The death of Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir Saturday at 78 led the show with some of his best known songs. (I wrote a separate piece about Weir on Substack you can find here). There was also a tribute to Andrew Bodnar, bassist for The Rumour, who died earlier this month at 71.
There was a boatload of birthdays to note, from Chris Bell of Big Star to Maggie Bell of Stone the Crows, but also Mississippi Fred McDowell, Long John Baldry, NRBQ drummer Tom Ardolino, Cynthia Robinson of Sly and the Family Stone, George Duke, Ruth Brown, Tex Ritter, Glen Yarbrough and Ray Price, among others.
The rest of the show struggled with the murder last week of Rachel Good by agents from ICE, starting with Jesse Welles’ “Good vs. ICE.” It went along from there.
The links to the show — in four parts for the first time — are above. The setlist follows:
Capital Radio January 12, 2025 1 – 4:38 p.m. www.cygnusradio.com
- “Capital Radio Two,” The Clash
- “Playing in the Band,” Bob Weir
- “Sugar Magnolia [live],” The Grateful Dead
- “Easy Answers,” Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman and Neil Young
- “Howlin’ Wind,” Graham Parker & The Rumour
- “I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass,” Nick Lowe
- “Watching the Detectives,” Elvis Costello
- “61 Highway,” Mississippi Fred McDowell
- “You Got to Move,” Mississippi Fred McDowell
- “You and Your Sister,” Chris Bell
- “In the Street,” Big Star
- “Wishing Well,” Maggie Bell
- “Goin’ Out of My Mind,” Long John Baldry
- “Batman Theme [live],” NRBQ
- “1-2-3 [live],” NRBQ
- “Bulls on Parade,” Rage Against the Machine
- “Dance to the Medley,” Sly and the Family Stone
- “Uncle Remus,” Frank Zappa
- “So Long,” Ruth Brown
- “Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean,” Ruth Brown
- “Blood on the Saddle,” Tex Ritter
- “The Ballad of Ira Hayes,” Bob Dylan
- “Crazy Arms,” Ray Price
- “Baby the Rain Must Fall,” Glen Yarbrough
- “Good Hearted Woman,” Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
- “Good vs. ICE,” Jesse Welles
- “Good Day,” Paul Westerberg
- “Good Morning Heartache,” Billie Holiday
- “For the Good Times,” Al Green
- “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” Sufjan Stevens
- “A Good Man is Hard to Find (Pittsburgh),” Bruce Springsteen
- “One Good Man,” Janis Joplin
- “Good Lovin’ Ain’t Easy to Come By,” Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
- “The Good Life,” Cracker
- “What’s Good,” Lou Reed
- “Pretty Good Day,” Loudon Wainwright III
- “It Was a Good Day,” Ice Cube
- “Good Thing,” Paul Revere & The Raiders
- “Good Shepherd,” Jefferson Airplane
- “Good Vibrations,” The Langley Schools Music Project
- “Walk Away Renee,” The Left Banke
- “People Ain’t No Good,” Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
- “Walking on Thin Ice,” Yoko Ono
- “Under Pressure,” Queen & David Bowie
- “I’m Afraid of Americans,’” David Bowie
- “This is Not America,” David Bowie
Capital Radio returns Jan. 19 at 1 p.m. ET until after 4 on www.cygnusradio.com. The show can also be heard via the cygnusradio.com app, available free at iTunes or GooglePlay. Recent shows are (usually) available on demand at cygnusradio.com. Older shows are posted at Substack.com/@rogercatlin.