July 4, 1998
 Live from the the Starlight Theater in Kanasa City, Missouri, with Iris DeMent, Kelley Hunt, and Calvin Trillin.

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Recorded on July 4, 1998, from Kansas City, Missouri.
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00:00LOGO
00:14TISHOMINGO (RA)
02:53APPLAUSE-SEGUE TO NEXT TUNE
KANSAS CITY STAR (RA)
05:03APPLAUSE - MENTION OF BISCUITS/INTRO PAT
KANSAS CITY BLUES
APPLAUSE, GK ASKS ABOUT ENGLISH MAJORS (RA)
08:30MOVIES
APPLAUSE-GK INTRO IRIS DeMENT (RA)
15:44I WASH MY FACE IN THE MORNING DEW
18:21APPLAUSE-IRIS SEGUE TO NEXT TUNE (RA)
18:59THESE HILLS
22:04APPLAUSE--GK SEGUE
23:06GO, CHILDREN, GO
26:17APPLAUSE-GK TALK ABOUT STARTLIGHT THEATER/KANSAS CITY
29:39GK INTRO CALVIN TRILLIN, OLATHE JOKE (RA)
31:27APPLAUSE
31:36CALVIN TRILLIN READING
39:06APPLAUSE-GK BACK ANNOUNCE/INTRO KELLY HUNT
40:24TALK TO ME
44:04APPLAUSE
44:28LOVE NEVER DIES
48:12APPLAUSE-GK BACK ANNOUNCE-SEGUE TO SCRIPT
49:02THE FOURTH OF JULY
101:08APPLAUSE-SEGUE TO INTERMISSION
101:44BLUE SKIES
105:56APPLAUSE--GK SEGUE TO SINGALONG
106:40GOD OF OUR FATHERS (RA)
109:54APPLAUSE-GREETINGS)
113:52CAFE BOEUF (RA)
115:53APPLAUSE-GK TALK WITH IRIS DeMENT
116:42SWEET IS THE MELODY
119:26APPLAUSE-GK BACK ANNOUNCE
119:46MONOLOGUE
138:19WILD CAT
140:09APPLAUSE/BACKSTAGE SCRIPT
149:39APPLAUSE - GK INTRO KELLY HUNT (RA)
150:12BACK IN THE SADDLE
153:22APPLAUSE
153:43CREDITS-BOWS FOR PERFORMERS
154:24LANDS END CREDIT
155:12FINAL BOWS FOR STEVIE BECK, SCOTT RIVARD, CHRIS
155:59POWDERMILK BISCUIT THEME (RA)
156:52GRAND OLD FLAG WITH AUDIENCE SINGALONG
157:56HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY!!
158:37MORE APPLAUSE......
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  • Iris DeMent
  • Kelley Hunt
  • Calvin Trillin
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