“I woke up this morning thinking about the theme song to WKRP, particularly the line “... maybe you and me were never meant to be.”
One of the great TV themes, IMO. Larry Carlton plays guitar on it.
Baby, if you’ve ever wondered,
Wondered whatever became of me,
I’m living on the air in Cincinnati, Cincinnati, wkrp.
Got kind of tired packing and unpacking,
Town to town and up and down the dial
Maybe you and me were never meant to be,
But baby think of me once in awhile.
I’m at wkrp in Cincinnati.
I've always assumed that was Larry Carlton.
The incredibly fluent Mixolydian scale certainly sounds like him. It is played just before the words "maybe you and me...".
By the way, another great song that prominently features the Mixolydian scale is Who Am I, recorded in 1966 by Petula Clark.
Larry Carlton is/was one of the GREAT guitarists of our time - played on so many great songs incl many Steely Dan tracks.
In fact, their “Royal Scam” album is affectionately known as their “Guitar Album” due to LC arranging and playing lead on most of the tracks including the GREAT, “Don’t Take Me Alive”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhYif4ZRqRk