The death of Mark Volman Friday at 78 brought an hour of his music on Capital Radio this week, with The Turtles, Flo & Eddie, Frank Zappa, T. Rex, the Boss, the Ramones and others. But we also paid tribute to Bruce Loose of Flipper, Rick Davies of Supertramp and Tom Shipley of Brewer & Shipley, among others.
It would have been the 80th birthday of Ron “Pigpen” McKernan of the Grateful Dead (if he hadn’t died at 27), so we heard some of the songs he sung with them, but also celebrated many more birthdays: of Jimmie Rodgers, Zachary Richard, Patsy Cline, songwriter Harlan Howard, Neko Case, Benjamin Orr of The Cars and Aimee Mann, among others.
Ended on an angry note of defiance, based on the occupation of my city and the direction of the country with new songs from Neil Young and Tom Paxton and more.
Here’s the setlist:
Capital Radio September 8, 2025 1 – 4:28 p.m. www.cygnusradio.com
“Washington, D.C.,” The Magnetic Fields
“Fiberglass Jungle,” The Crossfires
“It Ain’t Me Babe,” The Turtles
“Let Me Be,” The Turtles
“You Baby,” The Turtles
“She’d Rather Be With Me,” The Turtles
“You Know What I Mean,” The Turtles
“She’s My Girl,” The Turtles
“You Showed Me,” The Turtles
“Would You Go All the Way?” Frank Zappa
“She Painted Up Her Face,” Frank Zappa
“Dog Breath,” Frank Zappa & The Mothers
“Keep It Warm,” Flo & Eddie
“Elenore,” Flo & Eddie
“Bang a Gong (Get It On),” T. Rex
“Hungry Heart,” Bruce Springsteen
“Touring,” Ramones
“T-Birds,” Blondie
“Everyone’s Gone to the Movies” [Demo], Steely Dan
“Nothing,” Flipper
“Love Missile F1-11,” Sigue Sigue Sputnik
“Bloody Well Right,” Supertramp
“Song from Platte River,” Brewer & Shipley
“Tarkio Road,” Bewer & Shipley
“Katie Mae [live],” Grateful Dead
“Easy Wind,” Grateful Dead
“Operator,” Grateful Dead
“Waiting for a Train,” Jimmie Rodgers
“My Blue Eyed Jane,” Bob Dylan
“Filé Gumbo,’ Zachary Richard
“Harlem Shuffle,” Bob + Earl
“She’s Got You,” Patsy Cline
“I Fall to Pieces,” Patsy Cline
“Heartaches by the Number,” Guy Mitchell
“I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail,” Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
“Pick Me Up on Your Way Down,” Jimmie Dale Gilmore
“The Chokin’ Kind,” Joe Simon
“No Charge,” Tammy Wynette
“This Tornado Loves You,” Neko Case
“People Got a Lot of Nerve,” Neko Case
“Let’s Go,” The Cars
“Drive,” The Cars
“Just a Little,” The Beau Brummels
“Laugh, Laugh,” The Beau Brummels
“That’s Just What You Are,” Aimee Mann
“Can’t You Tell?” Aimee Mann
“No Kings Here,” Tom Paxton
“I Had a Dream,” Loudon Wainwright III
“No More Kings,” Pavement
“Big Crime,” Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts
“My City of Ruins [live],” Bruce Springsteen
Capital Radio returns Sept. 15 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.
