We began with a salute to Lou Christie, who died last week at 82. Then it was an onslaught of summer, which itself came a day early this year and immediately hit the gas and hit a 101 heat index down here.
After two dozen summer songs, there were birthdays to note, from Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter (who also collaborated with Dylan) to early Beatles bassist Stu Sutcliffe, Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley (turning 63) and Alan Vega of Suicide. And there were nine songs of a variety of artists from Billie Holiday to Willie Nelson, to showcase bassist Milt Hinton, born this day in 1908.
Here’s the setlist:
Capital Radio June 23. 2005 1 – 4:32 p.m. www.cygnusradio.com
“Capital Radio Two,” The Clash
“The Gypsy Cried,” Lou Christie
“Two Faces Have I,” Lou Christie
“Lightnin’ Strikes,” Lou Christie
“Rhapsody in the Rain,” Lou Christie
“Summer Snow,” Lou Christie
“Summertime,” Billy Stewart
“Here Comes the Summer,” The Undertones
“The Door into Summer,” The Monkees
“In the Summer,” Lollipops
“In the Summer,” Jesse Malin
“In the Summertime,” Bob Dylan
“They Tell Me It’s Summer,” The Fleetwoods
“That Summer Feeling,” Jonathan Richman
“It Must be Summer,” Fountains of Wayne
“It’s Summer,” The Temptations
“Hot Fun in the Summertime,” Sly & the Family Stone
“Summer in the City,” The Lovin’ Spoonful
“Summer in the City,” Regina Spektor
“Summer Mood,” Best Coast
“Paris Summer [live],” The Last Shadow Puppets
“Summer Means Fun,” Bruce & Terry
“Summer Sea,” Matt Berry
“The Sweet Sounds of Summer,” The Shangri-Las
“Constructive Summer,” The Hold Steady
“Summertime Blues,” Eddie Cochran
“Summer Days, Summer Nights,” Street Corner Society
“Heatwave,” The Who
“Heat Treatment,” Graham Parker
“In the Hot Hot Rays,” Fleet Foxes
“Ripple,” Grateful Dead
“Playing in the Band [live],” The Grateful Dead
“Silvio,” Bob Dylan
“Duquesne Whistle,” Benmont Tench
“Hallelujah, I Love Her So,” The Beatles
“Cayenne,” The Beatles
“For the Love of Money,” The O’Jays
“Me and Mrs. Jones,” Billy Paul
“Float On,” The Floaters
“Fine and Mellow, Billie Holiday
“Maybe I’m a Fool,” Aretha Franklin
“This Town,” Frank Sinatra
“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” Bette Midler
“Beyond the Sea,” Bobby Darin
“Haunted House,” Leon Redbone
“Chain Gang,” Sam Cooke
“Runaround Sue,” Dion
“I Love the Life I Live,” Willie Nelson
“Bull in the Heather,” Sonic Youth
“Rockets,” Cat Power
“100%,” Sonic Youth
“Che,” Suicide
“Dream Baby Dream [live],” Bruce Springsteen
“In the Mausoleum (For Alan Vega),” Chuck Prophet
Capital Radio returns June 30 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.
