May 10, 1997
 Live from Chrysler Hall in Norfolk, Virginia,with Ruth Brown, Rob Fisher, and Mike Seeger.

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00:00LOGO
00:14TISHOMINGO
01:00OPENING CREDITS
02:07B PART OF TISHOMINGO--LITTLE TALK OF NORFOLK
04:24GOLDEN VANITY (RA)
08:27APPLAUSE--GK TALKS ABOUT SPRING
09:03TITANIC RESTAURANT (RA)
12:37APPLAUSE
13:24NICKEL IN THE SLOT
15:25APPLAUSE--GK TALKS WITH ROB FISHER
18:12SPRING FEVER (M)
20:30APPLAUSE
20:38MONBACK: CLOSET (RA)
23:14APPLAUSE--GK TALKS ABOUT VIRGINIA/NORFOLK (RA)
30:55SEGUE-GK TALKS TO MIKE SEEGER
32:02IF THE RIVER WAS WHISKEY
34:43APPLAUSE--MIKE SEEGER TALKS ABOUT CARTER FAMILY
35:36MY HOME'S ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS
39:00APPLAUSE
39:25GOLF (RA)
51:39APPLAUSE--GK INTRODUCES RUTH BROWN (RA)--FIVE, TEN, FIFTEEN
55:45APPLAUSE--RUTH INTRODUCES MUSICIANS
56:50IF I CAN'T SELL IT, GONNA KEEP SITTIN' ON IT
101:14APPLAUSE--SEGUE TO INTERMISSION (RA)
101:56DOCTOR JAZZ
105:42WELCOME BACK TO OUR SECOND HALF
106:35DOCTOR WHANG
108:47APPLAUSE--GREETINGS
112:04GK TALKS ABOUT NORFOLK/CIVIL WAR
113:39ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC TONIGHT (RA)
118:24APPLAUSE-GK TALKS WITH MIKE SEEGER (RA)
119:30YOU ARE MY FLOWER
121:48APPLAUSE
122:00MONOLOGUE (RA)
143:29NOVELETTE
145:27APPLAUSE--SEGUE
145:40LUNCHTIME (RA)
151:11APPLAUSE--GK SEGUES TO RUTH BROWN
151:30GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING
154:20APPLAUSE--GK THANKS RUTH BROWN--CREDITS
155:27POWDERMILK BISCUITS
155:55MORE CREDITS
156:51SHEEP, SHEEP DON'T YOU KNOW THE ROAD?
Guest Information
  • Ruth Brown
  • Rob Fisher
  • Mike Seeger
    •      		Scripts
  • Golden Vanity
  • Titanic Restaurant
  • Monback
  • Golf
  • All Quiet on the Potomac
  • Lunchtime
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