The Langdon Auger Show
September 7th 2026
Featured Artists: Alicia Keys, The Moody Blues, McCuaig.
Welcome to our second show of the week, we are heading into new territory for me starting on Saturday. Life will be in retirement mode starting then. The long ride then the quiet place. Or at least HOPEFULLY! There is a bit of butterflies already starting as i get thing organized and ready to move on into the vast blue unknown. What awaits me…who knows. I look at the featured artist of today show, Alicia Keys started writing her own songs at the age of 12, was a classic pianist and recorded her first album at the age of 15, truly remarkable. The Moody Blues has had a very long illustrious career and our friends from the Kootenay’s McCquaig have been touring all over western Canada and entertaining crowds of people, i mean how many other bands etc. can incorporate bagpipes in rock and roll music. Quite an accomplishments for all 3 of them, just goes to show music is all about listening and trying new stuff.
In this archived September 7 Langdon Auger Show, Ward welcomes listeners to the Monday broadcast, discusses Alicia Keys and The Moody Blues, and introduces a dance set. He also talks about his planned move north and the show break he expected around September 15, with continuous music to play while he was away.
About this episode
Ward explains how listeners can request songs through the website chat. Between records, he highlights a run of female vocalists including Chantal Kreviazuk, Alicia Keys and Janis Ian, then looks back at The Moody Bluesâ Gemini Dream and other songs.
After announcing a dance portion, Ward asks listeners how they did after three songs and suggests chair dancing. In this recording, he outlines a planned break around September 15 while he moves north and says continuous music would play during his absence.
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.
Full spoken transcript (click to collapse or expand)
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To kick off the Monday show here, September 7th. Of course, that is the Foo Fighters and Everlong. How are you all doing? Welcome to it. You're on mentalhealthradio.ca, and it's 6 o'clock, which means it must be time for the Langdon Auger Show. Thanks, everybody, for tuning in tonight. We're going to be here until 8 o'clock.
We're going to be playing some tunes, but obviously, if you want to request a song, just go on our website, mentalhealthradio.ca. Go down below to live chat, put in a username, make sure you save it. Put the request in there, and just, if I have it, we will play it.
I'm going to start with a classic all about the day the music died.
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Love that song. That is the live Nine Tonight album. Of course, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band and "Her Strut." And before that, we had a trifecta of great female vocalists. Of course, Canada's very own Chantal Kreviazuk. In there with "Dear Life." Alicia Keys in there as well with "Fallen." And the funny thing, that's not really a funny thing. She's a classically trained pianist. She started writing songs at the age of 12 and released her first album at 15. Amazing talent, Alicia Keys. Janis Ian in there as well with "At 17." And, of course, she's in the Women in Music Hall of Fame, I believe is what it's called. I'll have to check that just to make sure.
But Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, "Acapulco Goldie," and Don McLean started it off telling us all about the day the music died. And, of course, that was the big crash with Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper, and, of course, Buddy Holly back then. Yeah, what a big day that was. And a hard day the next day for sure when we all learned that message.
[Timing uncertain.] All right, we're going to continue on with some great music here. It's 6:27 right now. I'm going to flex a little muscle of love here. All right.
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1981 album, Long Distance Voyager. That is, of course, The Moody Blues and "Gemini Dream." Dream Academy in before that with "Life in a Northern Town." The Fixx, "One Thing Leads to Another." Great tune from Styx and "Renegade" and Gino Vannelli, Canada's very own Wild Horses, and Alice Cooper started off that set with "Muscle of Love."
We are almost at our dance portion of the show. We got about three more songs before that, so this is your warning. Time to get warmed up. Time to get hydrated. We're going to kick it off with a little Pat Benatar.
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The incredible voice of Linda Ronstadt, and "You're No Good."
Bob Welch in before that, "Sentimental Lady." And, of course, the opera singer Pat Benatar turned rock star, and "We Live for Love." Two minutes after seven. Thanks again, everybody, for tuning in. Hope you've enjoyed the song so far, but now it's time for our dance portion of the show. So hopefully you're hydrated, you're stretched out, and you're ready. Got a pretty good dance portion for you. We're going to start off with Carly Simon.
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Oh, if that doesn't get you up and dancing, I'm not sure what will. Of course, that's Billy Idol and "Dancing With Myself." ABBA in before that, "Dancing Queen." We started off that set with a little Carly Simon and "Attitude Dancing."
7:13, how did you do? Did you make it through all three of them? I hope you did. Good for you. Every now and then, just do a little chair dancing. Help you out. We got all kinds of great music coming your way. We got about 45 minutes to do it in.
So just a reminder that Thursday is our last show this week. And then the show will be shutting down until around the 15th of September. We're working on right now having the music still play throughout that time that I'm going to be doing the move north, shall we say. So we're working on that right now. So there is going to be continuous music playing throughout the entire time. But we'll be back on around the 15th of September with the Langdon Auger Show. So right now let's continue on. A little Dire Straits. That's it.
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From the 1985 album "Scarecrow," that is, of course, Mr. John Mellencamp. And what a great album that was.
McCuaig was in before that, all the way from the Kootenays, and "Lost in My Hometown." Cyndi Lauper was in there as well with "Shebop," The Cranberries, and "Salvation." And we started that set off with Bruce Cockburn, "Wondering Where the Lions Are." We have about 20 minutes left in this show, so we better get back to some more music. Here's an oldie. You'll like this one.
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From the 1984 album "Infected," that is The The and âPerfectâ. We had The Knack in before, that was "Good Girls Don't." Led Zeppelin as well, a little "Hot Dog." And we started that set off with Sweet and "Fox on the Run."
That's it for me. I'm out of here. Thank you all for tuning in. We're back here again tomorrow night starting at 6 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, running through until 8 p.m. So thank you once again. Happy mental health to you. Enjoy the rest of your night. We're going to end the show with a little Kenny Wayne Shepherd.
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