The Langdon Auger Show
April 12th 2026
Featured Artists: Janis Joplin, Long John Baldry, Harlequin
Todays show is all about life, the emotions of life, the choices of life. Long John Baldry and his song after coming to Canada and his release of his Baldry’s out album brought many monster hits including a controversial song called “A Thrill’s Al Thrill” about lifestyle choices and how it captures a feeling of standing up and being proud of your choices in life regardless what other people say. Going against the grain according to society is your right not to be dictated to by others.
In this archived Sunday, April 12 Langdon Auger Show, Ward opens with The Pretenders and “Kid,” then chats about places listeners would like to visit, including Hawaii and Ireland. He introduces Long John Baldry’s “A Thrill’s a Thrill” and recalls meeting Kelly Jay in Canmore. Near the close, he questions the support available to people facing homelessness and addiction before introducing Pink Floyd.
About this episode
The chat turns to Hawaii and Ireland, and Ward introduces Long John Baldry’s “A Thrill’s a Thrill” as a song he remembers causing controversy. Later, he recalls meeting Kelly Jay in Canmore while talking about Crowbar.
Everlast’s “What It’s Like” prompts Ward to question why people, governments and corporations do not do more to help people experiencing homelessness and addiction. He thanks listeners and introduces Pink Floyd’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” for the long closing slot.
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 speakers’ own experiences and views.
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00:00:00
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00:02:54
Lovely voice of Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders, and “Kid”. Welcome to the mentalhealthradio.ca.
00:03:01
It is Sunday, April 12th, and you're listening to the Langdon Auger Show. Thanks for tuning in, and hopefully for the next couple hours we can keep you entertained. Music, maybe chit-chatting, whatever it is, that's what we're here for Sunday through Thursday, same time, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Mountain Standard Time, of course.
If you want to hear a song, all you got to do is go down to the live chat, make sure you have a username and you save it, and then just type in there what you want to hear. If I have it, we'll play it. It's that simple. We also have a dance portion about an hour into our show, and so let's get right to it, shall we? Canadian band, lay it on the line. Triumph!
00:03:44
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00:15:35
Of course, that is Big Brother and the Holding Company with good old Janis Joplin on vocals and "Piece of My Heart." And before that, we had Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts with "Something to Live For." And we start to show off with Triumph. Just going to lay it on the line.
00:15:50
How are you all doing? Hey, we see that GP's here now. GP and Robin are both here. Yeah. So come on by. Enjoy the chit chat. Twelve minutes after six. Thanks for tuning in. We are here until 8 p.m., of course, Mountain Standard Time. So if you want to come by and request a song, by all means, if I have it, I'll play it. Just how easy it goes. Speaking of music, let's get right back to it.
00:16:16
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00:27:37
And before that, we had Gin Blossoms with "Allison Road," and we started that set off with Blood, Sweat & Tears with "Go Down Gambling." Twenty-five minutes after six, thanks again for everybody tuning in to the Langdon Auger Show.
00:27:49
We're going to be here until 8 p.m., and we're talking in the chat room over here about different places we want to go. And Hawaii, obviously, a nice hot… Or if you're not into hot weather, you can always go hang out at the hotel. It's air conditioning. You can look out, still see everything. You know, that'd be all right. Ireland, be cool. What do you think? Let's get back to some music.
00:28:15
This song was quite controversial when it first came out. The story of the gentleman we already know, but when he came to Canada, he decided that he was going to be a Canadian. He's from England. He's got very famous and all that. But anyway, he called Canada his heaven. So he came to Canada, and after a few years of hanging around Vancouver, he finally decided it was time to release another album. He came out with this one.
00:28:38
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00:39:57
That's the Four Seasons. And before that, we had Herman's Hermits and "A Kind of Hush." Great tune, love that one. And Long John Baldry started it all off with "A Thrill's a Thrill."
00:40:07
It was quite a controversial song because nobody ever really talked about those type of things going on in society. But Long John Baldry lived in downtown Vancouver, and he was just in that area, you know, the Robson area and all that, where all kinds of stuff went on, and he just kind of wrote a song about it. And nowadays it's an everyday thing, but back then, was that 1984, 1985 it came out? Kind of took people by surprise, let's put it that way. Opened up a lot of eyes. Anyway, let's get back to some music.
00:40:42
Janis Ian.
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00:55:26
From 1994 to 2001, Collective Soul was huge. Seemed like every week they had a new song on the radio. That's a bit of an exaggeration, but it's true. They had a lot of number one, number two, number three hits back during those years.
00:55:42
We heard "Precious Declaration," Harlequin in before that with "The Sweet Things in Life," Edward Bear, and the last song. And we start that set off with Janis Ian, "At Seventeen."
00:55:53
We are just about 6 o'clock, so that means we have one more set before our dance portion of the show, and we'd like to thank everybody for tuning in. But don't forget, you've got to stretch out, you've got to hydrate, you've got to make sure that you're ready for the dance portion of the show. We don't want any injuries here on the Langdon Auger Show, so let's get back to some music.
00:56:14
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01:09:39
From Rustico, Prince Edward Island, that is, of course, Lennie Gallant. And which way does the river go? He's a celebrated humanitarian as well as a storyteller. He was appointed the Order of Canada, where songs were described as true slices of life, delivered with a poet's flair.
01:10:01
Very good. And before that, of course, we had the Beatles' "Roll Over Beethoven" and the Rovers were in there as well with "Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy." And we started it all off with Mashmakhan's "As the Years Go By." Seven minutes after seven right now. So that means it's time for our dance portion of the show. I hope you all took my advice and got hydrated and you're stretching out a little bit there, because it's about to start right after this one.
01:10:29
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01:21:23
That is, of course, Alabama, and I'm in a hurry, and I don't know why. David Bowie in before that with "Let's Dance".
01:21:34
And Susan [Aglukark?]… Totally blew that one, didn’t I? And “O Siem.”
01:21:42
Twenty minutes after seven o'clock. Thanks for tuning in. That was our dance portion of the show. Hopefully there was no injuries. Toes can be injured. You run over your toes with your chair. That's an injury. Anyway, got a little bit of a hack going on here, so let's get back to some music.
01:22:02
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01:37:15
[Timing uncertain.] His 1989 album, “Just Lookin’ for a Hit.”
01:37:18
That is, of course, Dwight Yoakam and "Guitars and Cadillacs." Johnny Reid in before that. Great version of "Darling." Amanda Marshall in there as well with "Birmingham." And we started off with Canada's very own Crowbar.
01:37:31
Originally started out in Hamilton. Even backed up the Ronnie Hawkins band. They were the band, but Ronnie Hawkins fired them in 1970. And he'd say, "Those guys could F up a crowbar in about 15 seconds." So they went on their own and they played with King Biscuit. And eventually they came out as Crowbar. I did get to meet Kelly Jay many years later in Canmore. Good guy.
01:37:57
What do we got? We got time for one more set of music. And, of course, we're doing a new thing. If you weren't here last week, what we do in the last set of the show is we give a good long song. We've had a couple of good ones. We've had "Alice's Restaurant." We've had "Paradise by the Dashboard Light." We got a pretty good one to end the show today. But we have a set of music to get to before that. Going to kick it off with the Blues Brothers.
01:38:20
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01:50:40
…is a great song by Everlast and "What It's Like." And it is, it's what society is like today. You see all the things that they are talking about in this song, and music is there to teach us and to help us.
I don't know why people, we aren't doing anything about this stuff that's going on in society with the homeless people, with the people that are heavily addicted and have no other options, you know, and we keep not helping them. I don't know why the government insists on not helping them. I don't know why corporations don't insist on helping them. Why is this whole big need for you to get another million dollars in your bank account? Don't understand that. It's got to be a different mindset.
Anyway, Fastball in before that with "The Way," and yes, a very sad story about an elderly couple. They just wandered away, found dead in a ravine somewhere. And we started off with the Blues Brothers. "Flip, Flop and Fly," what a great version of that song they have done.
01:51:39
I want to thank everybody for tuning in today. We are doing the, the say goodbye now, because the next song is going to be like 12 minutes long. So that's what we've done now. We decided to end the show. Maybe we can get Lori to pick a song to end tomorrow night's show. That's got to be at least eight minutes long. This one, I've been wanting to play this for a very long time on the show.
We finally, I've got an opportunity to play it. Thank you everybody for tuning in. Thanks for all your chit chats and all that. And we'll see you tomorrow night starting at 6 p.m. And, of course, that'll be Monday, the 13th of April. Happy mental health to you. We're going to end the show today with Pink Floyd. Shine On You Crazy Diamond.
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