The Langdon Auger Show
March 16th 2026
Featured Artists: McCuiag, Cyndi Lauper, Dr. John
Starting off the show with a band from Trail B.C. in McCuiag and their great “Take My Hand” and great lyrics like these “Take my hand, don’t be shy I will love your lies. Come with me to a place, take my hand and come.” Great to see Canadian bands getting the exposure they were/are getting by adding a bagpipe to rock music. Genius! Cyndi Lauper really grabbed my attention with her song “Money Changes Everything” such power and conviction in her lyrics and voice. It seems like society allows billionaires to do just whatever they want regardless of the harm they are doing to society. So, yes Cyndi…Money does change everything. I always seem to be in the right place wrong time
Ward opens with McCuaig from Trail, British Columbia, and welcomes listeners to the March 16 Langdon Auger Show. Between music sets and requests, he compares Headstones and Traveling Wilburys recordings and recalls a Headstones show in Banff. He also introduces the dance portion before thanking listeners and signing off.
About this episode
Ward calls this the Monday show for March 16 and says it will run until about 7. He invites listeners to request songs through the live chat. He recalls the usual schedule at the time: shows Monday through Wednesday, a later Thursday show, and occasional themes, including the previous week's 90s set.
Ward calls a later block the show's dance portion, says it is meant to get listeners moving in their chairs, and starts it with Toby Keith. He later says a listener request brought 'Beer for My Horses' into that set.
Ward compares the Headstones' version of 'Tweeter and the Monkey Man' with the Traveling Wilburys track and recalls seeing the Headstones at Wild Bill's in Banff. Near the end, he talks about the Eagles' 'In the City,' connecting it to the film The Warriors, then thanks listeners before signing off.
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 speakersā own experiences and views.
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Taking us all the way to the Kootenays from their 'Stems and Pieces' album. That is, of course, McCuaig, all the way from Trail, British Columbia.
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How are y'all doing? Come with me now. We're here with mentalhealthradio.ca. You're listening to the Langdon Auger Show. I want to welcome you in for the next couple hours. We're going to be playing some tunes, doing some chit-chatting if we can. And also, we're taking your requests. If you want to come down to the chat there, put a username in, make sure you save it, start chit-chatting.
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Tell me if you'd like to hear a song. If you want to hear one and I have it, we have two hours. I don't see why I won't play it. But we're going to continue on with the music, so let's get right to it. A little Cyndi Lauper to start us off.
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00:15:00
That is 'Peace Train,' of course, by Cat Stevens. What a great song that is. Dr. John in before that with 'Right Place and Wrong Time.' And Cyndi Lauper started off that set with 'Money Changes Everything.'
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How are you doing? Thirteen minutes after five. Thanks for tuning in.
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This is the Monday show for the Langdon Auger, March 16th, and we want to hear it until about 7 o'clock. And we are just playing some music, maybe chit-chatting a little bit. Obviously, I want to thank everybody for tuning in. And don't forget, we do this Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, same time, 5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, just 7 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. And then on Thursday night, we usually do a little bit later show. And sometimes we do a theme, like last week, we did a 90s show.
00:17:46
So come on by, tune in, and listen if you so desire. And if you want to request a song as well, just go to the live chat room and ask for it. Right now, we're going to play some [AserejƩ?]. And then we're going to play a little bit later.
00:17:54
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00:25:00
All right, now, in before that, from the Morrison Hotel album, it's The Doors and 'Peace Frog.' And we started it off with the Ketchup Song by [AserejƩ?]. How are y'all doing? Twenty-five minutes after five right now. We're here until 7 p.m., and if you want to hear a song, just come on down to the live chat there, enter your username, make sure you save it, and then just put a song in there. If I got it, I will play it. Let's continue on with more music.
00:28:39
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And Blondie's tune, 'Call Me.' Deborah Harry still has the pipes there on that one, doesn't she? And before that, of course, Jesus Jones with 'Right Here, Right Now.' Bob Seger started off that set with 'Turn the Page.' Twenty to six right now. Thanks again for tuning in. We're playing music, we're chit-chatting, we're hoping that you get involved, but if you don't, just sit back and enjoy Barney right now.
00:41:48
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00:50:13
The Armageddon album of the movie, of course. That's Chantal Kreviazuk and 'Leaving on a Jet Plane,' a song written by John Denver. Of course, he did his own version, but it was really popular, made in 1969 by Peter, Paul and Mary. And before that, of course, we had Sheryl Crow with 'All I Want to Do,' and we started off with Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts. They had a 10-year period where they were just a monster band, and we heard 'Something to Live For.' How are you doing? Just about 6 o'clock. Thanks again for tuning in, everybody. We're here for another hour and a bit, so come on by if you want to hear a song. Let us know which one it is. We're going to go right now with Fastball.
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[Pill Acoustic] released in 2005. That's, of course, Alanis Morissette and 'You Learn.' The Tragically Hip in before that one, 'Fully Completely,' and we started it all off with a little Fastball and [Fire Escape(s)]. Guess what? It's the dance portion of the show. You've tuned in just in time for the dance portion of the show. Congratulations. We do this every show except for Thursday's show. We don't do it then, but we do it on every show. We kind of just get you moving in your chair, hopefully. And here we go. We're going to start it off with a little Toby Keith.
01:06:11
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Oh, how can you have a dance portion without talking about a little ballet? Of course, that is Robin Williams, live at the Met, and ballet. In before that, Cliff Richard and the Shadows, 'Do You Want to Dance,' from Live at Wembley, and also Don Henley in there with 'All She Wants to Do Is Dance.' We started off with a request, Toby Keith and 'Beer for My Horses.' How are y'all doing? Forty-five minutes left in the show. I want to thank you for tuning in. There's a couple more requests coming our way before we're done today, but we're going to get back to some music here right now. Pink Floyd.
01:18:43
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01:32:14
The Headstones doing that Traveling Wilburys song, 'Tweeter and the Monkey Man,' and Oliver is saying he thinks the Wilburys version is a little bit better. I think the Headstones version is just a little crunchier, if you know what I mean. It's just a little bit, a little bit more grinding to it. I love the Traveling Wilburys tune, don't get me wrong, but we have them coming up, so you can't play two, right? You have to be sneaky, sneaky. And before that, 54-40 and 'Baby Ran.' Pink Floyd started off that set with 'Learning to Fly.' We did see the Headstones in Wild Bill's in Banff. Wasn't one of their best performances. They didn't have a very good performance, but I have seen them since then, and they kick butt. So if you get a chance, check out the Headstones. Speaking of live acts, here's one of the greatest, I think, of all times. And I think he's very underrated, but that's just my version. You tell me.
01:33:11
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Great song there from the Traveling Wilburys and 'Handle with Care.' So many great artists involved in that one. And before that, Dan Aykroyd, of course. 'Salad Annie.' Of course, a little different venture from him after The Blues Brothers and stuff. Very good album. 'Have Gun Will Travel,' I believe, is the name of the album, 2003. And we started off with probably one of the best live shows I've ever seen, a little underrated Pat Travers Band and 'Boom Boom, Out Go the Lights.' He really has the crowd right from the very start. Same with artists like Joe Satriani, Rory Gallagher. They just get the crowd involved right off the hop. We're just about done. We're like 20 minutes to, so I got one more set and we'll come back. Hopefully you enjoy this one.
01:45:37
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From the 'Hell Freezes Over' album, that's the Eagles and 'In the City.' The original song was used in the movie 'The Warriors,' where the DJ would tell them to, you know, keep going and welcome to the big city. That lady was actually Lynne Thigpen, and she's been in so many TV shows: 'The Cosby Show,' 'L.A. Law,' 'The District,' 'The Insider,' and so many others. And, of course, in before that, we had Ringo Starr and 'The No-No Song,' and Live with 'I Alone.' Just about time for me to go home. I got enough time for one set of music. I got two requests coming up in this last set, so enjoy.
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And it was also, coincidentally, that song was their first song in America since 1972. So they had about a seven-year span where they were just a huge Canadian act, but nothing in the USA. Country Joe and the Fish, and before that with 'Rock and Soul Music' from Woodstock. And we started off with a little Willie Nelson and 'Always on My Mind.' That's it for me. Thanks for tuning in, everybody. Don't forget we do this again tomorrow night starting at 5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, or as someone told me once before, 8:30 Newfoundland Time. And happy mental health to you. We're going to end the show with Queen.
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