The death Saturday at 75 of Richard Lloyd, whose guitar entwined so beautifully in Television led to an opening set of music from that band as well as solo things and work he did for Matthew Sweet. The photo above is from a 2017 show of his I reviewed.
We also paid tribute to UK session drummer Clem Cattini, a member of The Tornados who was on hundreds of recordings. We played several of them, from The Kinks and Dusty Springfield to Paul Weller.
It wasn’t exactly Veteran’s Day (it’ll be Wednesday; didn’t it used to be a Monday holiday?), but there were a few songs for the soldiers anyway.
We closed with songs of the blue wave — mostly by dividing songs about waves form those of the blue.
Here’s the archived show in three parts; the setlist follows:
Capital Radio November 9, 2026. 1 – 4:20 p.m. www.cygnusradio.com
- “Capital Radio Two,” The Clash
- “Friction [alternate version],” Television
- “Elevation,” Television
- “Calling Mr. Lee,” Television
- “Alchemy,” Richard Lloyd
- “Summer Rain,” Richard Lloyd
- “Sick of Myself,” Matthew Sweet
- “Castles Made of Sand,” Richard Lloyd
- “Fire Engine,” Richard Lloyd
- “Telstar,” the Tornados
- “’Til The End of The Day,” The Kinks
- “Hi Ho Silver Lining,” Jeff Beck
- “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me,” Dusty Springfield
- “Hurdy Gurdy Man,” Donovan
- “Bye Bye Blackbird,” Joe Cocker
- “I Can’t Stand It,” Lou Reed
- “No Tears to Cry,” Paul Weller
- “Mr. Sun,” The Lettermen
- “Soldier Boy,” The Shirelles
PART II
- “Soldier Baby of Mine,” The Ronettes
- “Soldier of Love,” Arthur Alexander
- “Universal Soldier,” Donovan
- “I Ain’t Marching Anymore,” Phil Ochs
- “You’re No Rock N’ Roll Fun,” Sleater-Kinney
- “November Man,” Filthy Friends
- “700 Houses,” Susan Tedeschi
- “The Letter [Live},” Tedeschi-Trucks Band
- “She Dreams,” Peter, Paul and Mary
- “Morning Final,” Blue Oyster Cult
- “Rosalyn,” The Pretty Things
- “Roxanne’s Revenge,” Roxanne Shante
- “Catch a Wave,’ The Beach Boys
- “A Blue Wave,” The Cleaners from Venus
- “Wave,” Beck
- “Wave,” Frank Sinatra
- “Like a Wave,” Johnette Napolitano
- “A Wave is Rolling,” The Innocence Mission
PART III
- “Blue Thunder,” Galaxie 500
- “Baby Blue,” Badfinger
- “Into the Blue,” Broken Bells
- “Jackie Blue,” The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
- “Blue Feeling,” The Animals
- “Blue Sky,” The Allman Brothers Band
- “Mr. Blue Sky,” Electric Light Orchestra
- “My Blue Heaven,” Fats Domino
- “Blue Moon of Kentucky [Live],” Elvis Presley
- “Blue Jean,” David Bowie
- “Bluejean Bop,” Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps
- “Venus in Blue Jeans,” Jimmy Clanton
- “Union City Blue,” Blondie
- “The Matador,” Major Lance
- “The Monkey Time,” Major Lance
Capital Radio returns Nov. 16 at 1 p.m. EST 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.