Capital Radio recognized another D.C. institution, the Library of Congress, by playing most of the selections of its latest additions to the National Recording Registry, which included Brother Bones, Thelma Houston, Tracy Chapman, Amy Winehouse and Freddy Fender.
We also ruminated on the dreaded 100 Days as well as other collections of 24 hour periods, from Elvis’ “Twenty Days and Twenty Nights” to Muddy Waters’ “Forty Days and Forty Nights.”
The episode also celebrated the birthdays of journeyman keyboardist Chuck Leavell, turning 73, and Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon, 72. And we began by paying tribute to Pere Ubu wildman David Thomas, who died last week at 71 and British producer Roy Thomas Baker, who died earlier this month at 78. (Here’s a review I did of Pere Ubu last time I saw them, in 2017).
Here’s the setlist:
Capital Radio April 28, 2025 1 – 4:30 p.m. www.cygnusradio.com
“Capital Radio [live],” The Clash
“Wooly Bully,” Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs
“Woolie Bullie,” Pere Ubu
“Nonalignment Pact,” Pere Ubu
“Final Solution,” Pere Ubu
“Keep Yourself Alive,” Queen
“Justice of the Peace,” Ian Hunter
“IF You Want My Love,” Cheap Trick
“Just What I Needed,” The Cars
“Peek A Boo,” Devo
“Jessica,” The Allman Brothers Band
“Old Love [live],” Eric Clapton
“Out of Tears,” The Rolling Stone
“Jealous Again,” The Black Crows
“Boogaloo Down Broadway,” The Fantastic Johnny C
“Bull in the Heather,” Sonic Youth
“Pattern Recognition,” Sonic Youth
“Bye Bye,” Kim Gordon
“Aloha Oe [excerpt],” Hawaiian Quintette
“Sweet Georgia Brown,” Brother Bones & His Shadows
“Beginnings,” Chicago
“Kiss an Angel Good Morning,” Charley Pride
“All the Girls Love Alice,” Elton John
“Before the Next Teardrop Falls,” Freddy Fender
“Fly Like an Eagle,” Steve Miller Band
“I Got the Music in Me,” Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker
“Talkin’ Bout a Revolution,” Tracy Chapman
“Sweden [excerpt],” Minecraft
“The Kõln Concert – Part 1 [excerpt],” Keith Jarrett
“Spanish Key [single edit],” Miles Davis
“Microsoft Windows Reboot Chime,” Brian Eno, David Mounder
“Love is a Losing Game,” Amy Winehouse
“My Heart Will Go On [live],” Los Straitjackets
“Happy Trails,” Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
“100 Days, 100 Nights,” Sharon Jones & The Dap Tones
“Some of These Days,” Ted Lewis & His Band
“These Days,” Nico
“Twenty Days and Twenty Nights,” Elvis Presley
“Forty Days and Forty Nights,” Muddy Waters
“Forty Days, 40 Fights,” Badly Drawn Boy
“Forty Days,” Ronnie Hawkins
“Forty Days of Rain,” Roddy Frame
“A Few Thousand Days Ago,” Marshall Crenshaw
“The Darker Days of Me & Him,” PJ Harvey
“Strange Days,” The Doors
“Days of ’49,” Bob Dylan
“Different Days,” Jason Isbell
“Days of Decision,” Phil Ochs
“Better Things,” Fountains of Wayne
Capital Radio returns May 5 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.
