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A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor

April 3, 1999
Live from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, with Scottish group the Battlefield Band, Swedish band Väsen, and guitarist Leo Kottke.

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Recorded on April 3, 1999, from St. Paul, Minnesota.

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00:00Logo
00:13Tishomingo
00:55Opening Credits with Actor Sfx
02:08My Minnesota (Old Kentucky) Home
02:43Talk about April Fool's Day in Minnesota
04:35Minnesota State Song
07:07Applause-GK Segue
07:50He Rose from the Dead
11:13Applause-GK Segue
11:37Ramsey County Courthouse
16:04Applause-GK Talk with Swedish Drummer
19:00Väsen: 39-Year Jig
21:17Applause-GK Segue
21:50The Lives of the Cowboys
34:00Applause-GK Intro Leo Kottke
34:42Don't Call Me Ray
37:01Applause-Leo Intro Next Tune
37:37Rings
41:30Applause
42:00Guy Noir
52:35Applause - GK Intro the Battlefield Band/Talk with Alan
55:00Twenty Pounds of Gin
59:01Wild Applause
59:40One More Chorus
104:06Applause
104:37Strike Up the Band
108:00Welcome Back to the Second Half/Talk With Audience Members
113:20Remember Me
117:32Applause-GK Intro Väsen
119:46Josephine's Waltz
123:39Applause
123:52Kapten Kapsyl
126:44Applause
127:15Monologue
147:10Too Fast - Leo Kottke
149:06Applause
149:30Ketchup
152:16Applause-GK Segue to Battlefield Band
153:07Clan Coco
156:56Applause-Final Credits
157:58Jare De Bilotten- An International Fiddle Fest!


Guest Information
  • The Battlefield Band
  • Leo Kottke
  • Väsen
  • Scripts
  • The Lives of the Cowboys
  • The Ketchup Advisory Board
  • Guy Noir
  • Ramsey County Courthouse


  • Music Information
    Performers, music scipts and credits



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