A recent hike through Italy inspired half of this week’s Capital Radio, with songs about walking, Italians, pilgrims and the treasures of Rome. It included pop songs sung in Italian and three different songs titled “Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day.”
We caught up with musicians we lost this month — Bobby Hart of Boyce and Hart, Crickets member and songwriter Sonny Curtis and English double bassist Danny Thompson. And celebrated the birthdays of Jerry Lee Lewis and Gene Autry.
The show began with a salute to the latest city to undergo the unnecessary threat of National Guard troops to fight imagined crime problems, Portland.
Here’s the setlist:
Capital Radio September 29, 2025 1 – 4:30 p.m. www.cygnusradio.com
“Washington, D.C.,” The Magnetic Fields
“Portland, Oregon,” Loretta Lynn & Jack White
“Portland,” The Replacements
“Dream of the 90s,” Carrie Brownstein & Fred Armisen
“Aly, Walk with Me” The Ravonettes
“I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonight,” Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
“Valleri,” The Monkees
“Hurt so Bad,” Little Anthony & The Imperials
“L.U.V.,” Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
“I Fought the Law,” The Bobby Fuller Four
“Walk Right Back,“ The Everly Brothers
“The Straight Life,” Glen Campbell
“More Than I Can Say,” Leo Sayer
“Love is All Around,” Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
“‘Cello Song,” Nick Drake
“Light Flight,” Pentangle
“Mandolin Wind,” Rod Stewart
“Back Down the River,” John Martyn
“Waltzing’s for Dreamers,” Richard Thompson
“Watching You Without Me,” Kate Bush
“High School Confidential,” Jerry Lee Lewis
“Breathless,” Jerry Lee Lewis
“I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive,” Jerry Lee Lewis
“Tumbling Tumbleweeds,” Gene Autry
“I’m Walkin,’” Fats Domino
“Why I’m Walkin,’” Wanda Jackson
“Walking Man,” James Taylor
“Walking Blues,” Robert Johnson
“Walking in Rhythm,” The Blackbyrds
“You Got Me Walking,” Jackie Wilson
“The Way I Walk,” Jack Scott
“Walk On,” Neil Young
“Walking Out of Stride,” Badly Drawn Boy
“When I’m Walking,” Jonathan Richman
“I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles),” The Proclaimers
“Twenty Five Miles,” Edwin Starr
“I Am A Pilgrim,” The Byrds
“Pilgrims,” The High Llamas
“Italian Lightning,” Brian Fallon
“Italian Plastic,” Crowded House
“An Italian Story,” Daniele Luppi
“Italian Girls,” Rod Stewart
“Con Le Mie Lacrime,” The Rolling Stones,
“Stupido Stupido,” Dusty Springfield
“Come Una Pietra Scalciata,” Articolo 31
“You Can’t Do That [Italian Version],” Harry Nilsson
“When I Paint My Masterpiece,” Bob Dylan
“Heart of Rome,” Elvis Presley
“King of Rome,” Goldheart Assembly
“The Lights of Rome,” The Shambles
“Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day,” Sam Cooke
“Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day,” Nick Lowe
“Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day,” Morcheeba
“Roam,” The B-52’s
Capital Radio returns Oct. 6 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.
