The breakout of a new war had us brooding on the nature of the barbaric practice, before we moved to the notion of Columbus Day making way for the more welcome Indigenous Peoples’ Day, with music from Robbie Robertson, Jesse Ed Davis, John Trudell and Buffy Sainte-Marie, among others.
Then it was time to celebrate what would have been the 83rd birthday of John Lennon, and what would have been the 79th birthday of Who bassist and occasional songwriter John Entwistle.
Plus Jackson Browne turned 75 today; PJ Harvey turned 54. And there was a birthday salute to soul man O.V. Wright, born this day in 1939.
Oct. 9 is also when Belgian chanteuse Jacques Brel died in 1978 at 49 — we heard a couple of his songs as sung by David Bowie and Scott Walker. The band Suicide sang of Che Guevara, who died this day in 1967 at 39 (by execution, not suicide) and we heard what a Broadway torch singer sounded like a century ago by hearing Helen Morgan, who died this day in 1941 at 41.
Here’s the link to the whole show; the setlist follows.
Capital Radio, October 9, 2023. 1 to 4:28 p.m., www.cygnusradio.com.
- “Capital Radio Two,” The Clash
- “Hate & War,” The Clash
- “War on War,” Wilco
- “Holy War,” Alicia Keys
- “Some Unholy War,” Amy Winehouse
- “With God on Our Side,” Bob Dylan
- “Love & War,” Neil Young
- “War,” Edwin Starr
- “The Day the World Said Stop the War,” Robb Johnson
- “Christopher Columbus,” Burning Spear
- “Mr. Columbus,” Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
- “Columbus,” The Church
- “Christopher Columbus,” Nazz
- “Christopher Columbus,” David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights
- “Ghost Dance,” Robbie Robertson & the Red Road Ensemble
- “Indigenous People’s Day,” Fyütch featuring Radmilla Cody
- “Time Dreams,” The Pines featuring John Trudell and Quiltman
- “Ta Shunka Witco (Crazy Horse),” Ian Hunter & the Rant Band
- “Washita Love Child,” Jesse Ed Davis with Eric Clapton
- “I Pity the Country,” Willie Dunn
- “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,” Buffy Sainte-Marie
- “Land of the Navajo,” Old & In the Way
- “Navajo Girl,” Sagittarius
- “The Navajo Know,” The Pixies
- “Song of the Navajo,” The Rainbow Band
- “Navajo Trail,” Michael Nesmith
- “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown),” The Beatles
- “Strawberry Fields Forever [demo],” The Beatles
- “Instant Karma!,” John Lennon
- “Stand By Me,” John Lennon
- “My Wife,” The Who
- “Heaven and Hell,” The Who
- “Success Story,” The Who
- “The Darker Days of Me & Him,” PJ Harvey
- “Angelene,” PJ Harvey
- “Late for the Sky,” Jackson Browne
- “Doctor My Eyes,” Jackson Browne
- “Eight Men, Four Women,” O.V. Wright
- “Drowning on Dry Land,” O.V. Wright
- “Nickel and a Nail [live],” Otis Clay
- “Amsterdam,” David Bowie
- “Jackie,” Scott Walker
- “Che,” Suicide
- “Bill,” Helen Morgan
Capital Radio returns Oct. 16 at 1 p.m. EDT on cygnusradio.com, where recent shows are also archived. Can also be heard on the free CygnusRadio app available from iTunes or GooglePlay.