The Langdon Auger Show
April 1st 2026
Featured Artists: Three Dog Night, Trooper, .38 Special
This show is almost like therapy for me, in fact it is. Music therapy where all my moods, emotions, thoughts, regrets wishes can all be fulfilled or relive in hindsight. Three Dog Night and their song “The Show Must Go On” is a perfect example and also .38 Special with “Hold On Loosely” are those uplifting perseverance songs that one need to go and revisit and bring you back to yourself before you get caught up in a whirlpool on downhill slide. Plus it is April fool day so a new start/new month another chance at getting something you need. It may be emotional, mental or whatever you need…Happy Mental Health To You.
In this archived April Fool’s Day edition of the Langdon Auger Show, Ward jokes about social media pranks and gives Oliver the nickname Captain Costco. The music leads him to praise Dave Mustaine’s songwriting and compare versions of “Me and Bobby McGee.” Later, Oliver’s taste for Cajun music gets a turn before Ward recalls songs from his younger years.
About this episode
Ward praises Dave Mustaine as a lyricist and songwriter. He says watching Garth Brooks run around in the video associated with Double Live makes him tired. He calls Janis Joplin's version of “Me and Bobby McGee” the best, then notes that his playlist has versions by seven different artists.
Ward marks April Fool’s Day, wishes a couple of people he knows a happy birthday, and jokes about social media pranks. When Oliver joins, he calls him Captain Costco. Later, he follows Oliver’s interest in Cajun music with Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys. Near the end, Ward recalls the artists who helped make music part of his life while he was growing up.
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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00:02:51
[Opening words unclear; timing approximate.] 1992 album, “Rocking Horse.”
00:02:53
Of course, that is Alannah Myles and the title song, “Rocking Horse.” How are you all doing? Welcome to mentalhealthradio.ca. You're listening to the Langdon Auger Show. We're here until 7 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, so welcome in, and I hope you have a good day today. Hopefully everything's good with you today, but let me know. We're down here at the chat. Robin's already here chit-chatting. So if you want to come on down and join us, enter your username, don't forget to save it, and just kind of chat along with us. Otherwise, we'll just keep playing some great music. If you want to make a request, that's how you do it as well.
00:03:30
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00:15:03
Oh, gotta love 38 Special. That is an amazing song, “Hold On Loosely.” Trooper in before that, “What You Gonna Do About Me?” And we start that set off with Three Dog Night, “The Show Must Go On.”
Ooh, we had a little bit of a delay there. Thanks for listening in. It's April Fool's Day. Happy birthday going out to a couple people I know. Hopefully you didn't get tricked by any kind of the gags that were on social media today. And now it's just another ordinary day, isn't it? Just another Wednesday. Except for it's the beginning of a new month and a whole new beginning [unclear: “in”] period, right? That's a good way to look at it.
00:15:45
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00:29:16
…course, Megadeth. Dave Mustaine is just an amazing lyricist, songwriter. Too bad he gets caught up, or at least his words get caught up because he's heavy metal or he's thrash metal or whatever you want to call Megadeth, because he writes some amazing stuff. Before that, Metallica from their 1996 album Load, “Until It Sleeps,” and Chumbawamba, a little bit of a different one from them, but a good one nonetheless with “Outsider.” How are you all doing?
And just for those that know now, Oliver's now here. He's now going to be known as Captain Costco. So if you know Oliver, next time you see him, call him Captain Costco because that's what he wants to be called. Just throwing it out there. Almost the first half hour into the show. Thanks again for tuning in and thanks for your support. We are going to get back to the music, starting with this one.
00:30:07
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00:40:11
From My Private Nation album, that is, of course, Train and “Calling All Angels.” The Outsiders were in before that, “Time Won't Let Me.” We started off that set with the Barenaked Ladies and “Falling for the First Time.” Just about 20 minutes to the hour of 6 o'clock.
00:40:29
And you know what happens at the top of the hour, or at least close to the top of the hour. We have our dance portion of the show. So we've got that going. We've still got some time to go. So it gives you a chance to hydrate, stretch it out, work the core a bit, and get ready for it. And we've got some April 1st gremlins, I guess, according to Robin. So we're going to try to spook them out a little bit. We're going to kick it up just a little bit. Enjoy. [Timing is uncertain in a few brief phrases.]
00:40:50
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00:53:01
…is. There's, of course, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and “Everything Is Broken.” It sure seems like it, doesn't it, these days? Everybody's breaking broken rules. I love that part. Jonny Lang in before that with “Wander This World,” and we started it all off with Matchbox Twenty at “3 A.M.”
Ten minutes before 6. We are getting close to our dance portion of the show, so don't forget: hydrate, stretch it out.
00:53:31
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01:02:10
The album, “Ballads of the Broken,” released in 2021. Of course, that is Jelly Roll and “Even Angels Cry.” Luke Combs in before that with “This One's for You,” and Tim McGraw started it all off with “Do You Want Fries with That?”
Well, that means we must be getting to, yes, it is. There you go. It's after 6 o'clock. It's time for the dance portion of the show. Thanks again, everybody that tunes in. Hopefully, you're all stretched out, hydrated, et cetera, et cetera. And let's get to it. We're going to get to our dance portion in 2 minutes and 15 seconds.
I just get to play this one for the first time ever here on mentalhealthradio.ca. And I'm pretty excited about it. I haven't heard it, but I like the artist. So let's get right to it.
01:04:29
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01:11:44
From the 1998 album Double Live, and if you've never seen the video that's usually associated with that album, it makes me tired just watching Garth Brooks run around and perform in front of 800,000 people or whatever it was. Of course, we heard “The Dance.” Seriously, just watching that video was enough. I almost napped halfway through. Man, puts on a great show. [The segment timing is uncertain.]
01:15:14
And before that, Don Henley and “All She Wants to Do Is Dance.” And we started off with Dwight Yoakam. “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.” Pretty good version of that song. First time it's been played here on mentalhealthradio.ca, and yeah, I liked it. Thirteen minutes after 6. Let's continue on with some great music.
01:15:33
This song was written by Kris Kristofferson, but many people have done this song. I don't even… I'm going to say 20 different people have done this song. But this is the best version ever.
01:15:52
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01:27:43
And such a sad song. John Prine is another one of those songwriters, just amazing stuff. That is, of course, “Sam Stone.” Before that, Bonnie Raitt and “Something to Talk About,” and Janis Joplin doing the Kris Kristofferson song “Me and Bobby McGee.” I said there's like 20 people. Right now in our playlist, right now, there's seven, seven different artists. We got [Anne Murray?] and [Dawn Allen?], The Grateful Dead, obviously, Janis Joplin, yes, Jerry Lee Lewis, Kenny Rogers, and Roger Miller also does it. And, of course, when Kenny was back with The First Edition, they did a version of it as well.
Right back to the music with Bruce Cockburn.
01:28:27
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01:41:24
Female artist, and of course that is Amanda Marshall, back out touring again. If you get a chance to go see her, go do it. Well worth your money. I don't know, probably too much money to pay for a ticket, but still an amazing artist. “Birmingham” is that one. Tracy Chapman, once again speaking about an amazing talent. “Give Me One Reason,” we heard. And Bruce Cockburn, another fine Canadian songwriter, musician, artist. “Wondering Where the Lions Are.”
So we're almost to… well, we've got 20 minutes left in the show, so I want to thank everybody for tuning in. Don't forget, we do this again tomorrow. Next week we're going to be changing it up a bit. We're going to be starting on Sunday at 6 and running through till Thursday, so it'll be 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. So come on by any time you get a chance.
01:42:17
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01:51:28
“Ossun Two-Step” by Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys. A little bit of Cajun. Hey, Oliver said, “I like that Cajun sound.” And there we go. And before that, we had Cake. I love that song, “Comfort Eagle.” Such an amazing song. Mary Chapin Carpenter starting it off with “Down at the Twist and Shout.” I got time for one more set, so hopefully you enjoy this one. I'll be back to say the final goodbyes.
01:51:55
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02:00:00
Taking you back to a time when we, growing up, just had so many artists that were just absolutely amazing and really, really, really set my need to have music in my life. So many great songs.
[Possibly “Let's”] Lobo, “Me and You and a Dog Named Boo.” The Bee Gees, “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart.” I have to remember to try to find the non-live version because I think there's a bit more emotion in that one. And Bobbie Gentry started off that set with “Ode to Billie Joe,” which, if you haven't… there's a movie out exactly about that song. Yeah, so check that out as well.
I just heard that a lot of the stuff from the 60s and early 70s is making a huge comeback. So there's some stuff for those people that want to listen in on some of the other stuff. I mean, America's a great band and all that, but we had others.
I want to thank everybody for tuning in today. Hope you had a good Wednesday. We are 40 seconds overtime. Whatever you do, don't tell my producer. You might fire me. We're back tomorrow starting at 5 p.m. Mountain Time all the way till 7 p.m. So happy mental health to you. And we're going to end the show with this song. I hope you enjoy it.
02:03:31
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