The Langdon Auger Show
February 25th 2026
Featured Artists: Dire Straits, Steely Dan, Aerosmith
Todays show starts off with such an amazing song by Dire Straits and their song Brother In Arms which was written during the British invasion of the Falklands and has been remastered by Mark Knopfler and released to help raise money for those British veterans who he said are still suffering from the effects of the conflict. I also believe it is one of their most powerful songs and easily in my top 5 songs of theirs. Alice Cooper is in there as well with his song from Flush The Fashion album and Headlines, where he states the lyrics serve as a metaphor for his own shock-rock career and a prophetic jab at the “clicks and likes” culture, suggesting that people will do absolutely anythingâno matter how outrageousâjust to see their names in the news.
Ward begins by praising a Dire Straits guitar part, then welcomes listeners to the February 25, 2026 Langdon Auger Show and invites song requests. Between music sets, he recalls Prism playing the Drake in Canmore around 2004, talks about the chat's time display, and shares his thoughts on familiar rock songs.
About this episode
Ward says the show runs until seven and tells listeners to enter and save a username in the live chat if they want to request a song. He says he will play a request if he has it. After noticing a chat timestamp issue, he says refreshing should show local time, though he can only confirm that it works for him in Mountain Time.
He recalls Prism playing the Drake in Canmore around 2004 and mentions other acts he associates with the venue. Later, while discussing AC/DC, he says some songs belong to Bon Scott, while the Brian Johnson era from Back in Black onward belongs to Johnson, in his view. He also talks about a dance portion of the show and says the next show's theme is still undecided.
Full spoken transcript
Transcribed from the recording and lightly edited for readability. Song lyrics and recorded interludes are omitted. Some audio could not be transcribed; those gaps and unclear words are marked in brackets. Timestamps are approximate. The comments reflect the speakersâ own experiences and views.
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00:06:09
I just can't get enough of that Mark Knopfler guitar. Of course, that is Dire Straits and Brothers in Arms. And what a great song that is. Welcome to the Langdon Auger Show.
Oliver was just asking what time it was, and I'm sure that's to do with the timestamp that we have on the chat room. But it's actually one minute and 30 seconds after five. So we are here. We're here till seven o'clock. We are going to be playing music. If you want to hear a request, by all means, come right by, come down to the live chat, put in your username, make sure you save it. Otherwise, you'll be user 836 or something like that. And just tell us what song you want to hear. If we have it, we'll play it for you. That's just the way it goes.
Also have a little chit chat. Oliver's out there as well, as well as still here, is still there. So let's keep it going. Going to start off with a little Canadiana.
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00:17:14
Great tune there from Prism and Take Me to the Captain, and just reminiscing about when they came to the Drake in Canmore back in 2004, somewhere in that area. Trooper, well, have been in Canmore at the Drake, Santa Maria, and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, which was associated with Trooper way back when they were known as Applejack, with You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet.
Twelve minutes after five. Thanks for tuning in, everybody. Hope you enjoy the new chat, and it looks like if you're on and the timestamp seems a little wonky, if you refresh your screen, it should come up to your time zone. So if you're out east, which I think we have at least one out east, it'll show up on your time, and us guys here in Mountain will show up, I believe. So that's what I hope. That's my thought. I can only tell because I'm on Mountain Time, so I only know that it worked for me. All right, let's get back to the music, shall we? How about some Steely Dan? Let's make it happen.
00:18:26
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00:31:49
Version, yeah, but if you ever want to listen to romantic flute melodies, there is an album out there, and that is on it. Oh well, supposed to be John Lennon and Here Comes the Sun. Instead, it was a flute thing, but it's okay, it still works. Aerosmith in before that, from the Armageddon soundtrack, I Don't Want to Miss a Thing, and Steely Dan with Do It Again. Just about 5:30. Thanks for tuning in, everybody. The chat is going to heck. Somebody is swearing in French, a couple of East Coasters over there. But let's get back to some music, shall we? The Who.
00:32:32
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00:42:24
James, to get your day going there. And that's a voodoo thing. Alice Cooper in before that with Headlines. We started it all off with The Who and My Generation. How are you all doing? It is 5:38 right now. It's a Wednesday show, of course, February 25th. You're listening to the Langdon Auger Show.
And if you want to come by and down to the live chat, just enter your username. Make sure you save it. Request a song. If I have it, I will play it. We had this song yesterday, but they asked for the Sawyer Brown version. I don't have that. I will try to get that. But now we'll go back to the original. Little Dave Dudley.
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00:45:00
Nice!
00:45:02
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00:50:01
Of course, if you can't tell by the distinctive voice, that's from her Frank album and Stronger Than Me. And, of course, she's part of that 27 Club where we lost so many artists at the age of 27. Bee Gees in before that with Tragedy, and we started it all off with Dave Dudley. Six Days on the Road. Ten minutes to six o'clock.
Once again, we're here until 7 p.m., so if you want to hear something, right now we're talking herrings and all the kinds of good seafood out in the East Coast. I'm getting hungry. Okay, we also had this discussion a couple of days ago about whose version of this song is better. You tell me in the chat whether it was the first version or the most recent version. Let's keep it at that.
00:54:14
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01:08:42
1989 album, The Real Thing. Of course, that is Faith No More and Epic, and that song just blew up when it came out. It was just like such an amazing song, and I really like the end of that video where he's walking away and the piano blows up. Great, great way to end a video. And before that, we had some Audioslave and Show Me How to Live, and AC/DC from Live at the Bonfires 1997, and a Whole Lotta Rosie.
And we're talking about AC/DC and who's the better. I think it's kind of, I mean, I know I don't want to disrespect Brian at all, but I think, as Oliver said, there are certain songs that belong to Bon Scott. You know, nothing wrong with Brian, and everything from Back in Black on has been all him. He's done more AC/DC songs in his career than Bon Scott officially did, but there's just certain songs, I think he's right, there's just certain songs that are just Bon Scott. Maybe just because I'm old, who knows? Well, it comes to that point. It is five minutes after six, which means that's right, it's a dance portion of our show. So that's coming up right after this next song, so it gives you a chance to get hydrated and stretch out. Remember to work the core a little bit there.
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We're going to make you do a little bit of work today.
01:10:02
So that's coming up right after Candlebox.
01:10:03
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01:22:00
From the original London cast of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, that is Time Warp. Michael Jackson in before that with Beat It, and Candlebox started off that set with Far Behind. Well, we're almost out of here. We've got about just under 45 minutes left in the show. Played some pretty good tunes today, and hopefully we'll do that again tomorrow. We're just not sure what time or what theme we'll have for tomorrow night's show. Of course, that starts at 8 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. So we'll kind of do a little bit of thinking between now and then. What kind of theme we're going to do tomorrow night? I mean, we did the '80s hair bands last night, or last week. And then the week before that, I think we did a country thing. And then we did some progressive rock. So yeah, we're not sure yet. We're going to work on that. But if you're interested, tune in tomorrow night starting at 8 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Got a couple of Canadian bands coming up right now.
01:23:24
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01:35:26
1991 album, Pocket Full of Kryptonite. That is, of course, Spin Doctors with Little Miss Can't Be Wrong, and Crowbar was in before that with Oh, What a Feeling, and 54-40 started off that set with One Day in Your Life. It is half an hour left in the show. Thanks, everybody, for tuning in. Want to welcome you in every Monday to Wednesday, 5 p.m. Mountain Time to 7 p.m. Mountain Time, and then Thursday starting at 8 p.m. till 10 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. And we're thinking about maybe adding a later show on Sundays, but we're going to have to still think on that one, because 8 p.m. on a Sunday, not sure many people would be tuning in at that time because everybody's getting ready to start their work week the next day. But let's get back to some more music.
01:36:14
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01:48:57
I don't think green's a bad color. That's just me. And as far as Dijon ketchup, if it was catsup, now there we go. So that's, of course, the Barenaked Ladies, If I Had a Million Dollars, Slade in there as well with Run Run Away, and started off that set with Blind Melon and No Rain. That's it for me almost. I got time for one more set of music. I want to thank everybody for tuning in, and thanks for the requests and all that, and the chat. And nice to see that the chat is working. So we're going to get to a great tune here from John Lee Hooker. The thing I'm going to do called I'm Bad Like Jesse James.
01:49:36
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02:03:47
Taking you all back to around 1971. Probably some of my favorite albums at that time were the Guess Who, No Sugar Tonight, New Mother Nature, Proper Stranger, so many great tunes back then by that band, of course. Collective Soul in there as well with The World I Know. We started off with John Lee Hooker, amazing, amazing artist he is and performer he is. We heard I'm Bad Like Jesse James. That's it for me. I'm out of here. Happy Mental Health Day to you. Thanks for tuning in. Hopefully you enjoyed the songs today. Don't forget we're back tomorrow night starting at 8 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Maybe we'll do a blues night. Still not quite sure yet, but have yourself a good night. We're going to end it all off with David Bowie.
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