There’s been a fox hanging around the block lately, and delighting us city folk, so I thought of some songs that had to do with foxes (some of them nominally) and came up with 20.
Today’s Capital Radio began by paying tribute to a quartet of R&B figures who recently passed, Dexter Wansel, Ronald LaPread of the Commodores, Peabo Bryson and Foster Sylvers, the Michael Jackson of his particular family band.
And there were birthdays to celebrate: Nancy Sinatra turned 86, Boz Scaggs, 82; Annie Haslam of Renaissance, 79; and Mick Hucknall of Simply Red, 66. Also: Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins of Parliament-Funkadelic, born this day in 1941, and bluegrass guitar ace Tony Rice, in 1951.
We closed with a handful of songs sort of about the approaching World Cup.
Here’s the archived show (in three parts); the setlist follows:
Capital Radio June 8, 2026 1 – 4:27 p.m. www.cygnusradio.com
- “Capital Radio Two,” The Clash
- “Life on Mars,” Dexter Wansel
- “Machine Gun,” Commodores
- “Nightshift,” Commodores
- “If You’re Ever in My Arms Again,” Peabo Bryson
- “High School Dance,” Sylvers
- “In Our Time,” Nancy Sinatra
- “Summer Wine,” Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
- “You Only Live Twice,” Nancy Sinatra
- “Northern Lights,” Renaissance
- “Loan Me a Dime,” Boz Scaggs
- “Lowdown” Boz Scaggs
PART II
- “If You Don’t Know Me By Now,” Simply Red
- “One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later),” Mick Hucknall
- “(I Wanna) Testify,” The Parliaments
- “Back in Our Minds,” Funkadelic
- “Cookie Jar,” Parlet
- “The Landing,” Bela Fleck
- “So What,” Jerry Garcia, David Grisman & Tony Rice
- “Fox on the Run,” Sweet
- “Fox Chase,” DeFord Bailey
- “The Fox,” Sleater-Kinney
- “The Fox in the Snow,” Belle & Sebastian
- “Foxes in the Snow,” Jason Isbell
- “Portions for Foxes,” Rilo Kiley
- “Foxy,” Earl Guest
- “Foxy Foxy,” Mott the Hoople
- “Foxy Girl,” Daniel Johnston
- “Foxy Lady [live],” Jimi Hendrix
PART III
- “Crazy Like a Fox,” NRBQ
- “After the Fox,” The Hollies
- “Fox in a Bush,” Frankie Valli
- “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood,” Neko Case
- “Blue Fox,” Paul Revere & the Raiders
- “The Fox,” Elton John
- “The Fox,” Nada Surf
- “Trust a Fox,” The Stone Roses
- “Hungry Fox,” The Gravel Pit
- “Dead Fox,” Courtney Barnett
- “It Only Takes One Lion,” Belle and Sebastian
- “Give Us a Goal,” Slade
- “Kicks,” Paul Revere & The Raiders
- “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa),” Shakira
- “Loving Cup,” The Rolling Stones
- “In the Stars,” The Rolling Stones
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