Back from a Southwest trip, I can now play the specific songs of Tulsa, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Oklahoma, Arkansas and New Mexico (are there no songs about Taos?).
There was a lot to get to first. There were memorials for Mighty Sparrow, Verne Allison of The Dells, songwriter Rory Bourke and Aussie drummer Chris Welsh.
And then some birthdays for Peter Tosh, Larry Chance of The Earls, Keith Reid of Procol Harum and Dave Guard of the Kingston Trio;.
Young Abigail Morris was turning 27; Thundercat, 42; Pras Michel, 54; George McCrae, 82; William Hart of The Delfonics, 79 and Patrick Simmons of the Doobie Brothers, 78. And both Gloria Jones and Jeannie C. Riley were turning 81.
Here’s the archived show in three parts; the setlist follows:
Capital Radio October 19, 2026 1 – 4:25 p.m. www.cygnusradio.com
- “Capital Radio Two,” The Clash
- “One (Blake’s Got a New Face),” Vampire Weekend
- “Martin Luther King,” Mighty Sparrow
- “Oh, What a Night,” The Dells
- “Stay in My Corner,” The Dells
- “Patch It Up,” Elvis Presley
- “Out of the Unknown,” Died Pretty
- “No Nuclear War,” Peter Tosh
- “Legalize It,” Peter Tosh
- “(You Gotta Walk And] Don’t Look back,” Peter Tosh
- “Rock Your Baby,” George McCrae
- “Remember Then,” The Earls
- “Looking for My Baby,” The Earls
- “Ready or Not Here I Come (Can’t Hide from Love),” The Delfonics
- “La-La Means I Love You,” The Delfonics
- “Fly Like an Eagle,” Thundercat
PART II
- “Another One Bites the Dust[Remix},” Queen with Pras Michel
- “My Lady of Mercy,” The Last Dinner Party
- “Nothing Matters,” The Last Dinner Party
- “Way Down Now,” World Party
- “Put the Message in the Box,” World Party
- “Black Water,” The Doobie Brothers
- “Long Train Running,” Doobie Brothers
- “The Devil Came from Kansas,” Procol Harum
- “Conquistador,” Procol Harum
- “Tom Dooley,” The Kingston Trio
- “Harper Valley P.T.A.,” Jeannie C. Riley
- “Tulsa Yesterday,” Chris Robinson Brotherhood
- “Tampa to Tulsa,” The Jayhawks
PART III
- “Take Me Back to Tulsa,” Bob Willis & His Texas Playboys
- “24 Hours from Tulsa,” Gene Pitney
- “Jack Straw [Live],” Grateful Dead
- “Tulsa County,” The Byrds
- “Tulsa,” Elle King
- “Home Sweet Oklahoma,” Leon Russell
- “Oklahoma Nights,” Arlo Guthrie
- “The Girl from Oklahoma,” Junior Brown
- “Oklahoma U.S.A.,” the Kinks
- “Arkansas,” Chris Stapleton
- “(Is This the Way To) Amarillo,” Tony Christie
- “Amarillo by Morning,” George Strait
- “Cadillac Ranch” Bruce Springsteen
- “New Mexico,” Rick Danko
- “New Mexico’s No Breeze,” Iron & Wine
- “Santa Fe,” Beruit
- “Santa Fe,” Bob Dylan & the Band
- “Albuquerque,” Neil Young
- “So Long, It’s Been Good to Know You,” Woody Guthrie
Capital Radio returns with the big Halloween show Oct. 26 at 1 p.m. EDT 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 available on demand at cygnusradio.com. Older shows are posted at Substack.com/@rogercatlin.