Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds and the King of Swing, to Name a Few,” Sufjan Stevens
“Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question,” Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic
“Charles Ives [live],” Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
“Compared to What,” Eddie Harris / Les McCann
“Nuthin’ But a G Thang,” Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg
“Gin & Juice,” Snoop Dogg
“The Werewolf,” Paul Simon
“The Werewolf,” Carl Bonafede and the Gemtones
“Werewolf,” The Frantics
“Werewolf,” Fiona Apple
“Werewolf,” Cat Power
“Werewolf,” Southern Culture on the Skids
“Werewolves on Wheels,” Born Losers
“Werewolf,” Five Man Electrical Band
“I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” The Cramps
“Werewolf,” Gary Warren
“Mama Werewolf,” Brandi Carlile
“Were-Wolf,” the Kac-Ties
“Werewolf Watsui,” Don Hinson and the Rigamorticians
“I’m the Wolfman,” Round Robin
“No Werewolf,” Allah-Las
“Werewolves of London,” Warren Zevon
“Wolfman Jack,” Todd Rundgren
“Wolfman,” Babyshambles
“Wolves, Lower,” R.E.M.
“The Wolves,” Waxahatchee
“The Wolves (Act I and II),” Bon Iver
Capital Radio returns Oct. 28 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.
