Capital Radio 11-6: Sax, Time & ‘Now & Then’

The end of Daylight Savings brought some songs about time, time, time. Then it was all about the vaunted “last song from The Beatles,” the cobbled-together “Here and Now.” You’ve heard the finished product, but what about the other version from a Seattle band that came out a couple months ago? Plus songs titled “Now and Then” from the Beatles-inspired Shoes, contemporaries The Kinks and ex-Bangle Susannah Hoffs, among others. 

Friday’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony brought highlights from honorees Chaka Khan, Al Kooper and Link Wray as well as a few of the inductees — Kate Bush, The Spinners, Willie Nelson, Rage Against the Machine. 

Then it was a salute to Adolphe Sax, born this day in 1814, and his enduring invention the saxophone, as played by Lee Fields, Junior Walker, John Coltrane, Moondog and others. Finally, birthday tributes to Guy Clark and Doug Sahm – both of whom were born this day in 1941 — and to John Philip Sousa, born this day in Washington D.C. in 1854, who went on to invent his own instrument, the sousaphone. We marked the date by playing the oldest song in CygnusRadio history — from 1890.

Here’s the setlist:

Capital Radio, November 6, 2023, 1 – 4:25 p.m., www.cygnusradio.com 

“Capital Radio,” The Clash

“Armagideon Time, “ The Clash 

“Time Won’t Let Me,” The Outsiders 

“Time,” David Bowie

“Time,” Tom Waits

“Turn Back the Hands of Time,” Bruce Springsteen

“Give Me Just a Little More Time,” Chairmen of the Board

“By the Time it Gets Dark,” Yo La Tengo 

“Time Waits for No One,” The Rolling Stones

“Any Time At All,” The Beatles 

“Now and Then,” The Beatles 

“Now and Then,” Apple Jam 

“Now and Then,” Shoes

“Now and Then,” The Kinks 

“Now and Then,” Susanna Hoffs 

“Now and Then,” Gordon Lightfoot 

“Now and Then,” Roy Latham and The Whippoorwills

“(Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such as I,” Elvis Presley

“That Was Then, This is Now,” The Monkees 

“That Was Then, This is Now,” Jack White

“Rumble,” Link Wray & His Wray Men

“Bulls on Parade,” Rage Against the Machine 

“It’s a Shame,” The Spinners

“I’ll Be Around,” The Spinners  

“Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain,” Willie Nelson 

“Vote ‘Em Out,” Willie Nelson 

“Ain’t Nobody,” Chaka Khan 

“I Feel for You,” Chaka Khan 

“Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God),” Kate Bush

“I Can’t Quit Her,” Blood, Sweat & Tears 

“Fantasie sur un théme original,” Odile Delangle & Claude Delangle 

“Boppin’ at the Hop,” Lee Allen & His Band 

“(I’m a) Roadrunner,” Junior Walker & the All-Stars 

“Night Train,” Jimmy Forrest & His All Star Combo

“Giant Steps,” John Coltrane 

“Bird’s Lament,” Moondog 

“Baker Street,” Gerry Rafferty 

“Smooth Operator,” Sade 

“One Step Beyond,” Madness 

“You Belong to the City,” Glenn Frey 

Desperados Waiting for a Train,” Guy Clark 

“Mendocino,” The Sir Douglas Quintet

“Audios Mexico,” Texas Tornados 

“You’re Gonna Miss Me,” Doug Sahm & Sons

“Washington Post March,” US Marine Band 

Capital Radio returns Nov. 13 at 1 p.m. ET at www.cygnusradio.com or on the cygnusradio.com app, available free at iTunes or ApplePlay.