Our St. Patrick’s Day show started with a half dozen songs about the four-leaf clover — and none about the shamrock, although it came up in the 28 other songs for Ireland, which this year seemed to concentrate on the cities: Galway, Derry and of course Dublin. But also County Hell, which came up in one of seven songs from The Pogues to set the stage.
One of those Pogues songs came during the birthday salutes — their version of a song by John Sebastian, turning 81 today. Also blew out candles for Nat King Cole, Paul Kantner, Dick Curless and Adam Wade.
There were also a half dozen tracks to remember the 15th anniversary of the death of Alex Chilton at the age of 59.
Here’s the setlist:
Capital Radio March 17, 2025. 1-4:35 p.m. www.cygnusradio.com
“Capital Radio Two,” The Clash
“Once in a Blue Moon,” Nat King Cole
“(Get Your Kicks on ) Route 66,” Nat King Cole
“It’s All in the Game,” Nat King Cole
“You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice,” The Lovin’ Spoonful
“Darling Be Home Soon,” The Lovin’ Spoonful
“Do You Believe in Magic?” The Pogues
“Have You Seen the Saucers,” Jefferson Airplane
“Crown of Creation,” Jefferson Starship
“We Can Be Together,” Jefferson Airplane
“The Writing on the Wall,” Adam Wade
“A Tombstone Every Mile,” Dick Curless
“The Ballad of El Goodo,” Big Star
“In the Street,” Big Star
“Cry Like a Baby,” The Box Tops
“Alex Chilton,” The Replacements
“Lost My Job,” Alex Chilton
“Never Found a Girl,” Alex Chilton
“Four Leaf Clover,” Badly Drawn Boy
“The Proper Four Leaf Clover,” Every Mother’s Son
“4 Leaf Clover,” Old 97’s
“4 Leaf Clover,” KIDD
“4 Leaf Clover,” Erykah Badu
“I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover,” Jean Goldkette and his Orchestra with Billy Murray
“It’s St. Patrick’s Day,” NRBQ
“Galway Bay,” Sam Cooke
“The Galway Girl,” Steve Earle
“Pretty Galway,” Will Driving West
“From Galway to Graceland,” Richard Thompson
“Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant / Rocky Road to Dublin / The Galway Races,” The Pogues
“Boys from County Hell,” The Pogues
“Sally Maclennane,” The Pogues
“Dirty Old Town,” The Pogues
“The Auld Triangle,” The Pogues
“The Irish Rover,” The Dubliners and the Pogues
“One Irish Rover,” Van Morrison
“The Luck of the Irish [live],” John Lennon
“Ireland,” The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver
“It’s Gonna Happen,” The Undertones
“Dublin City Sky,” Fontaines D.C.
“Dublin in Ecstasy,” Inhaler
“Streets of Derry,” Trees
“Irish Girl,” The Dirty Knobs
“Give Ireland Back to the Irish,” Wings
“Alternative Ulster,” Stiff Little Fingers
“As I Roved Out,” Séamus Ennis – Alan Lomax
“Zombie,” The Cranberries
“Take ‘Em Down,” Dropkick Murphys
“Just Because I’m Irish,” Jonathan Richman with Julia Sweeney
“Irish Heartbeat,” Neil Finn
“My Heart Will Go On (Theme from Titanic) [live],” Los Straitjackets
“Green Beer,” Scrawl
Capital Radio returns March 24 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.
