Capital Radio, 9-18-23: P.F. Sloan and More
I'll always remember that grim afternoon 53 years ago when my eighth grade teacher informed me that Jimi Hendrix had died. Sept. 18 was also the day we lost Earl…
I'll always remember that grim afternoon 53 years ago when my eighth grade teacher informed me that Jimi Hendrix had died. Sept. 18 was also the day we lost Earl…
The 22nd anniversary of 9/11 brought a lot of songs about the event that came out in the years that followed, from artists as divergent as Leonard Cohen, Juliana Hatfield,…
The death of Jimmy Buffett had me looking for gems - very early (“Come Monday”) to much later (a Crowded House cover; a spin on an Al Anderson tune) for…
Started with some tunes about the end of the summer, from John Prine, the Doors, the Kinks, Dusty Springfield, Kirsty MacColl and the Cure, among others. Then in a season…
The anniversary of Hawaiin statehood comes at a time when we have an abundance of concern for the island neighbors following the devastating wildfires in Maui. So there was a set…
What turned out to be practically a memoriam edition of Capital Radio began with salutes to David LaFlamme of It’s a Beautiful Day, who died Aug. 6 at 82, and…
Started this week's show with a salute to Paul Reubens who died a week ago at 70 and played a few tracks performed at shows I saw last week —…
A week’s absence means.a lot of memorials to note, including Tony Bennett, who died 10 days ago at 96; Sinéad O’Connor, who passed at 56; and Randy Meisner, who died…
Did a last minute pop-up fill-in for the Allison Transmission this morning, so started out with various songs with the Allison name, from E.C.’s classic to a tune we can…
Songs about actors and actors singing songs dominated Capital Radio this week, in support of the actors union joining the writers strike. That meant Montgomery Clift, Clint Eastwood, Robert De…