Only a few Columbus Day/ Indigenous People Day songs for the holiday. Mostly, I was anticipating a road trip on Route 66, with four different versions of the song, from Nat King Cole to the Cramps. And then quite a few songs about the highway and the road in general.
Birthdays include Sam Moore, Nappy Brown, Pat DiNizio, Melvin Franklin of The Temptations, Jane Siberry, Dave Varian of The Damned and, uh, Luciano Pavarotti.
Here’s the archived show in three parts; the setlist follows:
Capital Radio October 12, 2026. 1 – 4:20 p.m. www.cygnusradio.com
- “Capital Radio Two,” The Clash
- “Christopher Columbus,” Burning Spear
- “Christopher Columbus,” Nazz
- “Mr. Columbus,” Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
- “Rockin’ the Res,” John Trudell
- “Route 66,” Nat King Cole
- “Two Lane Highway,” Pure Prairie League
- “Carefree Highway,” Gordon Lightfoot
- “Face to the Highway,” Tom Waits
- “61 Highway,” Mississippi Fred McDowell
- “Highway 61 Revisited,” Bob Dylan
- “Route 66 [Beatmasters Mix],” Depeche Mode
- “Drive,” The Cars
- “Long Hard Road,” Marshall Crenshaw
- “A Thousand Miles from Nowhere,” Dwight Yoakam
PART II
- “What’s a Thousand Miles,” Al Anderson
- “Route 66 Theme,” Nelson Riddle
- “Drive All Night,” Glen Hansard with Eddie Vedder & Jake Clemons
- “Key to the Highway,” Keith Richards
- “In the Highways,” The Peasall Sisters
- “Highway Patrol,” Junior Brown
- “Roadrunner,” Bo Diddley
- “Roadrunner,” Jonathan Richman
- “Farther Up the Road,” Bobby “Blue” Bland
- “Way Down the Old Plank Road,” Uncle Dave Macon
- “The Road Goes On Forever,” Joe Ely
- “Where There’s a Road,” Robbie Fulks
- “The Ballad of Thunder Road,” Robert Mitchum
- “Hit the Road Jack,” Ray Charles
- “Route 66,” The Cramps
- “Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway,” Continental Drifters
- “Highway Song,” James Taylor
PART III
- “Any Road,” George Harrison
- “Road to Nowhere,” Talking Heads
- “Little by Little,” Nappy Brown
- “Don’t Be Angry,” Nappy Brown
- “Jock-A-Mo,” James “Sugar Boy” Crawford
- “You Don’t Know Like I Know,” Sam & Dave
- “Soul Man,” Sam & Dave
- “Soul Days,” Bruce Springsteen
- “Power,” The Temptations
- “Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today),” The Temptations
- “Mimi On the Beach,” Jane Siberry
- “Blood and Roses,” The Smithereens
- “Only a Memory,” The Smithereens
- “Behind the Wall of Sleep,” The Smithereens
- “Neat Neat Neat,” The Damned
- “Miss Sarajevo,” U2 with Luciano Pavarotti
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