April 24, 1999
 Live from the Northrop Auditorium on the campus of the University of Minnesota, with poet Robert Bly and ¡CUBANISMO!, a 17-member group led by former Sierra Maestra trumpeter Jesús Alemañy.

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 Recorded on April 24, 1999, from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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00:00Logo
00:12Tishomingo
02:01GK Talk
04:34Minnesota Rouser Latin Style
06:07Applause-GK Welcome Jesus to Minnesota
06:28Let the Good Times Roll
09:40Applause-GK Segue
09:55Ketchup
12:46Applause - GK Segue to Band Feature
13:03Fruit Boots
15:22Applause - GK Back Announce/Severe Weather Week
17:32Rhubarb
22:56Applause - GK Intro Robert Bly
23:58More Applause, Robert Bly Talk
24:39Starting aPoem
25:29Applause
25:41Waking on a Farm
26:53Applause/Segue
27:10Applause/When the Cat Stole the Milk
27:55Applause/Segue the Day We Visited New Orleans
30:16Applause/Visiting Sand Island
32:10Applause/ Conversation with a Mouse
33:30Guy Noir
42:37Applause - GK Intro Cubanismo
43:15Elige Tu
49:47Applause
50:05Canto Al Monte
53:52Applause
54:19GK Intro Walt Whitman Poetry
54:58Robert Bly Reads from "Song of Myself"
56:30Garrison Reads from "Song of Myself"
102:02Holy Radiant Light (Grechaniov)
106:24Applause - GK Segue to Intermission
107:10University Twist
111:06Welcome Back to the Second Half...
111:32Greetings
112:59Talk about the University
113:24Ballad of Northrop / Student Days
117:00Applause
117:43Donde Esta Coto
121:46Applause - GK Read Text of Poems in Next Piece
124:16Songs of the Prairie
129:27Applause
129:48Monologue
149:35Dvorak "Melodies Steal into My Heart"
151:16Robert Bly Talk with GK "The Scandal"
153:10Applause - GK Partial Credits
154:24Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens
157:29Minnesota Rouser Latin Style Playoff

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Guest Information
  • Robert Bly
  • ¡Cubanismo!
  • The University of Minnesota Concert Choir
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  • Guy Noir
  • Bebopareebop Rhubarb Pie
  • The Ketchup Advisory Board
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