October 19, 1996
Live from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, with Norman Blake, Kate MacKenzie, and the Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series.

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Recorded on October 19, 1996, from St. Paul, Minnesota.
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00:00LOGO
00:24TISHOMINGO--OPENING CREDITS
01:00OPENING CREDITS
02:00OUR ANNUAL BEGGING SHOW
02:29FRED FARRELL: FALL CLOSEOUT (RA)
03:58APPLAUSE -- HISTORY OF APHC
06:57GK INTRODUCES KATE MACKENZIE
07:36AGE OF INNOCENCE
10:22APPLAUSE
10:52DRIFTLESS
13:40APPLAUSE
13:57DO RE MI
15:05CHECK IN WITH STATIONS -- ONE WRONG TURN
18:57APPLAUSE--GK TALKS WITH KATE MACKENZIE
20:18POWDERMILK BISCUIT SONG
21:05APPLAUSE
21:15FAMOUS CELEBRITIES: PLEDGE DRIVE (RA)
27:30APPLAUSE--GK SEGUE TO GUY'S BAND
27:50STUMBLIN'
30:17APPLAUSE
30:26KETCHUP: TOWN WITH ONLY A COMMERCIAL STATION (RA)
31:40APPLAUSE
31:48PATRONAGE SEGMENT: COMPOSERS OF THE PAST
34:37MOZART OPENING CHORUS
36:06GK INTRODUCES CHARPENTIER PIECE
36:35THE LAUGHING CHORUS FROM LE PLASIR DE VERSAILLES
37:16GK SEGUE TO FUNDRAISING BREAK -- ROBIN ADAIR
40:40APPLAUSE--GK TALKS WITH MR. GARDNER
42:12APPLAUSE FOR CHOIR
45:19GK INTRO NORMAN BLAKE
45:44THE DEMOCRATIC DONKEY IS IN HIS STALL AGAIN
49:21APPLAUSE
50:00RESCUE FROM MOOSE RIVER GOLD MINE
53:40APPLAUSE
54:00PLEDGE DRIVE (LONESOME VALLEY)
101:25APPLAUSE
101:44MICHIGAN FIGHT SONG (PLEDGE DRIVE VERSION)
103:15GK SEGUE TO INTERMISSION
103:35HINDUSTAN (RA)
107:35WEARY FAREWELL BLUES (RA)
110:28APPLAUSE
111:29COWBOYS THEME
111:43GK TALKS ABOUT STATION REPORTS
113:30GUY NOIR: VOLUNTEERS FOR PUBLIC RADIO (RA)
122:07APPLAUSE
122:15GK WELCOMES NORMAN BLAKE
122:45TURN YOUR RADIO ON
124:33APPLAUSE
125:20HEARTBREAK HILL (RA)
128:30APPLAUSE
128:54TISHOMINGO
129:08GK TALK
129:22MONOLOGUE: THE MALL OF AMERICA
151:40DOIN' THINGS
154:32APPLAUSE-- FINAL CREDITS -- GK TALKS ABOUT PUBLIC RADIO
156:27DO RE MI
157:55THAT'S OUR SHOW

Guest Information
  • Norman Blake
  • Kate MacKenzie
  • Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series
  • Scripts
  • Fred Farrell
  • Famous Celebrities
  • Ketchup
  • Pledge Drive
  • Michigan Fight Song
  • Guy Noir

  • Music Information
    Performers, music scipts and credits
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