June 8, 1996
Live from the Alberta Bair Theater in Billings, Montana, with author Ian Frazier, poet Wallace McRae, and the Jo Miller/Laura Love Connection.

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Recorded on June 8, 1996, from Billings, Montana.
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00:00Logo
00:11Tishomingo Blues
02:04Open--Let's Face The Music And Dance
06:51Duct Tape
07:46Forest Lawn Hair Products For Men
08:23Cafe Boeuf
09:34Gk Talk-Segue To Pat Donohue
10:15Nothin'
13:33Applause--Gk Talk About Montana History--
19:07Gk Intro Wallace McRae
19:57Blue And Lonesome--Mcrae
23:50Applause
25:22The Telephone Call
28:11Applause--Gk Segue To Jo Miller/Laura Love
29:21Everybody Leaves Without Telling Me Goodbye
31:02Applause/Blue And Lonesome
34:48Applause--Jo Talk-Up, Intro Band
35:34My Dear Old Southern Home
37:40Applause--Gk Back Announce
38:08Fred Farrell
39:10The Lives Of The Cowboys: Lefty Bathes In Billings
53:43Applause--Gk Introduces Ian Frazier
55:14Applause
55:22Ian Frazier Reads From "The Great Plains"
103:50Applause
104:34Jazz Me Blues
107:56Welcome Back--Gk Talk
108:38Bertha's: Cat Model
110:12Greetings
113:40Spanish Is A Loving Tongue
117:19Applause--Welcome New Stations/Promo Next
118:26There Ain't No Ash Will Burn
122:50Applause
123:12Monologue--"Balm Of Billings", Uncle Sigurd
146:51Mother Nature's Son
149:28Applause--Staff Credits
150:50Wallace Mcrae--Reincarnation
152:48Applause
153:10Rhubarb: Elvis And Aliens
156:25Ridin' Old Paint

Guest Information
  • Ian Frazier
  • Wallace McRae
  • Jo Miller/ Laura Love Connection
  • Scripts
  • Opening
  • Duct Tape
  • Forest Lawn
  • Fred Farrell
  • Cowboys

  • Music Information
    Performers, music scipts and credits
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